PS Adelaide...2007 New Construction - [Richard Bundy]

[thewharfonline]

Where can I get a copy of the "River Boats Remembered " video?? This is a lazy question before I go looking.
 
No trouble to knock you out some paddle wheels Eddie. If you have a drawing with dimensions it should be no worries. Cost would be plywood and postage. Just let me know.
 
 
Sure I could make you an Adelaide Sean  
 
Richard

You're a champ Richard! ha ha

River Boats remembered is still only on VHS it's from the National Film and Sound archives.

I have a copy...which I transferred to DVD for use in my room (as my family gets a little touchy when there are too many paddlers in their lives and VHS players!)

You can buy the video from Sharps Movie House and Penny Arcade! I know that one for sure.

However try maybe a local library- I know a local library had it in their collection, and in the end my old primary school is where I got mine from.

Definately good Adelaide footage on it though thats for sure.

I'll see if I can do anything with the adelaide bits for you

Sean

[bundyrap]

Bit of an update while I wait for bearings and bits to arrive.

Deck planking is coming along. It is a challenge not to get the belt sander out and smooth it some but I'm trying to recreate the rustic look of a working boat so I must resist the urge. My plan is to use the model railway technique of painting the raw pine with watered down white and then apply a dilute wash of indian ink. Small trails have shown this gives the weathered timber look very nicely.

I've also started on the curved boxes which really make it start looking the part. These will be removable for servicing the wheels and shouldn't cause too much trouble.

I've also started making the wheels. Once assembled the 2mm ply side frames and paddle boards have become a very strong structure which should be well up to the task at hand. Also starting adding some 'U' bolt and nut details to the wheel. This will be  a lot of work but should lift the final look of the model heaps.

Think I've worked out how to lift the wheel house off the 15 posts supporting the second deck to allow access to the motors and cold water smoker. Hope to get some pics of this over the next few weeks.

I will try and get all these pics together in an album to tidy things up this week.

Richard

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hey Bundy.... I hope the moderators will forgive me just this once again..... for an OFF TOPIC comment..... but is that not an OZ  Ford TYPHOON V8 super UTE just hanging around outside of your garage :?:... should this be the case we OZ people should all  :respect2 that Loundsie does a bit better in the next race  .....keep the snaps of your PS Adelaide 2007 build coming,.......Derek

[mjt60a]

That model is looking great, can't wait to see it completed  
I noticed before there was some discussion of winches and how they work...this may be irrelevant to this topic but here's a couple of pics of Tattershall Castle's anchor winch/windlass, all the controls can be seen so it's possible to see how the 'clutch' is disengaged and the anchor locked when using it for handling mooring ropes...

[thewharfonline]

I'm pretty sure I posted a pic of the whinch on Industry too Richard if you're still interested.

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's... & Mick says

'here's a couple of pics of Tattershall Castle's anchor winch/windlass'

Hullo Mick...interesting snaps....is tha a spare anchor to the lower left or rear of the winch [TCwinch_rightside?]... if so interesting casting insignia... could this have seen military/naval use in a previous life? - Derek

Oh BTW... I am sure the Dutchies have put the TCwinch_leftside handle facing inboard just for safety  

[bundyrap]

Hi All

Bit of a slow week building the Adelaide still waiting on parts to arrive ( still waiting for the Zulu plan - Don sent a second one 2 weeks ago and the first one nearly 6 weeks ago yet the smoker posted at the same time arrived Feb 5 !) and have been building a CNC foam cutter to build hulls amongst other projects.

The hold ups should give time to get back to the winch anyway.

I've hit a bit of a snag with the lowered rear cabin. Modern photos I think show the  roof following the deck line sloping forward. Paintings of the original seem to show a flat roof on the lowered cabin.  I'm leaning towards the sloping roof line for looks but is one more 'right' than the other?

Another problem I have is with the top deck surface. The Float-A-Boat plan shows it covered with Malthoid on timber. What colour would this have been?

The deck colour is sort of right. I could be happy enough with it but a lighter tone would have been better. I might still try giving it a very light white wash after the deck nails are all in and before a sealing coat goes on.

Is the trim colour somewhere near it Sean?

Richard

[mjt60a]

....is tha a spare anchor to the lower left or rear of the winch [TCwinch_rightside?]... if so interesting casting insignia... could this have seen military/naval use in a previous life?....
 ... I am sure the Dutchies have put the TCwinch_leftside handle facing inboard just for safety  

I don't know why the anchor has a swastika on it, the other side says "69W - W L Byers & co ltd, Sunderland"
I think it was a spare anchor as it's always been there, even though there was another similar one on the stbd side of the hull with the chain run through the hawse pipe over the winch and into a hole in the deck (all gone since the latest 'refit'  : )
Yes they have put the handle on backwards, can only guess it got in the way!
As a matter of interest (and to steer beck onto topic), I was wondering what scale the Adelaide is, it looks quite large in the pictures...

[thewharfonline]

That's a darn good looking model Richard.

The brown trim...hmmm

Take a look at the below attached photo...yes I finally scanned it in. Adelaide with creme and Chocolate brown trim.

[bundyrap]

Thanks for the pic Sean. That really is brown isn't it?

The colour I've ended up using is like a blend of all the various colours the Adelaide has been over the years not representing any one colour scheme in particular.  I will have to wait and see if the final result captures the flavour or not.

I got the rear cabin pretty much finished tonight. It sure is hard working from photos and not a well drawn plan but  it is close enough. Hope the bits that aren't right don't stand out too much! Boy the next one will be good! Just looking the attached pic again and it is really going to need some 'roughing up' to make it look like a working boat.

Moving onto the engine room next to get the last posts in to support the upper deck and wheelhouse. Shafts for the paddle wheels should be here early next week.

Richard

[thewharfonline]

I think the colour looks good and so does the rear cabin.

You're really doing a good job Richard.

Very envious. ahahahha

You're going to have one fine looking model when she's finished.

[mjt60a]

.....As a matter of interest.....I was wondering what scale the Adelaide is, it looks quite large in the pictures...

Ah, oversight on my part, I see from the start of this topic it is in fact 1/16th scale  :shock: wow, it'll look stunning!!!

[AlistairD]

I see from my notes about Adelaide for my new book  that there was a proposal at one time to convert her to a diesel  sternwheeler.
 That sounds like an interesting model project
 Â 
 Alistair
 

  ----- Original Message -----
   From:    mjt60a (construction@paddleducks.co.uk)
   To: construction@paddleducks.co.uk (construction@paddleducks.co.uk)    
   Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 6:52    PM
   Subject: RE: PS Adelaide...2007 New    Construction - [Richard Bundy]
   

   
[quote="mjt60a].....As a matter of interest.....I was    wondering what scale the Adelaide is, it looks quite large in the    pictures...

Ah, oversight on my part, I see from the start of this    topic it is in fact 1/16th scale    wow, it'll look stunning!!!


     
Posted by Mick.
(.....gonna need a bigger boat.....)


-------------------- m2f    --------------------

Exported by Paddleducks Mail System.

http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11372#11372

--------------------    m2f --------------------

   
       
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free    Edition.
Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.11/722 - Release Date:    14/03/2007 15:38
[/quote]

[thewharfonline]

Yes you're right,

But it's not really an interesting model.

I'm not sure about the sternwheel (I remember prop) but diesel is right.

she was meant to become a powered barge...with all deck housing removed.

 :shock:

Just imagine if that would have happened.

Luckily Echuca bought her back!

*few*

[thewharfonline]

Richard- I was at the Port this morning and found the Adelaide's old steam winch.

Now being quite snap happy I took a few photos from multiple angles for you.

I will post them soon when I download the photos onto my computer today or tomorrow and then resize some for on here.

Hopefully they will be of some use.

Sean