One week ago I started a new project: Blockade runner "Colonel Lamb" in scale 1 : 48. The hull is similar to the blockade runner "Hope", which I build 25 years ago. The boat also will be steamdriven, probably with Regner 12/36 engine. It`s just the beginnig, but frames and keel already came together.

Thomas

Looking mighty good. 

Thanks Damian!

Your ACW ships, like all your projects, have impressed me a lot. I look forward to your progress reports on this one!

Thanks a lot. This new model will take time - but in the present situation of lockdowns in many parts of the world - it is one possibility of rich in meaning activitis. In this coincidence I esteem special the building blogs of members like Paddlemex and others. This blogs are really inspiring for us.

Thomas

So Thomas, are the Regner 12/36 engines still readily available?........... Derek

As far I know the 12/36 engine is still availiable, Derek.

Thomas

Great to see that you are joining the active section of the forum again, Thomas.
As you say the lockdown situation should bring more people back to the workbench. Now there is (should be) time available.

Will follow your build closely. The skeleton already looks very promising.

Jurgen

Hull is structural complete - next job will be a cover of resin (Voss Chemie G 4) inside and outside. I don`t know in this state of build, whether I should figure the steel sheets of the hull planking with aluminium sheets or not. The picture also shows the Mc Gregor plan of CSS "Hope", the predecessor of C.L. build also in 1864 of Quiggins shipyard in Liverpool.

Thomas

Hullo Thomas......

Not sure what you mean when you say.."figure the steel sheets of the hull planking with aluminium sheets or not"  ... or does this mean that the original vessel had a riveted steel plated hull?

Derek

I have used self-adhesive aluminium tape in the past to simulate metal ship plates. If you have the patience, the rivets can be simulated by running a toothed gear/wheel over the sticky back surface.

Very nice looking hull Thomas, will you use a layer of cloth or just resin on the outside?

The hull will now be covered in - and outside with G 4 resin. I`ve ordered self adversive aluminium tape of 0,12 mm thickness. This is far more than the 0,05 mm tape for car repairs, which is not suitable. I hope with this tape will be possible, to simulate the metal ship plates.
From my experience, with G 4 resin it`s not necessary to laminate the hull outside. The G 4 penetrades into the wood, after one day the wood will be very hard and absolutely watertight.

Thomas

G 4 Voss Chemie data.

Some progress took place last week. The hull first was covered twice in - and outside with G 4 resin. Sanding and joining with filler is a rather unpleasant dusty work we all know. I hope, surface of hull is now even, but we will see when it will be painted. Yesterday I fixed the wheel galleries and today I begin with the deck of obechi wood planks. When this will be finished, hull can be painted light grey above waterline and red below.
The hull is very stabil in spite of thin and light materials (planks 10 x 2 mm pine, frames of plywood 4 mm thick). This is mostly the result of wonderful G 4 resin.

Thomas