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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: marco on September 20, 2020, 03:49:17 pm
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Bonjour à tous ,
Two years ago I started building a tugboat , the "RMT PENFRET " . This tugboat works in the port of Rouen, cty where I live . She is not finished but I will give you a summary in pictures of the beginning of its construction . She is a Robert Allan design , 32 meters long and 11 meters wide .
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Bonjour à tous ,
Two years ago I started building a tugboat , the "RMT PENFRET " . This tugboat works in the port of Rouen, cty where I live . She is not finished but I will give you a summary in pictures of the beginning of its construction . She is a Robert Allan design , 32 meters long and 11 meters wide .
marco
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Bonjour ,
After construction of the hull , preparation of the equipment for the installation of the schottles .
marco
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Bonjour ,
Mounting of the plate used for propulsion and gyration and installation in the hull .
marco
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Bonjour ,
Here are the latest pictures on the progress of the work , from now I will post pictures as the boat progresses .
marco
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Looking really good so far.
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Wow, great build! I will follow this with interest.
Hama
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Are the schottels made by you? They look very nicely put together, as does the rest of the boat. Nice build.
Greg
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hello SailorGreg ,
I didn't made the schottles myself , I bought them from bauer-modelle . I did made in brass the upper part of schottles and the part through the hull . I did made the mechanical part with the gear completely.
marco
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Yes, I meant the parts inside and penetrating the hull. They seem to me to be the complicated bits of schottels, the actual nozzles are relatively straightforward. Well done! :-))
Greg
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Tres Bien :-))
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Bonjour ,
Here is the current state of the exhausts . I still have two coats of chrome paint to give .
marco
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Bonjour ,
The building is progressing slowly . nowI'm going to apply a coat of primer paint and won't be long starting the bulwark .
marco
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Bonjour ,
Beginning of the building of the bulwark , I'm afraid it will be a little long .
marco
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Bonjour ,
The bulwark is slowly building up and I printed the towing bit in 3D .
marco
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Great work and nice to see your build 8) thank you
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Bonjour ,
Some work on the tugboat, the structure of the rear bulwarks and the carboard template of the bulwark .
marco
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Bonjour ,
Start assembly of the rear bulwarks .
marco
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Really like the way you build the bulwarks, this will be a real beauty when finished!
Hama
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Bonjour ,
The back bulwark is finished , now I'm goingto do the aerosol coating and then a coat of primer paint .
marco
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Bonjour ,
There, I finished the back bulwark . I spraiyed 2 coasts of coating and to finish I applied a coat of prime paint .
marco
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It's coming on very well Marco :-))
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Bonjour ,
Beginning of the installationof the front bulwark structure .
marco
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Bonjour ,
Today I finished the structure of the bow bulwark . Tomorrow will be an other day .
marco
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Bonjour ,
The front block of the bulwark is now finished . I will continue with the bulwarks starboard and port .
marco
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Bonjour ,
On board RMT PENFRET , the structure of the front bulwark is done . It ony needs to be covered with 0,6 mm plywood .
marco
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bonjour ,
The front bulwark is now finished . Allthat remains to apply a coat of primer .
marco
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Nice work Marco. Not to be confused with Nice/France
What does nice really mean?
adjective. If you say that something is nice, you mean that you find it attractive, pleasant, or enjoyable.
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Bonjour ,
Thank you Andy for the lesson of grammar .
Here is a photo of my work of the day .
marco
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Wonderful :-) Do you know what she will weigh?
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Bonjour ,
I think the weight will be around 15 kg.
marco
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Bonjour ,
The back bulwark is finished , now I'm goingto do the aerosol coating and then a coat of primer paint .
marco
Salut!
You are doing very well, Marco. Your way of taking pictures is informative and useful source for learning.
This build is really interesting!
What do you mean by aerosol coating, Marco? It goes under the primer. First time for me, anyway. Like so much else has been for me the past few years :embarrassed:
Hande
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I expect Marco will say it is a lacquer or similar to seal the wood.
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I expect Marco will say it is a lacquer or similar to seal the wood.
Not that I mean to hijack Marco’s thread; my problem is that I don’t know, what laquer is, unless it’s varnish.
Sorry, Marco! Can you give me exact reference (name, producer) to help me identify your aerosol. Same to you, Andy - which product do you use to seal wood grain? - I’m sensing that a lot of my past troubles could have been avoided with two coats of aerosol coat/laquer before priming. It’s like the apprentice is finally granted knowledge of the greatest secret of the trade :-)
Bien amicalement, Hande
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Personally I use a clear acrylic lacquer, basically automotive clear coat if I'm building in wood. It will soak in and waterproof the wood. You use it to fill the grain with a few coats sanding between. Alternatively a diluted finishing resin.
I too will be interested in Marco's method :-)
As a beginner I used cellulose sanding sealer but over time abandoned that.
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Bonjour Hande and taranis ,
To answer at your questions , When the wooden hull of the model is finished , to make it watertight I secure the hull with a layerof 40g/m² glass cloth with polyester resin (see the beginning of the post) . Then I coat the hull with one or two coats of coating with a spray gun .Between each coat I sand with water sandpaper600 or 800 and after that I apply a coat of spray primer. for the rest of the model I use spray filler and a coat of primer .
marco
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Your models probably last for ever without water damage :-))
Thanks again for your very informative build blog!
Within just one page you changed my world-view of painting wood.
I mean many Mayhemmers and other that I follow probably use similar methods, but somehow I have missed important details and the full workflow. I work alone with no by-the-hand master to prevent me from poor quality solutions and mistakes that I have already made. I feel now more prepared to make a wooden hull one day. (Thinking about Smit Rotterdam.)
Do you build alot of models - this one is certainly not your first one?
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I love a detail on the wall of your workshop - in a center place among tools there seems to be a bottle opener O0
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Hello ,
No, this is not my first model ship as I have modelling for 54 years . On the wall effectively it's a bottle opener , this is very important especially in summer .
marco
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Today I welded and installed the 2 radar platforms of the RMT PENFRET .
marco
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Welcome back, Marco!
The mast is an impressive work of art!
Since your strategy seems to be different from mine, I will follow your painting work very closely.
By very old belief, I have painted parts first, then assembled them. Or maybe your parts are not glued, yet?
Hande
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Bonjour ,
After a 3 months break , I have just returned to work on my tug .
marco
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Bonjour ,
After a 3 months break , I have just returned to work on my tug .
marco
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bonjour ,
Sorry for the position of the pictures but I couldn't put them vertically .
marco
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Very well detailed brass work Marco :-)) ....it is also clear you are a happy fan of the Proxxon model machinery %) ......
It is also interesting that both main engine exhausts [and auxiliaries] face inboard, but I see from the original image 001. that this is the alignment
Derek
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Bonjour ,
The pictures after adjustment . Thank you Derek .
Marco
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Bonjour ,
Yesterday , for the first time the model of the " RMT PENFRET " sailed on the lake of Montville , a town not far from my home .It was a good day . The need a better balance and more weight to adjust the water line .
Marco
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Qu'elle est belle!
I wonder, how much ballast you are going to need..?
Quite a bit?
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Really nice model there Marco. I bet she weighs quite a few kilos already to get het to sit as she does.
That's the one thing that is worrying me about my build, especially seeing how much Andy's weighs in at :-) [size=78%].[/size]
regards
Ant
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Bonjour ,
The current weight of the model is 13 KG (26 pounds) without ballast . If you enlarge the picture 0570 I have drawn the waterline on the hull . Between the surface of the water and the waterline there 6 cm .to reach the waterline I will need to add 5 to 8 kg (10 to 16 pounds) of ballast . The final weight of the model in working order should be 18 to 21 kg (36 to 42 pounds) .
marco
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Superbe 8)
(https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=65678.0;attach=215683;image)
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Here is another view of #567......have copied a view as best I could bend [just to witness the pencil line] .............. Derek
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https://youtu.be/jdrdOZ_13FA (https://youtu.be/jdrdOZ_13FA)
https://youtu.be/xq0Y5-pWFpM
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Bonjour / Bonsoir Marco, tre bon!
...what does "RMT" mean in case I missed it please?
Rich
With regards to pictures don't worry there is a bug on the site that has been brought up before. It can distort pictures if the orientation is mixed in the same post. It is known -been brought up on various posts. Don't worry -the original picture can usually always be viewed properly by double clicking or right clicking as normal.
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Hi RST ,
"RMT" stands for " Remorquage Maritime Thomas " This company has its head office in port of Rouen in normandy .
marco
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Bonjour ,
Work is progressing slowly but I have time .
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Bonjour ,
The works on the PENFRET are progressing , the false washers and nuts on starboard side are done and I have started on port side .
Marco
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That's really looking good ~ lovely build :-))
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Hello ,
After a break of few months , I finally got back to work on my model and I started by painting the bottom. The referencefor the paint is " RAL 3009 oxide red " . I will pass an extra coat of paint and it will be perfect .
marco
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Hello ,
After a break of few months , I finally got backto work on my model and I started by painting the bottom . The reference for the paint is " RAL 3009 oxide red " . I will pass an extra coat of paint and it will be perfect .
marco
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Très Bon, she was here a few weeks ago, very impressive :-))
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Hello ,
The bottom is done .Yes ,steamboatPhil she is very impressive . Her home port is Rouen and Dieppe is not far from Rouen .
marco
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Bonjour ,
The hull of the tug after painting .
Marco
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Marco, That's a great job you're doing there and an inspiration, especially to me. I must get my build up and running again.
Ant
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Hello ,
After a long time here are some more picture of the work .
marco
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Looks very good!
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The rubber protections around the hull are completely fixed .
marco
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Very nice. I really like your attachment system. :-)
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What an incredible build I think your attention to detail is amazing :-))