Project Glasgow

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Good Morning BOB ,

Great walkways, and the modifide paddle boxes , i fretted out mine on the Longonga,

see picture , is it christmas launch..?..with little mulled wine/

cheers Larry…

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thanks Larry

The launch is a long way away at the moment………It`s zero degrees here, this morning!

Get some simple paddles made for your Longonga!

Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Nice work as usuall Bob love your high level work station cracking idea matey

Phil

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you, Phil

I find the high level work rest very useful on small assemblies and would be nice to know if other builders have followed suit?

What are you building these days?

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Glutton for punishment?

I just couldn`t leave this grid as is!……..Looked at it for ages before….biting the bullet!

It`ll be worth it!……Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Gosh, that's brave Bob! Worthwhile though.

Colin

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thanks Colin

It`s not that much of a pain when using a mass production line method!

Like you said…….Worth doing!

Bob

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hi Bob,

Thats kid stuff , whith your skills , by the way i have put a set of paddles on santas list..

model looking good…….………..Larry..

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you, Larry

Very sorry to have to tell you this, Larry……..But there ain't no Father Christmas!…..and the elves are not making paddle wheels this year!

The Loulonga paddle wheels will be a walk over for a builder of your calibre!

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob

Don't know if this will be of any help but when I had some similar slots to cut out I used a router bit mounted in my pillar drill.

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Morning Paul

Not a bad idea, but the ply would probably split? I could have done it on the lathe too

I did think of making a press tool die set, but getting the spacing right ruled it out

It's done now and glued in position…..Photo shortly, when the sun comes out!

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

There yer go!…….All done and dusted and well worth the effort too!

Now then…….Just noticed there are no scuppers in the bulwarks!

Shame on you, Graupner!

It`s a fine time to cut the scuppers out now!………Will have a look round for some real ones on the net, before assaulting the rivetted hull plating!

Bob

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hi Bob ,

Sorry to hear that, i did have abash at making paddles but on test , they ran like a drunken

sailor all over the place…….. so back to the drawing board in spring work shop to cold to work in

unless i get them on line or some body is selling a set on the forum, will keep trying…Larry..

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Nice work again Bob as for what I'm building well today spent the day building a staircase lol oh and making plans to find time to get my new workshop up and running so prob nothing on the stocks till the new year when I have another of my dubious own designs to tackle. This one the "Mathew Adam I" is my take on a stealthy naval of shore patrol boat !

Phil

[Tony HadleyParticipant @tonyhadley]

Well worth the effort Bob, with both the paddle boxes and stern grid – looks superb and puts mine in the shade.

Tony

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Tony

Thank you for those kind words, but I was thinking just the same about your boat!

Did you construct your model your self?………And if so, did you meet the same snags during the build?

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob

Just noticed the non waterproof glue container on your workbench……..can we assume that you refill this with waterproof PVA as the container is a handy size for model building.

Paul

[Tony HadleyParticipant @tonyhadley]

Hello Bob,

Mine was a refurbishment from a former club member, who no longer participates in the hobby. This was my first attempt at a refurb.

It's surprising how much work was involved in the refurb as parts had to be carefully dismantled hoping not to split wood etc. Straightening the mast in situ was difficult, has to direct a jet of steam from Mrs H's domestic steam cleaner and keep slowly bending straight.

Your Glasgow is going to be electric powered, which I think is a good move, the steam plant causes quite a bit of damage and I am considering an interchangeable cassette type of power unit, one with electric and one with the steam plant. It wouldn't be a lake side exchange though. Perhaps after after Guardsman.

Watching yours progress with interest (and future thoughts for improving mine). Thanks for the positive feedback on my model.

Tony

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Work in progress picture

Two scuppers cut out and cable guide fitted

Bob

[LARRY WHETTONParticipant @larrywhetton68737]

Hi Bob ,

Looking better every day, noticed no bulkwarks suports or going to be works on going?….

also thank you for comments on guardsman , more pictures to posted soon ,

a little idea of mine you may notested a printed card profile of deck shape ,

aids shape of deck allows me to fit bulkheads in right place to pull plastic hull to the right profile, and a refrence guid to deck plan , saves pulling out the main drawing ,…..Larry…

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

For the non engineers, this job could be a little tricky!

I need to bend two Aluminium tubes to form the rear cable guides

First requirement is a former, cut to the required arc size

Aluminium "age hardens" with time and is stiff and inflexible and needs to be annealed…..This is done on the kitchen stove or a blow lamp.

Heat the tube for some time, all over and cool off under the tap

Clamp the former securely to a flat surface and gently bend the tube over the former……..Be careful!…..The tube is now very soft. After several minutes of bending and shapeing…..The Ali…….."work hardens" and needs to be annealed once more

The former……Use the table surface to keep the bend flat

There we go!…..The jobs done

Filing the ends accurately was quite fiddly

Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Bob if you want a temperature indicator when heating aluminium to aneal it use a black permenant marker and as you heat the alluminium the marker pen ink will dissapear at the correct temperature just like magic

Phil

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you, Phil

That's very useful to know

Didn't know that, myself

Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

glad to be of service Bob its a trick I picked up on the sister site from someone forming ali panels for a scale warbird everyday a schoolday eh

Phil

[Tony HadleyParticipant @tonyhadley]

Any further progress, Bob?

Ashtons of Salford – remember them well, suppliers of pipe fittings, valves etc.

Tony

Edited By Tony Hadley on 13/12/2012 08:24:51

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