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[B.B]

Hi there, the next model under construction of a Gulf Of Carpentaria prawn trawler the "Crystal-Voyager"  83 ft she was built by the Davies Family ,she was built on the banks of the Shoalhaven River near Nowra launched on the 31 st March 1976, towed to Sydney by the "Ajax" then few days later run into while at the wharf by the car carrier "ANL-Australian-Searoader" she then ended up at the Ballina Slipway to have the damage repaired ,started her prawning career the following season in 1977. She was designed by Noel Riley ,her hull is sister ships to previous built trawlers the "Ramia-kathleen" & the "Hazel-Craig". This model comes in at 62 inchs the Keel stem etc is of Redwood and Cedar and the frames are of Beech, ( supplied by Kevin Rasmussen) and her hull sheeting is of 2.7 mm ply , cheers.

[steve mahoney]

There's some tidy work in those frames already!

[B.B]

Hi there, thanks Steve,  in these next photo's used a piece of 1 inch thick meranti for the transom, showing her size alongside the "Beninda", and fairing off her frames, Cheers. ....

[Capt Podge]

Crikey Brian, she looks enormous. What scale are you building to?


Ray B.

[Mark T]

Hi Brian - here we go again for another fantastic build and she's enormous mate 


I love seeing your boats come together with such fine joinery     I also like the way you know the history of the boat too as I think it brings a model to life.


As always I'll be following and good luck - PS I hope you've got a crane 

[B.B]

Hi guys, This one is the same scale as majority of the others 1:16 scale, and yes its getting heavier by the day so it seems  . Even though the original was a steely , I still like to run a few stringers through for extra strength, I suppose one of the plus's of the larger models is that you have plenty of room inside to work with but the downside is every time you want to turn it around reality sets back in , cheers  .

[B.B]

Hi there, in this post showing all her stringers installed and plating her with 2.7 mm ply, cheers  .

[steve mahoney]

2.7mm ply with that framing – it's going to be bulletproof.

[SteamboatPhil]

Beautiful framing 

[Circlip]

2.7mm ply with that framing – it's going to be bulletproof.


It's also going to be a hernia


Regards  Ian.

[B.B]

Hi there, she gained a bit of weight when I lined the inside and then resined  ,plated her except for her bullwark area, pre fitted those for later.Laminated hardwood for her Keel and Stem section,then fitted her shelves and pre fitted extra deck beams, they will be glued into positinwhen finished working on the inside of the hull...cheers 

[Dreadnought]

Great Woodwork as always Brian!! 
Dave:)

[Capt Podge]

It most certainly is great work - makes me want to try and build something properly for a change!


Ray.

[Mark T]

The way those knees sit below the beams and on the frames is sublime 

[B.B]

Hi Guys, I made the heel on this one removable ( if needed ?)  used a piece of Colonial teak and inserted a section of  1/2 x 1/8 inch brass flat bar, cheers 

[ChrisF]

I'm not surprised it's beginning to weigh a lot with the amount and size of timbers!

Beautiful work and lovely seeing all those joints etc.

Chris

[B.B]

Hi Guys , thanks Chris, this post photo's of using the Chux wipes again for sealing & strengthening the inside of the hull, after pre fitting each section gave the inside of the hull a coat of resin before placing the pre cut cloths in and coating with resin, once the inside of the hull was finished, she received another 2 coats & also the bildge areas filled with resin, used 3.2 Kg of resin...Cheers. 

[B.B]

Hi guy's, just a few photo's in this post, increased the 8mm shaft tube to 12 mm, I had 2 ex steam spouts from worn out coffee machines ( if its brass it go's in the box) the one I used suited the brace ,just had to drill it out to the size of the outer tubing, cheers  .

[RST]

I think "chux" must be our equivalent of "J cloths"? They're used all the time with model railways but  less so for boats but yours cut to suit so accurately it adds another dimension of neatness!  Am continued to be amazed at everything out of your workshop. They are all worthy of masterclass builds


Rich

[B.B]

Hi Rich, not sure if they are still called Chux (so many different brands these days)  that's what they were originally,it's just a bad habit of referring to them as that  . Next was the construction of the steerable nozzle, the tapered sections are of  Tassy oak and around the edges are of Rose wood, she originally did have a Becker style rudder attached but (but was later disconnected probably to efficient ) so attached a fixed rudder plate to her, allowing for clearance she should end up with an 88 mm prop,I put an extra block inside the hull so the rudder stock tubing has a solid 67 mm of timber ( it looks like a bad joint but it's just the edge of the block chipped  )  cheers  .    

[Mark T]

Wow that is stunning work 

[Peter Fitness]

Rumour has it that Brian's going to use this model as an ice breaker next time our lake freezes over   We may have to wait a while, as we are sub-tropical here


Peter.

[B.B]

Thanks Mark, she is Serone proof Peter  . I,m not sure  exactly from what the motor is out of ? as I was given it by a fellow club member Martin Whitehead, it should have some grunt and nice and heavy as well, the motor beds are from the Colonial Teak, with the larger models I have been putting double couplings on and have had no issues in doing so , the battery box fits snuggly over the frames, cheers,  . 

[B.B]

Hi Guys, undercoated the inside of the hull, then sprayed the gloss enamel on x 2 coats, this time I left the front section unpainted  (just to show whats under the paintwork) ,then installed the pre fitted deck beams and extra blocks (all hardwood)  where the back exhaust stacks and bollard post live,cheers,  .

[RST]

Wow.  Never seen jovejoy couplings used like that!  I've only used them in industry and needed a DTI to set them up between the TWO shafts (NOT THREE LIKE YOU HAVE!).