Project Glasgow

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob

If someone with your knowledge and experience has difficulty understanding the designers intent then how do they expect beginners to cope with anything harder than opening the box.

I wonder how many part built kits are skulking in lofts and on top of wardrobes simply because of poorly drawn plans.

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Quite right Paul

But half the problems could be down to me………The instructions are printed to small for comfort, so they only get read when a snag crops up!

The plans could be better. I`m surprised a Glasgow builder has not commented during the build?

Just tried the fancy glue strength and it just popped apart!…….Some glue eh?

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Change the glue Bob…..or risk a senior moment when the completed model bashes the bank

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

I suppose by keeping the sponson supports in tension……..It helped to break the glue bond

Note the two empty milk bottles in the forward compartment, these are a present for Davy Jones!

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

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This picture refers to previous post………Just a simple Senior Moment

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Latest WIP picture

Not very exciting….No disasters…..No snags…..Nowt to moan about for a change!

For the benefit of the non Northerners….."Nowt"……….Means ……"Nothing"……….lol

The deck is glued in and hatch coaming fitted. The model feels nice and solid now

Next job…….The bulwark area……..The gussets will be tricky

Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Looking good Bob Gussets are always trticky at our age

Phil (in a good mood after a slap up lunch in plymouth)

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Phil

When I said the gussets will be tricky, I was referring to the trickyness of painting them nicely, without dawbing the deck!

I could have painted the outer edge but the plank lines are cut into the surface and could bleed?

Is there nowt simple these days?

Bob

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[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

LOL just being a little frivolous Bob put it down to a good lunch in plymouth. where I had my arm twisted (didn't take much) into a chocolate brownie sundea for two all to myself feels like christmas day come early right now lol

Phil

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Fitting the handrails

To ensure that the rails lie correctly on the top of the bulwalks, weights are placed across both rails

I`ve abraided the top edges and using PVA glue and will have several coats of varnish

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

There yer go…….Handrails in position

The tricky part now are the bulwalk gussets………Painting thereof!

I really need a matching green edge, but the deck has deep grooves as planking joints and the paint might bleed through. The gussets need to be green for appearance

Bob

[John HuttonParticipant @johnhutton73485]

H Bob.I have been designing and building RC yachts for the past 5 years. After two recent windless weeks spent on the Norfolk Broad’s I decided I needed something with a motor. I chose Glasgow as it looked a bit different. I intended to do a straight forward build exactly as the instructions (I enlarged them on a photocopier), but reading your excellent build forum has shamed me into trying to make it more interesting. I going to try plating it but I think I will stick to a civilian colour scheme.

I have got as far as fitting the drive, radio gear and deck. I’m trying to pluck up the courage to start on the paddle box decks…… the positioning of the supporting beams on the sides is giving me a headache but I suppose I will manage to work it out.

I’m really pleased that I found your forum. Your photos, comments and advice are a great help and are giving me a bit more confidence.

John H

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello John

Welcome aboard!………The sponsons are easy to build, but be very careful when it comes to glueing them in position to the hull. I got mine slightly wrong, by being a bit low.

There doesn't seem to be an accurate logical method of doing this?……Unless it is in the small print?

I would suggest that you build the sponsons as per the plan, including the split joint and study the situation carefully. Fit the paddles to the shaft and offer the sponsons to the hull.

I would position the hull on a flat surface, with access all round and make suitable tempory supports, until you are confident with the setup

Also the paddle boxes need to be considered too, in the equation

Don't rush it, as this is quite a tricky but important part of the build!

Feel free to ask as many questions as you like

Post a few photos of your build, please?

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Working on the paddle boxes now. They feel very flimsy and need beefing up, in my opinion

Added a beam across the rear edge and filled in the rear box area

Hoping to retain the box with a single screw. Tube for same is glued in at top and bottom for strength

Note the back wall of the box will be on the outside of hull…….Not as kit instructions

Vent holes changed to the traditional fan shape, starting with the drilled holes at each end of fan

CAD layout of fan hole vents

Making progress again, boys

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Bob

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hello Bob ,

The extra effort you are making a very basic kit build into a x factor ,

any chance to have a look into the engine room / running gear……….thank you Larry…..

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank You Larry

The engine room is nothing special……..You`ve seen it already!…….I sent you a controller a few months ago

Senior Moment?……Or SpecSavers ?……….lol

You will have to wade back through the pages to find it

Bob

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Ohps sorry Bob ,

still messing aruond with new soft ware ……..Larry…

[DuckyParticipant @ducky]

Those paddle boxes look nice Bob, I knew you wouldn't be satisfied with the basic kit version, did you have to put a backing piece at the back of the blown vynyl to strengthen that before you cut the slots?.

Very nice, clean job as always.

Duckie

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Duckie…..Thanks you for those kind words

I used the eye level work rest and a very sharp wood chisel, then finished off with the little sanding blocks

Not much of a problem at all

Bob

[Tony HadleyParticipant @tonyhadley]

Bob, those paddle boxes look very impressive. I have thought about removing the 'stick-ons' off mine and cutting them out, but somehow there always seem something else more urgent.

I think the original kit supplied pattern resembles the Manchester Ship Canal paddle tug Reliant.

Tony.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you, Tony

Stick on slots!……..Pah!

I have seen the kit slots on a real tugboat somewhere……..But prefer the radial fan shape for aesthetical purposes

At least you have a drawing of them now!

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Paddlebox walkways

Tha base was drilled and varnished, allowing the holes to be slightly sticky for stantion assembly

The rails are secured with Superglue

The eye level workrest was a great help

Bob

[John ShireParticipant @johnshire55937]

Hello Bob

The cut out slots on the wheel housings look very good did you get the design from the kit makers or did you research it yourself.

John

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello John

The kit offered……"Stick on"…….Dummy vents, which is not so nice

I`ve invented the fan shape myself……..Based on previous paddleboats

Bob

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