P.S. Waverley --- My Build

[Eddy Matthews]

A couple of photos of a model of the Waverely in the Glasgow Transport Museum, which hopefully give a much better idea of how the paddleboxes/sponsons should look.

I hope they help?

Regards
Eddy

[Tug--Kenny]

Superb ........................   Just what I wanted. a reference to the centre section. Thank you very much for that.  Do you have any more pictures please that you can let me have.

I've noticed one serious error that I've made. The funnel section which lifts off, is actually at deck level.  oh er! I've put a raised section in      A water problem here if I flatten the hole.)

What is the recognised way of doing it please.

Ken

[Eddy Matthews]

The funnel section can be remedied - If the deck is getting more than the tiniest splash of water on it, it's getting too rough for most paddlers to sail....

Remove the raised coamings you've fitted, then add some ply supports around the opening that a flat deck section can rest on - Hopefully the photo below of one of my hydros will show the idea? The black pieces down either side support the deck/superstructure on this model....

Regards
Eddy

[Eddy Matthews]

Superb ........................   Just what I wanted. a reference to the centre section. Thank you very much for that.  Do you have any more pictures please that you can let me have.

I probably have thousands of photos of Waverley Ken - But if you just type "Waverley" into a search engine you'll get all you could ever want..... Click on the following for an example from Google.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&q=waverley&btnG=Search+Images

Eddy

[Tug--Kenny]

I shall modify her as you suggest and keep out of the 'rough stuff'     

I have been on Google and will be going there again for further info. A veritable mine of the stuff. Cheers.

Ken

[mjt60a]

I also have several pictures taken over years (some before and some after the refit) just in case I ever wanted to see various details such as types of vents, the mounting at the base of the masts.... stuff I might want to see if I was building a model. I don't have everything, just what I could think of at the time that could be useful in the future....
for example, this is what the 'buoyant seats' look like (they're quite shallow and placed on top of a flat raft), and what the interior of the forward lounge was like before and now...
(by the way, not sure if the attachments are too big so feel free to resize, move or delete them as/if necessary)

[Tug--Kenny]

Those are great, Mick. Thank you very much. If you have any of the deck layout with positions of the structures, that would be needed next in my phase of the project.

I have just received two disks from Andrew in Glasgow which contain hundreds of shots of the real ship and also models which will aid my construction greatly. I really am grateful to you all. I'd better make a decent job of this one eh!!

I'm just getting over the Ebay start price of a Waverley of £4500. Being sold from my home town as well. perhaps there's money in this building lark. 

Ken

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's....at first the model vessel PS Waverley @ 4500 UK pounds looks expensive & I imagined was @ scale proportions

Do I see the wooden top of the hand rails scaled up to 15" wide from the original?


..........- could be .........  .... the more you look....the more you find  ...Derek

[Tug--Kenny]

Now 'That's' what I call large handrails............  

Can't be right... surely

Ken

[Tug--Kenny]

Onwards with the woodworking today.

I've cut loads of semicircles from 3mm ply in readiness for the curved front wall of the first cabin.  (54)  These were then glued together, one on top of the other and crushed in the vice. Later, they were removed and sanded to a nice curve.  (58)  My reason for doing it this way was because I couldn't bend any type of wood that sharp without snapping it.

I then made the walls of the various cabins and glued in position to get a good fit. (55) (56) (57)  The curved section was then added and braced into position. (58)  and a new flat piece was cut for the funnel section. (59)

[Tug--Kenny]

As the funnels are standing on oblong boxes, I decided to make the platforms again using the bread and butter method of the previous design, so I had to cut loads of oblongs ready. (60)

These were then sanded in an oblong shape on the power tools and glued to the new funnel deck. To get an idea of the look, I used six tops from some old rattle paint cans to temporarily make some funnels. (61)

The top of the rear cabin was cut and glued to the side walls, but I notice that the wings are slightly curved. Must be a hot day. I'll see what it looks like tomorrow and decide what to do about it. (62)

I then marked out the paddle extension wings and cut them from ply. They are laid on to check the look at the moment. (64)
 

[Eddy Matthews]

My word, you don't hang around Ken!!

I'm impressed with your work so far..... Keep it up, it makes into a fascinating read, and will be a source of useful information for fellow paddlers for years to come.

You said you weren't sure that Waverley would be ready for our Paddler Day - At this rate it will have been sailing for a month before the event!! 

Eddy

[Tug--Kenny]

Thanks eddy. I do tend to 'keep going'.  It's so interesting, this build, that I keep starting another section while the first one is drying.
Can't sit in the sun and waste time, must keep going, you know.

I checked where you're having the paddle day and it's an awful long way for me. I really would like to come along (with or without a boat) but there might not be enough petrol left in the UK to get there. 

I've started duplicating this Blog on to the Mayhem site as well. Hope you don't mind. I just hope I've got time to actually build something. 
 
Ken

[Eddy Matthews]

Why on earth would I mind that your duplicating the build on Mayhem Ken? Certainly not, your doing a great job and it should be open to as wide an audience as possible!

If you think the build is interesting, just wait till she hits the water......  That magical beat of the paddles on the water, those lovely twin wakes from the paddles, the fact that you can see what makes the boat "go" rather than some silly prop hidden beneath the water - My god I could go on for hours....

Eddy

[mjt60a]

.... If you have any of the deck layout with positions of the structures, that would be needed next in my phase of the project....Ken

closest I have are these taken from tower bridge, though a pic from the high level walkway would have been better
*oh, didn't realise they were that big (Paintshop resizes them to fit in the screen) hope they're not too big - first one might make a good homepage 'random image' though