Keith Black
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Thank you to everyone for the kind comments, for the likes and for your generous support. Lula finally has her wheel. The only way I could think of to attach the bucket planks was to CA Midwest Products 1/32 x 1/32 inch basswood strips to both sides of each spoke of the yacht's wheel. When I built Lula's hull I raised the stern too much. The bucket planks don't go below the water deep enough. I couldn't move the wheel any more forward than where it sits because of the clearance necessary for the rudder post. As is, the clearance is less than a tenth of an inch. Note, I repainted the coal bin roof white. I have no clue why I painted it black in the first place? Nothing else is painted black except the trim around the engine room and pilothouse. The cylinder timbers are stubby due to the engine shed length. The cylinder will fit okay but the rest is going to be a tad squashed and I can't shorten the pitman arms. Alas, it is what it is. Valuable lessons learned should I have the opportunity to make another sternwheeler. Now that the wheel is completed the pace should pick up a bit. Thank you for following along. Keith
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No kidding. When you're wrist deep into all that line the last thing that needs to happen is any sudden movement. Like sneezing or a bug landing on your face. Looking better with every post, Bob.
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Lovely work, Gary. Everything fits like a glove.
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Siggi, I think the wood is beautiful and very pleasing as is.
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Congratulations on getting her successfully inserted, Roel. That black line is awfully tiny, hats off working with it.
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That's a nice looking kit. I wish I had more time, that time stretched a little further out than what it actually does or else I'd join you.
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Beautiful stuff, Hakan.
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Great suggestion, Tim.
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Making chainplates is easy enough and so are davit post for that matter. I've yet to reach the stage of adding davits to the Tennessee but like yourself I was somewhat dismayed in trying to come up a way of attaching the davits to the hull. I finally thought of using simple eye pins to hold the davits in place. It's often that the suggestion of a thing works better than trying to make the thing itself.
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The jib sails look great, John.
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Vossie, I pray your back heals and returns to normal quickly.
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From one Keith to another Keith, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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At the start of you post I feared the worse but the above is fantastic news, Roel!
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Erebus is back on the menu!
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Thank you, Ras. I've used your Zulu build for reference many times.
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I love this odd duck build, Greg. Beautiful work.
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Bob,I admire you rigging the yards with the mast attached to the ship and the stays already rigged. By doing it that I couldn't see anyway in the world I would have be able to get my hands into those hard to reach places without snapping lines. I rigged each mast off ship first then ran the stays. For me it's been much easier doing it that way plus I'm not having to stand over the ship.
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The hull looks peachy, Steve. Thank you for the review on the different filling techniques. Regarding using CA, one has to sand while the CA is still wet or else it will harden and become hard to sand with a finner grade sandpaper.
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IMHO, both walnut and yellow wood blocks are too light in color and both need to be stained. Walnut will take stain easier but becomes too dark. Yellow wood blocks are harder to stain and require soaking in stain overnight. I like the irregularities yellow wood blocks have after staining and seem a little more realistic. Walnut blocks when stained become brown lumps, IMHO. I work at 1:120 so larger scaled blocks may (and I would expect) provide different results.
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Hello from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Keith Black replied to AboveTheWaterLine's topic in New member Introductions
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Thank you, Gary.
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Ahh.....3D printing is the future of modeling and those that think otherwise have their heads buried in the sand. Just as I'm sure some modelers a hundred years ago thought power tools were the devil's own.
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Great looking pumps, LJP.
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