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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Jacques, please remember to wear eye protection when using the cutting wheels as they break apart pretty easy and at high speed their flight path seems to be directed straight at the user.
  2. Keith Black
    Eric, the scene is really starting to come to life. I'm truly enjoying watching your work.
  3. Keith Black
    Glen, I hadn't either till I Googled Japanese evil spirts. I thought you might have a surprise hiding in the weeds.
  4. Keith Black
    Man that's nice looking, Glen. Will a Yokai be lurking in the path of the Kentoshi?
  5. Keith Black
    Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  6. Keith Black
    Nice tidy work, Paul. Everything is so clean.
  7. Keith Black
    Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  8. Keith Black
    Mike, no doubt the photo is in fact a car ferry. I used Lula the car ferry as inspiration to create Lula the tender/supply boat. Please see the first two photos in post #503, page #17, thank you.
  9. Keith Black
    Tom, the car is a Ford Model A produced from 1927 thru 1931. I wish she had belonged in the pilothouse because that's such a great story if she had in fact been the captain/pilot/owner. When I think of the hard nosed gals from that era I think of the women aviators, one in particular, "Pancho" Barnes for whom I have the greatest admiration. From Google AI The question of women wearing pants has a rich history, evolving from being socially unacceptable to mainstream fashion. The idea of women wearing pants was initially met with resistance, but gradually gained acceptance due to social and cultural shifts, particularly during wartime and the women's liberation movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousers_as_women's_clothing
  10. Keith Black
    While sitting at my worktable this morning, reflecting and looking at a print of the photo below I had a thought...... I've always wondered about the woman sitting on the stairway to the pilothouse, who was she? She sits apart and above the men on deck. It has always seemed a bit odd that a woman would be part of the scene unless she was the captain/pilot/owner's wife whose name was Lula. But, putting aside my male prejudiced, could she have been the captain/pilot/owner who named the ferry after herself? The only reason I don't think that's the case is because of her skirt and shoes, not your typical work attire but then.....it makes a great story and I wish that were the truth of it. Who were you mystery lady?
  11. Keith Black
    Thank you, Pat. Thank you, Tom. Oh, absolutely! I'll post the results as soon as I'm given them.
  12. Keith Black
    Thank you, Tom. Thank you, Keith Thank you, Bob.
  13. Keith Black
    Thank you, Lynn. I had my CT scan this morning at 8:00 and now sitting on pins and needles waiting for the results. The lab said it would be a couple of days before the results were posted.
  14. Keith Black
    You're more than welcome, Eric. My pleasure.
  15. Keith Black
    Ferrus, knowing of your admiration for working boats I direct your attention to the link below.
  16. Keith Black
    This is a new product and it looks like a neat kit. It's kinda spendy but... I don't work at this scale or I'd be all over it. Also, I am unfamiliar with this supplier and find no mention of them on MSW when doing a search. https://www.crowriverproducts.com/product_info.php?products_id=294
  17. Keith Black
    I'm not into this time period but that's a beautiful kit.
  18. Keith Black
    Great brush work, Bob. I think both the hull and name plate turned out spiffy.
  19. Keith Black
    That's neat metal working, Gary. Great construction details and explanation.
  20. Keith Black
    Thank you, Ken Other than tracking via testing is surgery a possibility or would that be dependent on how bad the leak becomes? The vascular system is something I took for granted till I had my aneurysm surgery five years ago. I've tried to educate myself to some degree but I've been somewhat reluctant as I'm not sure I wanna know how the sausage is made because so many things can go wrong, it's scary.
  21. Keith Black
    Very nice, Bryan.
  22. Keith Black
    Mark, I'm not doubting you've done your research. What I'm doubting is the rake angles of the fore and main. If you draw a 90 degree angle and overlay it over your model, the fore should have (according to your #112 post) 13.5 degrees from 90 degrees = 76.5 degrees from zero and the main 10 degrees from 90 degrees = 80 degrees from zero. Those are not the angles I'm seeing in the last photo of post #112, IMHO.
  23. Keith Black
    Thank you, Brian. Good to see you and It's nice that you had an opportunity to stop by.
  24. Keith Black
    Mark, after visiting other Lynx builds and checking the first photo of your build log it appears that you have the rake set too far astern?
  25. Keith Black
    As Pinocchio was leaving the house to go out and play Geppetto called out, "and remember to stay away from dat fella Mr Knocklouder"

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