30ft 1890's navy steam launch 1/6th scale

[tghs]

a little clean-up after a night in the clamps, all the brass fits after some more "tuning".. have to make the 5 long through bolts that hold all these parts in place.. should have made the 1/6th adze for slim!!! don't know if he has the muscle to swing it..

[tghs]

did a little dremel engraving to give the boat its hull number, added the bull nose sections and top plate,, might try to engrave the numbers a little more..

[Vixen]

Hello tghs,

Some nice, old school, boat building under way there. 

Did you ask Slim to give you a hand? Or did you give him one of those sharp chisels to play with? He seems to have lost his right hand.   

Mike

[tghs]

he took a part time retail job, but couldn't keep his hand out of the till!!! (it was found under a clamp on the bench and has been returned)

[tghs]

started working on the scale special fasteners that hold the cut-water,stem and sling support all together.. 2-56 threaded rod and nuts, silver solder...

[cnr6400]

 

[crueby]

Great details!   

[vtsteam]

Very unusual! They certainly spared no expense on these boats. I'm used to drifts and roves for piecing up timbers! 

[tghs]

during this time frame the US navy was a world onto themselfs. almost everything was done in house or contracted to their plans.. they didn't want to be at the mercy of others supply chain issues. kind of amazed they didn't have there own thread standards..

[vtsteam]

I hope the builder put some tallow on those threads, or I don't think a flat head screwdriver would be taking them out again.

[Admiral_dk]

I often am amazed about the amount off details on this build .... so I have to remind myself that the scale is 1/6 and that it was a big boat (not ship) 

How ever - I still enjoy this build a lot       

Per

[tghs]

I hope the builder put some tallow on those threads, or I don't think a flat head screwdriver would be taking them out again.

the restoration photo's of the 1910 40ftr never show the cut-water removed, don't know if they tried or just decided the stem was solid enough to leave in be..

[tghs]

I often am amazed about the amount off details on this build .... so I have to remind myself that the scale is 1/6 and that it was a big boat (not ship) 

How ever - I still enjoy this build a lot       

Per

thanks, the bigger the scale forces the details, plus I do want to make the hoisting fittings usable, might be an easy way to move this boat.. this weekend I get brave and calculate the approximate weight

[tghs]

checking some of the back pages of the 1900 navy boat book a page listed the preformance test of the 5 sizes of steam cutters..it was the source for the hull number I used, but it also listed the operational displacements.. the 30ftr displaced 10811lbs, using the cube method the model should be just over 50lbs

[RReid]

Interesting that the 28 footer was slightly faster than the 30 footer. Since speed of a displacement hull is limited by waterline length, wouldn't you expect the opposite?