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Topic review - ♥ SS Delphine ♥ - Yacht - 1921 - Design & 3D printing 1:100
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wefalck
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Let's hope that I win the EuroMillion on Friday ... :cool_1:
Post Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 7:11 am
Iceman 29
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♥ SS Delphine ♥

The original SS Yacht Delphine is for sale,

Let's hope it finds a buyer. She's practically a historical monument. One of the only ships in the world still sailing with a reciprocating steam engine.

https://www-ctcavocats-fr.translate.goo ... r_pto=wapp

PUBLIC AUCTION
OF A “SUPER YACHT” TYPE VESSEL

Starting price of 500,000 euros
with option to reduce by a quarter of the hammer price
in the event of a lack of bids,
Selling expenses, fees and emoluments not included.
Docked at the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille, SUD MARINE shipyard
SHIPYARD, Bd des Bassins de Radoub, Formes 1, 2 et 7, 13002 Marseille, France.

Launched in 1921 at the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Michigan, the S.S. Delphine was, at 78.65 m and 1,255 tons, the largest yacht built in the USA still in existence today.

Yacht built in 1921.
Her first owner, Horace Dodge of American automotive fame, designed Delphine's unique quadruple-expansion steam engines, which are still in operation today.


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423,000 euros owed to the Sud-Marine shipyard in Marseille... Almost the selling price of the vessel.

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Post Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 6:55 am
Iceman 29
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Thanks Eberhard ! :thumbs_up_1:

Me too! :big_grin:

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There's the fact that we ourselves are evolving in our experience of 3D and model painting. I wasn't comfortable enough with painting this deck at the time.

I'd already painted it, but I wasn't satisfied, so I let the time pass and came back more experienced and produced something more conclusive.

The modelist's time is not the same as that of ordinary mortals...

Reprinted the forecastle flush deck, and glued on the reinforced bridge beams, it's perfect now. 

A good procedure to follow for the other bridges to be printed, to control the deformation of the resin over time, which is always possible.

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Post Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 8:43 am
wefalck
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Almost forgot that this project was not finished yet ... Looking good!
Post Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:01 am
Iceman 29
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Tks Steve! :thumbs_up_1:

I've started painting Delphine's deck with a coat of primer.

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I made some modifications to the forecastle in the photo above, the deck was too thin (1 mm), hence the deformations. I made it 1.5 mm thick, easy to say, but it also requires a rectification of the parts under the forecastle as I lowered the ceiling...

I'm going to reprint it with other parts and of course start painting again. I've also rectified the bulkheads so that the 8 doors are printed separately.

I've drawn some reinforcements (deck beams) to keep the deck moving once printed, some sort of beams that will be reinforced with piano wire, so they won't be visible.

All these effective modifications are possible thanks to the previous ships made, feedback from experience, particularly from Brittany, these ships are long, 80 cm, when the decks are made of large surfaces, the resin doesn't like it.

We can see that it won't fit on the M5s printer, so it will be printed on the MonoX 4K (red end out of print volume). There wasn't much missing. I could have tilted it, but that poses other problems and a large number of supports to be fitted...


You can see the reinforcing beams.

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Here I've modified the cabin bulkheads under the forecastle to incorporate the difference in deck thickness, and printed doors separately. It's more realistic than the doors integrated into the bulkhead when printed (white parts). What's more, it's easier to paint and the lines are sharper.

You can see the deck beams that I've also printed. They have a hole drilled in them for a piano wire that I've pre-stressed, which will reinforce the shape of the deck once the beams are glued underneath.

These bulkheads are a part of the ship that will be visible below deck. :)

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The painting of the teak on the main deck is finished.

I used a slightly different composition of colours from the Shell Welder, I cut the Sand grey 71.141 by 50% with Concrete 71.131 for some of the battens, so the mix is darker, which gives fairly close shades. It's different, more uniform, closer to the colour of teak, I need to test a less black final juice for the upper deck, I've got some grey that I need to test for compatibility with Vallejo.

So here:
- Vallejo Surface Primer 70.614 aero base paint. 24 hours drying time.
- Brush-paint 30% of the battens with Concret 71.131.
- Brush-paint 30% of the battens with a 60/40% Sand Grey 71.141 mix with Concrete 71.131.

Vallejo kit : 71.187 Old & New wood effects
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For the Shell Welder, the 3rd step was done with pure Sand Grey 71.141. I painted fewer laths as a result.

- Then spread some juice, you need to be fairly generous, with a very soft brush like Wash 74.517, you need to brush the surface as you apply it 1/2 hour after finishing step 3, so you don't wash away the paint you've already applied. Then dab vertically with a paper towel to remove any excess juice. It will lighten as it dries.

It's quite different.

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Post Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 11:44 am
ModelMonkey
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This model looks so good.
Post Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:03 am
Iceman 29
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Thanks! :thumbs_up_1:

I haven't had time to make much progress with the drawing, lots of other activities at the moment, mechanics on old cars, circuit...

Installing the railings, the back stairs.

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:23 am
wefalck
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I am still trying to come to terms with the aesthetic challenge of mixing 'classic' with 'modern', but the details are really exemplary !
Post Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 4:09 am
Iceman 29
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Drawing the bridge slats, it's long. Installation of the handrails. Positioning the back stairs.

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A picture of the book:

The front and rear side thrusters were installed in 1999, during the major restoration at the Ostend yard.  

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:35 pm
Iceman 29
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I made good progress on the poop deck bar.

Tomorrow I'll be back on the battleship Bretagne project for a week:

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=366021

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:45 pm
Iceman 29
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The day's progress, I sat at the bar after finishing the portholes, scuttles, doors and lighting.

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:40 am
Devin
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I've been using Rhino for nearly 10 years now, so I'm pretty heavily invested in it. I got a student license back then, and have been able to upgrade it every few years at a discount.
Post Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:46 pm
Iceman 29
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Thanks Devin, I tried Rhino for 3 months as a trial period recently, but I was not seduced by the program. It's a very good program, but it's less convenient for me.

The advantage of Rhino is its almost unlimited license.

With Fusion360 I have a yearly subscription, but then, I don't buy any more models, so the budget is the same, especially in the 1:100 / 1:200 scales, more expensive ship.
Post Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 3:16 pm
Devin
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Pascal, your work is stunning. I so want to dig into some scratch builds via drawing and printing. I use Rhino 7 and 3D print all day every day at my day-job, but as an architectural model maker, it's all furniture, stair cases, facade details, etc. So, until things slow down at work, and I finish my client obligations at home (model railroad fittings and the like), I'll live vicariously through your wonderful work.
Post Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 2:35 pm
Iceman 29
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I have started to draw the fittings for the poop deck. There are still doors, ventilation ducts, lighting to be added.

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Post Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:43 pm
Iceman 29
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Indeed Jim! But we don't shy away from almost anything! :big_grin:

Drawings of the "dunette" deck stanchions.

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 5:45 pm
JIM BAUMANN
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very good--so much detective work to establish the details...

and almost all of it hidden by the deck above... :wave_1:

JIM B :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:24 pm
Iceman 29
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Delphine Dodge, Speed-boat champion at that time.

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Different configuration of the rear main deck:

When new in 1921. The compass is mounted on the steering mechanism.

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In 1943, when the ship is called Dauntless. We see the course repeater, and devices on the right side of the helm  

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I don't have the date of setting up the current configuration, can't find any pictures in the Delphine book.

Drawing of the compass and phone.

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Post Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 11:51 am
Iceman 29
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Back to the SS Delphine project for 7 days:

Drawing of the main deck aft ventilators, capstan, bar service, and the spare wheel helm.

Remaining is the Brooklynn-made telephone to communicate with the engine and bridge, and the compass.

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Post Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2022 5:08 pm
Iceman 29
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Thanks Tom & BigTodd! :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:36 pm

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