Percassa Motor Torpedo Boat 1/24 scale by neptune

[neptune]

Ships display stand??

Jan

The first thing that comes to my mind - is the part of the model pedestals?!

Coolest smokestacks ever...

G'day guys, some good idea's there, like the one about the smoke stack, and in a way it is a stand of sorts, see below,




I wanted the base part to mount the Bofor guns onto,



just sitting in place not glued yet,



and a close up view,

thanks for looking in,

best regards John,


.

 

[neptune]

Coolest smokestacks ever...

G'day Paul, on another model you would have been correct, the Borcum Steam launch,


On the Borcum I wanted a flare topped funnel so Ibought a couple of these brass vases,


I just wanted the flare top which I cut off in the lathe,


cleaning up the top,



and the piece of tube it would be fitted to,



soldered in place,



and mounted on the boiler, so you were pretty close, you will have to come shopping with me,


best regards John.

 

[Magic Mike]

John, what a great project! I'm enjoying your workmanship and I love PT boats. Magic Mike

 

[neptune]

John, what a great project! I'm enjoying your workmanship and I love PT boats. Magic Mike

Thank you Mike,
Best regards John,

 

[neptune]

I turned up three plugs for the exhausts and glued them in place,



just checking for fit,



I gave them an undercoat of matt blue, and I am also test fitting the exhaust lids,



another view looking down on the transom, the exhaust lids will be taken off and painted before finally being fitted in place,

best regards John,

.

 

[neptune]

The piece of copper tube I had ordered for the cooling stack arrived,


I ordered a long length in case of any mistakes,



There was no way i could bend it so I cut a notch half way through and then bent it to match the plan,



The first bend,



and the second bend near the top,



after making the other half and soldering them together with a bridging piece,



and the air intake that goes on the top,



another view, there is still a bit of filling and sanding to do,


thank you for looking in,

best regards John.



.

 

[GrantTyler]

View attachment 434289
The piece of copper tube I had ordered for the cooling stack arrived,

View attachment 434290
I ordered a long length in case of any mistakes,


View attachment 434291
There was no way i could bend it so I cut a notch half way through and then bent it to match the plan,


View attachment 434292
The first bend,


View attachment 434293
and the second bend near the top,


View attachment 434294
after making the other half and soldering them together with a bridging piece,


View attachment 434295
and the air intake that goes on the top,


View attachment 434296
another view, there is still a bit of filling and sanding to do,


thank you for looking in,

best regards John.



.

Good afternoon John. Excellent work and ingenuity. Cheers Grant

 

[neptune]

Good afternoon John. Excellent work and ingenuity. Cheers Grant

Thank you Grant,

best regards John.

 

[neptune]

Just a quick catch up, I've attached the doors and some ports , still have to make and attach the handles to the doors,



















best regards John,

 

[neptune]

I trimmed down the base of the goblet and added some reinforcing strips around it, also added a nut and bolts for securing to the deck,


close up view,



made up some ammunition lockers,



front view,


best regards john,
,

 

[neptune]

I cut aand lined a hatch for the forward Bofor to sit on, so that I could add ballast to the fore end if needed,



fitting the ammo lockers on the raised hatch, I marked where they were to go and then drilled a couple of holes through so that i could insert dowells from underneath for strength,



just a bit of a mock up to see what she will look like, nothing glued yet,

thanks for looking in,

best regards John,


.

 

[neptune]

Before I could do anything else on the deck I had to turn her over and fit the shafts rudders etc,



the running gear, shafts tubes props rudders an supports for the tubes,


close up of the props, they are 55mm dia right and left handed,



marking out the bottom for where the tubes exit the hull, where they will stop, also where the props stop and finally where the rudders go,



cutting and filling the exit holes for the tubes,



test fitting the tubes and props for fit,

best regards John,

 

[neptune]

after I was happy with the tube prop positions I bent the ends of the support brackets added them to the tube prop assembly and marked there place, then I drilled four holes through the hull and added screws to hold them temporarily in place,



another view,



I then dismantled everything, and CA super glued the support brackets in place over the holes,




I also marked and drilled the holes for when I assemble the rudders,




another view,



I then epoxied a thick piece of plywood inside the hull over where the support bracket screws would come through ans when it had dried I screwed the support brackets in place, you can see where the tubes will come in through the hull.

best regards john,

.

 

[dockattner]

Always impressive John!

 

[neptune]

Always impressive John!

Thank you Paul,

best regards John ,

 

[Uwek]

Very good work

 

[neptune]

Very good work

Thank you Uwe,
Best regards John,

 

[neptune]

Thank you everyone for all the likes,

Best regards John,

 

[neptune]

The tubes coming inboard, I lined them up and epoxied them both to some pieces of wood laid across the hull,



when the epoxy had dried I then Fibre glassed over where they came through the hull,

best regards john,

 

[neptune]

I had two rudders but they were too small, so I decided to enlarge them,



I have plenty of pieces of brass and copper in my junk box, but didn't have any that would do the job on their own, so I had to use several pieces for each rudder, shows two pieces cut to fit, I cleaned these up and soldered them to one side of the rudder,



then on the other side I soldered three pieces,



Then trimmed them to the size I wanted, just have to be cleaned up,



after cleaning up with a miniature sanding disc, a couple of areas to be filled in,



and after filling and a final sanding,


and the other sides,

thanks for looking in,

best regards john,

.