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I guess the fiberglass shop knows how to do it right. However, without perfect mold you have made, the fiberglass hull would a challenge for them....Thanks John! Yes indeed, the fibreglas workshop did marvellous work.
Thank you Uwe for your nice words, and all the "likes" too. I am trying to build as fast as I can so that interest of the people watching my log wouldn`t vanish completely. And I kind of agree with you that it is sad to hide the engine & other mechanisms under the cover, but so it was with the original vessel too, and we have to obey that.
Considering the builds of my colleagues, they have so much to do with their previous projects that they have hardly started to build Lempi, so we have to wait for a long time before they have something to show.
As you wrote, we are nearing the completion of this project, and I think the most interesting part is yet to come: To install the engine, boiler, piping and RC equipment.
To start with the boiler, this is how it looked when arrived. Nicely packed and no damage:
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And immediately I started to fit the boiler, gas tank and engine into the boat`s hull. And it seemed that there is just enough room for all these components:
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Place for additional components like steam control valve, pressure regulator valve, and oiler had to be found too:
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First thing to do was to install the wooden strips around the boiler using brass strips included in delivery. Panels cut out of aluminum tearplate were placed at the boat`s floor, and oiler installed into steam pipe before engine:
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Wonderful model - Congratulation
Did you test the engine already once - a "Dry-test" ?
I hope, that your building log is not completely finished - we all would like to see the engine running - so maybe it is would be possible to make a small video with sound - and off course in action - sailing -> Sorry for this request, but I guess you already expected something like this, or?
Good Moxis, then we just wait for the video, hope the boiler does not explode because of a valve you forgot to open, joke, congratulations.