Keith Black
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Tom, I caught the flu the first week in January and finally fully recovered the third week of February. It was crazy, I thought that I may have caught Covid but never got tested. Whatever it was it was nasty so my heart goes out to you.
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Tom, I like the ratlines but I hate hearing about your health issues. My prayers go out dear brother.
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Thank you, Keith. The stairs are off the shelf plastic ones I bought from Cornwall Model Boats seven/eight years ago and I have used them on both the Tennessee and the pile driver. My apologies if I hadn't made that clear years ago. It's true that in the original photo of Lula the stairs went up the side of the engine room but if on the model I ran the stairs up the side of the ER a crew member couldn't get around them to get to the stern. And you say, "use the maintenance doors". I always look at crew having to get somewhere fast in the case of an emergency. I try to create direct paths to all parts of the ship as much as possible, Thats the reason why the stairs were moved the the fore ER wall.
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And they're so evenly spaced. Terrific bit of work, Keith. The freed hull looks neat.
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Craig, that last photo is killer. I love that shot, beautiful work.
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Joachim, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Thank you, Gary. I bet sternwheeler tugs did toss up a stream.
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No, Eric, thank you! Thank you for creating this build log, build log enrichment flows in both directions. The grain elevator is coming along nicely.
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There is a search box on the home page, it is very useful. https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=sails&quick=1
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Yes it is and even more so by folks like myself who are relatively new to the process.
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Steve, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Thank you, Eric. I tried matching the angle in the original Lula photo. I'll recheck and also see if I came make the stairs steeper as that would save me space but I want the stair angle to be such that someone could walk up and down them and not have to use the handrail. Eric, currently the stairs are at 45 degrees. Setting the stair angle to 60 degrees only gives me an additional 0.175 inches of increased space at the ladder base. When I'm able to get back to work on Lula I'll look closer at the additional saved space and see if it's worth making the change. Thank you again for bringing this to my attention.
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Time to hitch up your cloves, Deadeye.
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Thank you, Eric. You posted whilst I was answering Kurt. I like your explanation much more than mine.
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Thank you, Kurt. i was just coming back to edit my previous post and say that is was easier getting through narrow channels by tow pushing as the two would be single wide.
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Thank you, Eric. I tried matching the angle in the original Lula photo. I'll recheck and also see if I came make the stairs steeper as that would save me space but I want the stair angle to be such that someone could walk up and down them and not have to use the handrail. Thank you, Eberhard. Pushing or what's called towing must be more efficient as it seems to have been the preferred method of transporting barges due to the amount of historical photos.
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They may have also mixed paints, a half gallon of this and two gallons of that which would make tying to duplicate a nightmare.
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Superb work, Glen. Could the two rings have simply been unlashed from one another and the yard then lowered to the deck?
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Thank you, Gary. And I you. Thank you for the comments and likes. Engine room is glued down, fire bucket boxes added, stairs cut but not attached, deck received first coat of paint, black trim toned down, some pastel work done, and Lula finally got her knee's. The knees are different from most because they have to make contact with the pile driver barge while not pushing on the pile driver. Knee contact with the barge avoiding the pile driver. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith
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Eric, historical photos of grain elevators is my latest rabbit hole. It's a neat subject, thanks. High up doors seemed fairly common, this image is just one of many, the why of them is a mystery.
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Very graceful lines, Siggi. A real beauty.
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New nickname required me thinks.......... Deadeye Bob
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