| Disaster There had to be at least one disaster on this part of the build, and it ended up being the front funnel. In Part III of this project (Funnels) I explained that from 1909 to 1910 all five ships underwent modernization at the Kaiserliche Werft Kiel where the shroud on the front funnel was increased 2 meters in height to accommodate searchlight platforms. As this photo shows, the top of the funnel shroud is in-line with the bottom of the crow's nest. |
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| I Blew it....... As you can see comparing the Pommern side view above with what I had made back in September 2004, my cowling was too low on the front funnel. The searchlight platforms and the searchlights were the right height, but there should be a gap between the top of the searchlight and the bottom of the cowling, and the cowling should be in line with the bottom of the front crow's nest. So when I built the funnels, I made the bottom of the funnel too short and the top of the funnel too long. Son of a..... |
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| Get me an Ax.... So, I had no choice; they had to be broken apart. I needed to glue a section to the bottom half of the funnel to increase the height, and on the top half of the funnel, I had to move the cowling up, and then trim off the funnel under the cowling. Of course, this is the funnel with all the steam pipes etc for the ship's whistle, so those would have to be cut and new pipes added. What a drag. |
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