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aew   Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3010 | Gene: Step 5 - if you stretch cling film (Saran wrap?) over your drawings it's great for stopping the glue sticking things to them. Nice work on the framing; I like the idea of using spacers. | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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 Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Arthur, Thanks. l like your idea on the Saran wrap. Gene | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | The framing has been completed in the following photos, with a few minor fix-ups still to be done. The keelson, mast steps, limber strakes, and deck clamps have also been installed. The large opening to the hold in the center of the vessel will contain the copper boiler used to drive the engine on the lower deck, which turns the shaft of the paddlewheels on the upper deck. The area alongside the large opening in the hold is the area where 75 tons of coal were stored, and above this area on the lower deck, 25 cords of wood were stored.   | ||
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| GMintz |
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 Registered Member #197 Joined: Thu Aug 06 2009, 11:31amPosts: 25 | Wonderful work as always Gene. | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | I have decided to leave the port side of the frames fully exposed and the starboard side fully enclosed. Many of the internal details will be seen in the finished model -- things like the boiler and engine, staterooms, etc. I do not have any plans for the internal details, but Chapelle provides a long narrative description of those details, so I am interpreting that narrative into what I believe was the appearance of the real ship. This is what it looks like to date. Gene    | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 904 | Hi Gene, I like the half exposed framing. at what point do you seal the wood and how? Do you use a brush or spray? Thanks, G | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Gary, I never apply any kind of seal to the interior stuff. People claim that the wood, as it ages, absorbs moisture from the air and will eventually begin to warp out of shape, or some of the glued items will break loose. But I say, "Nonsense." I know Underhill recommends varish, but I tried that years ago and did not like the result. However, like Underhill recommends, I do dowel almost everything in place with small bamboo dowels. The very first POF that I built in 1962 is of the bringantine Leon. Since a friend of mine still has it, I get to look at it occasionally. It is not, nor has it ever been in a case, it still looks great. Here, the wood had no seal of any kind on any of the frames, which are exposed from the waterline down, and they have not changed one iota, except for a slight darkening of the wood. I did use an oak stain on the planking from the waterline up, and it hasn't changed either. On the other hand, I've never left my models exposed to rain or using a hose to clean them, as Underhill recommends. In any event, that's probably why Underhill seals all his wood. Gene | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | The boiler and flue has been installed, with the flue projecting nearly 15 feet above the top rail. In the hold aft of the mainmast, food, water, sails, and cable and rope were stored. I've installed a few items of each only to suggest what is located in this area.  | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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 Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1245 | Hi Gene, The Savannah is looking great. Did you use basswood for the boiler? Mike | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1778 | Mike, No, no basswood here. The large cylinder is a 1 1/8" birch dowel. The 5 "metal" straps around the dowel are copper tape treated with a pounce wheel. The smaller tubes attached to the large cylinder are pieces of a plastic straw. The flue is a 5/16" birch dowel. Acrylic copper paint covers the main cylinder. Gene [ Edited Fri Jan 09 2015, 10:38pm ] | ||
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