Fisher 34 motorsailer

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Good to get the problem of the 'hidden plans' sorted. Hope some arrive in Canada in the new year.

Managed to squeeze in just a little bit of component preparation between the Xmas chores of eating and drinking. The wheelhouse and coach roof hand rails supports have been glued in place. The actual rails have not been glued on yet. Need a coat or two of gloss on the coach roof first.

Nav light boxes are made and varnished but I'm considering trying to have working P/S&S navlights -so will have to drill some holes for lights and wiring. Not sure if I want the agro but, working lights might -just might- impress the Admiralty sufficiently to allow an occasional appearance onto a sideboard or shelf etc.

George

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Fit full lighting and tell her it is the latest design of table lamp, battery powered and invaluable for power cuts.

Colin

[geconParticipant @gecon]

This is a great forum, no matter what the problem, there's always a wise suggestion forthcomming. That may work Colin but first…….

I'll have to find a couple of lampshades for the top of the masts and smear duck fat on the Admiralty binoculars. A pressure-sensitive-release parachute may not go amiss in case the whole lot gets tipped over the balcony railings. I could drop the anchor too -and Araldite it to the table top.

As a distraction I could shine a cocpit work-light onto a new pair of diamond earings strategically place on the cockpit seat. Cost a bob-or-two but cheaper than building a new Fisher -by far!

Looking forward to the New Year already Colin. Thanks for the inspiration!

George

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

The earrings should do it. Maybe just one with the second coming with the next boat…?

Colin

[geconParticipant @gecon]

This sounds like the 'voice of experience' to me Colin

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Not everything allways goes to plan!.

Painted white gloss on some coach roof sections and other bits today while the Admiralty was doing her nails! Managed to use the wrong gloss paint so will have to start again in two days. We usually pack away the Xmas tree and decor' today 01.01. but have not started yet. It'll be done during this weekend while waiting for the 'wrong gloss' to dry thoroughly.

Happy New Year to all.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Spent last couple of days on final production of the wheelhouse front screen. Managed to make a Wynn linear wiper unit as fitted to my particular full-size version. Fishers have had different types of wipers fitted through the years. I hope to be ready for stepping masts in a couple of weeks. Still have not decided on how to secure the coach roof sections and that needs to be done before masts and rigging.

George

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi George,

I like that wiper very realistic, Stepping the mast on top of the coachroof is a real pain if your trying to maintain some access the internals and RC I imagine your shrouds & backstay will be operational ?

Good luck, she is coming on nicely

Regards Ray

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

George, what he said. How big is the lettering? It’s very neat!

Ashley

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hi Ray, the mast will be keel stepped, it goes through a hole in a fixed centre section of the coach roof and 10 cm down to a block which is glued to the frames & keel. It's allmost self-supporting. This can be seen in some of the photos posted previously.

The wiper is made from spring steel and rubber -both from my daughter's car's disgarded…….window wiper!

I've also made a map-light for the wheelhouse chart table -used wire and metal from top of a bottle of sparkiling wine.

Hi Ashley, the capital letter 'W' is 2mm. Printed on a hand-held 'Bother P-touch' dymo-thingy.

Done a bit more today, front window frame 'siliconed' in place and preparing more parts, as usual. Not in all album yet.

Have a safe weekend,

George.

Edited By gecon on 08/01/2021 16:29:31

[geconParticipant @gecon]

General overall view. Ready at the end of next week set up rigging and step the masts…I hope.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

After having been enlightened by Ashley, I got the urge to 'enlighten' the yacht. Installed nav-lights and cockpit work lights. A by-product was wheelhouse interior lights but these need to be subdued a bit. Maybe splash some red paint on the bulbs or thread over some red drinking straws….to simulate night-lights.

I had not originally planned for working lights so there's no stern light. It's too much agro now to try to get wiring to the aft pulpit.The two cockpit worklights could be fitted with 'blinkers' to give the correct 67.5* each side but only if the Admiralty puts in a complaint about the missing stern light.

We're being told to stay home as much as poss even here in south-west Norway, so that means I should have plenty of time at the 'shipyard' next week to get ready for stepping masts and rigging by next weekend. Not that there's any hurry, the local lakes are frozen

George

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Adding the lights was a good decision George. It really lifts the model, especially as you have interior detail.

Chris

[Tim RoweParticipant @timrowe83142]

It's come alive.

Very nice George

Tim R

[geconParticipant @gecon]

I see from the photos that some light is 'leaking out' through the joins! I think I used 15-min. epoxy there so have to apply something to the inside of the join. Maybe some 'teak' woodwork will do the trick.

George

[Dave HarrisonParticipant @daveharrison24862]

George the lights look fantastic, are they LED's or grain of wheat bulbs ?

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Hello Dave, as usual, I don't often have short answers to questions…..but I'm working on that deficiency!

They are LED…and I thought they were called 'grain-of -wheat bulbs' due to shape and size. I did not plan on having working nav-lights. Too fiddly I thought. BUT…when digging out the Christmas decorations in early December, I found a packet of battery operated lights! These are designed to drape over some indoor plant or feature which you want to 'brighten up for Xmas'. 20 small bulbs-in a-row on 95cm of thin wire, a battery box for 3xAA batts.

I noted that I could maybe thread them through the Fisher wheelhouse to jazz it up a bit. Maybe I would be allowed to have the yacht on display on the sittingroom sideboard for a few hours in the evening -so long as it was gone on the morning tide.

The battery box is beneath the stbd bench seat. The wired-on-lights are then routed up to the stbd nav-light, then to the aft stbd cockpit light, then over to the port cockpit light etc, then down under the pt cupboard, helmsman's seat and instrument consol. Bulbs which are not inside light-lenses are either painted over red to reduce the glare (done last night) or routed through red mailkshake straws to produce a slight red floor-level 'night-light' effect.

It's a bit Heath-Robinson but I'm so positively surprised, that I am already looking for 'propper' lighting to build in to my next boat, a Billing Colin Archer, 1/15 scale.

I'm not sure if all those LEDs will effect the R/C gear but I don't intend to sail at night so the lights will not be 'on' at the same time as the R/C gear. There is however a good bit of wire in a ring across the whole wheelhouse! It's easy to remove the whole lot if it gives problems. It' a nice 'party-peice' for the time being.

As usual, a long-winded answer, sorry,

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Good to note that the lights are accepted by the learned. I was sure that at least Chris would like them -being fair(e)y lights. But now they're Fisher lights!

I've located & ordered som 'propper' ones. from CMB, marketed by Krick. " 2 whites, one green, one red in a set. These will go into the already started Colin Archer RS1. Must re-check that order to see if they're 'in stock' or 'awaiting delivery'.

The xmas fairy lights are marked 'indoor use only' so not sure just how long they will live. They could be however, a simple, cheap way to achieve illumimation of the entire interiør of a liner – ferry- Ray? Red/orange acrylic on them gives a nice subdued hue. I have seen some dedicated interior 'liner' lights somewhere, but not sure where. Others will have found this out years ago I suppose.

Mast stepping session starts at the weekend. Preferably prior to the Bristol Cream.

George

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Edited By gecon on 14/01/2021 08:22:11

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi George,

I like to keep things as simple as possible, no night sailing for me, no lights required, my Oldenburg is what I call stand off scale so no window openings, just black Fablon cut out and stuck on

Good luck with the mast stepping , are you using stainless plastic coated fishing trace for the standing rigging ? I think it's brilliant stuff no danger of it stretching..

Regards Ray

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Very droll George! I'll see if my wife will make me some cakes later!

Chris

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Yummy, my favourite! I was going to say something silly about fruit cakes but I think I'll quit while I'm ahead and move over to Ray's rigging….

The rigging wire was bought from CMB in late 2019 -Cap Maquettes. Can't remember if it's plastic coated. I'll report on that when I start the job. Hope it's strong enough. Buisy glueing on 'Treadmaster' anti slip this afternoon.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

Just i few more bits of treadmaster to cut to shape now. A bit delayed today due to helping a elderly neighbour (even older than me!) to fix the lock on his friont door. Stepped the masts just for inspiration while i wieldthe scissors for another hour or two.

George

[geconParticipant @gecon]

There was the usual Friday-delay yesterday due to Mrs Harvey from Bristol calling in with a creamy countenance. The treadmaster work then became a day late and the start of the rigging project is now postponed until Sunday.

The 'treadmaster' is now all glued in place. It makes the coach roof look a bit too busy I think. The original Fishers usually had 'lighter shades of grey' -or lighter shades of other colours. If Chris's OCD kicks in I might have to see if I can paint it lighter but, I think I'll just stop scrutinizing it and wait and see if it fades a bit in the summer!

There's slight cross-lighting from the top of the nav-lights so a matt black cap is to go on the top of each one. The navlight boards should have been slightly higher -or the light-lenses lower!

I'll spare us all for photos of thin bits of wire-and-bottle screws until it's all in place. I have not yet worked out how to make the roller forestay but have some ideas, so we'll see how it goes.

George

Edited By gecon on 16/01/2021 16:20:26

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

It is a bit busy as you say George, due to the contrast in colours (and that's without the OCD!), though I guess the full-size boat had that amount.

Had to think about the Mrs Harvey comment for a minute, well a few seconds, as I thought it was cream cakes initially! Talking of which, no Fair(e)y cakes, but my wife did make some very nice blueberry muffins earlier which are yummy when still warm!

Model's coming on very nicely.

Chris

[geconParticipant @gecon]

It's getting even buisier! Decided that it would be best to install the R/C gear before the standing rigging. All that 'string' would probably get in the way of installation work.

After reading comments about fuses/no fuses, I have bought a couple of water-resistant in-line fuses to reduce the risk of it ll going up in smoke.

I think I have worked out a possible way to the make a roller furling unit for the genoa. Ordered in some parts yesterday. Googled all over the place for months now but only photos/drawings of full size furling gear on offer.

George

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