paddle steamer "Burlak" (m 1:50)
paddle steamer "Burlak" (m 1:50)
#1 Post by odessit » Fri Apr 24, 2015 22:08
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#2 Post by Mikhail Smirnov » Fri Apr 24, 2015 23:03
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#3 Post by Vladimir Lomov » Sat Apr 25, 2015 21:55
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#4 Post by Igor Kutsolaba » Mon Apr 27, 2015 12:55
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#5 Post by odessit » Fri May 01, 2015 20:46
Here is another photo of the museum ship “St. Nicholas”:
There is, however, one nuance here:
“After the October Revolution of 1917, the ship was renamed Nikolai. In 1927, the ship was converted into a non-self-propelled oil barge. In 1960, the ship was sent to the ship graveyard. In 1970, the ship was restored."
Re: paddle steamer "Burlak" (m 1:50)
#6 Post by odessit » Fri May 01, 2015 23:46
The model of the ship we are making will have a steam engine. Let's start with him.
I assembled the steam engine when I was working as a mechanic in a garage, according to drawings from the Young Technician magazine. That article was called “Our Grandfathers’ Toys.” It proposed building a model of a boat with a simple steam engine with an oscillating cylinder. Actually, I made only two parts on a lathe - a piston and a cylinder, everything else was done by hand. I picked up a ready-made flywheel from some cassette recorder. At work, I drove the machine from the compressor, it worked fine. Then there was no time for steam engines; the car lay idle for a long time. Last year we decided to solder the boiler and check how it would work using steam. The boiler was soldered, but then they started building the bireme, and the steam engine was put aside again. Finally, this year it was the ship’s turn. First, we tested the machine by heating the boiler on a gas stove. In order to know the working pressure, we bought a 6-bar pressure gauge. Now we have assembled the firebox in a rough version, ready for installation on the model. But they haven't tested it yet.
Video of one of the test runs of the machine:
A few photos of our PSU (the boiler is different, not the one in the video):
Source
Choosing a suitable design
In addition to various models, there are also wheel options for paillon (with a hard floor) boats and PVC boats with LPND (with a high-pressure inflatable bottom). The differences lie in the shape of the posts (they are curved) and in their height (they are longer). This is due to the fact that the height of the plywood on the transom is less on low-speed boats, which means that the platform for mounting the wheels has to be installed at a higher level. In addition, the inflatable bottom may protrude beyond the transom line. As a result, transom wheels for NDND can be a little more difficult to manufacture than for a soldered PVC boat.
Do-it-yourself working model of a steamship
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