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Author Topic: Sir William Wallace - Second build  (Read 55096 times)

Offline andy

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #120 on: August 10, 2009, 02:25:34 AM »
is this a paddler or not?

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #121 on: August 10, 2009, 06:39:50 AM »
Hello Andreas, a copy of the first post. Yes it is and in the photo you can see the defined twin washes on the pond sureface

cheers

Jim

Quote from: Eddy Matthews on April 07, 2009, 04:03:26 AM
I've decided it's time I made my own model of the paddle ferry Sir William Wallace. I made one a couple of years ago for Andrew Gray, a friend up in Edinburgh, and the more I got into the build the more I liked it's quirky design.

The one I built for Andrew was at 1:43 scale, mine will be larger at 1:32 scale.
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Regards
Eddy

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #122 on: August 10, 2009, 07:02:49 PM »

Looks great on the water, Eddy. Very smooth sailing. Well done . :beer

ken
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Offline Eddy Matthews

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #123 on: August 10, 2009, 07:31:29 PM »
Thanks Ken,

The video makes it look like it's hurtling across the lake, when in actual fact it's quite slow..... Wonder why that is?

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Eddy
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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #124 on: August 10, 2009, 07:43:34 PM »
Congratulating this is an impressive model, so nice on the water.

Don't tell us it can't be finished till the paddlerday, it seems 99% complete, so no problem to do the last step ;D.

regards Hans
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Offline Eddy Matthews

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #125 on: August 11, 2009, 05:02:25 AM »
Quote from: scotfriend on August 10, 2009, 07:43:34 PM
Congratulating this is an impressive model, so nice on the water.

Don't tell us it can't be finished till the paddlerday, it seems 99% complete, so no problem to do the last step ;D.

regards Hans

Thanks Hans,

There's still a lot to do, so it will never be complete by Paddler day. We're away on our family holiday at the beginning of september, so I have less than three weeks to do as much as I can :(

The are two masts to make, various handrails to do, winches for the deck, floatation seating for the passenger deck, wooden window frames to make and fit, navigation lights, the crane for the lifeboat, two loading ramps to make and fit, not to mention the various bits of paintwork that need touching up, and a million and one other odds and ends!

It will certainly be sailing on Paddler Day, but it will not be finished...

Eddy
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Offline Eddy Matthews

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #126 on: August 11, 2009, 05:52:17 AM »
OOPS!!

I've just been informed by Andrew Gray that I have the model running in the wrong direction, the loading ramps and turntable should be at the front of the boat...... And bugger me, he's right!! :hehe

No problem, I'll simply reverse the rudders and the drive system so it runs in the opposite direction...  :darn

Eddy
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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #127 on: August 11, 2009, 06:39:45 AM »
Hi Eddy,
Sshe is looking good!
I was passing a spare 5 mins this eve with a trawl of the net and found this little piece of video, you might be interested ...

Kim

http://ssa.nls.uk/film.cfm?fid=0885
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Offline Eddy Matthews

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #128 on: August 11, 2009, 06:45:59 AM »
Thanks Kim,

That shows the boat running with the ramps at the front exactly as Andrew said, so for me that confirms it.

Somewhere I have a DVD with loads of footage of the Forth ferries, but can I find it, can I heck! :(

Eddy
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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #129 on: August 11, 2009, 09:23:27 PM »
Good to see her on the water, after your bad luck during the build with the wheels.
She sits very well in the water...looks great!
Clark
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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #130 on: August 12, 2009, 09:54:19 PM »
Hi Eddy and PDs - Sir William wallace looks the bee's knees on the water!
I have completed the crane and attached two pictures - one stowed and one extended, (the cable looks floppy 'cos there's no load on it, the ship's boat will provide that) I hope it will do the job. It will be winging its way from Greece on Friday.

Stuart
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Offline Eddy Matthews

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #131 on: August 13, 2009, 04:48:13 AM »
The crane is fantastic Stuart, I can't thank you enough!!

Please don't hesitate to ask if there's anything I can help you with in the future....

Regards
Eddy
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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #132 on: August 13, 2009, 05:50:48 AM »
Eddy,

She must have run half the time with the ramps and turntable to the rear or they would not have made the hull double ended with rudders on both ends. If one end was always run forward they would have eliminated the bow rudder and made the stern wider so they could have carried more cars, they also would have moved the bridge closer to the bow for better visibility when docking. There are to many things about the design that say they ran it both ways, I think that it is more correct that the ramps and turn table always faced the same direction, IE towards one end of the run say the southern end.

Andre
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Offline Eddy Matthews

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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #133 on: August 13, 2009, 04:03:57 PM »
Amazing!!

Everything on the SWW is powered by one 12v 5Ah battery, two motors, two rudder servos, and receiver....  On sunday I ran the model for well over two hours, yet when I recharged the battery last night it only took 700mA to top it up.

At that rate, the total runtime will be around 12 hours - More than enough for anyone, even the most enthusiastic sailors, to get bored! :hehe

I would have been happy if it had ran for an hour!

Eddy
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Re: Sir William Wallace - Second build
« Reply #134 on: August 21, 2009, 04:46:55 AM »
No huge changes, but the various odds and ends that start to make the model look a bot more realistic are slowly being added....

The two engine air intakes (one on top of each paddlebox), the passenger saloon now has it's floatation seating fitted to the deck, the two masts are made, the loading ramps are fitted, and last but certainly not least is the lifeboat crane that Stuart kindly made....

Now if only the wind and the rain would go away for a day or two so I can get the final bits of paintwork touched up!

Regards
Eddy
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