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[ballastanksian]

It has been enjoyable seeing you go from a stack of frames to the point where you are working on the superstructure Danielle!


I like seeing the interior of your boats, they look tidy, not unlike Brian B's hulls. I hope the scar goes completely, though I cut the top of a finger open in 2011 and I can still see the line! An addition to all the burns from pewter casting :)


I admire your bench/slipway by the way. I can see me building something like this one day when I get the time to build again.

[RST]

Hi the scale of your build is always impressive.

You also deceive us somewhat with that picture and the well-known accepted principle of size vs perspective!

https://youtu.be/OXypyrutq_M




Rich

[missyd]

The boat is very big 135x50+ cms....nearly to big to handle.
BTW...my next boat will be the same site...."Toirette" plan is from the french MRB magazine. I hope I can built it much better than the Mady-Jeanne! I am not happy with the frames and other mistakes I made!

[missyd]

W.I.P. .... I manage to do some work every other day....
Pic 1: Exhaust pipe made of 10mm diameter brass pipe....will be glued in after the wheelhouse ist painted
Pic 2: The main color will be dark blue. The light blue is prussian blue and I do not like it that much anymore.
Pic 3: Mast is in work. Just because I have to drill the hole the multiple strands of wire for the position lights.
Pic 4: Wheelhouse door. It will be possible to open/close it. Behind it I will position all switches needed for the lights. I made it out of some ABS that was lying around. It will have a working door handle.

[ballastanksian]

Neat work on the exhaust and door Danielle. I like gizmos on models such as opening doors to access controls. My destroyer has a rotating torpedo launcher that locks the deck in place 

[missyd]

Thanks a lot for your replay. Its always great fun to build something freestyle (without plans).
The door is ready to be used! The functional latch has a small hex nut glued to it so the latch stays locked in any conditions. I glued it on the latch after the picture was taken.

Pic1-3 show the progress and how it looks on the wheelhouse.

[ballastanksian]

Functional on the inside and attractive on the outside. Great balance.

[missyd]

Thanks a lot for your comment 
There is a second door on the wheelhouse. But this one is made of wood. Just worked a couple of minutes to make the door opening. It will open to the inside.
Pic1 & 2 shows how welcome this door is for skipper Jean-Jaques!

[missyd]

Todays goal was to finish the wheelhouse door. I had some problems with it but at the end the result is rather nice.I used two brass hinges, some 2mm ply and scraps of copper pipe and ABS plastics.
Pic 1: The hinges where fixed with M2 Bolts and nuts .... the spanner has size 3.2

Pic 2: View of the inside. Locking latch and hinges

Pic 3: With this door it will be possible to see the details of the the skippers working place and the kitchenette and bunk bed

Pic 4: Door closed. Door handle is a scrap piece of copper pipe used for the reling on the bow.

[ballastanksian]

It is lovely to see lots of carpentry boat building going on at the moment.

[missyd]

I repainted the hull with a dark color called "Prussian Blue".... the kight blue color will be redone in the next few days with
a) yellow stripingb) white stripec) and the rest will be prussian blue as well

[missyd]

I finally managed to finish painting the hull....I used some different colors as planned. I like it this way.All painting was done in the living room. Its too cold in my workspace. The colors took ages (+12h) to dry 100%.In the warm living room sometimes to color was dry after paintng the hull on both sides so I could go over and paint it second time or third time....There are some imperfections....I don't care....

[Perkasaman2]

A very impressive paint job. Well done.

[missyd]

Thanks a lot for your comment....it is always very welcome.
Next step was to get the wheelhouse redone.....I added 35mm in height! Not much work to do it and a good way to use a lot of different leftover pieces of different wood.As my model has not really a prototype I can do and change things as I want. Some ladders and stairs will be added later.

Now the wheelhouse sits more prototypical on the deck. Before it was going upwards to the bow.
I will change the color by adding some matching stripes just like the hull has.

[ballastanksian]

When I first saw the Prussian blue Danielle, I thought it looked much too grey-almost black, but now it looks fab what with the other colours. Very fetching :)

[missyd]

When I first saw the Prussian blue Danielle, I thought it looked much too grey-almost black, but now it looks fab what with the other colours. Very fetching :)

I overpainted the prussian blue with a dark blue....and its perfect.
The wheelhouse was sitting too low on the deck. The skipper would not have seen much out of the windows. I added 35mm plywood and now its ok. I have to build some steps and ladders. I like the overall look of the boat.

[missyd]

Happy new year to all my followers!
Time to make some ropes.....Made the ropewalk with the help of a YT video....there are a lot of videos and I used the one with the simplest ropewalk.It was constructued in a few hours today.
Pic1: I first used Meccano motors but they did'nt cope with it. So I used my Bosch drill instead. This is the end with the mowing parts and a planetary gear.

Pic2: The end with no mowing parts. Track can be made longer if space is no problem.
Pic3; Finished ropes....Green and white rope is made with 4 strands of yarn.Blue one is made with 4x4 strads of yarn
Other dimensions/length/color can be easely made.

[SteamboatPhil]

Happy new year Danielle, brilliant use of meccano, and the rope looks really the part.

[ballastanksian]

Agreed. Meccano is almost the lost technology today and seeing it used for such complex work is brill!


Great work as usual Danielle, the new height of the Wheelhouse.

[missyd]

Thanks a lot ballastanksian 
WIP....
Pic1: The motorized end of the rope way. My Bosch accutool is a great help for it. Ibought new hooks with 5mm diameter. I drilled 4 holes and 4 gearwheels with a 5mm drillbit. Now it works woderfully.

Pic2: The unmotorized end of the rope way

Pic3: Finished ropes in different sizes and length

Pic4&5: Started to build the net winch "holder"... this will be fun to build as the drums will work with two geared motors. Just put today work on the deck to check dimensions.

[missyd]

Pic1: Netdrums.....W.I.P.   Not shure if I will motorize them or not. I bought motors and gears for it but maybe I leave it unanimated....they are massive!!! This model is getting more detailed every week. I hope it will be not too heavy. Total weight should be in the 45-50kg range.

[ballastanksian]

Lovely job done on those winch drums    As regards motorisation, I suppose it depends on how you envisage your model being run and used in the environment you plan to sail in versus the system's strength.


If you feel that you can get a fair level of detail without the motorisation then go with that Danielle. Working models can need a lot of TLC even without more complicated systems adding to repair and maintenance time.

[missyd]

I do a unmotorized version first. But Its ready to add the motors later. Just to get the netwinches finished.
Pic shows the drums fitted just for photographical purposes.....

[SteamboatPhil]

Awesome Danielle 

[JoJoElbe]

Hi Danielle,nice to see that there is so much progress. I followed your built in a german forum until is somehow stopped.Just joined here a few days ago and now see this huge and heavy fishing vessel in full colors.
And your 'reeperbahn' is brilliant!
Best wishes,Joerg