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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Thank you, Glen. Thank you, Jacques. Thank you, Bob. Thank you, Paul.
  2. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and for the likes. I've finished construction on Lula. I still have to do the weathering which I plan on taking a couple of days to complete. I'm going to take it slow and easy and enjoy these last few days working on Lula. Thank you to everyone for following along and for you support. Keith
  3. Keith Black
    Thank you, Ken.
  4. Keith Black
    I agree 100% with Steve's comment above.
  5. Keith Black
    Steve, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  6. Keith Black
    Thank God for a loving and caring wife, they are a joy and make life bearable.
  7. Keith Black
    Thank you, Pat.
  8. Keith Black
    Thank you, Ian. Sorry to hear about Ginger. Funny that he has a fav ice cream. Our cat Emma likes any ice cream as long as I share with her........goofy cats.
  9. Keith Black
    Thank you, Chris.
  10. Keith Black
    I think I should have been here from the start! Sorry for being late to the party, Chris. Beautiful rigging work on the deadeyes, the whole project looks fantastic.
  11. Keith Black
    Wow, Siggi. What gorgeous workmanship.
  12. Keith Black
    Thank you, Roel. Tom, it's in my DNA to harshly judge of my own work. Funny you say that, Eric. The top rail is also referred to as the drink rail. Thank you, Glen. Thank you, Jonathan. You got here just in time to join the wrap party for this project. The light from the end of the tunnel is blinding.
  13. Keith Black
    I love all the crisp details, mcb. At 1:160 that's dang hard to do.
  14. Keith Black
    That's great news, Jonathan. I look forward to seeing your progress.
  15. Keith Black
    Now that you mention it I think I remember seeing him. I try to remember all of us that have cat friends.
  16. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for the kind comments and for the likes. I got the railing around the pilothouse installed. The balusters are 0.03125 (1/32) inches and the top rail is 0.9375 (3/32) inches. I drilled 0.031 holes in the top rail for the balusters. The top rail is about twice the width it should be but I needed the extra width for drilling the holes because the wood has a tendency to split if too narrow. The railing is pretty robust now that everything is glued together so I may try sanding the top rail width a tad narrower but I don't want to mess it up and have a redo. I still need to add stairway handrails, some railing (very little) on the boiler deck, and make a mount for the stern lantern and hang it and that's it for construction. Thank you to all for your support and for following along. Keith
  17. Keith Black
    No, Paco, I've never had the pleasure of meeting you but when you joined yesterday I found and read some of your Sprite restoration log, link below. Once upon a time I restored cars, mainly old British iron but now, unfortunately, I'm too old to turn wrenches anymore. http://ahsprite-mk3-restoration.blogspot.com
  18. Keith Black
    Thank you, Keith. You must have a cat hanging about?
  19. Keith Black
    You are more than welcome. Do you still have your Healey Sprite?
  20. Keith Black
    Beautiful, Siggi.
  21. Keith Black
    Paco, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  22. Keith Black
    Thank you, Lynn.
  23. Keith Black
    I've lived with a cat/cats in our homes continuously for over 45 years. Of my 78 years I dare say I've spent at least 60 of those years living with a cat. Some have been so so, others have been totally awesome animals but I've shed bitter tears for each when they made their final journey. At this point nothing a cat does surprises me and the laughter and love they provide is one of the treasured moments of my life......... stupid cats.
  24. Keith Black
    It's good to see you back in your workshop, Bob. Another one almost done already, you are a marvel.
  25. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for the kind comments and for the likes. I got the dinghy weathered and glued down, I still need to add a coil of rope around that sprue. You can barley see that sprue in normal viewing. I used a brown pastel to weather the inside of the dinghy but it's got a pinkish tint to it. I know not why and I'm not sure how to fix it other use a little black? I received a box of three cats today from an Etsy supplier. They're supposed to be HO scale but they seem smaller which is okay. The one sitting on the fire bucket box is 0.115 inches high. To see any detail it must be viewed under magnification. It snuck aboard and I'm really not in favor of it sticking around as I think it's bad luck to have a black cat onboard. I've temporally named the cat, D1. This cat sharpening it's claws on topping lift line I named Stump Grinder. It's more or less the lead deckhand's cat. It's a little bigger than D1. I couldn't get a good in focus photo of the cat laying on its belly beside the Derrick crane mast. This cat doesn't have a name yet. It's larger in girth than Stump Grinder. I may name it D8. If you think I'm procrastinating doing the handrails you are correct. Thank you to everyone for the support and for following along. Keith

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