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  • Birthday 07/31/1943

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    Iowa
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    Golf, Fishing, and model ship building

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  1.    leclaire reacted to a post in a topic: Caroline N by mbp521 - Scale 1:64 - Mississippi River Towboat
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  16. leclaire
    Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you Eric, and the same to all members of this wonderful community of ship builders. Bob
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  21. leclaire
    Eric, I wonder if the builders of these boats were as worried about some imperfections in their work as we modelers seem to be. Bob
  22. leclaire
    Looks like a nice solution to your kit designer's "error". Better use the strong words sparingly or you will run out before the Peerless is afloat. Bob
  23. leclaire
    Looks good, Eric. I would agree with using the shorter pieces rather than the full beam approach. No one will see it after laying down the deck anyway. Good idea. Bob
  24. leclaire started following Caroline N by mbp521 - Scale 1:64 - Mississippi River Towboat , Peerless by Cathead - 1:87 - 1893 sternwheel Missouri River steamboat , Barncave Shipyard by mbp521 - Scale 1:1 and 1 other
  25. leclaire
    Thanks for the explanation Brian. Makes sense for what you are building. Bob
  26. leclaire
    Brian, At the risk of exposing my ignorance, what is a mini-split unit? Obviously it has something to do with air conditioning and seeing two boxes suggests the split reference. How does this work in your case with one room to cool. Bob
  27. leclaire
    Interesting question. At almost 80 I am not going to be doing a lot of scratch building (or any for that matter). I have several kits going at the moment and will be lucky to finish all of them before the old hands and brain get to the point where it is time to quit making a mess of things and driving myself crazy. I have a dremel (not a lot of $$) with drilling stand (again not expensive) as well as a disc sander from Menards ($39.00) and use both of them on each build. Other than that there is no need to spend big bucks on more sophisticated machinery. Long winded way of getting to the point - where are you in the pursuit of this wonderful hobby? A long way to go? Then get the best you can afford to make the journey as good as it can be. Otherwise.......... Bob
  28. leclaire
    Brian - I have to say that your idea of "not a lot of progress" is sure different than mine. Looks like a whole lot of cutting and gluing to me. I just spent two full days getting the paint job on the cannons for my Philadelphia to look halfway realistic. Keep up the good work. Bob
  29. leclaire
    Brian, I followed your last build with great interest and will be most definitely be along for the ride on this one. I am in full agreement with Eric on the issue of more river craft from the kit makers. Since I live on the Mississippi in Leclaire Iowa I see the modern version of towboats every day during the shipping season. I have thought about trying my hand at a scratch build of the the Lone Star, an old stern wheeler finally retired in 1966 after almost 100 years on the job. It now resides in the Buffalo Bill museum here in Leclaire and would be very easy to use as a "template" for a model. All I need to do is now get the three kits I currently have under way finally finished. Good luck on the new project. Bob
  30. leclaire started following Chaperon by John Gummersall - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 , USS Cairo by Cathead - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:192 and Gunboat Philadelphia 1776 by Allamagoosa (Devin Matlock) - Model Shipways - Scale 1:24
  31. leclaire
    Brian - nothing to say that hasn't been said before. An absolutely beautiful build. And your narrative throughout has made the journey a delight. Particularly for us steamboat enthusiasts. Good luck on the "modern" riverboat build. I will certainly follow along as I have on the Cairo. Bob
  32. leclaire
    Thanks for the tip Paul on Ages of Sail. I'll keep that in mind in case I break my promise to myself not to buy another kit until I finish the ones I have. Any bets on how that will turn out? Bob
  33. leclaire
    I received my annual catalog from Model-Expo today and noticed several pages devoted to Disar Models. I guess what caught my eye was their Marieville Paddlewheel Steamer. Since I am working on the Chaperon at the moment and have been faithfully following the wonderful builds of Cairo, Arabia, etc., anything looking remotely like a river steamer is of immediate interest. I am also contemplating a scratch build of the Lone Star, an old sternwheel tow boat on the Mississippi. I have not seen Disar Models advertised before and wondered if anyone has any knowledge or experience with this company. I sure hope this is not another pirated model issue. We have enough of that going on right now to suit me. Bob
  34. leclaire
    I agree with Roger. Hard to believe you got such a realistic look with regular bond paper. Very nice indeed. Bob
  35. leclaire
    No problem using Firefox.
  36. leclaire
    In the beginning I swore that I would never start a new project until the current one was finished. I was able to complete my first build (Occre Albatros) alright but then things went off the rails in a hurry. Now in progress are Niagara (MSW), Chaperon (MSW) and the gunboat Philadelphia (also from MSW). I can't even begin to look at the various model manufacturers websites out there in fear that another "just have to have" will appear. Bob

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