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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    Thank you for the likes and comments. I wrestled with the images of the beam engine in my head all last night. In the end it wasn't stupid camera, it was stupid Keith. One has to remember I'm like a child with a new toy regarding powdered pastels, I have so much to learn. I over cooked the pastels and consequently hid most of the detail I tried so hard creating. So I took a moist paintbrush and removed most of the "grunge" leaving it primarily at the bottom and in the depressions. More highlighting than the unnatural covering I first applied. From the photos I see a couple of places I could rework a tad but even as is my mind is much more at ease tonight. This will be the last photos of the beam engine as a singular item, I've used up more than my share of bandwidth and I'm sure you folks are bored with images of a beam engine. Thank you to everyone for the support and for following along. Keith
  2. Keith Black
    John, thank you but my first attempt at weathering proved to be too much. Photos shortly. Thank you, Paul. I very much look forward to the time when the three sit near each other. Yes, three, a piling barge needs to be built after Lula is finished. Thank you, Eric. Thank you, Keith. Yeah, that barrel is WAY too clean. Thank you, Kurt. The barrel needs the hoops and staves painted and looks of dirt added. I wish I were good enough to paint the word "lard" on the side.
  3. Keith Black
    No doubt!
  4. Keith Black
    Wouldn't the Captains be giving commands to the helmsman to counter those forces,, Agent Mulder?
  5. Keith Black
    Glen. congratulations on making the element an equal partner with the ships and for achieving your concept. As I said in an earlier post the Pearl is perfect and now the way she sits at the edge of the whirlpool is also perfect as she's being drawn in keel first. Top shelf stuff right there my friend.
  6. Keith Black
    Thank you to all for your likes and for the thoughtful comments. The little beam engines is done except for the weathering needing to be tweaked a bit. The weathering is not this dark. I hate it when my camera and I aren't on the same page. This is the boiler side. The space between the beam engine and the boiler is going to be tight so this side would be darker but not this dark....stupid camera. This is the port side and I need to lighten this side up a smidge. I took a shot of Lula next to the pile driver for myself but I decided to show it to you folks because THIS is how dark the beam engine weathering really is. The barrel on the pile driver deck hasn't't been painted and I'm trying to decide if I like the barrel being there. Thank you for your interest and for following along on Lula's journey. Keith
  7. Keith Black
    Such lovely work, Valeriy. The detail you achieve at 1:100 is remarkable.
  8. Keith Black
    Bob, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
  9. Keith Black
    Great work, Paul. Thank you for sharing the way you made the shackles, I've stored that bit of information away for the future.
  10. Keith Black
    Thank you, John. A US penny is is 0.70 inches in diameter.
  11. Keith Black
    Ian, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  12. Keith Black
    Bob, it's great to see you back in the shop and working away on the Duchess. You're making tremendous progress and doing a great job. Makes me smile it does it does. Hey, neat little trick on measuring line thickness, thank you for sharing.
  13. Keith Black
    Thank you, Rick. Not really, brother Tom. I wear reading glasses when at the computer or worktable but when working with tiny stuff and painting I wear a pair of 6x glasses. Thank you, Glen. If I could get these fat fingers inside a bottle I'd give it a go but working with tweezers inside a bottle would drive me bonkers. I got the cylinder and steam chest made and installed. I need to paint both and then make the connecting rods. I'm not sure how much of the rod assembly I'm going to be able to replicate?
  14. Keith Black
    Thank you to all for the likes and the comments. Your support is the wind in my sails! What I have done so far on the beam engine sits atop a penny assembled and painted. I really am going to get to the the cylinder side. Hopefully I'll have the engine completed in the next couple of days then the boiler. Thank you to everyone for your interest and for following along. Keith
  15. Keith Black
    The Pearl is perfect, Glen. This is gonna be a stunning SIB.
  16. Keith Black
    Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  17. Keith Black
    Thank you, John.
  18. Keith Black
    Jacques, congratulations on creating a finely crafted unique model. I've enjoyed the journey.
  19. Keith Black
    That's also the way I do mine. Doing it this way also allows you to put as much tension on the line as you want to without worry about the tension being released.
  20. Keith Black
    Craig, thank you and glad you're back with us.
  21. Keith Black
    Components used thus far making the beam engine. After doing research when I start to make a thing I immediately go through my stash of bits and pieces. I look at each piece thinking if it or a version of it can be used. Those aha pieces go into my working bit tray along with the maybe pieces. I look at this process like it's kitting up the pieces for a model but not knowing if all the pieces will work. Working at this scale eliminates a lot of the bits I've collected over the years. Every thing is put together using CA A. Beam and Column 1. This piece is out of a package of boat davit parts. I used these in the pile driver build for the drum shaft. Here I've used it on the cylinder side of the column. It's had the center cut out. 2. 1mm etched eye pins. I've used these things on every build, their just so handy and perfect for this scale. I'm using them here for rods. 3. Cornwall model boats list these as a flange. When I ordered the several weeks ago I did so not having a purpose for them, they looked like they might come in handy. Here they'er used for the beam. 4. Solid brass ring (I don't remember what they came out of?) used here glued to the top of the dowel. 5. Brass split ring from craft store's jewelry section used at the bottom of the column. The split ring slips over the dowel, part 5 fits on top of the dowel. It gives the impression of a tapered column. The dowel is too small to make a proper taper. 6. Very small dowel. B. Base 1. Wheel from Tichy Train Group 2. Pillow blocks from Tichy Train. 3. Larger etched brass eye pin used here for the control rod from shaft to valves. C. Water Pump 1. One hole stanchion. I've used pieces of these for various items, here the base is turned upside down and the length trimmed to pin into the base. 2. Brass bead fitted over stanchion base to add shape to the water pump. D. Cam 1. Same flange as A, 3. Here I cut off about a third, shaped, drilled hole, and added pin. I'll now paint and assemble these components before moving on to making the cylinder, steam chest, and rods. Thank you to everyone so muck for the kind comments, likes, and support. Keith
  22. Keith Black
    Thank you, Bob. Nope, no name, I just grabbed one of the men for the photo op.
  23. Keith Black
    Thank you, Tom. Thank you, Pat. Glen, I'll include photos of the sausage factory shortly.
  24. Keith Black
    You pulled that off with great effect, Glen. When first discussed I thought the chances were slim of you making the whirlpool a tenth as well as you have. Hat's off! In fact, it's so well done I'm pretty sure I see a Kraken lurking in the whirlpool's void.
  25. Keith Black
    Thank you, Tom. I've got about eight hours into the making? Time goes by so quickly when I'm modeling it's hard for me to keep track of time. I get plenty of sleep even though it comes in four to five hour stints.

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