Revell VIIc shipping in holland

[JWLaRue]

Ronald,

Good catch! That door is

Ronald,

Good catch! That door is on both sides and provides (additional) access to a pair of shut-off valves.

-Jeff

[koeze]

@ Jeff,

I personally cannot think

@ Jeff,

I personally cannot think of any other reason why the propellors would be made of steel other that maybe a shortage of bronze (maybe near the end of the war).

Steel propellors would be much harder to cast and mill/grind. Even with todays much more advanced metallurgy I don't know of any ship that uses steel propellors. The impellor of a hydrojet may be an exception to this but the size of this is in completely different. Conservation is another problem with steel propellors. Corrosion of steel hulls is prevented by the use of Anodes (Zinc) (I hope I spelled that right). This would be quite hard on a rotating propellor.

EJK

[Guest]

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Cheers,
Anders

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Cheers,
Anders

[tack]

on the propellor thing, arent

on the propellor thing, arent some propellors made completely of zink? Or do they coat them in zink?

[JWLaRue]

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[brad]

Props and Corrosion,

Gents, being an

Props and Corrosion,

Gents, being an Acoustic Chief in the Canadian Navy, corrosion within propellors is a huge concern, because it may lead to a noisy prop and a lower cavitation speed, collapsing of bubbles created around the prop blade. If we worry about that in todays navy, surely the Germans would have considered this important issue as well. I know the USN did in WWII.

Something to consider

Brad

[raalst]

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[wolf pack]

Ronald,
Well i think you right,somethink

Ronald,
Well i think you right,somethink seems to be there but i cant tell you for sure.Do you think that all this thinks inside the tower must be on the revell tower too? Are you going to build them?I have paint the inside of the tower and i have preshade with dark greay all the rivets on the outside of the tower.Tommorow i will paint it.I will send you photos when i finish it.

Regards
Thomas

[JWLaRue]

Ronald,

On some 'consoles' there are

Ronald,

On some 'consoles' there are rectangular access panels. Might that be what you ar elooking at?

-Jeff

[raalst]

I find this hard to

I find this hard to explain clearly.

I thought that the inside wall of the open part of the
tower (upper half) would look like a "U" shape,
following the contours of the outside of the tower.

But in the picture it looks to me (*very* faintly) that
some sort of closet is built in, underneath the compass,
voice pipe and telegraph.

Jeff, I think only your AA tower features some "box"
structure in the front part of the tower.

Wolfpack, I would love to see your tower painted,
if possible with a closup of that "shaded rivet"
feature.



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[JWLaRue]

hi Ronald,

Yup.....that's what I call

hi Ronald,

Yup.....that's what I call the 'console' or dashboard'. (I don't know what else to call it!)

There are two photos on page 12 and 17 of the current issue of the SubCommittee Report that help to show some of the detail for this console. While there are very few really good photos of this area of detail, I am almost certain that there ended up being a number of different console configurations.

The photo on pg 18 shows a similar arrangement to that of the AA tower. The photo of my AA tower is missing the top of the console....essentially a flat plate across the top. This plate can be clearly seen in this photo.

Some consoles did not have that open area beneath the top shelf....the face of the console apparently going all the way up to the shelf itself.

-make sense?

Jeff

[raalst]

Yup.
Thanks again !

I have

Yup.
Thanks again !

I have tried to duplicate a tower hatch/door,
using liquid rubber (latex) as a mold, and filling with epoxy. that failed. I am trying again. As you can see, I tried paper (actually a sticker) first, but it is too crude (IMHO).

Also, I am trying to reshape the aerial housing (formerly
called chimney..) from circular to sort of triangular in cross
section. I made a rubber mold, then sanded a piece of wood
into the shape I wanted, covered this shape with the mold
in order to deform the circular cross section,
and put the mold into plaster to maintain its shape.
have a look
as long as the epoxy doesn't eat the latex, I should be
ok...



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[wolf pack]

Hello u boaters,
I have post

Hello u boaters,
I have post some pictures of my progress so far to the
http://www.hyperscale.com ----- then go so ship chat---and choose u boat in progress

PS Ronald,how is your boat so far.

regards
Thomas

[sam reichart]

Thomas-
did you replace the railings

Thomas-
did you replace the railings on your conning tower with metal railings and ladder rungs? Or is that the size of the plastic pieces that were included in the kit?

I sure wish my model would show up...

[raalst]

I have been busy with

I have been busy with the lower tower and the "chimney"
I had to experiment with casting.
I have succesfully duplicated an access hatch on the side of the tower.

I also succesfully duplicated the "chimney" (aerial housing).
But this was not the intention, since I wanted to get from a
circular cross section to a sort of "topped off triangle" shape.
luckily the epoxy is still somewhat flexible.
Have a look

I finished the hull halves, except for a hint of panels which
can sometime be seen just above the saddle tanks, somewhat recessed.

I must admit that other activities (the kind that pays the bills)
have distracted me a wee bit since those lovely Christmas Holidays...



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