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

[wagnmkr]

I just found mine as well. I used to use it on the rigging for large, r/c sailboats.

[tghs]

with the fender rail looking better spent most of the week sanding, filling and priming (repeat repeat repeat) sprayed the topcoat this morning before the weather changed,, cool and dry the paint sprayed nicely, the hull will sit for over three days before getting the brightwork cleaned up,, Slim in charge of keeping the curing paint from harm!!! 

[wagnmkr]

The hull is a thing of beauty!

 

[cnr6400]

  Fantastic! great lines on the hull, and a beautiful finish. 

[tghs]

yeah!!!! steering cable (wire rope) arrived today.. many many thanks to "crueby" 

[crueby]

yeah!!!! steering cable (wire rope) arrived today.. many many thanks to "crueby" 

Great!  Hope it works out, I  had about 100 feet of each size, more than I'll  ever need.   

[tghs]

did a cable test on the ironwood steering drum,, 5 turns of cable on the drum, pulled it tight tight tight,, cable flexes back with no memory of being on the drum so it looks like we are good, had to set things in place and take look.. feeling pretty good so far..

[cnr6400]

  Glad to hear the cable / wire rope from Chris worked out well. Slim might be lookin to sling a hammock off the cable runs and have a nap! 

[tghs]

started in on the brass blocks that hold the steering sheaves, the aft set are the most complex so started with them, formed brass sheet around a machined steel plate to get the U-bend, careful placement of Ti clamps for soldering,, cut and shape, they still get a little section added to the open end, mounting hole and hole for the axel pin.. Slim now has a cohort (ghost) that looks at things as judgmental as Slim!!!!

[crueby]

Great job on the sheaves.  And a good thing Ghost is not a dog, or slim would wake up missing a bone here and there... 

[tghs]

Slim is still mostly complete,, made the forward set of sheave holders, another Ti clip adventure, this time 4 virgin strips were stacked to act as a spacer setting the distance, time to get on the lathe and turn the sheaves..  (I will take working with brass any day over White Oak)

[tghs]

turned out the sheaves, trimmed and drilled some brass rivets for pins, the little brass sections soldered in on the open end of the blocks, mounting holes all drilled. a little tweaking and all went together nice.    still have a pair of small rollers to make that adjust the cable path for the hull shape..

[cnr6400]

  Sheaves look great!

[Admiral_dk]

Sheaves look great!

Agree - and so do the rest of the build 

Per