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| Gene Bodnar |
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  Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | INTERIOR BULKHEAD PLANKING The interior bulkheads, or sides, of the ship are planked with long lengths of 1/16” basswood. The widths of the planks vary arbitrarily, but the planks around curves are generally of lesser width than those on flat surfaces. Each strip is cut so that its ends both rest upon frames. Each strip is glued directly to each frame and held in place with pins and clamps until the glue has dried. When it was completed, the minor spaces between the planks and any area that contains considerable gaps are now filled with wood putty. The entire area when then sanded by hand, first with 60-grit sandpaper, and then with progressively finer sandpaper until all of the planking is smooth, which also required touch-ups with repeated coats of wood filler. Finally, two coats of wood sealer were applied to the interior to ensure that very tiny gaps were filled and the surface was suitable for coats of paint. As a final step, ¼” notches were cut at each deck beam location.    | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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 Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1475 | Gene, You are moving along real well on the model. Are you going to leave the frames on the starboard open or are you planking all the interior? Mike | ||
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| teleman |
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 Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1394 | Looks real good Gene, like Mike said your moving right along! | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | Thanks Mike and Mario. Mike, The starboard side will remain completely open, and I expect to model everything in the interior. My client managed to get a set of the original 1910 plans from the Austrian naval archives, unfortunately annotated in German. Even when translated to English, I don't really understand much about this type of ship, but I'm giving it my best shot. Gene | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | EXTERIOR PLANKING The exterior planking is constructed quite similarly to that of the interior. Long strips of 1/16”-thick basswood are glued, pinned, and clamped to the frames; the minor gaps are filled with wood filler; and the entire exterior is sanded with successively finer grit sandpaper until smooth. The hull is then given a coat of wood sealer and re-sanded. Finally, the hull is painted with acrylic paint.   | ||
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| teleman |
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| Registered Member #1925 Joined: Tue Nov 29 2011, 05:32amPosts: 1394 | Hey Gene she lookin good. That first photo I thought you were adding an oversized torpedo. You sure can leave a nice finish on basswood or the lime wood you use. I will tell you Gene , basswood can sure give that boxwood a run for its money..... | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | I have just started the internal work. The forward turbine room has been completed. In addition to a turbine, the room contains a compressor, a feed pump, an evaporator, an alternator, and 3 storage cabinets. Gene     | ||
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| Gene Bodnar |
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| Registered Member #126 Joined: Tue Jul 21 2009, 11:20amPosts: 1776 | THE AFT TURBINE ROOM The aft turbine room contains all of the same fittings as the fore turbine room, except that most of them are reversed in direction in order to turn the opposite propeller. THE PORTHOLES The Csepel contains a total of 24 portholes of its starboard side, 16 at the bow and 8 at the stern. First, ¼” holes were drilled, and the resulting hole was fitted with a plastic tube extending from the interior to the exterior of the bulwarks. Then a 3/16” inside diameter by 5/16” outside diameter O-ring was glued to both sides of the hole with CA glue, covering the plastic tubing. Both sides were appropriately painted, white on the interior and gray on the exterior. Finally, each hole was filled with Jigsaw Puzzle Glue to simulate glass. BOILER ROOMS The Csepel contains 3 boiler rooms of approximately the same length. Each room contains two boilers, with the central two boiler rooms below the central two funnels. The foremost and aftmost boiler rooms are below the foremost and aftmost funnels. BOILERS: All 6 Yarrow boilers are identical and were constructed of 1/16” sheet basswood and two sizes of poplar dowels, 5/8” for the sides and 1” for the topmost. They were spray painted with satin black paint. They have not yet been installed permanently, because more detailed structures must first be built atop each boiler at a later step.     | ||
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| donfarr |
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| Registered Member #2001 Joined: Fri Dec 23 2011, 09:51pmPosts: 2082 | Just amazing work. Fantatic craftmanship. Don | ||
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| Mike 41 |
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| Registered Member #702 Joined: Fri Feb 05 2010, 10:37pmPosts: 1475 | Gene, The boilers look great! Are you planning on showing all the piping related to the boilers? Does she have a desalination unit on board? This is a very interesting build. Mike | ||
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