Steampunk Regatta

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June 15, 2017
First boat is almost complete...
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June 15, 2017
...my added pedals are non-workable, though...
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June 15, 2017
these are the parts from the Airfoil steam engine...
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June 15, 2017
...which I like a lot (in contrast to the Caranado boat kit: the fit of the parts is horrible at best and min-bogglingly disastrous at worst
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June 18, 2017
Dry fitting of hull, seats and steam engine...
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June 18, 2017
...revealed that more dry fitting is required 🙁
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June 19, 2017
Phase 5: the 1/72 WW1 Austrian helicopter prototype is in 1:24 just big enough for a tiger-lynx-bobcat
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June 19, 2017
Which may or may not stay there in the final diorama 🙂
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June 25, 2017
instrument panel from the kit from some other decals and 1 mm "lights"
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June 25, 2017
All major parts finished, waiting for final assembly (next weekend, maybe)
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July 2, 2017
Slowly coming together. The clumsy windshield might be a goner, later...
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July 2, 2017
...the large water wheel might look a tad big for the small beat...
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July 2, 2017
...I like the stripped-down steam engine, though
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July 8, 2017
Coal shoveling lady got an extra piece of apparel to be more decent (this is still a somewhat prude if alternative Victorian world)
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July 8, 2017
The drone platform is temp connected, probably I use four beams at the end
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July 8, 2017
Every body needs a "Windrichtungsanzeiger" (wind direction indicator) - OK, for a motor boat it makes little sense.
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July 15, 2017
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July 29, 2017
1st water layer - more to do...
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July 29, 2017
1st water layer - more to do...
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August 6, 2017
almost finished...
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August 6, 2017
...more water, foam, ...
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August 6, 2017
...and fine tuning...
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August 6, 2017
...then I call it complete.
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August 12, 2017
When a moron (the one typing this lines) adds too much translucent material...
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August 12, 2017
...so that it it no longer translucent any more 🙁 (I hope another day and night of drying will help...)
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Comments

4 11 June 2017, 12:23

Taarna Eckart
Nice work so far. Following for sure.

18 June 2017, 16:38

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Cool 👍

2 July 2017, 14:08

Bart Goesaert
looks good, interesting conversion.

From the first racer, he big gearwheel and connection can be omitted (the one without teeth at the sides) because it's only function is to add weight, but it is a nice design.

3 July 2017, 13:21

Glenn
I'm pretty sure it would just spin around in circles with only one paddle wheel on one side! Would need a pretty big rudder to stay straight. But it would make great slow burnouts in the water! Mmm.... I'm pretty sure that protocol droid driving would give you the statistics of the probability of failure! 🙂

3 July 2017, 18:03

Martin R.
To be honest, I just realized after I put the large paddle wheel on, that there might be ... practical problems, e.g. keeping a straight course - let's assume the rudder is gigantic and the forces manageable. Also buoyancy might be an issue as the whole thing would be rather heavy - and still the observation platform with the "drone" is missing 🙂

3 July 2017, 18:53

Martin R.
The automaton behind the steering wheel mumbled: "I have a bad feeling about this" 😉

3 July 2017, 18:55

Glenn
🙂 It's still looks cool! Just whack a large heavy rudder on the left side. Maybe an old aircraft wing (DC-3?) would do for a rudder!

4 July 2017, 03:01