discussion The Happy Hunter

[spanner570]

Nail biting stuff Andy.....you're not a part time Gynecologist by any chance, are you?!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron

 

[Guest]

I did think about becoming one. A Gynecologist in Beverly Hills. What a job that would be eh Ron.

Andy

 

[spanner570]

Riding to work on a Harley.....cash only thank you!

Now back to the Happy Hunter before this gets out of hand!lol

 

[Guest]

Too right mate. Got to be the best job in the world and best paid!!!

 

[Ian M]

And after a hard day at the orifice, you could ride home and build a bit more....

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Yes Ian, always ready for some building... After fitting the Bulwark its time to fit the hand rails. Once in place i had to round off the inside.

View attachment 54408View attachment 54409

These in place the next job was to fit the stanchions below.

View attachment 54410View attachment 54411View attachment 54412

Next was the oil retainers in the gaps that are left.

View attachment 54413View attachment 54414

Now to show the roller for the roller box. This is made of three parts two of then i had to sand to shape from a flat piece.

View attachment 54416View attachment 54417View attachment 54418

Now onto the upper deck. Here you can see the parts required. More tomorrow.

View attachment 54419View attachment 54420

Cheers

Andy

View attachment 56623

View attachment 56624

View attachment 56625

View attachment 56626

View attachment 56627

View attachment 56628

View attachment 56629

View attachment 56630

View attachment 56631

View attachment 56632

View attachment 56633

View attachment 56634

View attachment 56635

View attachment 169649

View attachment 169650

View attachment 169651

View attachment 169652

View attachment 169653

View attachment 169654

View attachment 169655

View attachment 169656

View attachment 169657

View attachment 169658

View attachment 169659

View attachment 169660

View attachment 169661

 

[Guest]

Hi Andy coming along nicely; the kit maker is using the wrong terminology for the 'roller box', when fitted on the stern it should be called a 'stern roller' in Anchor Handling Tugs they are much larger than on your kit. here is a photo of the 'Happy Hunter' when she was named the 'Smit Hunter' which shows a very rusty stern roller (dragging a very large Drilling Rig anchor soon knocked off the paint, 12 anchors had to be recovered and deployed to move one drilling rig)

View attachment 54426

Photo typical Drill Rig Anchor

View attachment 54428View attachment 54429

A roller box usually comprises of two vertical and two horizontal rollers forming a box, this allows a rope to be deflected up to 90 degrees in any plane as it passes through the roller box. Hope this helps, sorry for the sermon.

The photo below shows the 'stern roller' removed after the 'Smit Hunter' was destroyed by a fire in the engine room when in drydock.

View attachment 54427

Keep up the great work. Cheers Derek

View attachment 56641

View attachment 56642

View attachment 56643

View attachment 56644

View attachment 169667

View attachment 169668

View attachment 169669

View attachment 169670

 

[Guest]

Thanks Derek. Thats some great information and pics about the roller. Its good to know these things for when questions are asked after the build.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Time to finish off the Upper deck. The 2 mouldings had to be glued from underneath and then when dry i had to cut out the tops, These form the support to hold the decks in line. The next part was to dry fit but not fix in place the upper deck. This is for access of wiring and installing all the hardware.

View attachment 54431View attachment 54432View attachment 54433View attachment 54434View attachment 54435View attachment 54436View attachment 54437

Now to drill a 6mm hole in the sides of the deck for the portholes,

View attachment 54438

Now we move onto the working crane. All the rollers and Jib pivots had to be free running for the working operation.

View attachment 54439View attachment 54440View attachment 54441View attachment 54442View attachment 54443View attachment 54444View attachment 54445View attachment 54446

You will notice that i used Platicweld on this build. Very clean and tidy, welds great and only runs where you want it to.

Cheers

Andy

View attachment 56646

View attachment 56647

View attachment 56648

View attachment 56649

View attachment 56650

View attachment 56651

View attachment 56652

View attachment 56653

View attachment 56654

View attachment 56655

View attachment 56656

View attachment 56657

View attachment 56658

View attachment 56659

View attachment 56660

View attachment 56661

View attachment 169672

View attachment 169673

View attachment 169674

View attachment 169675

View attachment 169676

View attachment 169677

View attachment 169678

View attachment 169679

View attachment 169680

View attachment 169681

View attachment 169682

View attachment 169683

View attachment 169684

View attachment 169685

View attachment 169686

View attachment 169687

 

[Guest]

Very nice work Andy, the Cherry Picker looks very realistic. Glad to see that I am not the only one that uses Plastic Weld. Cheers Derek

 

[Guest]

Thanks Derek. Plastic Weld is a fantastic product, i love it for this kind of job. Goint to paint this crane tonight. There is no mention of doing it at al at this stage and the next step is to fix it to the deck. I would have thought that that would make it difficult to paint.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Hi Andy, in a lot of the kits you have to use your own judgement and commom sense. Quite often it's best to leave things like Cranes and other sticking up bits off till the last minute as they have a habit of being snagged and ripped off with your sleeve as you stretch over to do something else. Personally I would paint and store things like the Crane until the main build is finished and painted, then fit the bits and pieces at the last moment. But you probably know all this anyway. Cheers Derek

 

[Guest]

Thanks Derek, I agree with everything you say, however, this build doesnt allow me to do this as the crane will be a working one and on the next upload you will see the crane drive motor being built. All this has to be in place for when the upper deck is fitted. It will be impossible to do after, just one of those obsticles to contend with i guess.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Wow a working crane, you certainly like a challenge - great stuff. Cheers Derek

 

[Guest]

Lol. Everything will be operational on this boat Derek, Crane, Radars, Lights, Anchors and a few other bits i think.

Cheers

Andy

 

[Guest]

Oh, i forgot to mention the sound unit also.

 

[Guest]

Oh, i forgot to mention the sound unit also.

Let me guess - Bagpipes???

 

[Guest]

lol, Bagpipes would have cost less than the unit i think.

 

[Guest]

As mentioned earlier, here is the crane swivel mechanism. This as it suggests makes the crane turn left and right. There are still more motors yet as you would imagine, these make it rise and another works the winch.

View attachment 54522View attachment 54523View attachment 54524View attachment 54525View attachment 54526View attachment 54527

Whilst carrying on with the build im still painting the crane so ive jumped a few steps, next step im going on is to build the towing assembley,

View attachment 54528

This part will hold a few components not only the towing winch.

Cheers

Andy

View attachment 56736

View attachment 56737

View attachment 56738

View attachment 56739

View attachment 56740

View attachment 56741

View attachment 56742

View attachment 169762

View attachment 169763

View attachment 169764

View attachment 169765

View attachment 169766

View attachment 169767

View attachment 169768

 

[Guest]

now thats dedication to he build ruddy lovely

mobear