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Clyde Puffer

Par Hillro 12 participations 17 Juil 2020 — 28 Juil 2020
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Clyde Puffer

i found plans on a web site and based the scratch build on these.
The hull is plank on frame and you can see the stages on the attached photographs.
i used recycled materials.
Aimé par Colin H and Ronald and

Further progress with hull

Added detail to the hull, rubbing strips, etc.
Decided to show riveting above the water line using round headed brass pins. Used thick card as plating, glued on using pva glue over the whole hull.
Deck areas planked using lime planks, caulking was just pencil.
Aimé par Colin H and ianed57 and

Rudder Servo Control

The clyde puffer used a chain drive for the rudder.
After a lot of research and head scratching i came up with servo driven slide arrangement with some pulleys and chain which funny enough looks like the real thing. Bench test proved it works ok.
Aimé par Scratchbuilder and Colin H and

Wheel house

Made from plywood to a push fit over the hull. Rivets fitted as per hull.
Funnel is a tooth paste tube.
Kitted out the wheel house and fitted nav and cabin lighting.
Aimé par Scratchbuilder and Martin555 and

Hull painting

Hull now painted inside and out using car paint from halfords.
i find painting the most difficult thing to get right. There always seems to be something thats not right.
Aimé par Joe727 and Colin H and

Deck Winch.

Had to do a bit of research for this. I happened to visit Beamish museum.
Low and behold there was a steam driven winch just lying on the ground.
This gave me some idea of what a steam driven winch looked like.
Made from plasti card, some gear wheels, brass wire, etc. Very happy with the result.
This is the second attempt the first one was too big, wrong scale.
Aimé par Joe727 and RNinMunich and

Ships Boat

This was carved from a solid block of lime wood.
Aimé par Rookysailor and RNinMunich and

Bucket and associated tools

Bucket is the top of a spray can and the tools carved from limewood.
These items were use to load,unload bulk materials like stone and coal.
Using the ship's Derrick made it self sufficient.
Aimé par marky and Peejay and

Installing Electrics

Decided to use a 6 volt lead acid battery.
Made up a chassis containing fuses,(Halfords) common busbar ( eletrical wholesalers, earth bar.) other stuff like switches etc from spares box.
The drive motor was left over from a previous project , wrongly ordered.
its geared so not sure it is up to the task, we will see.
Aimé par jbkiwi and Joe727 and

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