Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: B.B on December 17, 2014, 01:42:10 am
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Hi Guy's back with my latest build, the model is of an Australian Tuna boat built in 1975 at Bob McLaren's Boat Yard Ballina N.S.W ,her overall length was 77' ft , the model is of 1:16 scale 3/4" to 1' giving her a length of 57"......
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Man that looks Strong! :o
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Man that looks Strong! :o
:o :o Needs to be, to handle Aussie tunas %) %)
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I'm watching :-)) .
Mark
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Hi , The frames are cut out of 12mm ply, fairing the frames, my file saw a must but have to be careful with it. I actually framed her up in Dec last year, showing her with my previous build the "Wendy-J" that i proceeded with first, I did the names for both boats at the same time.
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Good idea with the Black & Decker power file :-)) :-)) :-))
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Some more of the build....She is sitting beside the finished "Wendy-J" same scale she was 52' and the "Charissa" 77'.
Start of her planking, used 3mm Obechi , I generally use Lime wood, but couldn't purchase any at 3mm at the time, i found the Obechi easy to use but a bit soft for my liking......
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Hello!
Love your builds, it looks like building real ones! Super nice looking when finished too.
All the best!
Hama
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Thanks Hama , pleased you like them...
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Looks like it will be stunning, will enjoy watching the build
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Another great build - Just amazing :-)
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Glad you are enjoying it, these next photos are , the last stealer plank going in then the start of the ribs being installed, the first 4 frames I used 6 x 3mm only had to steam half of those, the remainder of the ribs are of 6 x 2mm they all had to be steamed and let set before gluing them into position, then showing the fillers between the frames as I like to have the under deck area where the stanchion post sit , solid so no void areas when drilling and pegging the post in .
Found it easier to install a shelf for the deck beams to sit on. then view of the hollow heel section with the oil filler attached.
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%) ...and all of those planks just appear all neatly glued in place in a matter of days? :-)).......
BB....I reckon you have a few of Santa's helpers to help you build {-).......
Another superb build on the blocks [again]........keep us posted
Merry Christmas to you & all of our OZ neighbours......... Derek
PS....is this the real Charissa in real life? %)
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Hi Derekwarner, yep that's her, now a training vessel at Adelaide , but she spent most of her life Tuna fishing and fish trawling from Ulladulla, Puglisi Family had her built and worked her for all those years.....
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back again....1 . Installing beams, i used Merbau ( they use it for outside decking down this end of the world) for the beams.
2....All the beams installed.
3....False deck combing around Engine room ( well electric motor section).
4...All the hatchway and false deck combings in, and extra blocks for mast area and trawl gallows ( if installed ).
5...Drilling out bullwark post.
6...some of the bullwark post with their pegs attached.
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Beautiful !!! Fantastic piece of work !!! :-))
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Merry Christmas to every one :-) some more of the build.
1.... had to join the sponsons ( timber not quite long enough ) used Tasmanian Oak, once they were attached down the sides from the shelf to outside of sponsons 40 mm ( should be strong enough ?).
2....After steaming them let them set in a jig for couple of days.
3... showing the heal attached with the rudder.
4... Start of the bottom deck house.
5....Bottom deck house before the 2mm ply attached.
6...Showing the rudder and the servo,ESC holder and the battery ballast box, which will sit directly below the w-house.
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Back with some more,
1...After laying the 3mm ply deck, installing the bullwark post.
2...Attaching the bullwarks planking.
3...starting on the bullwarks capping .
4...Aft capping
5...fitting the capping around the s.b shoulder.
6...Fitting the false deck area's.
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Attention to detail, O0 O0, scarfed joints, looking good you make it look tooooooooooooooooooooo easy
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Glad you like it RAAArtyGunner, next lot of photos.
1....laying the base for the top cabin.
2...The model's Stand, false decks etc.
3...Start of the top cabin.
4....The top cabin frames.
5...Attaching the 2mm ply sides on the top cabin.
6... Pre fitting the up right studs for the wave breaker.
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Just beautiful :-)) I take it the upright posts fit into the angles that you have cut out rather than just gluing and pinning them into position? - Mark
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Hi Mark T, that's correct, they fit in nice and firm and glued ( that's how we fitted the studs when we built one of our trawlers yrs ago).
1....Both cabins before attaching the wave breaker.
2....Fitting the wave breaker upright studs into position.
3....Wave breaker studs fitted prior to the 1mm ply being fitted.
4....Fillers fitted between the tops of the up right studs before the capping attached.
5....Pre fitting the mast and boom.
6....Start of the exhaust stack.
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Just beautiful BB, keep the photos coming. I'm looking forward to seeing it "in the flesh" one day.
Peter.
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Hi Peter thanks for that, I knew you weren't going to be at the lake yesterday, i took a punt on going over ,but with the weather, no one was there ( not to worry {-) ). Well next set of photos.
1...She has a raised (probably insulated) w-house top, so beamed the area prior to the 1mm ply skin.
2....Starting to lay the tapered strips around around the exhaust frame.
3....showing how the exhaust stack turned out ( 99 parts ).
4...Top of the cabin with the start of the 1mm ply skin.
5...Starting to make the pulling points etc for the mast and boom.
6...Side view of the model.
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BB...may I ask ..... %) what did you use for the deckhouse window frames?......looks very tidy :-)) ..... Derek
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Hi Derekwarner , I used the black cardboard i used on the previous model for deck caulking seams, i glued (wood glue) 3 layers together then cut them into the width strips I needed and pre fitted them (very slowly bending them into the radius of the corners) into the shape of the window before glueing them in, then gave them couple coats of Estapol to seal them.
I did first attempt to cut strips out of plastic ice cream container lid, but wasn't sure how the plastic would hold in the long run ?...
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The weather certainly was not nice, Brian, I wasn't expecting anyone to be there. I probably wouldn't have gone anyway, as we have family here.
Peter.
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Hi Peter, The way the weather was i didn't really expect any one to be there, but just in case i thought i would call in , well some more photos.
1....hatches and brine tank boxings ( for back deck area).
2....Cutting out the mast stay straps.
3....Marking the water line around the hull.
4....Already had a coat of Estapol ( thinned with turps) applying the first coat of 2 coats of undercoat.
5....The top side of the hull also received 2 coats of undercoat.
6....Winches and hydraulic lines on the boom.
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Really enjoying watching this build, it's a pleasure to see the model grow, keep up the superb work
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Thanks Ralfred, some more photos.
1...Soldering the corners of the hand rails.
2... Front and top hand railings pre fitted.
3...The brass hand railing ready to be painted.
4... Cutting out the life rings.
5...Start to finish of cutting and shaping the life rings.
6....Mast and life rings finished.
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Fantastic attention to detail - Its almost a shame to paint a hull that is so well constructed. B.B how do you get such a smooth paint finish with a brush bearing in mind the heat that you are painting in?
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Hi Mark T, I paint very quickly and bit of swearing ( if it doesn't go to plan >:-o ), actually i did have more trouble with the glossing with this model than the others ,more area to paint and with the time of year with it's humidity (Northern QLD). Well some more of her.
1....The motor bracket and removable base.
2...The underside of the motor base, locks in nice and tightly into position (doesn't need screwing in , but it will).
3...Top of w-house with it's radar stand, radio directional finder, G.P.S and aerial frames.
4...My little cubby hole for items after painting them, so much dust in the shed.
5...Bits n pieces after being painted .
6...Painting the 2nd coat of gloss on the inside of the bullwarks.
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Now that's a decent shed BB, no wonder you go up to Cairns {-)
Peter.
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The only trouble Peter is you tend to find more stuff to put in them . Some more of the build.
1...Model with the top sides with 2 coats of white undercoat and the 1 st coat of anti fouling.
2...Battery and ballast box which sits just forward of it's position there down below.
3...Engine room set up with electrics installed. With the coating inside the hull, this time I used 2 pot Estapol ( 3 coats ), Bob Standen used it in his model he is building at present,looked good so decided to try it instead of the resin I generally use, the only thing I found was when you have any thickness build up as in the bilge area's, it can form air bubbles, so after it had well and truly hardened i dug out those viod area's and after testing to make sure no reaction between them I poured resin into the bilge sections ( as I generally do ) as you can see in the photo.
4...Hull and mast ,rigging the mast and boom.
5...Fitting the mast stay straps to the bulwarks.
6...Painting the mast stay ladders .
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Hi there some more of the build.
1....Ready to spray the 2nd or was it the 3rd gloss coat ? had so much trouble with particular brand of paint, I have always brushed the gloss enamel ,but being larger area and the higher humidity I decided to spray ( I thought why not ,I now know why not >:-o ) I would normally go for Dulux but couldn't get the gloss finish in the Dulux so settled on British Paint gloss enamel 1st and last time. Even after a few days letting the coat harden ( well so I thought) if used bit of turps to say wipe a smidgen of paint off it would smear the gloss off it <*< , even when taping over it to paint beside it ,it also took the gloss off with the tape ( never had that problem before).
2...Showing the model before painting the Royal blue dog leg around the waterline.
3...all the mast stays to their correct lengths.
4...Mast, boom pre fitted to the hull.
5...With the model.
6...I installed a 12 V computer fan ,running it on a 9 V battery (running time bit over an hour) just to push a bit of air through the hull, I have one of the hatches on the deck with a slide out section , you can feel the air exiting quite well through it.
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Hi There, some more photos.
1-2-3....Making use of something useless, found some of these left on board by certain members of the crew, as being Brass never throw any thing brass,copper, gunmetal or s.steel away never know when you can find a use for it, now they are an Air Vent not a Smoke vent ok2 .
4....Cleaning up the solder after soldering the back ladders on.
5....View of the front and deckhouse.
6...Model prior to her ballast test.
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Your work is amazing sir ! One of the best I've seen in here !!!
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Thank you bassplayer1. Float Day.
1 & 2....First time she gets her bottom wet, the hull weighs in at 15 kg, as you can see she needs a bit of ballast.
3.... Stern quarter view
4 & 5....At this stage she has 10 kg of ballast in her , then had to put another 10 kg to push her down another 10mm ( 7/16" ), probably closer to say 22 kg if you want to sit it just below the bootleg.
6... Used 205 tubes of super glue ( 20 missing from the photo) plus some Areldite....
At this stage still had remainder of depth markers and her name to attach....
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That is awesome :-)) :-)) :-))
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Thanks Mark T , I had the main Name re sized so bit of a slow up over the Christmas break.
1.... Name on the wave breaker and across the stern, ready to coat it with the clear Laquer.
2... Lucky i sprayed the depth markers first ( or maybe not) and not the names, as you can see what it did to the paint that i already had problems with,,,did I cry ? Nope but came close to it >>:-( <*< <:( , so had to take depth markers off lightly sand back and recoat the white and red ( with the paint that i wouldn't even use on the dunny door ) and also repaint the blue boot leg, so while doing this over 4 or 5 days decided to start making the fish trawl gantries ,as she worked on the Tuna then in the off season she would do Fish trawling....so will post those next time....
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fantastic.........that hull is just amazing., :-)) :-))
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Lovely model & nice workmanship!
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Absolutely superb build, seems such a shame to cover that brilliant hull with paint. If only %) but I can dream.
Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. Chris G
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Thanks guys glad you are enjoying the build. Some photos of the Trawl gantries for the model.
1 & 2...I didn't have any flat copper sheeting in the thickness i required so sliced a 1/2" copper tube (done a few of them so far) and flatten.
3....Cutting and shaping the 1/2" & 3/8" copper tubing for the goal post and braces, will solder together, I want it strong enough to probably tow a set of gear from ?
4...Main gantry frame in position.
5....Ready to solder the strengtheners at the base of the Goal post legs.
6...The gussets ready to be inserted and soldered for the trawl arms to pivot from.
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Hi there, next lot of trawl gantry photos.
1 & 2....Prior to soldering the short trawl arms 1/4" copper , then after soldered before the pivots being slotted and soldered into the ends of the tubing.
3.... The 1/4" bar that the trawl blocks hang from .
4 ,5 & 6....The trawl gantries finished , the bottom section of the goal post from the rope cleat solid then steps down to 1/4" for 3/4" through the timber base and into wooden blocks under the deck ,just for extra strength.
7...Coat of red oxide ( will be sprayed with black), it has 58 parts and weighs 520 grams, now to start on the trawl and net winches....
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Hi,
That's one seriously impressive boat! the quality of workmanship is superb, being a chippy I like the scarf joint on the hull planking very neat. I sympathise with you over the paint on the bow depth numbers I had a similar problem with a trawler I built but with lacquer, thankfully I had only sprayed a very small area but still had to repaint the whole of the hull (felt like screaming at the time). Great work keep the pics coming.
Cheers,
Faz. :-))
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Hey BB......who needs computers >>:-(.......good to see that great OZ invention called "Auto Scratch a Pad" for your design calculations........Derek :-))
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Hi Derekwarner ,I'm afraid I am not smart enough to store it all in my head , scratch it down on the pad ,least you can come back to it later and some times hopefully improve on it. Well some more of the fish trawling gear for her...
1-2....making the Main winch drums & Net drum out of 1 mm ply and copper bands for the strengtheners.
3-4...cutting out the outrigger bearings (for the winches) and all cleaned up.
5-6....The Main winch & net drum finished ,Estapoled and then primed ,and the gantries with first coat of its finished colour .
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A very cluey informative set of photos.
Obviously a lot of know how to arrive at such simple solutions :-)) :-))
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Hi, some more with the gear attached.
1....Testing her propulsion (still needs more ballast to get her tail down)
2...As a Tuna Boat.
Remainder of photos with her fish trawling gear, in these photos she had 17.5 kg of lead ballast , still needs 3 to 4 Kg to sit her down closer to the water line.
In the next week or so will be giving her a test in the local creek, thanks for viewing.........
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Interesting BB...so being an old fisherman O0 ....do you have a 10 kg fish scale.....just hook it up & let us understand the FWD thrust Charissa can provide on a fully charged battery
We could have a guessing competition {-)
My guess is between 6 & 7 kg .....
Come on guys...what do you think?.......Derek ;)
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Derek,
That sounds awful fishy to me :o :o :o
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Fantastic :-)) .
Mark
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Sorry guys forgot to take the scales for her bollard test at her creek trials yesterday, bad enough carrying all the lead ballast. Well we tested her out yesterday morning in the local creek up here (picture perfect , not many marsh flies to contend with). Bob ( Old Shrimper) gave her the first test driving her while i took the photos , we were surprise how well she performed using a 7.4 v Lipo battery , spinning a 100mm propeller, all up had to put 21.4 Kg of lead ballast in her.
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Some more of her trials....
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Brilliant BB :-))...she pushes the water [both at the bow & stern] just like her namesake.... Derek
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Absolutely beautiful BB :-)) It looks like it was another glorious sunny day in tropical North Queensland O0
Peter.
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She looks stunning, you must be incredibly proud!
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Beautiful build and a gorgeous subject. you certainly have a great talent!
I tried to figure out what motor did you use to spin a 100mm prop but couldn't, can you please give more details on that?
Hany
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I can't believe i have only just found this thread. What a fantastic build, and what a picturesque place to sail her.
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Just agree with all that's been said here, fantastic looking model, beautiful pictures!! I've said it before, you build them like the real thing and now it looks like the real thing! Any video of her plowing the waters?
Hama
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Hi guy's, yes we couldn't have asked for a better day to test her, as now finally ( :-)) ) we have rain here , the motor ( not sure of the make ?) is a 12 V high torque ,running on a 7.4 V Lipo Battery (same battery I use in the smaller models), i did take some video of her while Bob (Old Shrimper) drove her , will see if can get the video link up ( bit out of my field)..
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here is a u tube link to the vido
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Dn_5YzdSI&feature=youtu.be
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Thanks for putting it up with all the messing around you had to do there Bob.....
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NO problems
it was just remembering HOW to do IT
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Thanks for sharing, she looks magnificent!
Hama
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Very impressive Brian, she looks absolutely realistic on the water - great video :-))
Peter.
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Hey UBB, Kai is wondering when he can have a drive of it?? :-))
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Just in the process of stripping her all down and bubble wrapping her for the trip south,after this Cyclone is over, have to try to organize something while I'm down there...
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Hi Brian, and the rest of you guys in FNQ.
Just been looking on the radar and you are already coping the wind and rain.
Don't recall what is there now as a safe haven but the old Cooktown, Bank of New South Wales Building, AKA Westpac Bank, has a decent strong room that should withstand any cyclone.
Good luck to you all during the night. :-)) :-)) :-))
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Hi RAAArtyGunner I'm just on the southern side of cairns ,looks like we dodged a bullet here , only getting rain showers here at present, yes i dare say Cooktown area will know all about it by morning..
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Well, good luck guys and hopefully it just passes.
Hany
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Hi guys , here are some photos of trawling with the "Charissa" a week after trialing the "Meili-Lady" at Ballina Old Shrimper ( Bob) drove her around while I took photos and video , used the trolley this time as put my back out lifting the "Meili-Lady" ( 61 Lbs) and the "Charissa" bit heavier at 72 Lbs ,another nice morning ,water wasn't as clear for the underwater shots (Tide was on the run out so bit murkier, than the other day with the making tide)...cheers