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mogogear · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject:

A few small updates.

The pilot house is getting some detail( voice tube to the engine room, a binnacle and wheel and a door handle), the new side rooms are primed and painted and decking boards are being prepped for the wings that lead and follow the sponsons. Also the companionway housing is getting closer- still need to add hinges and handles and paint

These will be spaced as they usually were open in between to let water drain through ( mine will not be slotted through for extra strength reasoning)-

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benchmark · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject:

Amazing detail. This boat will really be a looker whn you finish.
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mogogear · Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks Kenneth - I am no Bernhard- but he does inspire me--

The binnacle is a 22 caliber bullet casing with a hole through it a small bit of brass wire and two B.B's for a BB gun with small holes drilled in their sides and soldered in place.

A hole punched disk of plastic card and a cap off a crafts ink pen and your are done!!

The voice tube a bit of flared and bent brass tubed wrapped with thread.

It is fun to see what you can do- of course this will be much less conspicuous under the roof when it is back in place

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mogogear · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:03 am Post subject:

Boiler cladding and 18 others things I won't bore you with today..

My local hobby shops had no mahogany ..*&^^%&%7!! So as I was about to tuck my tail and go home I found some exotic woods and the price was right...purple heart wood-can't say I know much about it other than it is purple and hard and I like it...

Here it is as I test fit everything tonight...all comes off tomorrow and the wood gets varnished- the ends blacked and the black wool felt (1/16" thick) insulation wrap gets glued down and the black paint on the boiler gets touched up.

Then some double sided tape and the whole thing goes back together again

Can't wait to see how the wood looks after finishing!!
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mogogear · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:57 am Post subject:

Well now we go from the raw purple heart wood to a coat of mahogany stain and then satin polyurethane.

Then the layer of wool felt was tighten up , the finished wood back in place, new bands, drilled out the mounting plate for the new boiler position ...

and WA LA!

and snuggled inside

Lots of work about to photo of progress on the superstructure, refitting the tow hook to really tow, adding external steam exhaust piping ( faux) and repositioning of the mast aft a bit as I move the companionway up on to the removable top as a sky light takes shape on the foredeck..

A mock up of theproposed layout just to get a feel

Also ordered my Gas attenuator from Forest steam, a set of feathering paddlewheels to upgrade the wood ones on her now, $50 worth of fittings and bits and bobs and new site glass tube from PM Research.

Spur wheels and chain coming from SDI and a clack valve and a few more trinkets from Clevedon Steam...

Money seems to be running through my fingers --Thank God the boat is in great shape to start with, I still think this is going to take till late Spring to get operational. The wife is clamoring for me to get back to work on the sewing room I am building for her in the attic....IF I can just coax her in and then ...SLAM the door I will make great progress

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Les · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:04 am Post subject:

That is coming on a treat Greg.

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Stoker · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:25 pm Post subject:

Trapping your wife in the sewing room may seem like a good ploy to buy you more shop time, but my guess would be that while she's in there, she will find many more ideas for crucial "honeydo's" for you to attend to!

Boat's coming along a treat, and late spring is not too long to wait for such a wonderful launch date!!!
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mogogear · Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:30 am Post subject:

A few more quick "staged " snaps of the exhaust piping work I have been up to. The tow hook need painting but the pivot hardware is strong and working cap[able now- I just need to make a brass plate for the hook to move over and touch up paint where i did some soldering.

The more detailed and primered companionway and the crews quarters skylight taking shape.

I also have some cowl vents coming with the paddle wheels that are about twice the diameter

Pilot house wit the "lid" on

Standing back a little you can get an idea of the subtle changes at play. Still many small things - the list seems to get longer as I think in bed at night instead of shorter

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MODmanMax · Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:09 pm Post subject: Steaming beauty

Thats one hell of a boat. I can see you really like the scaly stuff.
Look forward to the movie.

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mogogear · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 2:05 am Post subject:

Thanks all for the nice feedback--Remember - this is therapy- they kind I love!!

I have been busy finally ordering and collecting all the plumbing bits etc for the boat:

New feathering paddle wheels
A new burner from Jerry
A steam supply valve
a clack valve
a BIX burner attenuator to control burner out of the pond
tap and dies to adapt the various mix of pitches etc to each other
new bigger cowl vents
a hoard of small fittings and elbows
$$$$
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Oh well It is fun
I did make a condenser for the boat . As over priced pre-made condensers are my biggest pet peeve, I made this fellow that has a 5 oz holding capacity with an "in" - "out" and a suction line to remove accumulated oily bilge gunk. It is the line feeding from the end cap in the middle. It also bends downwards after entering the end and ends up drawing from the bottom of the horizontal can.

Here is a Before - Middle and End shot of what I used for my condenser. The lagging is from coffee stir sticks. Labor aside - I have about $2.00 in this and that is mostly the three strips I cut from some thin brass sheet and three brass screws and nuts

It is 2.5" x 3.5" - and yes it is a steel can but with oily water in it I am betting it will never really rust out. I did use some more of my wool felt as an insulator- probably not needed but as it will sit on some small slats in the center of the hull I wanted to keep heat transmission to the GRP hull down to a lower temp

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Les · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:41 am Post subject:

The condenser looks good Greg, how did you manage to empty the tin without cutting the top off?
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mogogear · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:13 pm Post subject:

Not really hard to do Les, just slow. After I drill a hole in each end I use a drinking straw to insert in and then cover the other end of the straw when I remove it.

This traps a plug of tomato paste in the straw each time to do this. After I have done this from each end about 10 times I have removed enough paste that I can then pour in some hot water and covering the holes - shake vigorously and slowly liquify the paste - pour.

It takes about 20 minutes or so of concentrated effort- but works fine.
Easier than it sounds
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peejay999 · Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:31 pm Post subject:

Your boat just gets better and better and it was pretty darn good to start with!

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Stoker · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:01 pm Post subject:

mogogear · Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:26 pm Post subject:

Portholes and roof's on the new galley and W.C. enclosures , planking on the sponson decks

And an over head shot of the same with a glimpse of the new condenser in place and the R/C components shelf above it for batteries, receiver etc. The condenser just sits in a cradle in the center of the lower hull under the shelf.

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