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Keith Black

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  1. Keith Black
    I've had the best success painting brass by first applying a coat of poly and then painting with craft acrylic paint.
  2. Keith Black
    That's incredible watch like workmanship, Eberhard. Really neat, thank you for sharing.
  3. Keith Black
    Jacques, I like the rudder with the piece added in the last photo. If you keep the rudder with the added piece will you add the metal strapping?
  4. Keith Black
    Is this a "feathered" wheel?
  5. Keith Black
    With a note asking for forgiveness for the poor housekeeping.
  6. Keith Black
    You are more than welcome, Ras. I first became aware of Archer rivet transfers when following @mcb Blairstown build log. His use of Archer rivets adds striking realism, much much better than a bounce wheel.
  7. Keith Black
    Mark, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  8. Keith Black
    Ras, are you aware you can get transfer rivets in multiple patterns and scales from Archer Transfers? If not, see the link below. https://www.archertransfers.com/search?q=rivets&type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage&options[prefix]=last
  9. Keith Black
    Not an issue, Eberhard. I just liked the look of the linoleum, it's been discarded.
  10. Keith Black
    Fantastic wheel, LJP.
  11. Keith Black
    I'm sorry to hear of Rodney's passing, Bob. My condolences.
  12. Keith Black
    Thank you, Eric. Spittoons, geez, every pilothouse seems to have had one. How bout i use one of the several buckets I have instead of a spittoon? I sanded and poly coated the wood flooring last night. I really did like the look of the linoleum, it's a shame it doesn't fit into Lula's timeframe.
  13. Keith Black
    Eberhard, thank you taking the time to explain. I thought I could shoehorn linoleum into Lula's time period but I can now see that's not the case. Okay, okay, wood flooring it is. But I did quite like the linoleum, Tom......from your girlyman brother. Tom and Pat. Unlike the majority of steam vessels Lula's pilothouse sits right on top of the engine room. In fact, if there was a hole in the pilothouse floor the captain/pilot could reach through and strike the engines with his cane. I'm going to portray Lula's engines being controlled from the pilothouse without the aid of someone in the engine room. If there are those that feel this is impractical, I have two EOT's, I could add on in the engine room and one in the pilothouse. But in the below photo I posted earlier, isn't that what's being shown regardless of the EOT? Oh, I'll also be adding a steam whistle and also keeping the bell.
  14. Keith Black
    She's really starting to show her beauty. Wonderful job, John. You and your wife enjoy your time away, be safe.
  15. Keith Black
    Doug, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  16. Keith Black
    I laughed so hard I think I broke my laugh emoji button.
  17. Keith Black
    I'm tryin' to quit, I'm down to a tenth of inch a day. Eberhard, I searched Mr Google for a dark antique linoleum and this is the best that Mr Google came up with. If in your travels you find something that looks more manly please post the photo and I'll scale it and print it and see how it looks. I like the linoleum look but I'm not 100% sold on this pattern.
  18. Keith Black
    Thank you to everyone for your comments and likes. After the potbelly stove debacle it's great to be back on track making progress. Because the engine room's roof is convex I laid down the pilothouse floor plates and bottom siding boards and sanded them level. This allows bringing up the walls without having to make a bunch of wonky cuts. After the floor plates and threshold were done the pilothouse flooring was added. The ships wheel is unattached and raw at this point which still needs to be addressed. If there was any elegance to Lula it would have been inside the pilothouse. Looking through the aft door, the floor is dark after the white threshold so the the floor doesn't look like it's painted white. The chart desk/table is white but the walls don't appear to be white suggesting they may have been paneled? One can also see a four legged stool with a backrest and then the wheel. That's all we can see for certain, anything else I may add and the interior treatment is conjecture on my part. Pilothouses seemed to be comfortable with a certain amount of beauty. This pilothouse interior is what I'll use as a templet for Lula less the engine telegraph. I could sand the flooring I added and give it a poly coat or... I could add linoleum which was a traditional flooring treatment. I think this looks pretty stinkin' hot. I like it but it's so different and out of character, it'd take some getting used to. I was going to add doors on the port and starboard walls but I need wall space plus the single aft door keeps the original Lula look intact. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith
  19. Keith Black
    It'd hold a tenth of an inch worth.
  20. Keith Black
    The water turned out great, Bob.
  21. Keith Black
    Compared to the amount of time I spent trying to make one it's dirt cheap. At a tenth of an inch I'd do better trying to shape the solder blob with a jewelers file. As long as a turning is simple or an object is straight lines I can get objects made that measure between .03 and .04 with moderate success. I've had enough time in the saddle in the 1:120 world to know that a tenth of an inch object is beyond my meager skills.
  22. Keith Black
    I agree, thank you, John. Thank you, Lynn. Lynn and Tom, a coffee pot to scale would be about 0.10 inches. I don't have the equipment to make things that small. Thank you, Pat
  23. Keith Black
    John, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
  24. Keith Black
    Nice!
  25. Keith Black
    After a day's effort of trying to make a potbelly stove I've raised the white flag. I take defeat hard but I need to move forward with positive progress. I've ordered a potbelly stove from All Scale Miniatures., see the link below. https://www.allscaleminiatures.com/miniature-gallery/stove-potbelly-w-chimney-single

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