 | | | | | | |
| |
|
Tony Priestman wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Richard Parsons (<FpJ6oq.5r9@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 23:08:58
>
> > Oh, and because I'm trying and failing dismally to put a teeny tiny boiler
> > into my period sidewheel riverboat (on the ten wide adventurers hull), and I
> > can use all the inspiration I can get :-)
I've often gone directly for screw propulsion. But if I'm not mistaken, weren't
most small paddlewheelers (<800 dwt) run by a single boiler, oriented front to
back like a train given the orientation of the wheels' axle? I saw a boat like
this, and the boiler was fed from the front below decks--it wasn't that big,
either; about 1/3 the width of the boat. Could you take the boiler I've
prototyped and reorient it front-to-back?
Of course, if your boat is only waterline, you might want to render the housing
only, in med-slope bricks. The feed could be above water, but much of the boiler
would be below deck. For a boat that size, I don't see a need for more than one,
do you? (The Clermont only had one, IIRC, and compared to a minifig the boat was
about 12-14 studs wide.)
> Is this the Amazon Adventure thingy?
>
> I don't think we've got it in the UK. Are these the single brick thick
> bow sections?
Yeah. There's a 6w and a 10w style. I just got two copies of 6560 Diving
Expedition Explorer, which has two of these in white and one in blue, as well as
the "top" piece in white. I've played with the bows, although I haven't had time
to build the sets--I also love that 8x2 extended inverse-window used on the
bridge...time to start building those tankers to be victimised by my commerce
raider...
best
Lindsay
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| |
|
In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
>
>
> Tony Priestman wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Richard Parsons (<FpJ6oq.5r9@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> > 23:08:58
> >
> > > Oh, and because I'm trying and failing dismally to put a teeny tiny boiler
> > > into my period sidewheel riverboat (on the ten wide adventurers hull), and • I
> > > can use all the inspiration I can get :-)
>
> I've often gone directly for screw propulsion. But if I'm not mistaken, • weren't
> most small paddlewheelers (<800 dwt) run by a single boiler, oriented front to
> back like a train given the orientation of the wheels' axle? I saw a boat • like
> this, and the boiler was fed from the front below decks--it wasn't that big,
> either; about 1/3 the width of the boat. Could you take the boiler I've
> prototyped and reorient it front-to-back?
That would sound about right. I can ask the PNLTC members who live in Portland
for pictures of one if you guys are really interested (Ben Fleskes should be
able to get pics fairly easy).
From memory, ya, most smaller boats would only have one boiler. The size
thing, well it really depends. SS Great Britain has 4, if I recall right, but
that has to do with boiling salt water...not quite as odd as SS Great Eastern,
which had sail, screw and paddles...
James P
| | | | | | |
