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

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?

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

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.

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

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

& 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

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

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

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

Ian,

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

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

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

Cheers Kim,  just needed a sanity check 

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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