Steam powered wooden Drifter trawler, Formidable LT100, 1/20 scale by neptune

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Making the pattern for the fore side of the galley,

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marking out the copper with an overhang around the edges for folding back onto the galley sides,

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all ready for gluing in place,

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just have to wait for the front to dry before gluing back the edges onto the galley sides,

thanks for looking in,

best regards John.
 
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neptune said:
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Making the pattern for the fore side of the galley,

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marking out the copper with an overhang around the edges for folding back onto the galley sides,

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all ready for gluing in place,

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just have to wait for the front to dry before gluing back the edges onto the galley sides,

thanks for looking in,

best regards John.
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Great tutorial John,

Your Drifter is coming along beautifully.
What sort of glue are you using and will you use an Automotive Etch primer on the copper?

Cheers,
Stephen.
 
Thanks guys, I don't mind anyone joining in, the more the merrier, I'm not sure about the copper you have Daniel, if it is .5mm, you can only try and see if the wheel will make an impression on it, four pieces of the copper I am using is equal to your .5mm copper,

best regards john,
 
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Thats all the planking sanded back, I will probably give the deck a wipe over with a damp cloth and then a final light sanding,

Steve I used CA glue for the plating on the drifter,


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starting to build up the wheel house, I was going to build it separately, but have decided to build it up on the wheel house base,

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I have glued the base pieces for the wheel house onto the plated section, when the glue has dried tomorrow I will give the base its final shape by trimming these timbers down,

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these parts are not glued they are just to show how I will build up the wheel house, what I might do before going any further is to mask the wooden parts and follow Steves suggestion and prime the plated section,

thank you for looking in any suggestions are welcome,

best regards john,

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Thats all the planking sanded back, I will probably give the deck a wipe over with a damp cloth and then a final light sanding,

Steve I used CA glue for the plating on the drifter,


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starting to build up the wheel house, I was going to build it separately, but have decided to build it up on the wheel house base,

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I have glued the base pieces for the wheel house onto the plated section, when the glue has dried tomorrow I will give the base its final shape by trimming these timbers down,

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these parts are not glued they are just to show how I will build up the wheel house, what I might do before going any further is to mask the wooden parts and follow Steves suggestion and prime the plated section,

thank you for looking in any suggestions are welcome,

best regards john,

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Thanks John.

Cheers,
Stephen.
 
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thats the rounding off and shaping done,

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next up was paneling the insides of the wheel house,

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and adding the locker seat and flooring,

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just have to add the strip across the doorway,

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and I have a wheel to install and a binnacle to make, its going to be a little bit cramped in there, I should have made the wheelhouse walls a little bit thinner,

best regards John.
 
Very good work with the copper plates - also on the hull of your "off topic" model.
How you fix theses hull sheeting plates - I guess tehy are single copper sheets - Are you using double sided adhesive tape or some other glue?
I am asking because often the edges of the copper sheets are getting loose, mainly with overlapping of the sheets ..... so which technique are you using?
 
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Very good work with the copper plates - also on the hull of your "off topic" model.
How you fix theses hull sheeting plates - I guess tehy are single copper sheets - Are you using double sided adhesive tape or some other glue?
I am asking because often the edges of the copper sheets are getting loose, mainly with overlapping of the sheets ..... so which technique are you using?
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G'day Uwe, on the Steam Drifter I used CA glue to attach the copper sheets but on the Investigator model I used contact adhesive, I used the copper in long strip's cut to the length needed, hope this helps you,
Best regards John,
 
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the wheel house roof timbers glued to the cardboard pattern,

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the wheelhouse top marked out,

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glued and clamped up,

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just have to round off the corners,

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and again just about where it will end up,

thanks for looking in,

best regards John,
 
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I fudged around with the printer till i got the size of copy to fit the model so as to get a bit more of an idea about the windows etc,

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and the front view,

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I worked out where the windows etc had to be fitted,

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thats the two sides and the back pieces attached, the windows will sit on these pieces,

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just waiting for the windows to be added,

best regards John,

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I fudged around with the printer till i got the size of copy to fit the model so as to get a bit more of an idea about the windows etc,

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and the front view,

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I worked out where the windows etc had to be fitted,

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thats the two sides and the back pieces attached, the windows will sit on these pieces,

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just waiting for the windows to be added,

best regards John,

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Hi John,
What sort of material are you going to use for the windows?

Cheers,
Stephen.
 
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