Topic: MH&B Topaz Build - (Read 33296 times)

Baldrick · « **Reply #150 on:** May 30, 2017, 08:52:22 am »

Hi Jim .
to address your question , the fittings pack includes two hull/bulkhead fittings for discharges from 1) the sink so the second must be the closet. This would not have been trapped , just washed through with a jug of lake water. Horrible thought but in Victorian times environmental issues had not appeared over the horizon .

Tug-Kenny RIP · « **Reply #151 on:** May 30, 2017, 10:25:45 am »

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My wife is wondering why I never built doll houses for my daughters.

I have had this comment as well, as I have 2 daughters. Mind you, it was well before my modelling interest came into view.

Regarding the 'head', we never left loose water there on our yacht because of slop when sailing.

Hope this helps

ken

steamboatmodel · « **Reply #152 on:** May 30, 2017, 03:44:17 pm »

I would think that the head worked similar to the ones on the trains of my youth. No standing water in them, water flushed them when chain pulled. trap opened at bottom (on the trains you could see the tracks, a favorite prank was to use the head in tail end car, flush toilet paper down in long stream and close trap on tail end. then go to back platform and see the streamer of paper. You will have to add a holding tank over the top of the closet with a pull chain.
Gerald.

rhavrane · « **Reply #153 on:** May 30, 2017, 09:16:33 pm »

Bonjour,
Never seen an up water tank with a chain in a boat. How would it be filled ? With a pump ? I do not imagine a generator on a Windermere steam launch, otherwise its kettle would have been electric

Last time I took a boat and used its toilet, I had to press a pedal with a foot and activated a pump with the hand.

jpdenver · « **Reply #154 on:** May 31, 2017, 03:18:05 am »

OK, Got it.
The little hand pump probably just pulls in from the lake and
rinses the bowl.

So - no water in the bowl.

I have continued to work on the walls and interior of the saloon.

More to come.
Float test tomorrow I think.

Regards,
Jim

jpdenver · « **Reply #155 on:** June 01, 2017, 03:42:00 am »

A while ago I showed the addition of LED's to the lanterns supplied in the kit.

Here is a pic of the installation.
If you look closely, you can see the wires
on either side of the darker wood.

More to come.

Jim

jpdenver · « **Reply #156 on:** June 02, 2017, 04:12:45 am »

Time to start working on the roof.

jpdenver · « **Reply #157 on:** June 03, 2017, 03:56:37 am »

a couple more pics.

jpdenver · « **Reply #158 on:** June 05, 2017, 03:46:47 am »

So here is a quick view.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdTKEuTvv_A

I am finding that the vertical alignment of the saloon may need some
adjustment in order have the various floorboards clear the running gear.

Still working it all out.

Have a good week,
Jim Pope
Denver, Colorado
USA

steam up · « **Reply #159 on:** June 05, 2017, 06:46:36 am »

Looking very handsome

jpdenver · « **Reply #160 on:** June 12, 2017, 03:54:08 am »

I have started to add fittings and expand on the excellent collection
MH&B provided with some of my own.

I added some gauges to the position inside the saloon.
I added some tie-down chains to the boathooks on the
roof.

I had to shorten the "skylight" windows over the engine
and next I will install the steps and the rest of the
flooring.

I also cut all the perspex for the windows, but I have not put
them in yet. My lady is making some curtains, and I figured
that it will be easier to install them before I put in the "glass".

Thanks for reading,

Jim Pope

pipercub1772 · « **Reply #161 on:** June 12, 2017, 08:03:24 pm »

Hi love the gauges are they just brass rings with printed decals,kind regards Allan

jpdenver · « **Reply #162 on:** June 13, 2017, 02:24:31 am »

I used portholes for gauges.

I got them from RBModels in Poland.
I have gotten excellent service from them. Highly recommended.

They are a ring with a "ridge" that would enable you to
"insert" them into a hull. They also have a small
clear rubber/plastic insert to emulate glass.

The faces are decals.

I think they worked out pretty well.
Thanks for the comments.

Jim

pipercub1772 · « **Reply #163 on:** June 13, 2017, 09:28:56 pm »

Thanks for that Jim look great and authentic, kind regards Allan.

jpdenver · « **Reply #164 on:** June 14, 2017, 03:20:36 am »

Now I am starting on the lower decks.

This is where I kinda got bit on the butt.
The spacing is off.

I had to raise the saloon to clear the driveshaft.
That put the starting point for the lowest deck up
about 3/8 of an inch.

Now that I have started to build the steps and decking
using the pre-cut pieces I find that I have a shallow first step off the gunwales,

I kinda need to keep the height on the "last step" as the lowest pieces just clear the condensate tank on the port side
and are exactly where they need to be to cover the shifting servo on the starboard side.

SO - given that - here is the question - and I will put it up for comments:

Do I set the height of the tallest step, the first one off the gunwales,
at the same height increment as the bottom step? this means that the
first step off the gunwales is shallow and the second and third steps are the same.

OR - Do I half the distance to make the first and second steps the same height
but the last one is deeper?

What are your thoughts?

Here is a pic.

Thanks for reading,
Jim Pope
Denver,Colorado
USA

derekwarner · « **Reply #165 on:** June 14, 2017, 03:46:24 am »

Hi Jim......just thinking, steps and the placement/spacing was a matter of critical importance even in yesteryear

Thinking of descending, the 1st & 2nd steps should be of constant rate, then the 3rd or final step down could be to also be of the same rate and onto a grid or mat placed on the engine room floor plates

This then ensures uniformity for balance of your vessel crew or staff. the grid could also be like the ones designed to ensure dirty/oily engine room boots do not mark the floor of the cabin

Visually this may also provide the more appealing look

Derek

steamboatmodel · « **Reply #166 on:** June 14, 2017, 04:57:33 pm »

Hi Jim,
I think Derek has the right idea. Having lived and worked in a number of places with uneven step depths, then always trip you up and cause falls (fortunately m current house only has one step that is shorter than the others, only fallen once because of it). You are doing a really superb job on this model, I have enjoyed watching it being built.
Regards,
Gerald.
PS I am going to make some Mint chocolate chip cookies soon, so if any of your Elves start swimming north on Lake Ontario you will know the cause.

jpdenver · « **Reply #167 on:** June 15, 2017, 05:10:27 am »

Gerald and Derek,

I re-sized the steps to even things out.

Here are some pics of the results.
There were taken before the final adjustments,
but I think they show where I am heading.

Thanks for reading,
Jim

jpdenver · « **Reply #168 on:** June 16, 2017, 05:06:39 am »

I remembered today that I needed to add control for the whistle - every steamer needs a whistle!

So I added a servo under the floorboards and worked out a chain and pulley linkage.

More pics:

rhavrane · « **Reply #169 on:** June 16, 2017, 07:50:14 am »

Bonjour Jim,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WnCo1rrBkU

jpdenver · « **Reply #170 on:** June 17, 2017, 03:06:22 am »

Here is a short video on the progress so far.

Added some of the fittings and the step treads.

Waiting on the curtains, and then I'll see about the rear canopy.

Not long now. Definitely time for the float test in the guest bathtub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQmSvUvQyFk

Enjoy
Jim

jpdenver · « **Reply #171 on:** June 18, 2017, 11:12:00 pm »

She Floats!

Sits flat, no list. the water line is spot on.

I received permission to use the wife's tub for a test.
The water did not show up well, so I used the grandkids
ducky to try and point out the level.

I put as much as I could on her first.

Here she is:

derekwarner · « **Reply #172 on:** June 18, 2017, 11:22:23 pm »

Excellent Jim.....

I hope the boiler and gas a tank were both full

.......that would make a lovely bath for all of the 4 legged friends

Derek

jpdenver · « **Reply #173 on:** June 19, 2017, 03:46:31 am »

Derek,

The girls all go to the groomer for a spa day once a month.

As to the tanks - yes both were full.

Although I did not have anyone sitting on the WC.

More to come - almost finished.

Thanks for reading
Jim

steamboatmodel · « **Reply #174 on:** June 19, 2017, 06:13:34 pm »

Really looks great.
Gerald.

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