Keith Black

Maybe undernourished. Chris, how hard is it to fill and sand on a card model?

Michel, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Chris, the hull looks fine. I don't see no stinkin' starving cows.

Nick, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

I think, Eberhard @wefalck, users varnish or lacquer to glue/anchor small objects onto wine corks allowing him to work on them as needed. One of the many images from his build log.

I don't know how I missed your Thursday post, Keith? That hull is drop dead gorgeous, are you absolutely sure it's gotta be painted? I know it the Cangarda's hull is painted but geez.

That's a face full of curiosity right there. Cute little mutt, does she sleep snuggled up?

Thank you to everyone for the comments, likes, and for being part of the journey. Thank you, Eric Glad you showed up, Mark. It's definitely different, time will tell if it's a "good thing" John, I've a passion for any steam powered water vessel built between 1860 and 1895. So many innovations occurred during that 35 year window yet lacking in documentation. Thank you for following along. The barge is done, I think the wood I was gifted by @Daniel Kimmer absolutely is lovely. I'm not used to building with nice wood, In the past I've used what I could buy at the big box stores. It really didn't matter because it got painted. For those who've followed the Tennessee build, you know I'm a great proponent of painted surfaces because that was the way of things, IMHO. I don't see any paint in the photos of these everyday towed working barges of the latter 1800's. They were truly the redheaded stepchildren of water vessels. If anyone has photos to the contrary, please share. Once all three elements are completed I'll have to weather the three into something that resembles a working day in the life of. Not exactly sure how I'm going to be able to manage that. I foresee a lot of researching weathering techniques and reviewing many of your build logs. The bit of chain is there for visual affect and is not permanently attached. Again, thank you to all. Keith

Congratulations, Eric. An extremely well done model of an unpretentious working boat. I only hope my future efforts will be half as well done.

Very nice.

Well duh on my part, of course. Sorry for the senior moment, Eric.

Eric, I'm thinking ahead on my pile driver project and the need for a paddlewheel helper boat/tug. The tug had to be able to tow some because the pile driver barge had to be pulled away from the face of the dock under construction. I did some searching and I think I've located an image of a vessel that will work, I'll PM. Thank you.

Eric, stern paddlewheel vessels like the Peerless could push but were they able to tow? If so, where were the bollards mounted? Because of the wheel a tow line would seem to be greatly hindered? TYIA.

Stuka, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

Thank you to all for the comments and the likes. There's nothing romantic about a barge. They just ride the tide being their utilitarian self. Most of the wood elements have been added to the barge hull and pile driver base 2.0 has been finished. I didn't bother with staggering the planks., I made each plank a home run stem to stern. There'll be enough clutter plus the driver and the steam donkey to hide a great portion of the deck. I don't think the lack of plank joints will stand out. If a piece of wood used was chipped in cutting I went ahead and used it. Once completed the barge will need to be roughed up and weathered. . I'll poly the barge where it's protected plus the poly will provide a base that when I rough it up/weather if I don't like a particular result I can simply wipe it off and give it another go. I need to add cleats, bollards, hand tools, lumber, rope, chain, peeves, and the obligatory wooden barrel. I'll be spending the next two days in the pool hall so it'll be a few before I can resume work. Thank you to everyone for your willingness to follow along. Keith

That was 22 minutes of pure stress and that's from a viewers prospective. Glen, I could certainly feel your stress. Congratulations on a successful insertion! The Banshee is a real beauty sitting in her new forever home.

Filling the void would be my suggestion. Forcing wood is bad enough, forcing paper makes me cringe at the thought of it.

Johnny, try stropping and rigging the lanyards for 2mm deadeyes. That's much worse than a single block.

*Keith looks at the long tweezer empathy transmitter power cord, reads Glen's last post, looks at the long tweezer empathy transmitter power cord, reads Glen's last post, looks at the long tweezer empathy transmitter power cord..........

Wood.

Hey, I'm taking deep inhaled breaths and channeling long tweezer empathy. After your "steaming donkey pile" comment I owe you this.

Eberhard, I do hope you carry out your driver project. I'd love following a build log by you on the subject. I've not enough sand left in the glass to justify buying a lathe now. I'm pretty cagy with a drill and I enjoy the challenge. Thank you for following along. After aa page of comments I though it high time to provide POS. Nooo, not that POS, proof of sawdust. The hull 2.0 is close to having most of its elements attached. I'm not happy with the driver tower base so that'll get remade before making the hammer. The hammer needs to get made before the head log which adds a lot of stability. Once all the driver elements are added it'll be very sturdy. The hull measures 26 by 56 feet and the tower is 65 feet tall. The figure is to scale. When I worded on the pile driving crew I did not like climbing up to the head log. Heights is not my cuppa. Thank you to all for the kind comments, the likes, and for taking the time to follow along. Keith

Andy, you said country fair and Cash and Dylan singing the below popped in my head. i hope you sell a ton of the little models, good on ya for making the time. And thank you for walking us through this project. It really helps in making sense of the build process. "So if you're travelin' the north county fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there For she once was a true love mine."

Thank you, Bob. Having you hanging about makes my day. Oh how cleaver, Keith. It would be appropriate as I've been known to go tilting every now and then.

Glen, hold that thought. This could easily go south. But Tom, we all know Dad liked you best. The scale is 1:120 God bless ya, Keith. If only I could. The new drill arrived this morning. It's made by the same manufacture as the old drill but looks to be more cheaply made which means it'll last half as long. I haven't done any real woodworking using my table saw and cutoff saw in years, it was like an archeological dig getting them out. Hull 1.0 proved to be too short and too narrow, hull 2.0 is in process. I did manage to successfully build the base for the pile drive along with cutting many of the driver components. The steam donkey is going to be tiny but I've got a positive feeling. Hopefully I'll have enough of something made in the next couple of days worthy of taking and post photos. Thank you to all for the comments, the likes, and for support by following along. Keith