Krick Grimmershorn 1/20 scale Motor vessel built by neptune

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The rear skylight made up, I am buying some brass portholes for all the ports on the model,

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the forward skylight,

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and with the support for the life raft canister,

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the two halves of the canister still to be glued together,

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and how it will sit on the top of the skylight,

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overall view,

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and a close up,

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I had also tried that site but had no luck, here is a link to the company I bought it from, they sell some nice models, I also bought the Borkum Steam launch,

mhm-modellbau

hope this helps you,

best regards john,
Thanks for that link John.
Took me awhile to navigate it but have worked it out now. Spent a lot of time translating.
Yes I think the after market rubber boat is an improvement.

Allan
 
On my birthday weekend some of the Family came to visit and my eldest son likes Egg and Bacon pies, and seeing
that his birthday is coming up soon I thought I would make him some,

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I cooked up 3 kilo of bacon approx 6.5 lbs, enough to make six pies or flans whichever you want to call them,
my Admiral and I had one, which left five for Gary to take home with him,

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after cooling down,

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and a close up, they were yummy,

thanks for looking in,

best regards john.

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Happy birthday John and Johns son.

Thanks for showing us your talents in the kitchen as well as the workshop. ThumbsupBirthday-Cake

Cheers,
Stephen.
 
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These are the mouldings for the emergency boat, which looks a bit chunky to me,

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at the local hobby shop i found this one which seems a little bit more detailed, what do you guy's think,

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another view,

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and a view of the underneath,

best regards john.

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Hi John,

There is no question in my mind the one you bought from the store looks great where as the kit one looks very ordinary.

Cheers,
Stephen.
 
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Making up the towing hook assembly,

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the towing hook all glued up and sanded to shape, I have been trying to find some photo's of the towing hook
on the real ship, but cannot find any, the shape of the hook seems really shallow and there isn't any device to
hold the hook in place when towing,

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these two pics show what i mean, these are the towing hooks that I built for my River Tug, maybe the Grimmershorn had a different locking system,

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and with the handles in place locking the hooks shut,

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the towing hook being test fitted,

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overhead view, showing the towing hook surpport fitted if I cannot find any Information I might redo the hooks the way I built them for the River Tug,

any suggestions welcome,

best regards John.

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Building up the hand winch,

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These are the parts supplied for the hand winch, my first disappointment with the kit, the two white metal disc's
are supposed to be the gear wheels for the winch,

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a close up view, in the parts list they are marked as being Brass,

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so it was off to my scrap box to see what I could use to replace them with and I came up with these two gear wheels
the same as what i used on Pat's winch, I had to turn down the thickness of the large one on the lathe,


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They supply nice turnings for the remainder of the winch, in reality there would be a small gap between the winch
drums and the vertical side of the winch body, but for security I decided to glue the drums to the side, once painted
you will probably not notice anything, also there is supposed to be a piece of 3mm brass wire for the drums but it
was missing, and seeing it was night time I used a couple of 3mm drill bits that were blunt, they worked out quite
well,


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these next three pics show the winch all glued up waiting for a coat of paint,

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Building up the hand winch,

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These are the parts supplied for the hand winch, my first disappointment with the kit, the two white metal disc's
are supposed to be the gear wheels for the winch,

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a close up view, in the parts list they are marked as being Brass,

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so it was off to my scrap box to see what I could use to replace them with and I came up with these two gear wheels
the same as what i used on Pat's winch, I had to turn down the thickness of the large one on the lathe,


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They supply nice turnings for the remainder of the winch, in reality there would be a small gap between the winch
drums and the vertical side of the winch body, but for security I decided to glue the drums to the side, once painted
you will probably not notice anything, also there is supposed to be a piece of 3mm brass wire for the drums but it
was missing, and seeing it was night time I used a couple of 3mm drill bits that were blunt, they worked out quite
well,


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these next three pics show the winch all glued up waiting for a coat of paint,

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Very nice upgrade and metal work.. Rich
 
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The brass parts on the left are supplied in the kit as the Navigation lights etc, you are
supposed to paint the central brass area red and green for the side lights and the others
white or silver for the mast lights, I have bought some after market ones on the right and
will use these,

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Next up was installing the hawse pipes,

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I drilled a small hole in the centre of the area that the hawse pipe would be located,
and then using different size files I gradually increased the hole till the pipe fitted,
then I had to put an angle on the hole for the pipe to angle back up towards the deck,


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the pipe fitting square through the hull, I high lighted the recess area
to enable me to find the centre more easily,

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and in this pic you can see the angle needed with the pipe coming up through the deck,


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the pipe coming up through the deck,

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I marked the angle on the pipe at the lower end first and made sure I had a correct fit before marking the top,

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close up view,
 
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after shaping the bottom of the pipe I inserted it in position then marked the top, I marked it with a pencil
then after removing the pipe from the ship I marked the area above the pencil mark with a texture so when
I sanded it on the sander I could see it better and I wanted to leave some extra pipe so I could trim it down
after fitting,


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The pipe trimmed at both ends with some extra left on the top end,

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with the starboard side pipe glued in place, this is what it looks like with
the anchor in place,

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and a close up,


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to help in marking out the port side hole I made a small pencil mark right up in the centre of the bow and took
measurements from the starboard side and transferred them to the port side, this is just the start of cutting the hole,


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and a final view head on, both look symmetrical, I was very lucky on both sides
in that the pipes fitted really tight and I have no areas to fill in, I might have to
do a little filling at the deck end, will see when I trim the pipes down to deck,

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Making up the towing hook assembly,

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the towing hook all glued up and sanded to shape, I have been trying to find some photo's of the towing hook
on the real ship, but cannot find any, the shape of the hook seems really shallow and there isn't any device to
hold the hook in place when towing,

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these two pics show what i mean, these are the towing hooks that I built for my River Tug, maybe the Grimmershorn had a different locking system,

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and with the handles in place locking the hooks shut,

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the towing hook being test fitted,

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overhead view, showing the towing hook surpport fitted if I cannot find any Information I might redo the hooks the way I built them for the River Tug,

any suggestions welcome,

best regards John.

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Your metal details are outstanding and they add authenticity to your model.
Marvelous workmanship.
 
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