Stevercboat19 Deck Hand
Posts : 11 Join date : 2015-08-06 Age : 80 Location : North West Arkansas USA
| Subject: 3rd attempt to upload photos Tue Aug 11, 2015 5:15 pm | |
| I will try again to upload photos of the USS Constitution that I mentioned in a previous post. The one that only took me 47 years to finish. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]I have many photos I will share including some of the steam powered ship I am attempting . Lets see first if this works. | |
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troutrunner Master
Posts : 573 Join date : 2014-01-23 Location : Lincolnshire UK
| Subject: Re: 3rd attempt to upload photos Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:33 pm | |
| Fantastic workmanship there, one heck of a lot of time must have been spent on the rigging alone. Yes please to the photo's of the steamer you are doing, I plan a paddle steamer for my next project, not sure if I can afford live steam though, unless I win the lottery. | |
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Stevercboat19 Deck Hand
Posts : 11 Join date : 2015-08-06 Age : 80 Location : North West Arkansas USA
| Subject: live steam Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:16 pm | |
| Actually the live steam is not all that expensive- I purchased my steam engine used on ebay for about 70 us dollars. I may have been lucky as I have seen these same steam engines go for over 120 dollars - just need to have patience on the bidding. I will include a picture of what I got for my steam power. I have since removed all parts from the base that it is mounted on in the picture -- I will reconfigure it so that the boiler will go lengthwise in the ship and the engine itself will go behind the boiler more in the stern of the ship. if I can upload enough pictures I will show you what I am talking about. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The next pictures are the start of the steam ship , it is a little over 3 feet long. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]The wood I am using for the keel is 1/2 inch poplar , for the ribs I am using 1/4 inch poplar. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]More photos of the progress soon | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: 3rd attempt to upload photos Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:30 pm | |
| they both look excellent models steve.......the Constitution is a work of art. I look forward to the steamer build.........a fascinating project, and one which I am sure will be popular on here. Neil. |
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| Subject: Re: 3rd attempt to upload photos Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:09 am | |
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Stevercboat19 Deck Hand
Posts : 11 Join date : 2015-08-06 Age : 80 Location : North West Arkansas USA
| Subject: Re: 3rd attempt to upload photos Wed Aug 12, 2015 4:54 am | |
| Thank all of you for your kind words. I have been looking at the pictures of your builds and rebuilds, Fantastic. The detail work I am seeing is really amazing. Very talented group here to say the least. | |
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| Subject: Re: 3rd attempt to upload photos Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:33 am | |
| Thanks mate |
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