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L'Orenoque Mamoli 1:100 scale

Namabiiru said:
Brilliant, as usual! You are right: that mesh works very well. WRT the funnel, perhaps a compromise: paint the funnel black, but with a couple of green rings.
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Namabiiru! Thank you, sir! At least this time black paint and strategic lighting hide a lot of the flaws. Thank you for your funnel suggestion! I will give that a try, it's a much better idea than painting the whole thing green:)

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
GIG1810 said:
Hey Chuck,

Really well thought out and beautifully executed. It looks really lovely and is quite extraordinary! Great model so far!! Thumbsup :D
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Gunther! Thank you, shipmate! I think she's coming together. I am in the process of thinking through the structures inboard of the sponsons, the ladders and the bridge.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
RichardG said:
Nice build and very elegant. Love the coppering as well.
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Richard! I really love the coppering too. When I have visitors in the shipyard, the copper hull is one of their fascinations. I have to admit, however, that my work on L'Orenoque's is not what I wish - I should have done more work thinking abbout the gore lines. On the other hand, the result makes a good presentation and I am pleased enough to keep her as she is rather than commit to a do-over. Perhaps a little laziness there:cool: Well, there's always next time!

Thanks for looking in on my build!

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
Peter Voogt said:
That color combination with the copper plates is looking very nice, Chuck. With a lasting beautiful view of a large part of the paddles under the wheel houses.
Regards, Peter
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Peter! Thank you for the compliments! I was a little concerned about the scale of the mesh before painting the sponsons. Once the insides of the wheel coverings were black, the view of the tops of the wheels seems about right. I confess to a bit of justification of not trying to source scale lattice, but I really did want to reveal a bit more to the viewer's eye than they would have seen through scale lattice.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
Magic Mike said:
Chuck, I agree with Namabiiru, the mesh screen allows us to look inside to the nicely done paddle wheel! Regards, Magic Mike
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Magic Mike! Thank you, sir! I've decided that result is the result I was hoping to achieve rather than just being a bit lazy and very impatientROTF

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
Martin By Eye said:
Looks like you are bending your mind to it ... i was more occupied with support for model structure rather than full size, gluing the structures direct to the hull seemed a bit flimsy to my mind (it's one of my faults, i tend to overengineer) but i am not sure that the steel support structures you point out were not partly to protect the wheels from floating logs etc. when operating close to shore. It had certainly crossed my mind.
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Martin! Aha! Well, I am building my sponsons with a slot - their marriage to the hull, once completed, will be very strong with glue and pinning. The lower supports will be there to show how the historical ship proabably looked rather than in any weight bearing capacity.

I built the sponson with a lip to sit on the 1/8" wide bulwark. I will attach the inboard part of the slot to that lip (the red/green line). Once complete, I'll glue on the inside of the slot, slide it in place and pin it to the bulwarks (giant black dots)ROTF

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Martin By Eye said:
Alors la ! Elegant is the word. Surprisingly so considering the gaudy origins ! Bravo Chuck !
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Martin! Thank you! Elegant is what I was going for as opposed to gaudyROTF We'll see if I can keep it up or not. I got the rudder coppered last night. Today gudgeons and pintles and rudder hanging (I hope). I also need to put the hinges on the closed port lids and tiny handles on the doors. Then I'll comb back through this log for the pictures of the models, static and working, and the paintings and illustrations to help me design the structures inboard of the sponsons. Wish me luck!

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
The Gavel said:
Martin! Thank you! Elegant is what I was going for as opposed to gaudyROTF We'll see if I can keep it up or not. I got the rudder coppered last night. Today gudgeons and pintles and rudder hanging (I hope). I also need to put the hinges on the closed port lids and tiny handles on the doors. Then I'll comb back through this log for the pictures of the models, static and working, and the paintings and illustrations to help me design the structures inboard of the sponsons. Wish me luck!

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
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Well you are free to follow your whims on the dance floor ! there will certainly be plenty of space!
 
The Gavel said:
Richard! I really love the coppering too. When I have visitors in the shipyard, the copper hull is one of their fascinations. I have to admit, however, that my work on L'Orenoque's is not what I wish - I should have done more work thinking abbout the gore lines. On the other hand, the result makes a good presentation and I am pleased enough to keep her as she is rather than commit to a do-over. Perhaps a little laziness there:cool: Well, there's always next time!

Thanks for looking in on my build!

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
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looks fine and dandy to me !
 
What ho, shipmates!

I made some additonal progress over the weekend. I got the rudder hung and the hinge leafs applied to the closed ports. For the gudgeons and pintles I used the method I invented ROTF during my Harriet Lane build: black art paper strips with dots of glue on them for the bolt heads finished by burnishing copper tape over the strips. In the first pics, she's upside down so the well glued-in rudder head sets up properly without dibbles of glue running down the rudder. The third pic showns the finished work. It's not quite perfect. The pintles are not parallel to the waterline. I made the mistake because I glued the pintles while the rudder was off the ship. Well, there's always next time.

The red arrows point out the CA fog on the copper. Am I correct in thinking that a little nail polish remover on a Q-Tip will get the fog off?

Thank you all for following along and for the blessing of your kind encouragement and comradeship!

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

LO rudder hanging 1.jpgLO rudder hanging 2.jpgLO rudder hung.jpg
 
What ho, shipmates!

I moved things forward a bit the last couple of days (including today). The port lids are almost fully detailed with hinge leafs and pins and bolt heads. I finally go around to framing the poop deck doors and windows in black and added hinges and handles. Hinges and handles also went on the spnson doors. The photos show a lot. :eek: Particularly on the poop deck doors and windows, the hinges and handles look much bigger in the pictures. I assure you the effect is much more subtle in person. As you will see, I used the dot-of-glue method to simulate the bolt heads on the port lid hinge leafs. Once dry, they are invisible unles you are looking for them. It was worth the effort and I know that they are there:D;) Please enjoy!

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What ho, shipmates!

I briefly paused to consider two things. First, should I add additional details to the port-lids, a ring and a rope to raise them? Second, could I make a small enough ring? I decided yes to both. Turns out that rope has a name (big surprise - not) - "span." Here's a mock up of the spans, the source for the name and the first of 18 rings for the span to attach to.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

LO port lid span mock up.jpgLO port lid rigging.jpgLO port lid span ring.jpg
 
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