SMIT ROTTERDAM

a Billing Boats "Model BB478" Build log. An "Left click" on an image will show them in a higher resolution. When followed by a right click and "save picture as" or "open in a new tab" will give you the max possible resolution of 1600x1200 pixels

Tuesday, 20 September 2011

Upper structure

I'm really getting the feeling for "small" details now, therefore I also made the louver windows on the upper structure a bi...

Preview..

Fitting everything in place, rudders, shafts and propellers..

Rudder shape

Neither the instructions or drawing show anything about the shape of the rudder. As the original, I shaped the rudder with an sharp edge....

Monday, 19 September 2011

Keel extention

Again after studying pictures of the Smit Rotterdam, the keel shape towards the stern has an sharp edge, the model originally hasn't, ...

The "Engine room"

As for the motors i choose the Robbe "Power 755/40", an powerfull motor for a good price.. As the max. rotation speed at 12 V s...

Mighty bow..

Bow with the top list in place, a mighty sight when looking at it from this angle.

Impressive i must say..

Even the impossible is possible if the strips have been into water until they are completely soaking wet as you can see here.. To improve...

The bow.. more or less in shape..

While trying to achieve the perfect shape, you also might notice that the hull is not very thick everywhere and needs extra care to get m...

Beautiful curves

After some effort, the smooth curves are finally showing up

Rough cut..

So here it is, ready for sanding it in it's final shape

Finishing loose ends before sanding

After having cutting the balsa wood roughly into shape, I finished planking on the lower deck. Only the "top part" of the stern i...

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Stern

For some reason the Balsa wood supplied for the stern was not "thick" enough so I used extra pieces of balsa wood to make it fit...

Bow

After planking I began to shape the front-end (bow) and back-end (stern) of the hull before I even considered to start sanding and fillin...

Saturday, 17 September 2011

And the Back..

Front view after Planking

I can publish a lot more "planking" pictures as this part took quite some time. Here a front view picture.. also at this stage ...

Friday, 16 September 2011

Finally

2,3 planks more to go..

Almost there..

a close up of the front planking and bow thruster hole.. An experienced model kit builder might be able to see here that I’m using "UHU...

Practicing planking techniques

Using all the tricks in the book..

Strips Bathtub..

Probably nothing new for the "hardcore" model builder, but instead of occupying the family bathtub to soak the wooden strips in ...

Strips part2 continued

and here's the back ..

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