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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
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 Posted - 06/09/2012 : 12:03:07 AM
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Thanks It feels like I might be in the home stretch now.
I do have plans for the cargo. It won't be a bulk carrier but again we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. |
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
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Posted - 06/10/2012 : 05:47:13 AM
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| Fitting the ends of the hull looked like an intimidating task, but you've succeeded quite well. Nice work. Good name, too, makes think and dream. |
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
775 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 08:55:53 AM
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Thank you. I believe I read the name somewhere either in a magazine or elsewhere. I also think it's the name of a real ship somewhere.
Anyway I did get a fair amount done on the ship but I accidentally left my camera at a friend's house for a week so I couldn't take progress pictures until last night.
First I added all the bulkhead top edges. These were pretty easy to do.
The main decks have the grey-white colored edges while the cabin and bridge decks have wood colored.
Next I added the anchors:
and the escape trunks on the stern and forecastle decks
These are made by stacking card and wraping it with the printed paper. You can also see the beginnings of the bollards on the decks around them.
The final and more difficult thing I finished was the stern and bow stairs. There are alot of parts to go into them:
They all cut out and produce these:
and then they are installed on the ship, one on the bow:
and two on the stern:
I still have to bend and install the handrails for them along with the upper parts of the bollards. |
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Sean_OBrien
Engine Wiper
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Posted - 06/18/2012 : 12:54:30 PM
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I've always wanted to do a cargo ship like this - growing up I wasn't too far from the shores of Lake Michigan, and I used to see ones about this size moving about from the various mills and factories there. Would likely look at using a different material though, just because of the way I am wired.
What I am curious about is whether or not the 19 printed sheets include all the bulkheads and what not? I think it might be reasonably to convert those to vectors and have the entire thing cut out of styrene - should make things like the sheeting much easier...not to mention provide a nicer surface for painting. Not to mention, the savings on your finger tips - I have done a few thick card models, and by the time you are done cutting through all the layers of card - I have grooves in my fingers from gripping the knife. |
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
775 Posts |
Posted - 06/24/2012 : 12:22:21 AM
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All the parts including the structure and bulkheads are on the printed sheets. I guess you could transfer them to styrene but you would still have to cut out all the parts and find styrene that was thick enough (4mm for the heavier sections).
For the larger parts I used a soft grip olfa knife which was much easier on my hands. If it were possible to convert the kit into a C&C compatible file you could cut everything out on a laser cutter and save the time and knife blades too but I think that's just wishful thinking on my part. |
Edited by - Glen Haasdyk on 06/24/2012 12:23:26 AM |
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
775 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2012 : 1:15:50 PM
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I should really be making more headway on this project but I got a new mountain bike about a month ago so that's been taking up my time lately. However there's been some rainy weather so I've been back on the case.
The lifeboats are pretty neat in their constrction so I thought I'd give a step-by-step on their construction.
First came the structure parts:
They're all numbered so they stack together with the boat-shaped parts are separated by a diamond-shaped spacer.
like so:
Then a single strip in glued to the top to create a peak:
Then the peaked top is placed over:
Next comes the coverings. There is a top, bottom and a tarp.
The top and bottom coverings are glued on and the sides are pressed into the framework underneath. The spacers give the look of planking on the sides of the lifeboats
Then the top tarps are glued on. The edges of the tarps fold over the edges and make a wrinkled look to them. The tarp tiedowns wrape around the bottom of the boats.
I'm halfway through building the lifeboat davits now, but no pictures yet. |
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
775 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 09:07:18 AM
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I finished and installed both the davits and lifeboats.
These were pretty easy since the decks are marked for their location. I'm thinking of adding cables from the davits to the boats yet.
I also added the railings for the bow and stern stairs. The kit comes with two bending jigs for them:
I just painted them white and glued them on
Last weekend I made a trip to the local hobby shop and picked up a few detail items. Styrene ladders and railing from Plastsruct and some anchor chain from Billings boats.
These will be added shortly.
Before that I'm planning to airbrush the hull to blend in the different sections and joiner pieces. |
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
775 Posts |
Posted - 07/13/2012 : 7:07:28 PM
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Good News! I finally finished the ship.
I added the railings on the stern decks:
and the forecastle deck:
I built the two masts out of styrene and aluminum tubing.
The cable on the masts is model ship rigging thread, again from Billings Boats. There are cable anchors including in the Scalescenes kit that help with tensioning the lines.
I also finished off the anchor winch assembly, adding the anchor chain.
you can also see the mast line anchors on the deck. These made adding the lines pretty easy. First you drill a hole in the deck then you tread the line into the hole and then slip the line into the slot cut on the anchor block. then the anchor block is glued to the deck.
Now to answer the question about cargo:
Pretty much a little bit of everything. I figured half of the open hold would have lumber from my sawmill, the other half with general freight. This way my port can handle almost any type of freight and industry.
The only thing missing now is a decent crew. I have found that German railway workers in their uniforms make excellent ship's officers but I'm looking for the shore and ship workers for my ship and port.
Here's a final couple shots of the ship sitting in its berth. I did fire up my airbrush with flat black to blend the hull in a bit better. On a former sailor friend's advice I also sprayed over some of the rust stains as he said most ships didn't have so many.
The ship sits quite nicely in the space by the pier. I was lucky that it (the ship) wasn't any longer!
The bow with the name plate
The side from the stern:
and finally the stern:
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Edited by - Glen Haasdyk on 07/13/2012 7:11:31 PM |
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Harsco
Fireman
USA
1101 Posts |
Posted - 07/14/2012 : 07:25:00 AM
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| Very nicely done, Glen....thanks for documenting the build. |
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Ensign
Fireman
Canada
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Posted - 07/14/2012 : 09:11:31 AM
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Nice to see your ship "Northern Venture" has found a port to call home.
This was a very interesting project to follow along with Glen.
Thanks for all of the pictures & explanations it was great to watch the Haasdyk shipyard in action.
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Sean_OBrien
Engine Wiper
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Posted - 07/18/2012 : 06:57:17 AM
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Originally posted by Glen Haasdyk
All the parts including the structure and bulkheads are on the printed sheets. I guess you could transfer them to styrene but you would still have to cut out all the parts and find styrene that was thick enough (4mm for the heavier sections).
For the larger parts I used a soft grip olfa knife which was much easier on my hands. If it were possible to convert the kit into a C&C compatible file you could cut everything out on a laser cutter and save the time and knife blades too but I think that's just wishful thinking on my part.
Laser cutting is the plan. I went ahead and purchased a set of the plans to look over while bouncing around waiting rooms at the hospital with my wife and it looks doable. I just need to figure out where to put seams for curves versus where to weld the parts together because of thickness/size.
For the thickness - I have been using these guys to source my flat styrene sheet for almost a decade:
http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=22883&catid=715
They sell it up to 3/16" thick which is more than enough for the vast majority of built up card stock. Laser cutting gets handled by a friend of mine or through a service if he is too backed up.
Anywho - the final result looks pretty good on yours. And thank you for the detailed build log, it should prove helpful if I ever manage to get the time to actually get started on building this boat.
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jschumaker
Crew Chief
USA
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Posted - 07/18/2012 : 08:30:53 AM
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It was enjoyable following your build, Glen. What's next?
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Glen Haasdyk
Crew Chief
Canada
775 Posts |
Posted - 07/18/2012 : 08:52:03 AM
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Thank you for all the compliments. After spending several months on the ship I started a couple smaller projects that I can finish up quicker.
Curently I'm working on a Sylvan 1951 Winsor 4 door, making it into an RCMP cruiser and a Westerfield Murphy Single sided box car.
I'll post pick of those projects in their own threads soon.
Sean, it would be intresting to see the ship built in styrene |
Edited by - Glen Haasdyk on 07/18/2012 08:54:10 AM |
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Scalescenes Cargo Freighter
