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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Thank you, Glen. Hey, when's that "TBD" gonna change?
  2. Keith Black
    Thank you very much, Paul.
  3. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for the comments and likes. There is a hull in the action. I added some color to the bow. In the original photo the decking on the bow runs fore to aft but the decking aft of the engine room fore wall runs from side to side. The only reason I can think of for that being the case is another layer of decking was laid down on top of the old decking at some point as the bow decking takes the most beating. I also added a little color aft of the engine room. More will be added as the build progresses. I've let the aft run wild till i know exactly where to make the cut out for the wheels. Thank you to all for your support and for following along. Keith
  4. Keith Black
    That background is beautifully done, Eric. Bravo!
  5. Keith Black
    Rodney would be pleased, Bob. She looks great.
  6. Keith Black
    john, a nice update before you head off on holiday. I pray your medical treatment is successful, get back to us when you're able. Take care.
  7. Keith Black
    Thank you, Chris.
  8. Keith Black
    Thank you, Gary.
  9. Keith Black
    Ah, don't sell yourself short, John. Yes, decent figures painted or unpainted are difficult to find. With the number of cottage 3D printer industry folks out there these days I'm really surprised that someone hasn't taken on that market niche and made a determined go at it.
  10. Keith Black
    Thank you, Tom I agree, the pilothouse was more coal sooted as it was higher up and it was worse on the aft side. The engine room was more of a tan color because of the dredged material being primarily on the side and fore walls. If anything, I think I need to add just a whisper of tan to the pilothouse side and fore walls.
  11. Keith Black
    John, did your figures come pre painted or is that your work? Whichever, those are sharp looking figures.
  12. Keith Black
    Thank you, John. Thank you, John.
  13. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for the comments, laughs, and the likes. I repainted the pilothouse and got it weathered. There is enough weathering on the engine room, I don't think it needs any more. Weathering requires a light touch and I'm prone to be heavy handed. I really have to reign myself in to keep from going overboard. I also do better in natural light as artificial light cast shadows. My worktable lights wash the weathering effects so these are actually a bit darker than pictured. I added the pilot. This particular resin figure was perfect for the pilot but both hands had broken off. These figures are so small (the tallest is 0.60 inches) and fragile that the extremities are easily broken off. I removed the hands from two other figures that were badly damaged for the pilot figure repair. I did my best job yet sculpting away the navy uniform and I think the figure turned out pretty okay. He looks the part of the pilot in the original photo. Time to quit messing about and start on the hull. I've been dragging my feet because the amount of space between the furnace and the wheels is unknown but I've got to go with my best guess. Between the furnace and the wheels is the furnace's automatic coal feeder, the coal crib, and the twin cylinder steam engine and shaft to the wheels. The water pump/pumps and gas engine are all on the port side. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith
  14. Keith Black
    Danged keyboard! It outta know when I mean following. Thanks for making me laugh, Eric. Golly knows I needed that.
  15. Keith Black
    Heaven, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  16. Keith Black
    Keith, it seems we all have more time for modeling in the winter. Thank you to everyone for the likes and the comments. The first attempt at weathering is done. I say first attempt because I'm not keen on the results. Too much on the pilothouse and not enough on the engine room me thinks. I've got to get the pilot painted and in position not that it will make a difference but it delays repainting the pilothouse and starting over on the weathering. Thanks to all for your support and for flooring along. Keith
  17. Keith Black
    Rob, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  18. Keith Black
    Thank you, Paul.
  19. Keith Black
    Thank you, Erric. Thank you to everyone for the comments and likes. Let the weathering commence! Before. 😢 After. It's not perfect but it's a lot better. I think I was so disappointed in the quality of the bells I received that my efforts matched the bells. The ship's bell sits at the correct height and looks much much closer to what the original photo shows. The searchlight looks more like the photo searchlight and less like a loudspeaker mounted atop a 1934 Ford van blaring out propaganda to the masses. The bell I'm using for the searchlight is 0.15 inches in length. Thank you guys for being part of the journey and for your support. Keith
  20. Keith Black
    She's looking great, Phil.
  21. Keith Black
    I'm sure they must have? But the reason I'm going with a gas engine is because of the two man crew. If the boiler isn't working this tub would have been dead in the water. The furnace auto feeder had to work with a cold boiler as it's a beast positioned right in front of the open furnace plus they would need the lights up and working. I don't see a hand pump being an option for getting water into the boiler in the morning. All that plus the possible gas cans on the bow. Thanks for commenting, Keith. How goes your battles?
  22. Keith Black
    Thank you, Ken. I've fixed the searchlight and working on the ship's bell and that fix looks promising. More news and photos at six.
  23. Keith Black
    Thank you, Eric. That made me laugh. Welp, ya know them dang tornados can spring up along the Susquehanna at any given moment.
  24. Keith Black
    Thank you, Jacques. This isn't a pretty vessel by any stretch of the imagination, this build is all about the warts. Thank you, John. It's difficult to get good realistic results at this scale, The engine room walls are only 1.2 x 2.0 inches. Actually I goofed on both the engine room and pilothouse sizes. As I look at the images of what I modeled the engine room should have only been 1.2 x 1.6 inches and the pilothouse .6 x .6 inches instead of .8 x .8 inches. Though the larger size does make it a bit easier to model. Thank you, John.
  25. Keith Black
    Paul, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

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