Keith Black

That's a neat Christmas scene on the Tiger's deck, Siggi. I hope you get over your cold soon and are able to have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

That's fantastic news, Pat! And a Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Thank you, John. Maybe if I did two a day for the next month I might get to a point where I'd be satisfied with the results but unfortunately I don't have that amount of time to devote to this small part of the build.

Thank you to everyone for the likes and your comments. I guess my aspirations of becoming a miniature sign painter for fun and profit will come to naught. Name board 4.0 Name board 5.0. I had such high expectations yesterday when I started on 5.0 that once finished I was so disappointed with the results I didn't even put it on the model. Name board 6.0. I've attached 6.0 to the model in anticipation of it remaining there till CA do us part. I am far from happy with the results but at some point I have to move on. If I every get my order of dry transfers I'll see how those work out but my thinking is 6.0 is as good as I'm going to be able to do. It's past time to move on to the fore walls. Thank you for your support and being part of the journey. Keith

If you squint and hold your mouth just right that timber kinda looks like a whale.

They are readily available from multiple suppliers here in the US. Thank you, Eberhard.

Thank you, Eric. It's far from perfect but I'm pleased with the way it turned out. In the original photo I can't see boards in the arches/wheel wells plus it's darker (I think) than mere shadows. It's possible and would make sense that Engel lined the inside of the arches with canvas. Just a thought. I'm leaving the arches white and will weather them with pastels. I ordered the transfers on 12-2 and still haven't received them. I called Woodland Scenics yesterday as the tracking number states the order is sitting in the post office because of a packaging issue. The person I spoke with said the post office was probably behind and the tracking info was most likely incorrect. When I suggested he contact them since they were the shipper I was told I should contact them..........hmmm. Thank you, John. Yes, I to look forward to the paddle wheels being installed as that will be the last major hurdle to cross. Thank you very much, Keith. Thank you, Paul. I checked and the pens are supposed to arrive today. Hopefully I'll have photos late4r this evening. Do you have a particular brand you prefer and the reason for that choice, Eberhard?

Bob's gonna rip the warp drive right outta that thing.

Thank you to everyone for the helpful comments and the likes. The arches and engine room are made and attached. In fact, the side walls and the stern wall including the engine room are attached to the hull. I struggled with how best to make the arches and finally decided the easiest way (also the most sturdy) was to drill a hole in a piece of scrap one by with a Forstner bit , cut the hole in half, and then cut the half hole to the correct width. I trimmed off the outside portion of hole to fit inside yet leave enough wood to glue to the side wall. Making the engine room's little side walls was a fiddly process as the boards meet the arch instead of going past the arch. Going past the arch would have been a lot easier but getting the arches to meet top and bottom points were hard enough without trying to accurately make the width correct. Obviously the name board is missing. It's missing because name board 4.0 is in the works. I'm somewhat skeptical I can do better than 3.0 but I'm gonna give it a whirl. Back on 2.0 I tried using a Sharpie but the ink isn't true black, there's a purplish tint to the ink. When I decided to go for 4.0 I bought some acrylic paint pens and they didn't work for beans! I was digging around in Maggie's pens and came across a Pigma Micron 03 point archival ink pen. WOW! The ink is true black and it goes down pretty stinkin' nice. I needed varied points so I ordered a set of all their points which should be here by Saturday. https://www.amazon.com/Sakura-Pigma-30062-Micron-Blister/dp/B0008G8G8Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=VH1AMKAURXO5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XgAKBUt_FsCQLR9BQgq5LtTkMEpsjcHyi0Zcdb0sngQx7xLoXrUQG6LaNB62_6JQvt98AF4-oQJ6UaBzDZ08E775U38I24Ko8CxBxOcAa_xpaAklKiMoo8fGbMf7DReAaaM1q9QEg4NWTM2YaZojDFRuXTOCRcQlQ3oCc537ZR1f2O1W0RW-ZncVuX13eX9NJJcwAODDz7lZZ58AG6ZvUEkgCGb7d4XFSkt8dOT-YztJlFqcB3_D-6pMGAlWPdjCxJcQnvka8u5Vy37PFMIJTvQ3YyrvBjZy5H18aRj3nwM.sCsIbeL1WlEJBcmF5Gdmu-RE7k38jxY1rrBUBZXubr0&dib_tag=se&keywords=pigma%2Bmicron%2Bpens&qid=1765503575&sprefix=pigma%2Bmicron%2Bpens%2B%2Caps%2C112&sr=8-1&th=1 And with that it's on to making the five bow walls. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith

Myself, I'd use MSW's search engine to locate all the Victory build logs and see what those builders chose to do and then I'd Google search historical correct paint colors used on the Victory and for each specific date. Then I would decide what date I wanted my Victory model to represent and paint accordingly.

Very nice recovery, Bob. 👍

Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.

She looks really sharp with her sails up. 👍

Absolutely, Paul. Both on and off.

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy that had to release the bindings once they reached their destination. 😱

Phil, MSW is a treasure trove of information and it's well worth taking the time to read as much as possible before plunging headlong into your project. It will make your efforts much easier.

I call it the weaving method but that's the way I did the ratlines on the Tennessee. Bob, see page 24, post # 694. The reason normal tying clove hitches doesn't work at this scale is the work area is so small and if you can/did tie a clove hitch it looks way too big.

Harvey, the imperfections and different shades in wood used on decks and hulls adds more realism, IMHO. I really like the way your Gjoa looks.

First, you're working at 1:144 scale which is slightly smaller than the 1:120 scale I work in. Welcome to the club! Yes, pieces parts are iddy biddy. I bet you won't be tying clove hitches as you normally do. Speaking of clove hitches, I'm three days late to the party and you're already talking about clove hitches. Only about one fifth of Billy's paddles are underwater as Billy is a waterline model where as your Harriet Lane is a full hull model.

I told ya Bob loves clove hitches.

I was born in Dallas, grew up in Arlington, and for time I lived in Ft Worth after getting out of the Marine Corp. After moving back to Texas from Alaska we lived in Dallas. When I would travel to Ft Worth from Dallas upon crossing 820 I could feel a palatable difference in the air, so much more relaxed. I enjoyed some great dinning down at the stockyards. But alas, IT'S TOO DANG HOT!

WW, welcome to MSW. Some great memories of Ft Worth, you're probably too young to remember "The Cellar". Glad to have you aboard.

Nicely done detail work, Harvey. 👍

I'm amazed as always.

That's way cool that you and Vicky got to visit aboard Argonaut II. I love the sound of her Gardner and watching Nick fire her off is a trip. Argonaut II is supposed to be coming out of the water in Port Townsend for major hull work. Pete Stein will be the lead shipwright with Patrick (worked on Tally Ho) will also be working with Pete on the hull. I thought she would have been pulled by now, I keep checking for YouTube updates but nada so far. I'm positive Twilight would have fit right in.