Construction of side wheel aviso XIX century

Esplanade

Tadeusz Probulski December 2011

Hull constructionBulkheads equalisation

Keel laying

Structure assembling

Drilling holes for masts Planking

Filling and sanding

Coopering

Side wheels housings

Equippment makingSide wheels

Pumps Boats

Equipment setup

Techniques and materials usedHull Planks on bulkheads (single planking)

Deck Birch veneer with drawn planks

Coppering Self adhesive cooper tape

Side wheels Photoetched parts glued with cyanoacrylate glue

Sails Cloths lines – machnie sewing (courtesy of my wife)Leeches and leech rope –glued with textile glue

Boats GRP laminate covered with veneer strips

Steering wheel, ventilatingand skylights gratings,bow and stern decorations Photoetched

Caronades, binnacle Brass machined

Ventilators GRP laminate

Anchors Cut from aluminum bar

Bow figure Commercial figurine

Flags Computer printing on rice paper

Rigging Commercial cordage and blocks

Flagging ceremony

And champagne