yor english is good mr quist..good start to your diary and good luck

Welcome Timm!

I see you have started the right way, a nice glass of port. They is lots to do while you wait for the all the hull sections and you need the time to get your tools sorted. Soon you will get the launch, a lot of work in that little thing. I'm still in two minds about painting the Victory or not, enjoy your build hope to see your work soon.

Darron

Welcome mate
Look forward to seeing your build progress!

I am starting German language classes from next week so I may have to ask you a few things now and then

Regards,
Tom

Herzlich Willkommen auf unserer Werft, Herr Quist. Und auch aus Südafrika.

Ich hoffe, Sie genießen Ihren so viel wie ich bin zu bauen. Dieses Forum ist Spaß und voller Informationen und Erfahrungen.

Mit all diesen helfen sind wir alle Profis bald ....

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Jacques

ps. I hope my German is understandable

Thank you very much guys for this warm welcome.

Still battling the 12 pounder, don't wanna show my "results" now.
Glad I bought issue #1 twice......



I forgot to mention: Sarcasm is my middle name

@ lordmanu: Sobald ich etwas voran komme, will ich eine Art Blog auch in deutsch machen. Bleib dran, ich poste den link, wenn es soweit ist.

Cheers, Timm

Mind your language!!!!!!!
Wecome to the build Tim, I've seen a few of your post's, so your not totaly new to this 'Forum', keep em coming!
I wonder how many countries have representatives on this build??
Jeff

Boy this beggar was a challenge. Basically I tried to do my cannon like it was done by jase in this post including some custom wheels.

1.) Used milliput filler to even the grooves in the sides parts of the carriage. First time I used this stuff. Should remember next time that only very, very little of it is needed.

2.) Added the two brass bolts to the both side parts like jase did ( good idea mate !!)

3.) Now the first obstacle: Gluing both sides to the base was a challenge. After six (!) unsuccessful attempts I build a tiny jig to get it done. Found a small piece of leftover beech wood 16 x 16 mm and painted the contours of the base on the top. Cuted the sides off to end up with a stamp-look-a-like. Then fixed the carriage base on top with a bubblegum-like glue (don't know the proper english term). Now I was finally able to glue the sides on in a almost 90° angle to the base. Without my self-invented-super-duper-high-tech-device the clamps kept flipping off.



4.) In addition to the instructions of the mag I added two small pieces of wood on the bottom side of the base to form the axis (while I am not going to use the provided trucks) and one in the front between the side parts.

5.) I also extended the hole of the cannon from 1 mm to 1,5 mm with a hand drill and made new axis from a toothpick. This looks more true to scale to me and fits better in the cap squares.



Painting and final assembly will follow, I think I deserve a beer now.

Cheers, Timm

Still figuring on a way do do some custom wheels for the 12 pounder.
Here is my third attempt:





The new wheels are made from 5 mm (front wheels) respectively 4 mm (rear wheels) round beechwood sticks. Cutted to nearly 3 mm width and sanded down to 2,5 mm. Not easy when you have fingers in the size of a sausage ;-)
Using a 1,5 mm hand drill I did the holes for the axis which are made from toothpicks again. Hard to hit the center at this scale.
Any known tricks to achieve that ??

Haven't thought that it would take that long to finish the first tiny build. But it's fun to think about what materials to use and how to do it and the only person who pushed me ... is me.

Regards, Timm

Thank you, Jacques

As a good friend said:
I don't take time, I make time !


No, that is a simple Wordpress Blog and just my playground. By doing the build diary I got used to the software. But I just discovered Joomla the other week and may be using it for another internet project I host.

Greeting to Suid-Afrika (...the country I had the privilege to travel for full three months and I fell in love with from the very first moment !!))

Okay guys, slowly, very slowly I am getting something here.

Found a way to drill the holes as close to the center as possible for me.


I used a clamp with a groove in the center.



For the new axis I used tooth picks. Sanded them down to 1,5mm,
put some shellac primer and ochre paint on them. Don't cut at this stage.



To make the black bolt I sacrificed some bristles of my broom ;-)
The bristles are made from black PVC and 0,75mm in diameter.



Drilling a hole with a 1mm drill across through the axis and fixed the bristle with super glue. The black line above the bolt is simply made with a small pen. Now I cut the remaining toothpick off and fixed the wheel to the cannon with superglue.






At this stage I am still not 100% satisfied and would like to know your honest opinion.
Are the wheels still too wide ?
Width is around 2,5 mm.

Cannon will be finished when I get my eye bolts and plasticard for the tompion.

Regards, Timm