Keith Black
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Thank you, mcb, my pleasure. You're much too kind, Eric. Thank you. For all you steam junkies, this is a neat vid.
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Beautiful work as always, mcb.
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Johann, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
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Thank you, Ian.
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Thank you for the likes and comments. I wrestled with the images of the beam engine in my head all last night. In the end it wasn't stupid camera, it was stupid Keith. One has to remember I'm like a child with a new toy regarding powdered pastels, I have so much to learn. I over cooked the pastels and consequently hid most of the detail I tried so hard creating. So I took a moist paintbrush and removed most of the "grunge" leaving it primarily at the bottom and in the depressions. More highlighting than the unnatural covering I first applied. From the photos I see a couple of places I could rework a tad but even as is my mind is much more at ease tonight. This will be the last photos of the beam engine as a singular item, I've used up more than my share of bandwidth and I'm sure you folks are bored with images of a beam engine. Thank you to everyone for the support and for following along. Keith
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John, thank you but my first attempt at weathering proved to be too much. Photos shortly. Thank you, Paul. I very much look forward to the time when the three sit near each other. Yes, three, a piling barge needs to be built after Lula is finished. Thank you, Eric. Thank you, Keith. Yeah, that barrel is WAY too clean. Thank you, Kurt. The barrel needs the hoops and staves painted and looks of dirt added. I wish I were good enough to paint the word "lard" on the side.
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Wouldn't the Captains be giving commands to the helmsman to counter those forces,, Agent Mulder?
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Glen. congratulations on making the element an equal partner with the ships and for achieving your concept. As I said in an earlier post the Pearl is perfect and now the way she sits at the edge of the whirlpool is also perfect as she's being drawn in keel first. Top shelf stuff right there my friend.
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Thank you to all for your likes and for the thoughtful comments. The little beam engines is done except for the weathering needing to be tweaked a bit. The weathering is not this dark. I hate it when my camera and I aren't on the same page. This is the boiler side. The space between the beam engine and the boiler is going to be tight so this side would be darker but not this dark....stupid camera. This is the port side and I need to lighten this side up a smidge. I took a shot of Lula next to the pile driver for myself but I decided to show it to you folks because THIS is how dark the beam engine weathering really is. The barrel on the pile driver deck hasn't't been painted and I'm trying to decide if I like the barrel being there. Thank you for your interest and for following along on Lula's journey. Keith
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Such lovely work, Valeriy. The detail you achieve at 1:100 is remarkable.
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Bob, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
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Great work, Paul. Thank you for sharing the way you made the shackles, I've stored that bit of information away for the future.
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Thank you, John. A US penny is is 0.70 inches in diameter.
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Bob, it's great to see you back in the shop and working away on the Duchess. You're making tremendous progress and doing a great job. Makes me smile it does it does. Hey, neat little trick on measuring line thickness, thank you for sharing.
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Thank you, Rick. Not really, brother Tom. I wear reading glasses when at the computer or worktable but when working with tiny stuff and painting I wear a pair of 6x glasses. Thank you, Glen. If I could get these fat fingers inside a bottle I'd give it a go but working with tweezers inside a bottle would drive me bonkers. I got the cylinder and steam chest made and installed. I need to paint both and then make the connecting rods. I'm not sure how much of the rod assembly I'm going to be able to replicate?
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Thank you to all for the likes and the comments. Your support is the wind in my sails! What I have done so far on the beam engine sits atop a penny assembled and painted. I really am going to get to the the cylinder side. Hopefully I'll have the engine completed in the next couple of days then the boiler. Thank you to everyone for your interest and for following along. Keith
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The Pearl is perfect, Glen. This is gonna be a stunning SIB.
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Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Thank you, John.
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Jacques, congratulations on creating a finely crafted unique model. I've enjoyed the journey.
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