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wefalck wrote: Such kind of boom-steadies would not be uncommen, as the booms would work heavily on the hinges in sea. However, they would be shackled to some eyes welded to the boom, rather tied around it. The hook would also not be swinging free. Often it would be hooked with a wire loop to a suitable place. This obviates also the steadies.
What kind of rigging material did you use? I suppose it has to depict wire-rope.
For wire-rope you could twist two strands of tinned copper wire together - not more strands, as it is difficult to get this even, and not too tight, as the angle of the strands in wire-rope shallower compared to fibre-rope.
Amother option is to use fly-tying thread that is available in very small diameters. Some manufacturers have it in steel-gray. I think this would be for me the material to go to. I would twist it up and then soak it in some fast-drying solvent-based varnish. In this way the twist is retained. Then rigg the tackle, put some temporary weight on it and brush some dilute varnish on the thread. In this way the thread will settle in place and not be springy anymore. Thanks for the recommentation I have a copper wire but needs primer and paint so I bought a synthetic string which looks twisted like the real thing. I used this except for the part which connect the hook with the pulley. There copper strand was used. I also extracted more wires from an old cable. These are as thin as human hair. But still will need priming and painting.  Thanks for the re [quote="wefalck"]Such kind of boom-steadies would not be uncommen, as the booms would work heavily on the hinges in sea. However, they would be shackled to some eyes welded to the boom, rather tied around it. The hook would also not be swinging free. Often it would be hooked with a wire loop to a suitable place. This obviates also the steadies.
What kind of rigging material did you use? I suppose it has to depict wire-rope.
For wire-rope you could twist two strands of tinned copper wire together - not more strands, as it is difficult to get this even, and not too tight, as the angle of the strands in wire-rope shallower compared to fibre-rope.
Amother option is to use fly-tying thread that is available in very small diameters. Some manufacturers have it in steel-gray. I think this would be for me the material to go to. I would twist it up and then soak it in some fast-drying solvent-based varnish. In this way the twist is retained. Then rigg the tackle, put some temporary weight on it and brush some dilute varnish on the thread. In this way the thread will settle in place and not be springy anymore.[/quote]
Thanks for the recommentation
I have a copper wire but needs primer and paint so I bought a synthetic string which looks twisted like the real thing. I used this except for the part which connect the hook with the pulley. There copper strand was used. I also extracted more wires from an old cable. These are as thin as human hair. But still will need priming and painting.
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Such kind of boom-steadies would not be uncommen, as the booms would work heavily on the hinges in sea. However, they would be shackled to some eyes welded to the boom, rather tied around it. The hook would also not be swinging free. Often it would be hooked with a wire loop to a suitable place. This obviates also the steadies.
What kind of rigging material did you use? I suppose it has to depict wire-rope.
For wire-rope you could twist two strands of tinned copper wire together - not more strands, as it is difficult to get this even, and not too tight, as the angle of the strands in wire-rope shallower compared to fibre-rope.
Amother option is to use fly-tying thread that is available in very small diameters. Some manufacturers have it in steel-gray. I think this would be for me the material to go to. I would twist it up and then soak it in some fast-drying solvent-based varnish. In this way the twist is retained. Then rigg the tackle, put some temporary weight on it and brush some dilute varnish on the thread. In this way the thread will settle in place and not be springy anymore.
Such kind of boom-steadies would not be uncommen, as the booms would work heavily on the hinges in sea. However, they would be shackled to some eyes welded to the boom, rather tied around it. The hook would also not be swinging free. Often it would be hooked with a wire loop to a suitable place. This obviates also the steadies.
What kind of rigging material did you use? I suppose it has to depict wire-rope.
For wire-rope you could twist two strands of tinned copper wire together - not more strands, as it is difficult to get this even, and not too tight, as the angle of the strands in wire-rope shallower compared to fibre-rope.
Amother option is to use fly-tying thread that is available in very small diameters. Some manufacturers have it in steel-gray. I think this would be for me the material to go to. I would twist it up and then soak it in some fast-drying solvent-based varnish. In this way the twist is retained. Then rigg the tackle, put some temporary weight on it and brush some dilute varnish on the thread. In this way the thread will settle in place and not be springy anymore.
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:20 pm |
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forgot to make a whole mast. Its thicker that the others and has has a big pulley. Lower tip and pulley were made with 3d parts. The base and the main part were made of plastic and wood respectively.I even managed to make it movable up and down. Not that its important, I just wanted to do it After assembling the parts it was time to put it in place. I decided to try my luck in rigging. What a painful experience it was. Trying to give the right tension was quite difficult. A big respect to those who deal with rigging at wooden sail ships. Maybe this 1/160 scale make things more tricky, Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now. Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added.       IMG_20241113_182448.thumb.jpg.fc2fb793c938ad71e4d4ac72ab036761.jpgIMG_20241113_182536.thumb.jpg.3c50d34725431db7db393ca639415e3c.jpgIMG_20241113_182543.thumb.jpg.8ddd00768441ac0d082549583222044a.jpg Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now. Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added. IMG_20241113_182554.thumb.jpg.3edaf3f087e2e44159c14f703006d6c6.jpg forgot to make a whole mast. Its thicker that the others and has has a big pulley.
Lower tip and pulley were made with 3d parts. The base and the main part were made of plastic and wood respectively.I even managed to make it movable up and down. Not that its important, I just wanted to do it
After assembling the parts it was time to put it in place. I decided to try my luck in rigging. What a painful experience it was. Trying to give the right tension was quite difficult. A big respect to those who deal with rigging at wooden sail ships. Maybe this 1/160 scale make things more tricky,
Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now.
Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added.
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Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now.
Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added.
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2024 12:59 pm |
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Lot of work small progress. Bridge part fell off, many pieces broken especially those made from older resin with 0 elasticity.All repaired, added communication antennas and radar masts. All cranes in place except those at the funnels. These are fragile need to tighten down with rigging.    Lot of work small progress.
Bridge part fell off, many pieces broken especially those made from older resin with 0 elasticity.All repaired, added communication antennas and radar masts. All cranes in place except those at the funnels. These are fragile need to tighten down with rigging.
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Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 12:24 pm |
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3d printing parts doesn't mean that are ready always there is work to be done in many cases
Model boats were from an old era with planking effects on sides. So I had to sand them down to give the desirable plastic look. Ropes added as well as bilge keels
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:36 pm |
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Happy new year. I thank all the members for suggestion and comments I made the rest of the cranes. All were put in place except those based on the rear sides of the funnels. The model almost has taken its shape except some radar masts and smaller details like winches etc. I ended up with the most messed workbench in the world but in return I got a model of a fine looking vessel    Happy new year.
I thank all the members for suggestion and comments
I made the rest of the cranes. All were put in place except those based on the rear sides of the funnels. The model almost has taken its shape except some radar masts and smaller details like winches etc. I ended up with the most messed workbench in the world but in return I got a model of a fine looking vessel
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Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 3:03 pm |
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Looks as if you have come to a good solution. For masts and booms that I 3FD printed I reinforced them with piano wire. I wish I had had the technology available when I did the plethora of masts and booms for the APA. Yours is not an easy model with very few surfaces which are not compound curves!
Best regards: Tom
Looks as if you have come to a good solution. For masts and booms that I 3FD printed I reinforced them with piano wire. I wish I had had the technology available when I did the plethora of masts and booms for the APA. Yours is not an easy model with very few surfaces which are not compound curves!
Best regards: Tom
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:58 pm |
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Last 2023 update. I was looking for a way to make the cargo masts. I opted for a durable material so I skipped plastic over brass. The ends were a bit thinner and these were designed and 3d printed. The 2.5mm brass tubes had thick walls and proved to heavy for the resin base tip. So I took some 2.5 mm plastic tubes and reinforced them by putting a 1.5 brass piece inside them. Then resin edges were glued. Therefore a desirable stiff part was created without being extra heavy. Finally I printed a pair of life boats and started the paint job     Last 2023 update.
I was looking for a way to make the cargo masts. I opted for a durable material so I skipped plastic over brass. The ends were a bit thinner and these were designed and 3d printed.
The 2.5mm brass tubes had thick walls and proved to heavy for the resin base tip. So I took some 2.5 mm plastic tubes and reinforced them by putting a 1.5 brass piece inside them. Then resin edges were glued. Therefore a desirable stiff part was created without being extra heavy.
Finally I printed a pair of life boats and started the paint job
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Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:18 pm |
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Ahh, the White Swan, as she was dubbed at some stage, I believe  Ahh, the White Swan, as she was dubbed at some stage, I believe :thumbs_up_1:
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It was about time to do what I avoided to do lately. To paint the hull. Body was prepared by sanding it with 400,600 and 1500 grit sandpaper. For this size of hull an air compressor with a medium pistol would be ideal. Spray cans are far away from appropriate. The museum models are painted with colors from automobile industry therefore looks so impressive even bit unnatural. Then I layered tape strips and start spraying. The curved rear area was troublesome to tape. This hull also requires 3 colors, white, red and brown. After finishing the layers it took me another week working on evenings to get the desired outcome. Finally a medium gloss varnish was used .      It was about time to do what I avoided to do lately. To paint the hull.
Body was prepared by sanding it with 400,600 and 1500 grit sandpaper.
For this size of hull an air compressor with a medium pistol would be ideal. Spray cans are far away from appropriate. The museum models are painted with colors from automobile industry therefore looks so impressive even bit unnatural.
Then I layered tape strips and start spraying. The curved rear area was troublesome to tape. This hull also requires 3 colors, white, red and brown.
After finishing the layers it took me another week working on evenings to get the desired outcome. Finally a medium gloss varnish was used
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 10:42 am |
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Next was to replace the swimming pool. I printed the walls, glued them together. Wood fillet chopped ,varnished and put on.
Next step was the davits. The base was 3d printed but the upper part was a bit hard to draw so it was scratch built from 1mm styrene. Then 2.5mm reels added.
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I'm working at the funnels. Its a highlight spot of this ship. I printed a couple of pairs and I had to do some scratch work to correct some mistakes
After lot of sanding I get a desired outcome
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 1:17 pm |
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Work on cranes started. I printed the parts. Then assembled together and paint. Put crane frame supports using 1mm chopped plastic rod. After the fitment I scratch built a crane holder and glue it on port side on deck. It was difficult because my scratch built skills have been deteriorated since I spent most time on 3d design than making my parts by hands
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:38 pm |
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Thanks for the comments
Too much trouble for little progress. I added some shelters on bridge deck. Started with scratch building then decided for a more delicate job so I just printed them. Still measurements were incorrect, so multiple couples were tried to get the final fitment. On the top I used sandpaper 280bgrit pieces to simulate the material show on first pic. Before installation, a pair of compass were fitted one of each side of the bridge
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:14 pm |
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Good on ya for persistence! You haver learned a lot here and experimented with various techniques to achieve your goal.
Regards: Tom
Good on ya for persistence! You haver learned a lot here and experimented with various techniques to achieve your goal.
Regards: Tom
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:22 pm |
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While working on the masts suddenly realized that I was totally out of scale. I reprinted two of them with some modifications on top and other an one inch extension to the 3rd one.    image uploadAnd a last pic with the funnels on  image uploadWhile working on the masts suddenly realized that I was totally out of scale.
I reprinted two of them with some modifications on top and other an one inch extension to the 3rd one.
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And a last pic with the funnels on
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:27 pm |
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while preparing the superstructure for final fitment I made the winches: main body and another piece were designed and printed plus a plastic rod and a pin.
I used copper wire primed and painted black. then i put the winch cylinder on the main body and secured the whole system with a pin which i chopped the extra length and glued the last part.
so got a fully functional system minus the motor which i can adjust the length of the wire during the rigging phase, i only need to add more black paint to fill the gaps on the white reel.
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ndeed, 3D printing isn't "easy" but it does have the advantage of being able to replicate many items, which is ship model construction can be a common issue. It's not a push button technology yet but requires what I would call considerable process engineering. Previously I used replicative techniques such as resin casting but that has it's own issues. On my APA project all the winches (a lot of the m) are resin cast. Today I would print them, perhaps with slightly better results, though they are "OK". For myself there are possibilities of creating miniatures that I would otherwise be unable to create.
I still have hats off to some of the most astounding hand creators such as Song, who can create wooden hand carved chains! I did that on the APA, out of styrene, his are much better. Again today I would print those.
Keep plugging away! Tom
ndeed, 3D printing isn't "easy" but it does have the advantage of being able to replicate many items, which is ship model construction can be a common issue. It's not a push button technology yet but requires what I would call considerable process engineering. Previously I used replicative techniques such as resin casting but that has it's own issues. On my APA project all the winches (a lot of the m) are resin cast. Today I would print them, perhaps with slightly better results, though they are "OK". For myself there are possibilities of creating miniatures that I would otherwise be unable to create.
I still have hats off to some of the most astounding hand creators such as Song, who can create wooden hand carved chains! I did that on the APA, out of styrene, his are much better. Again today I would print those.
Keep plugging away! Tom
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 1:40 pm |
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wefalck wrote: The 1950s were the age of 'curves' ...
Interesting progress on the masts - 3D-printing makes making such complex and delicate structures a lot easier. Some say that 3D print is a cheat as it doesn't include any hand work. But in fact as long as you design and print each part its a kind of handcraft work, even in digital form. Anyway I am still working on the pulleys. The number required is great, Not sure about wooden ships but here more than 50 needed from what i see on the plan There are also double and triple pulleys that will be used. I am using photos of my archive as a guide to position them and differ remarkably from my plans. Rigging will be more challenging that it seemed initially. Most possibly won't be 100 accurate but thats ok. Meantime I decided to install the anchor machinery and drill the anchor holes all the way to the ship sides while working to improve paint details on deck    [quote="wefalck"]The 1950s were the age of 'curves' ...
Interesting progress on the masts - 3D-printing makes making such complex and delicate structures a lot easier.[/quote]
Some say that 3D print is a cheat as it doesn't include any hand work. But in fact as long as you design and print each part its a kind of handcraft work, even in digital form.
Anyway I am still working on the pulleys. The number required is great, Not sure about wooden ships but here more than 50 needed from what i see on the plan
There are also double and triple pulleys that will be used. I am using photos of my archive as a guide to position them and differ remarkably from my plans. Rigging will be more challenging that it seemed initially. Most possibly won't be 100 accurate but thats ok.
Meantime I decided to install the anchor machinery and drill the anchor holes all the way to the ship sides while working to improve paint details on deck
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 12:48 pm |
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Fliger747 wrote: Mike:
Good progress, indeed the streamlined superstructure with the compound curves a challenging subject. A very slinky cargo ship, reminds me of the nuclear powered Savanah from the 1950's.
Cheers: Tom Thanks for the comments Indeed some people do confuse those identical vessels. [quote="Fliger747"]Mike:
Good progress, indeed the streamlined superstructure with the compound curves a challenging subject. A very slinky cargo ship, reminds me of the nuclear powered Savanah from the 1950's.
Cheers: Tom[/quote]
Thanks for the comments
Indeed some people do confuse those identical vessels.
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Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2023 12:40 pm |
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