Lady of the lake.

[DamienG]

Built from Model boats plan Wrigley 121 paddle tug by Glynn Guest.
turned in to a lake passenger ferry.

These pic's are gone forever 

[PeeWee]

now that looks a great take on the plans    

[Tug--Kenny]

That's lovely. 


Ken

[DamienG]

Anyone interested in the build.
Can view it at http://www.thercmodelboatforum.com/t595p100-wrigley-121

[DamienG]

Ian & Ken thanks for the comments.

[DamienG]

Radio added Transport case made looks like ballasting this week.

[DamienG]

This Lady was much easier to ballast.
You can see how much lead was required

I thought being 12v hair dryer motors with pulley drive the paddles looked a tad slow so I bought some 10 cell battery boxes hahaha I think 5 cells will do as reverse completely flooded the engine bay and all ahead full she reacted like a fast electric.
I'll also try to make paddle shrouds to thwart at least some of the water as reverse is needed for steering.

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Damien
This is a beauty! I like her from the first view
But You are right, 10 Cells will make her a racing boat! But one question: Will you build a smoke-generator in the ship??
Regards
Gerhard

[DamienG]

Thanks Gerhard, would be hard to fit Smoke generator as I have the Rx antenna in the funnel to keep it above the waterline
and the bow lead ballast was placed through a 20mm hole and can't be removed.

[DamienG]

As a weigh saving measure I decided to try just 5 cells for each motor but it seems you can't buy 5 cell battery boxes so I chose appropriate sized Dowel cut just a little shorter than a battery and drilled a 2mm hole down the middle & used 1mm copper wire through the hole formed and filled with solder as seen in the pic.



I recently accidentally bought 20 1800ma AAA cells instead of AA cells so as a weight saving measure I'll use them for Rx batteries.

[DamienG]

Ever have one of those moments you get so wrapped up in what you're doing you have an OOOOOOOOOOOOH darn moment.
Just did finally got the controller for my lathe motor finished walked over to install it, sat down in my chair that had moved I landed on this model and from a cursory glance destroyed it or will need many months to repair/rebuild.


I'll get some pic's tomorrow when I've calmed down.

[DamienG]

Been out to have a look shes in a sorry state superstructure badly damaged hull has a ding in it the passengers and the seats are no longer attached and 50% of the hand rails are crushed.

[Gerhardvienna]

Oh SH:::::
I cannot even imagine that, what a mess!!
Feelin`with you
Gerhard

[the bombus]

SH*T   SH*T   SH*T
Sorry to hear that Damien, I would feel sick ( really sick ) when something like that happend to me
I feel for your loss ( looking at the list of damages i think it is )
But .............. keep on building
Greetings from The Bombus

[DamienG]

Thanks Gerhard and the bombus a 2 finger rum & coke settled me down I must have bruised my butt as I could't lie in bed in any position without pain at 1-30am I took some heavy pain killers and watched a tv show for an hour while they kicked in and tried bed again crashed some time after 3-30am  managed 5hrs sleep


It's not a total right off the hull at bow has been compromised and it's a multi piece jigsaw.

The hull deck and bottom are clad with 2mm printers card it appears from this next pic that polyester resin does not penetrate the surface and has separated leaving bare spots.

Not sure how I'll tackle the deck at the bow with railings attached is bent down and the stiffness integrity of the card is now compromised perhaps removing the paint and saturating the affected area with super glue will stiffen it up again.