Ambitious project - model of Irrawaddy paddler "China" in 1 : 48 startet

[Hankwilliams]

further underconstruction for the roof at midship section.

Thomas

[Hankwilliams]

underconstruction of roof and port side railing finished! It was a little boring to make the different rips for the roof day after day, only in midship section they are equal. The whole construction must be painted before the next and probably last greater work will be made - the big roof. I hope this will be in next week.

Thomas

[derekwarner_decoy]

She is certainly a spectacular build Thomas and my how things have changed from privacy high windows in the passenger accommodation to full length glass walls of todays river cruise vessels

Derek

[DamienG]

A work of art Thomas well done.

 

[Hankwilliams]

Hi friends and neighbors,

underconstruction of the roof is now paintet. Before the roof can be fitted, a connection from the safety valve to the exhaust steamtube behind the rear funnel must be assembled. This wasn`t too easy, because this middle part with the funnels is removible. But I made a trial, the connection was quite tight.

Next work will be the roof.

Thomas

[Hankwilliams]

The big roof is partly assembled...

Before bringing up the parts, the underside was painted white. First I assembled the removable part in the midship area. The parts are of 0,8 mm plywood, most important is, that they are glued completely to the ribs. May be tomorrow I can finish the wole roof.

Thomas

[chewbacca]

Very well, 
  there is a lot of metal at the top= unbalance 

j-claude

[derekwarner_decoy]

Morning Thomas........going back to February 2016, you mentioned.......

"Weight will be 12 - 15 kg with a draught of 30 mm"

I am guessing your total steam plant [with a full boiler] to be ~~8kg, the wheels & shafts ~~1kg

Now the hull is complete & water proofed, have you made water tests to confirm total displacement weight requirement to achieve the 30mm draft?

Derek

[Hankwilliams]

Hi Derek,
no,  I didn`t made a new watertest. But the weight of metalprofiles, the thin plywood of the roof and the wooden deckhauses on upper deck should not be overestimatet.
After I red your post - just 5 minutes ago - I made a test with our old weighting machine. As you can see - its only 14,5 kg, no more!

Thomas

[derekwarner_decoy]

Thanks Thomas......I was not concerned at all with the additional canopy structure mass as I see that the actual components are light weight, and being so open....windage nor higher C of G will be an issue

I was however more interested in the achieved draft, but from what I see this morning @ 14.5 kg ...and say 0.8 kg for water and gas.....you will not require any form of additional ballast

Derek

[Hankwilliams]

The big roof is nearly finished!
The transition between removable and fixed parts seems quite good. I  considered which will be the best surface formation. Best solution will be gluing the roof  with sand paper stripes to figure the roofing felt. There is no exact clearness about the color, the historic photos seems to show a light grey, also the model of "Nepaul" in Glasgow Transport Museum in our photo gallery.

Thomas

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hullo Thomas......from mid July 2016, we see what I believe is a ''knurled" thumb & fore finger nut on the gas line from the gas tank

In the second image we see the same knurled nut, however I am not sure how you remove the gas tank for filling?

Derek

[Hankwilliams]

Hi Derek,

what you see is a quick connector gas hose coupling. On the picture it`s disconnected and no gas can come out the tank. You can remove and fill the tank. When you connect the coupling, you can regulate the gas flow with the cock. See for example: www.ibenda.com/en/gas-quick-action-couplings.

Thomas

[Hankwilliams]

Assembling sandpaper which looks like tar paper on the roof.
After this the roof will be painted in a grey color.

Thomas

[Hankwilliams]

Hi friends and neighbors,

always it`s good, to get some feedback about our models and their detailing. I finished the roof of "China", but I don`t paint it. I only grind the surface of the sand paper - for my opinion , it`s now rather realistic - compared with the pictures of the Bangladesh rocket steamers. What do you think about it?

I made the vents from copper tube angels. Next job will be the davits and the lifeboats on the rear of the model and some improvings of details.
May be, in two weeks I´ll do some test runs in a water basin.

Thomas