Keith Black
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Gary, if anyone can capture the essence it's you. Gorgeous work as always. -
The narrower the width the less shrinkage so 4.5 inches sounds perfect for deck planking.
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Thank you, John.
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Thank you. Eric. One thing I failed to mention about creating the upswept is that to get both sides equal I clamped both ends separately to my work table and applied a small amount of pressure at the bow. This set both edges to the same height and it was at this point that I applied CA. Thank you, Tom. Yeah, yours truly normally has to fiddle about trying to come up with a solution. This worked out first crack out of the box, needlessly to say I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the idea would work but then I've thought that on several occasions when it didn't.
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Philippe, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Gunboat Philadelphia 1776 by tmj
Keith Black replied to tmj's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
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Thank you to all for the comments and the likes. Made me laugh, Eric. Lula's hull is planked. I've had a nice piece of 3mm plywood in my spares going on seven years. Being lazy I used it in lieu of making deck/guard beams, It all gets covered over so why not? The transom could use a little more sanding. The hull planks are so smooth I don't know if they'll show when painted? Creating the upward sweep was a bit challenging. I glued a two pieces of 0.10 on either side of the wheel opening, split the underside of the plywood forward of the 0.10 added pieces and clamped. The plywood opened but the top layer didn't break, a plan that actually worked first time. Once fully clamped I dabbed CA into the split and when the CA dried the plywood was as strong as it was before being split. Lula's hull next to the pile driver for size comparison. A little more fine tuning and I'll be ready to start planking the deck Thank you to everyone for following along. Keith
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It's nice to see correctly scaled planking. Well done, George.
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Best source for model ship stuff?
Keith Black replied to Hal Newell's topic in New member Introductions
Hal, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. -
Keith, that you are reconsidering is great news.
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Glen, the ratlines look fantastic. And a Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
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Thank you, Keith. Golly that seems like eons ago. Again, thank you, Kurt. Undoubtedly Eric is correct. Now that we've beat that horse to harness it'll be much easier for me to replicate the steering mechanism. A hearty thank you to everyone that joined in on the steering discussion. Because of your input I'm the better for it.
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Hey, now. Don't be dragging me to the stocks because of your procrastination. All kidding aside, Bob, it's good to see you doing lots of quality work.
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Kurt, thank you for chiming in on Lula's steering. In all your travels have you seen another similar steering arrangement?
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Paul, now that you've pointed it out, yes, there is something there! it could well be the necessary hinge Eric spoke of. Thank you for spotting it.
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Thank you, Paul. I think what you're seeing is one one of the paddle boards. Thank you, Eric. I'm guessing that this type of rudder design would have made it easier to replace a rudder if damaged.
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Eric, no need to for the drawing, thank you for your willingness to do so. I understand what you're saying.and I believe you're correct. The consternation is due to the bastard setup of the extra long rudder post supported that high up wheel wall. Another question while I've got you on the phone........the fantail doesn't extend to the back of Lula's wheel, it stops just astern of the axle. That's a bit abnormal also isn't it?
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Eberhard, to work as viewed it would have to be. The control arms would be forced up against the opening sides causing the the rudder post to swing to the opposite side of the force applied? Unless what we're looking at are the supports connected with a hinge and the actual rudder steering connection is below as normal?
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Eberhard, thank you for adding your input. Eric, I don't see any means of support. i enlarged the photo on our iMac 27 to the point of pixilation and I don't see diddly. Before asking the question I figured it was the rudder post but because of the lack of another example, the length of the rudder post, small openings, and the lack of supports I thought maybe it wasn't the rudder? I can't think of it being anything else but the setup doesn't make a lot of sense
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Eric, thank you. Now that you've explained the why of things, it makes perfect sense. Thank you again for taking the time to be of assistance.
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Thank you to everyone for the comments and likes. Thank you, Pat. The head is going to be simple, two wall divided one holers. I doubt that there was toilet plumbing on an 1870's sternwheeler supply boat. I finally made some sawdust, Lula's hull is on the ways. I've only got basic shapes at this point but it's the first step.Tons of refinement required before I get to planking. I ordered The Western Rivers Steamboat Cyclopoedium by Alan Bates. Way past time to better educate myself on this subject. I also placed a fitting order with Cornwall Model Boats and Modelers Central. Hopefully I'll have enough pieces parts to last for a few years. Question, are the arrows pointing to the rudder arms? If not then what are the arrows pointing to? If it is in fact the rudder arms, the ferry Lula is the only example I've seen done like this. Thoughts, please. Thanks to all for following along. Keith
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Wowie kazowie, Keith. The hull gets more beautiful with each new post. I have a feeling if I asked how many more coats you're gonna apply the below would be a good guess "How many coats must man lay down before you can call a hull done? The answer, my friend, is how much is left in the can the answer is what's left in the can"
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Roel, sorry for being late. What you've done so far looks great and I know she has to be a tiny thing but would you please put something next to her so we'll have an idea just HOW tiny she is.
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