PS Alexander Arbuthnot/ PS Lady Catherine

[thewharfonline]

Hey guys! Today i went out and bought myself a set of balsa wood to begin construction on the hull! I've decided that I'll make the hull not to a plan and infact try and make the model the sme way. Just using the reference photos that I have (which follow this message) as a guide!

I don't need the model to be exact and thats why these will be fine to work from!

[Red_Hamish]

Hello all, recently I have started to acquire, from second-hand shops, copies of Model Shipwright. this is the  quarterly journal for all lovers of minituarisation of ships either static or working models. In one of the six copies which I received yesterday was an article in No.14 on the Murray River System. Included within this are a few reference photos (B&W) and a diagramatic map of the navigable area. The PS's referred to are Tolarno 1879 at Goolway, The Tyro of 1872 and the wool barge Union. ALl of these have basic lines plans which could enable a stand-off scale model to be built. All in all a very interesting article from 1979. At present my home scanner is not operable but I could if anyone wants a copy try to do it at work.

cheers

Jim

[thewharfonline]

I would like a copy, althoguh I do have plans for the industry which again has basically the same lines

[thewharfonline]

I have begun work on the hull. It's not to scale or the exact lines etc but it's how I want it done and its the easiest for me to do witht he materials I have! I will try to work out a rough scale for the cabins etc

Bd news- I cut my finger tody while I was cutting wood off the hull so its wrapped up in a band aid...ah life is cruel.

So a description of how my hull is forming!

imagine two boogey boards on top of each other, in between the two running down the centre is two large rods that boost the boards away from each other and gives the hull height. There will then also be little supporting posts like table legs elswhere in the hull. Then to fill the gaps really bendy balsa will be tacked onto the sides...and tadaa a hull!

Hopefully...pictures when I take them so they're coming soon1

[mjt60a]

That's kind of how I'd do it (it's pretty much how the 'newspaper hull' is started)...
...come to think of it, that's not unlike how the 'Tipstaff' is made...

So how long is it going to be??

[thewharfonline]

How long (hull only, no sponson decks etc)

Roughly 46cm in length and 15 cm in width and I'm estimating the height to be 6.5cm!

Hope thats some form of detail on my box hull! My finger hurts  :cry: oh well I'l, gues I'll get over it and start using some proper tools from now on! (However nice the curved cut was with the knife I'll try a small saw next as the balsa I'm chopping is 0.5cm thick, so yeh its tough to cut through but nice and sturdy fo r my hull decking!

[thewharfonline]

Last night I finished cutting out all my pieces for my model. (well the hull at least!) I also made the sponson decks so now my hull is ready to start to put together in the holidays! Maybe I can even finish the superstructure and have it in a paddler state for the holidays! I have photos too but they’re not on my computer yet so when I get em I post em!  
:vacat Ahhhhhhhhh holidays can't wait! (And then work experience!)


(Almost three weeks to go!)

[steamboatmodel]

Hi,
Just curious as to how long your holidays are, my two teenagers just started back to school this week after being off from june 17.
Regards,
Gerald

[thewharfonline]

Only two weeks but that’s because they are only a term break   but I will get an extra week off because of my work experience.

Our large holidays (summer holidays) are in December when it is summer, currently it has just turned to spring. SO my holidays start in a week and then there are two weeks of holidays…that’s all!

I went out to a model store last night to look for accessories for my A.A there was nothing though  :cry:

All pieces are now finished and sanded now completely ready for construction in the holidays! :vacat

[thewharfonline]

Well folks a hard days work has produced this an almost complete hull!

And I've started work on the sponson decks and paddle boxes!

heres some photos for you!

What do you think? Please post your opinions!

[thewharfonline]

I had to change the paddle box design, I swapped from the thin piece of balsa wood to the thicker piece of balsa wood which may mean i Have some issues with the sponson decks but I shouldn't really. the boxees are more stable now and easier to stick onto stuff bcuse of the thickness.

The model won't have working wheels instead it will have half wheels stuck onto the bottom of the sponson deck to look like they are full ones!

I hope I have eough wood to finish the project..but if I don't another set is only $4

[Red_Hamish]

Phots now uploaded of the article, from Model Shipwright No. 14, on the Murray River system. i do hope it is of use to you. I tried various ways to send them by the mail systems but for some reason the file when sen was always blank!

cheers

Jim

[thewharfonline]

Today I spent pasting down and nailing down the sponson decks and creating the back box room on the deck as well as reworking the paddle boxes, I would have photos but uploading them onto my computer takes a bit so you'll get em when I get em!

Good thing: I will be able to move onto the upper deck soon!

bad thing: Still have to make the front curved part of the hull!

[thewharfonline]

I'm off sick today so they'll be some more progress on my model! I might begin work on the top deck now!

[thewharfonline]

Hey someone (I think joe) posted somehwere about a vinegar bath which makes the wood really bendy...can someone give me this info again coz I lost it!