gordc
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Leading Seaman · 97 pts
Peterborough, Canada
Member since Dec 2016
Last online 5 days ago
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2 blogsHMCS Sackville
It's been a while since I updated my blog and I've made some progress. Still lots of details to add, depth charge rails and throwers, car…
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HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
I haven't made a lot of progress in the past year but the funnel is ready for painting and I'm pleased with how the 4-inch gun has turned…
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HMCS Sackville
It's been a while since I updated my blog and I've made some progress. Still lots of details to add, depth charge rails and throwers, carley floats, mast and r…
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Hog Chains on a Sternwheel Riverboat
I'm thinking of building a sternwheeler but I can't find a detail of the way the hog chains are connected to the frames of the shallow draught wooden hull. Can…
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Re: HMCS Sackville
Hi Gary, the site glass is a standard 3/16 inch glass tube. I guess it needs cleaning out. Cheers, Gord
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Hi Martin, I've taken a break and worked on my model railway for the past few months. I'm going to get back to it now I can silver solder outside. I need to ma…
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Steam Engine Exhaust Modification.
It's a great idea. Does the stack condenser slowly fill up with condensate or is there enough heat from the stack to prevent it?
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HMCS Sackville
Here are a few photos of the model and the steam plant. The various fittings are coming along slowly. The dust you can see on the boiler is from a dry chemical…
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Re: HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
It's been about 18 months since my last post. I've finally got the boiler steaming - the burner raised the 1.1 litres of water in the boiler to a pressure of 5…
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HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
Hi Dave, I like your idea of bringing heated feed water in a thermos flask. As for using a flat burner, there are cross tubes in the flue so it wouldn't fit. W…
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HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
Hi Taffy, thanks for the support. if I can't sort the boiler out this summer, I'll admit defeat and finish the ship as a static model. Here's hoping.
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HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
I haven't made a lot of progress in the past year but the funnel is ready for painting and I'm pleased with how the 4-inch gun has turned out. Sea trials did n…
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