Former Anderton Company motor "Norway"

[jacko264]

Slow and steady is the way to go  looking good  👍 jobs like this get hard in this weather cold and wet

G

[stagedamager]

4 hours ago, jacko264 said:

Slow and steady is the way to go  looking good  👍 jobs like this get hard in this weather cold and wet

G

absolutely..... a week between welds should give it time for the heat to dissipate........🤣🤣

[jacko264]

In this weather it won’t be heat from the sun😎

[stagedamager]

An unexpected extra day off from Mary Poppins allowed me to crack on with a job ive wanted to do for a while. As i sit in our boat, Norway looms out of the car park and I'm keen to make it look like a boat when i look at it, psychologically its a good thing for me, so ive cracked on with the rear bulkhead to fill the gaps in. i know theres alot of welding to do, which we slowly plod through, but this is a small definite win! 

[Ogwr]

Have you got as far as finding an engine  to suit your fanatic craft build yer?

[stagedamager]

Yep. a Kelvin K2

[Mike Tee]

So you'll be in the bass section then................

 

 

[IanD]

1 hour ago, Mike Tee said:

So you'll be in the bass section then................

 

 

Nice boat, nice sound, nice box, nice playing... 🙂

 

A Bolinder is more of a challenge... 😉

[David Mack]

13 minutes ago, IanD said:

Nice boat, nice sound, nice box, nice playing... 🙂

 

A Bolinder is more of a challenge... 😉

Other semi diesels are available...

 

[IanD]

Just now, David Mack said:

Other semi diesels are available...

 

At least that one has a steady beat, unlike an idling Bolly... 😉

 

(yes I've played along to one, it's an "interesting challenge"...)

[David Mack]

And another

 

[ditchcrawler]

So members on here do know what youtube is 🤣

[stagedamager]

5 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

So members on here do know what youtube is 🤣

its where i learnt all my boating innit...........

[stagedamager]

so here's a thing........ Anderton boats are renowned for their steep tumblehome on the cabin sides. When Norway was built she was built without gunwhales, which leads us to the issue of what is more important, gunwhales or a wider cabin top. obviously, we opted for gunwhales, this is the only compromise i was willing to accept. Given the dimensions in the Anderton Notebook this makes for a narrow cabin doors bulkhead, and the knock on for a chimney collar. We knew this would be very tight, a 6" collar is a non starter, a 4 1/2" chimney would look wrong, and therefore we opted for a 5" one. We still can't fit a full collar in, so will be welding in a 5" pipe through the cabin top, with a 1 degree turned taper so at least it looks like a collar. This will be sleeved inside the cabin so it resembles a 6" collar. Because of the this the slide runners will be slightly narrower, but overall, I think we will manage to fit it all in just about!

[stagedamager]

you know.... in the snow... she almost looks finished.....🤣

[junior]

Apologies if I've missed this previously in the thread, but what engine are you planning to put in?

[spud]

35 minutes ago, junior said:

Apologies if I've missed this previously in the thread, but what engine are you planning to put in?

half way up this page he said kelvin k2

[stagedamager]

4 hours ago, junior said:

Apologies if I've missed this previously in the thread, but what engine are you planning to put in?

hi Junior,

yep a Kelvin K2,  originally she had a Bolinder, but, we have a K2 and we can install it to the original manufacturers specifications as we have a blank canvas for engine beds etc as they are transverse. And, it saves on ballast!!

[stagedamager]

i guess i should wish you all a happy new year! whilst theatre work has kept me busy, opening Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, we have managed to complete a few bits and bobs around it. 

we've taken delivery of our beautiful 3 gallon water can from Ruth Chamberlain who we commissioned to paint it in her style with a nod to Bill Hodgson.

The cabin is 95 percent welded, we've made the slide for the back cabin, out of Sapele and Oak, which has had a rough first coat of gloss, ready for sanding next week, in anticipation of final top coats which will be masked up, and a couple of coats of varnish. we've also tweaked the guard positions on the counter and finally trimmed off the excess uxter plate..... Although, I'm not sure now where we put our coffees.,..

Edited January 18, 2025 by stagedamager

[stagedamager]

another month on..... whats happened, the time seems to go so quickly!

We've finished welding up the cabin, ready for linishing, and while the weather has been grim, we've been in the workshop making the back cabin door panels. We've also fitted the engine room doors, and temporary slides, hoping to make the cabin a bit more water tight!!!

Edited February 19, 2025 by stagedamager

[David Mack]

I like those! Different from the usual layout. Is that a documented Anderton style, or just something you have come up with?

 

I am about to do the back cabin doors for Belfast, and I am minded to do them like those shown on this 1944 photo, almost certainly of Belfast - pads set up from the bottom and down from the top, and with stopped chamfers on the central panels rather than the usual mouldings all round. (I'll still have scumbling, roses and castles though). 

 

[stagedamager]

Hi David, they are a documented Anderton style, there were quite a few different ones, we have one photo of an unknown Anderton motor with a drop counter showing this style of door so thats what we went with! I think it's important to show off these different styles and bring history back to life a bit, and, photos don't lie!!

 

[stagedamager]

Showing here......

 

[Mike Tee]

^^^ Is that Harecastle?

[stagedamager]

yes, not sure exactly when, I'm thinking 1930s....