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EJ's 1960's fleet oiler build AO41
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MM2CVS9
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Went out this morning to pick up my Expedition from the body shop and did a bit of shopping while I was out. There is a model place near me that deals mostly in train stuff, but calls itself "Hobby Recycling". Boy, do they have stuff. Told the guy what I was doing and showed him my painted sample. He dug out a box of wire and said - go to it. I dumped it out on the floor and dug around. This is what I came up with.
They are all plastic sheathed solid copper wire and the same as or near my sample. The top spool is telephone wire. The other spool is cable for digital stuff, the same wire in it as the telephone wire, but also has a fine twisted ground wire and a metal shielding wrap around the bundle. Should be able to use that somewhere. The others are just stuff similar to the bell wire. My sample piece is the short piece on the bottom. If I can't do what I want with this, well.... It all together cost me $2.00. The sheathing color is a kinda dull black and I should be able to bend and handle it without scuffing it all up.
Got some paint on the soldered up hose masts and booms. They look pretty good to me.
EJ
They are all plastic sheathed solid copper wire and the same as or near my sample. The top spool is telephone wire. The other spool is cable for digital stuff, the same wire in it as the telephone wire, but also has a fine twisted ground wire and a metal shielding wrap around the bundle. Should be able to use that somewhere. The others are just stuff similar to the bell wire. My sample piece is the short piece on the bottom. If I can't do what I want with this, well.... It all together cost me $2.00. The sheathing color is a kinda dull black and I should be able to bend and handle it without scuffing it all up.
Got some paint on the soldered up hose masts and booms. They look pretty good to me.
EJ
MM2CVS9
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Well, had a bit of a setback. The solder I used was TIX, a low temp solder. The round part on the end of the boom needed a hole in it. When I drilled the hole, 3 of the four parts broke off. Had to clean them up, re-solder with a harder, higher temp solder, and repaint them.
Here they are repaired and drilled.
Today, I installed them to the deck holes with epoxy adhesive. I'll fill the gap at the bottom with white glue and touch up the deck paint.
I've started on the hoses and the cables supporting them ans will install each one as I complete them.
EJ
Here they are repaired and drilled.
Today, I installed them to the deck holes with epoxy adhesive. I'll fill the gap at the bottom with white glue and touch up the deck paint.
I've started on the hoses and the cables supporting them ans will install each one as I complete them.
EJ
She's looking swell EJ! :captain
phantom II
Master at Arms
Looking good 
Looking forward to more progress.
Cheers, Christian B)
Looking forward to more progress.Cheers, Christian B)
MM2CVS9
Active member
The first hose set. Just the hose hangar cables and hose. Took me a long time to do this. Still have to rig the booms and the boom masts. I'll try the Lycra for that. Gotta trim the wire off at the cable drum yet. Waiting for the glue to set up good.
There's a lot of rigging on this thing. I don't think I'll try to do everything. I have some pics sent to me by a guy that took them aboard Mattaponi in the 60's. I'll post one next post. Those guys refer to the well deck as "The Jungle". I can see why.
EJ
There's a lot of rigging on this thing. I don't think I'll try to do everything. I have some pics sent to me by a guy that took them aboard Mattaponi in the 60's. I'll post one next post. Those guys refer to the well deck as "The Jungle". I can see why.
EJ
MM2CVS9
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Here's a couple pics of the "jungle". These were taken after her 1960/61 refit, removing the catwalks and adding the raised wooden cargo deck. I'm building her just before the refit. The picks were taken by Cecil Faircloth, and e-mailed to me. I printed them and then photographed them, that's why they are a but fuzzy.
EJ
EJ
Duke Maddog
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Oh yeah! That does look like a jungle! Nice pics man.
Sensational work on the ship as well; I love that!
Sensational work on the ship as well; I love that!
MM2CVS9
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Another hose set done, for a total of two, including the lift cables and cable drums. Painted the cables steel and the drum (1) ocean grey.
Got the cables cut and tied to the hoses for two more sets.
The fine wire is .006 inch copper, taken from a small cable and separated into strands. It's kinda wrinkly looking and not strait. In this pic you can see a couple not straitened and one straitened. The new Infiniti cutting guide, on the back, is some of that film they apply to plastic to keep it from getting all scratched up. I had not removed it. I put a peice of wire on the cutting mat, placed the cutting guide on it with the film side down and rolled it back and forth a few times. You can see one wire in the pic nice and strait.
They come out very nice.
Will install and paint the last two hoses tomorrow. Then, move on to some rigging.
EJ
Got the cables cut and tied to the hoses for two more sets.
The fine wire is .006 inch copper, taken from a small cable and separated into strands. It's kinda wrinkly looking and not strait. In this pic you can see a couple not straitened and one straitened. The new Infiniti cutting guide, on the back, is some of that film they apply to plastic to keep it from getting all scratched up. I had not removed it. I put a peice of wire on the cutting mat, placed the cutting guide on it with the film side down and rolled it back and forth a few times. You can see one wire in the pic nice and strait.
They come out very nice.
Will install and paint the last two hoses tomorrow. Then, move on to some rigging.
EJ
phantom II
Master at Arms
Good progress . I think you could pull the wires through a couple quarters and straighten them that way also.
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
Sherman 18
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Great work
:captain
MM2CVS9
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MM2CVS9
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Well, The hoses and cables are finally done! Touched up some paintwork.
I had sprayed some glosscoat on the bow and stern where the markings go, so I think I'll place the markings and spray a flat coat on the whole thing to protect the paint before I do the rigging. There's quite a bit of rigging, much of it with a definite purpose but very haphazard looking. I'll paint and place the guns ( 9 of them) and some deck clutter last so the deck clutter doesn't interfere with the rigging deck tie-downs. I got some nice 3d printed guns from Model Monkey.
Won't be posting for a couple days, prepping for a colonoscopy tomorrow in the morning. What fun!
Have a good Veterans day guys, and thank you to all that served.
EJ
I had sprayed some glosscoat on the bow and stern where the markings go, so I think I'll place the markings and spray a flat coat on the whole thing to protect the paint before I do the rigging. There's quite a bit of rigging, much of it with a definite purpose but very haphazard looking. I'll paint and place the guns ( 9 of them) and some deck clutter last so the deck clutter doesn't interfere with the rigging deck tie-downs. I got some nice 3d printed guns from Model Monkey.
Won't be posting for a couple days, prepping for a colonoscopy tomorrow in the morning. What fun!
Have a good Veterans day guys, and thank you to all that served.
EJ
phantom II
Master at Arms
Starting to look interesting. Not the usual ship build.
Don't envy you the prep . Particularly if you're using the VA.
Cheers, Christian B)
Don't envy you the prep . Particularly if you're using the VA.
Cheers, Christian B)
:salute
Good luck with the Prep!
You not the only one, I got a tooth extraction tomorrow.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Wow, sensational work on those hoses and rigs. Man, I love the look of this ship already! Brilliant work man. Good luck on your prep and take care.
MM2CVS9
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Got some more done.
The anchors and the decals. Had to use decals from the stash because there were no "ones".
Also shows the rudder and screw installed and painted.
The radio mast installed.
The 5"-38
3"-50's and single 40's. Nearly as soon as they were installed, I broke off a single 40 barrel. Luckily, I have a couple spares. I need to be really careful.
The 5"-38 was 3-D printed from 3-D models in an orange resin. very nice. The 3"-50's and the single 40's were from Shapeways, 3-D printed in a white/grey resin. Kinda rough looking, but still nicer than the kit guns. I'm gonna try to get them from 3-Models as replacements.
And all painted
Then she went into the spray booth for a complete clearcoat.
EJ
The anchors and the decals. Had to use decals from the stash because there were no "ones".
Also shows the rudder and screw installed and painted.
The radio mast installed.
The 5"-38
3"-50's and single 40's. Nearly as soon as they were installed, I broke off a single 40 barrel. Luckily, I have a couple spares. I need to be really careful.
The 5"-38 was 3-D printed from 3-D models in an orange resin. very nice. The 3"-50's and the single 40's were from Shapeways, 3-D printed in a white/grey resin. Kinda rough looking, but still nicer than the kit guns. I'm gonna try to get them from 3-Models as replacements.
And all painted
Then she went into the spray booth for a complete clearcoat.
EJ
phantom II
Master at Arms
Looking good
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)