Peewees' MOL

[Talisman]

Ian,
Re the solder solder / thread lock

If you use thread lock on the hubs and  i have used soft solder on the other nuts and bolts.
i have emailed over a copy of the instructions in case you are missing these.

Cheers,
Kim

[PeeWee]

Hi All,

Well after a 10 day walking holiday in the Scottish Highlands and then some forced DIY (kitchen revamp) i have been able to get some time in the workshop.

Following some thoughts around securing the nuts and bolts i decided to silver solder the Brass/Brass and loctite onto the Hubs.  Since i havenot Silver Soldered for awhile it took awhile especially with all the acid dipping and prep.

here are the results.


a close up of one of the paddles


the control rods only have the nut/bolt silver soldered and the control rods are free to move


All i have to do now is to fit them all into the rims


hopefully tomorrow i will have a set of paddlewheels.  does anyone know what colour they were painted?

[djcf]

Hi Ian,
Something like a Halfords red primer should be pretty close to the mark.
 Clark

[PeeWee]

Hi All,
Thanks Clark for the sugestion.

Today i did the final asembly of the wheels and painted them in Red primer as i had some in the shop.



i feel a small milestone has been reached.  all be it a very small stone.

[Eddy Matthews]

Looking good Ian, though I have to admit that I'm not sure about the size of rod you've chosen for the axle

Regards
Eddy

[Talisman]

Hi Ian,
I'm very impressed with the solder work. Looking forward to seeing the rest take shape.
Regards,
Kim

[derekwarner_decoy]

& Ian says.... "Well after a 10 day walking holiday in the Scottish Highlands" ..... ...I reckon he would have been better going to his local Bottlo ....buying a cask of his favourite Scottish mist & spent the next nine days in the workshop 

Anyway .....great job on the wheels.... .,...Derek

[PeeWee]

Eddy, you know how it is with all this cost cutting these days.  lets hope the motors don't put too much strain on it.

Derek,  don't worry, the wife insisted on a couple to distillery tours and i freely opened the wallet.

Well spent some time in the shop again today.  i have roughly cut out the deck that now needs sanding so that it will lower into the hull for the planking.  i also made the 2 main structures.  the roofs were re-cut with thinner ply then that supplied as they too will be planked.4





since the plastic is very thin a few supports were added.  see the deliberate mistake in the following picture



 

[mjt60a]

some of the windows look a bit low.....

[PeeWee]

yep, will have to cut the 3 front sides off and re do them.  hopefully i have some thin styrene

[Talisman]

Ian,

Good to see others can make similar mistakes.
Some spares will be in the post in the morning for you.
Regards,
Kim
 

[PeeWee]

Cheers Kim, but please don't put your self out as you have a very busy week.  I can make up a replacement.

I forgot to ask in my last post,  does anyone have any info in the following area.  its the front rear port side.  the plans seem to show a couple of doors.  one under the ladder and one in on the rear.  i would like confirmation before compleating this area.



cheers

[Talisman]

Hi Ian,
Your right there is a door under the steps going to the bridge.
there is a door just to the starboard side of the steps at the rear of the house.
There is a window just to starboard of the centre line of the house (rear)

I haven't cut these as the position sizing of the rear panel will depend on the width of steps bought or made.

Does that help? I have had a look at my pics and can't find one of that area.

Regards,
Kim

[PeeWee]

Cheers Kim,  just needed a sanity check 

[Tug--Kenny]

see the deliberate mistake in the following picture

Hi Peewee.

Could you not cut the front three sides as a block and invert them  ?  I've found that plastic will accept this method.

Ken