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Steam pinnace Janet

Hello Rich ,
I am interested in the forward deck to be impecable .
I know some builers are tracing the planks on deck when the shape is not easy to follow.Sadly I got it later .
I will use the traditional approach too ,and glue more cautios
kind regards,Daniel
 
badras-khan said:
Hello Rich ,
I am interested in the forward deck to be impecable .
I know some builers are tracing the planks on deck when the shape is not easy to follow.Sadly I got it later .
I will use the traditional approach too ,and glue more cautios
kind regards,Daniel
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The foredeck planks run straight fore and aft starting with the centerline and working outwards to port and starboard. The widths of the planks are all the same and dictate where the nibbing planks notches have to be located.

The after deck planks follow the curve of the hull and gradually taper down in width as they progress aft. The nibbing strakes aft are also dictated by a logical place where the deck planking becomes too narrow. I did these from outboard working inwards. There are not that many nibbing notches aft as there are forward. It takes some time and consideration in shaping and placing the decking. As to length, I followed what I found in other plans and references using the more common 12 foot length but placing the butt ends on the centerline of a deck beam.


As my build is POB I had to stretch to longer lengths which made a geometrical alignment of butt ends and the associated fasteners a challenge but it all disappears as most of those are covered with the deck housings, hatches, dory kids and dories, storage planning laid perpendicular to the deking forward of the main cabin to protect the deck from barrels, large tanks, boxes, and miscellaneous items used in fishing which is the manner of my own build and not the more trimmed down and lightened equipage for racing where the anchors were stowed as ballast below decks and not visible as the YQ and some other kit builds present the schooner.

I am putting in a fair amount of time studying the old photos in detail over and over which bring small items not noticed in the prior examinations. It is still just a tricked up kit and at 1:64 scale some items are not feasible for my to try to craft and include.

Good luck and with care you will come out with a schooner that you can be pleased with having. The fun of a hobby is in the voyage and the end result goes in a harbor, idling the time away, while the skipper moves on to his next build. Rich
 
Hello Again!
After a loooong time with too much work and deadlines and no time for hobby ,I found a holyday to work on my ship again.
At fist I had to find a way to steady the battery in cargohold so I made a little box around it.
After I worked a bit on the engine deck and decided to put magnets for holding as Moxis told me an age ago.
Dry fitted the pieces and discovered some redesigning is needed for one or two.
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I put 2 magnets in front and 2 pieces of iron plate in the back that will stick on sme circular magnet.
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And the battery box

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Kind regards,Daniel
 
Hello Moxis ,I watched the builds of your tanks and I am so amazed .You are a great modeller!
Pity you are so far from Romania , I would like to visit your workshop and see your work more closely.
This is a tentative of building the IS-3 tank in my youth ( 25 years ago) and the only photo .I was building from paper and with the wheels and traks casted in lead and I worked on a kitchen table with very basic handtools.My son had 1,5 years in that photo
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Thank you Daniel! Your tank looks very nice too. Did you cast your tracks & wheels by yourself? How did you make the patterns for casting?
 
At the time I used a manufactured brick with electric coils around the mould and the mould was from 3 pieces of aluminium plate fastened with screws
the top layer was for pouring and making the fin of the track,the middle one was for the body and the last part was for positive of the holes in the track20210501_135841.jpg

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kind regards,Daniel
 
Very nicely made Daniel! I cast my track links for T-26 tank using heat resistant silicone rubber as mold. I think we used Zamac metal for casting, it is a mixture of aluminium and zinc and melts at relatively low temperature. But drilling the holes for track link pins was a nightmare.
 
badras-khan said:
At the time I used a manufactured brick with electric coils around the mould and the mould was from 3 pieces of aluminium plate fastened with screws
the top layer was for pouring and making the fin of the track,the middle one was for the body and the last part was for positive of the holes in the trackView attachment 230662

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kind regards,Daniel
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This expands my tool box, although I will not be casting treads, it is interesting to see how it was done. Rich (PT-2)
 
Hello All,
It is a long time since I posted here but another project was in first place ,I beginned to design my home .( the first 15 variants so far :cool:)
this was eating a lot of time after work, so janet is on hold for now.I did some redesigning on janet too ,moved the electric motor a bit to the aft of the ship .
Some things not very good projected at first, bite me in soft areas now:D . but everything is on track after my project is going to the city hall for aprouval.
And to keep the wife happy my workshop area is near hers outdoor kitchen
Daniel
 

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badras-khan said:
Hello All,
It is a long time since I posted here but another project was in first place ,I beginned to design my home .( the first 15 variants so far :cool:)
this was eating a lot of time after work, so janet is on hold for now.I did some redesigning on janet too ,moved the electric motor a bit to the aft of the ship .
Some things not very good projected at first, bite me in soft areas now:D . but everything is on track after my project is going to the city hall for aprouval.
And to keep the wife happy my workshop area is near hers outdoor kitchen
Daniel
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Very nice shop and relaxation area combined with lots of natural light. Rich
 
Thank you, Rich!
This is a view from nort-vest of the land of my future home and workshop in the early morning
Is still work in progress so no fancy rendering.
Kind regards,Daniel
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How cool is this 17m2 workshop with close barbeque place and a pool
THAT is a nice workshop
 
Hello Again
After a long time I got Janet of the shelf and did some little work. I shortened a little the axis and move the engine a little on the rear of the ship .20210829_110249.jpg20210829_115425.jpg20210829_115435.jpg20210829_115552.jpg
At this time I made a descovery that is not very good ,the last end of the keel is bended slighty to the left ( 1.5 mm or so )
I am at a decision time: to sand the bended part and supplement the other side ar try to bend all with steam san calmps?

I need some help deciding.
Kind regards,Daniel
 
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