G'day Doc, if you mean the area up at the bow, it is the recess for the anchor, or if it is the area lower down by the keel it is just a reflection,Hi John,
Is the hull 'dented' or is that just reflection off something?
best regards John,
G'day Doc, if you mean the area up at the bow, it is the recess for the anchor, or if it is the area lower down by the keel it is just a reflection,Hi John,
Is the hull 'dented' or is that just reflection off something?
Did you get it from the Krick site https://www.krickshop.de/e-vendo.php?shop=krick_e&SessionId=&a=search&SearchStr=Grimmershorn when I looked it seemed they only shipped to Europe. When trying to register their is no option for Australia as an address.
Thank you for the nice comment, I bought mine from Germany, I think it was approx $350 including postage and took two weeks to arrive, a good deal,
best regards John.
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,Did you get it from the Krick site https://www.krickshop.de/e-vendo.php?shop=krick_e&SessionId=&a=search&SearchStr=Grimmershorn when I looked it seemed they only shipped to Europe. When trying to register their is no option for Australia as an address.
Thanks for that link John.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,
Happy birthday John and Johns son.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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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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The details work much better. RichView attachment 244436
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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Very nice upgrade and metal work.. RichBuilding 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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Beautiful work! That is one mean-looking whale face!
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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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