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Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) said:
i find this forum show cases the new wave of modeling and what is being done with CAD, 3D printing, 3D instructions, and 3D carving just wondeful!
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Well said, Dave, nothing to add. A brand new era of shipbuilding models and SOS playing its important role in this makeover.
 
Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) said:
the modeling of just the engine and boilers for the Mississippi model has now been a year in the making and yet to 3d print the first part.

once the engine and boilers are done I will move on to the guns first draw them then create a 3D model.

in all my years of ship modeling i have never come across a model of a steam ship in such detail down to the rivets that hold it together.
We are coming into a new age of ship modeling with CAD and 3D modeling and CNC milling and carving. This is exciting and quite exhilarating to be able to create such detailed models and state of the art kits.
I say out with the old and in with the new.

i find this forum show cases the new wave of modeling and what is being done with CAD, 3D printing, 3D instructions, and 3D carving just wondeful!
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Hello @Dave Stevens (Lumberyard),
I came across this old thread via another one and have read it entirely.
It was a most interesting read.
What became of your Mississippi project?
 
Allegheny said:
Hello @Dave Stevens (Lumberyard),
I came across this old thread via another one and have read it entirely.
It was a most interesting read.
What became of your Mississippi project?
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The Mississippi project is sitting on the back shelf waiting for me to get back to it. Also added to that shelf is the first iron steamship built by the navy the Michigan whos plans are in the Smithsonian archives however plans of the engine are missing. Another project on the shelf is one of the early steamships the Indiana who's engine was salvaged and plans drawn.
Right now i am deep into the Sultana project and will continue with that for a few more months. Perhaps in the fall i will jump into these steamships and do the 3D drawings and print files for a steam engine kit or a cross section of the engine room.
 
Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) said:
The Mississippi project is sitting on the back shelf waiting for me to get back to it. Also added to that shelf is the first iron steamship built by the navy the Michigan whos plans are in the Smithsonian archives however plans of the engine are missing. Another project on the shelf is one of the early steamships the Indiana who's engine was salvaged and plans drawn.
Right now i am deep into the Sultana project and will continue with that for a few more months. Perhaps in the fall i will jump into these steamships and do the 3D drawings and print files for a steam engine kit or a cross section of the engine room.
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Thank you for your informative reply.
Looking forward to when you pick this project up again.
 
I am also waiting to see how this project continues.

with some projects they hit a dead end, The Mississippi engine is complex and i can not find anyone knowledgeable in early steam engines to discuss how it goes together.
Another steam engine project that ended is the engine of the lake steamer Indiana. The engine was salvaged and has been sitting in a warehouse since the 1970s and i can find no one who access to it. There is a huge amount of research material but again unavailable unless you go there in person and do your own research which is very expensive.

to do a diorama of an engine room of a steamer even if you can get the research material you then have to do the 3D modeling and the 3D printing which is very time consuming and expensive.
 
The Henry Ford museum has a world class collection of steam engines as you have posted here. In 1964 our thermodynamics class from the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering visited the museum. The curator of the collection gave us a private tour and explained the evolution of steam power with these engines. At least back then, the engines could be operated with compressed air. He started several of them for us including a huge Corliss.

Roger
 
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