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Keith Black
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Thank you for that explanation, Roel. -
Chris Coyle @ccoylewould be the one to ask.
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Thank you, Paul. I'm taking a couple of days to do exactly that. Thank you, Glen. Thank you, Ken. Thank you, Kurt. You be one sharp eyed fella. I missed my chance for the brace of choice when I got ahead of myself and glued the whistle on before I slipped one of my tiny PE eye pins down the wire (24 GA) first. I was hoping to maybe get away with not having the brace but now that you've pointed it out to the whole world 🤣, I guess I need to figure out something because it does need to be braced to the exhaust stack...........cain't get away wid nuttin' round here. Thank you, Keith
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Thank you to each of you for your support with the likes and your kind comments. We reached a milestone today, the engine room is attached! It seems like this has been a long time coming. I finally got the bow work light (lightbulb) made and attached to top center of the front windows. I want to attach the deckhand so bad but I know if I do while there's still work to do I'm gonna pull a Bob (Knocklouder) and snap him right off! I haven't posted this view in awhile. It was neat to have the engine room attached as I could finally hold, twist, and turn to view through the windows and doors with out the engine room falling to the floor. All the water, exhaust, and steam lines have been added and attached, it's quite the maze but NOTHING like Roel's masterpiece. The end is in sight for the push boat part of this build. I figure I've got about two weeks left if I don't dawdle about enjoying the moment. All that's left is the railing, chintzy hog chain support system, final weathering, poly wet down, and deckhand. Thank you for being part of the journey. Keith
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Thank you, Brian. I'm glad to see you joining this journey.
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The carlines look perfect, this is a absolutely beautiful build, LJP.
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Thank you, Eric. I lived in Roslyn not once but twice. Once as a small child until we moved back to Texas in 1953 and then when I moved my then wife and son to Roslyn in 1976. Of course the mines were long gone when I moved back in 76 but a lot of the old mining town flavor still existed. Thank you for commenting, Tony. You need to start a Mosquito Fleet sternwheeler build, I would love the opportunity to look over your shoulders.
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Giorgio, I think your hull looks quite nice. Well done. 👍
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Hey, get off my grass!
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A dolphin skewer! The Queen Ann looks really sharp, Glen. 👍
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Brian, so much detail, it's a real treat trying to absorb it all. Just fantastic work. I didn't realize how much I missed seeing updates on this build till todays post.
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Roland, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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Matt, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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That's one neat little building, Eric. I like it a lot!
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Eric, for those of us that use photographs to make models after viewing those photos for hundreds if not thousands of times we're able to spot the most insignificant detail. I think that's the case with the Peerless. You're able to see things that it takes me several viewings before I'm finally able see what you so easily saw. Having said that, in all the photos of Peerless, to me, she always looks like the Peerless. As far as the Wikipedia photo and the Saltwater People supposed photo of the Zephyr, I don't get that sense of them being the same vessel. Now, there's no doubt that the Wikipedia photo and the Washington Rural Heritage photo are both of the Zephyr regardless of the major differences/changes made between the two. I value your two cents worth greatly.
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Never worry about being off topic around here, John. I've heard the dog's meal thing both ways, breakfast or lunch. Being the lazy person I am, I use dog's lunch as it's easier to say and type.
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Glen, I was indeed flattered by Roel's comment but I'd make a dog's lunch out of a tanker plus go mental in the process. Thank you again for your comment, John.
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Thank you, GB. When I found that photo at https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/nols/id/3948/ I knew it was the one you used for your model which is a very nice model by the way. Eric, my daddy was a coal miner just over the Snoqualmie Pass in the town of Roslyn so I'm very familiar with coal production in that area. In 1947 when I was six months old Dad hitchhiked from Dallas to Roslyn and after he got squared away he sent for Mother and I. The first cat in my life was a kitten my Dad and I got from the basement of the company store which would have been late 48/early 49. https://www.historylink.org/File/5158 From researching fuel used by steamboats in the Pacific Northwest during the 1870's , it seems this period was transitional going from wood to coal as the Roslyn, Cle Elum, and Ronald area coal fields were developed. https://www.historylink.org/file/869 Looking at the Saltwater People Historical Society photo below, the vessel in the background is under power and is not blowing black smoke. If you look closely you can see a wisp of whitish smoke which leads me to believe wood was the fuel source but I could be wrong. I do see wood stacked under the stairs/ladder leading up to the pilothouse, wood that would have been used for the wood burner in the galley.
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He was probably using this photo, Eric. It's sure different than the Wikipedia photo. In all the Northwest sternwheeler photos I note the lack of black smoke which suggest they used wood for fuel. What do you think?
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Thank you, Roel. Great ides for bending wire and fenders. It's countless, countless I tell ya, times when the plier jaws and wire have met that I haven't thought of you and wished you were sitting next to me to offer advice.
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The model of the Zephyr I spoke of earlier was right here in our backyard.
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Thank you for commenting, Keith. Making these small vessels is my passion and my joy. I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't model anymore? Thank you, Gary.
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Thank you for your willingness to be part of the journey, Jacques.
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Thank you, Paul. They couldn't find a more serviceable place to put a water tank like the galley instead up at the highest point? Would they have pumped fresh water up there?? You're shakin' my limb, Mr Eric. If they are the same photo which is the earlier? I guess they could be the same boat but geez Louise, to my eyes they look so radically different it would seem like it would have taken a major refit to incorporate them all. the one good thing about the Saltwater People's photo is the man standing at the splashwall, that makes for a great scale referencing. i haven't put pencil to paper on anything including size guesstimates. There is a model a gentleman built of the Zephyr that I need to post phot's of as it gives some clarity to the Wikipedia photo. Thank you, Eric. I look forward to you being here.
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