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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Thank you, Keith.
  2. Keith Black
    Siggi, you're going to cover all that beautiful work with decking?
  3. Keith Black
    Thank you, mcb. I'm happiest when modeling, I need a project that calls to me throughout the day and these quirky rigs are fascinating and tickle my imagination. The one in post #29 is a horizontal boiler, the one I'm trying to model I believe to be a vertical boiler and is a smaller boat.
  4. Keith Black
    And you can screw on a nut before cutting the rod allowing the nut to chase the threads once the cut is made.
  5. Keith Black
    That's the God's honest truth. You're making wonderful progress, John.
  6. Keith Black
    This is a very cool vid of starting up a 1928 steam tug, well worth the watch. New information regarding the Hard Coal Navy and push boats from the 1920's to 1930's is getting harder to find. I was hoping to come across more nuggets of information because the area between the engine room stern wall and the wheel halves is a mystery. I may have to resort to filling that void by guessing the how of things in that area but I don't like doing that. I've started cutting out mockup pieces of card for laying out (I have to come up with a name) the ugly sternwheeler configuration. So many questions, so few answerers.
  7. Keith Black
    Found this image on FaceBook. Caption reads " This is a tugboat also, this is one of the ones that works the water in Lake Aldred, above Holtwood, a little bit older then No. 7, this photo was taken in 1945"
  8. Keith Black
    Wes, welcome to MSW. There are several Swift build logs that you can view for helpful ideas. Glad to have you aboard. https://modelshipworld.com/search/?q=Swift&quick=1
  9. Keith Black
    Congratulations, Glen. The bell and frame are incredibly well done as is the whole model. I applaud your selflessness efforts and thank you for making me proud to be a fellow MSW/NRG member.
  10. Keith Black
    Grant, thank you for being willing to follow along.
  11. Keith Black
    Andreas, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  12. Keith Black
    Beautiful planking, Vaddoc.
  13. Keith Black
    That's nice stuff, Chris.
  14. Keith Black
    Senior moment. I read the Safe Harbor history to mean Pennsylvania Water & Power CO changed it's name to Safe Harbor Water Power Corp. Duh. No doubt the sternwheeler in question is operating on Lake Aldred. And I dare say there was one and ONLY one push boat that looked like the Lake Aldred vessel. As I said, senior moment. Back to the sign and first word, sounds like? If you can get Pennsylvania squoze in there I'm all over it. Interesting but Penna doesn't seem to work either.
  15. Keith Black
    I let out a howl when I read that. Too funny, Yves.
  16. Keith Black
    LJP, that looks great.
  17. Keith Black
    Thank you, Bob. I'm glad you signed up for the journey. I'll not be trying to replicate the smoke but have seen it done using clean, dyed, unspun wool. Tom I was searching for the names of Hard Coal Navy dredging companies when I came across Pennsylvania Water & Power CO. Trying to get 'Pennsylvania' to fit in that space is a stretch, IMHO. Eric I'm guessing the time period is 1930ish because of the deckhand's shirt, the electric lights, and the general feel of the scene. In the link immediately below is the history of Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation. Is it possible that's what the sign reads, Safe Harbor Water Power CO with the initials PWP (not an and sign) in a vertical line between Water and Power? https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1430/ML14308A219.pdf More history https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/hydro-hall-of-fame-2/ Power generator from 1930, it fits the time period. Related items on eBay.
  18. Keith Black
    https://unchartedlancaster.com/2020/07/22/brief-history-of-black-diamond-dredging-on-the-susquehanna/ The fourth image's title in the above link is "Reclaiming River coal from Lake Aldred by paddle boat." This is the sternwheeler I will be trying to replicate. I have tried making out the wording on the signage on the starboard side of the push boat. I thought I was seeing "Water & Power Co" as the last words but have been unable to make out the first word. I came across the below Wikipedia link which states the following... "the oldest of three major dams built across the lower Susquehanna River, and the middle location of the three. It was constructed as the McCalls Ferry Dam between 1905 and 1910 by the Pennsylvania Water & Power (PW&P) Company." 'Water and Power Co' fit for the last but "Pennsylvania" is too long for the first word. Tis a bit of a mystery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holtwood_Dam I started tonight trying to determine the dimensions of everything and early indications are that this was a pretty small vessel, something like 15 x 40 feet but as I said it's early.
  19. Keith Black
    https://anthraciteunite.com/2019/02/26/the-hard-coal-navy/ http://dauphincountyhistory.org/backups/research/photos/weeklyphoto/17
  20. Keith Black
    Thank you, Gary. This is the perfect candidate to build using castoff bits and pieces from previous builds. It's going to take all my meager skills to replicate this amount of ugliness.
  21. Keith Black
    What a grand palette for artistic expression, Eric. I love it!
  22. Keith Black
    Thank you, Gary. I enjoyed every minute spent working on Lula and miss not working on her terribly.
  23. Keith Black
    Welcome aboard, John.
  24. Keith Black
    Mark, Happy Birthday to your wife, enjoy your trip to Crete, and 5MM (0.196 inches), I guarantee the only person who is ever going to notice that tiny amount is you. Beautiful work.
  25. Keith Black
    That looks so nice, Paul.

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