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Keith Black
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Thank you, Keith. That character is what drew me to this project in the first place. It's been fun trying to replicate that character from the original photos. -
Willi, welcome to MSW. Those are beautiful models. Glad to have you aboard.
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Thank you very much, Gary. I'm really looking forward to making that pump. Thank you, John. It's good to have you back with us. Thank you, Paul. There's not a lot of free space on this littler guy's deck, things are packed pretty tight. Thank you, Eric.
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Welcome home, John. I look forward to seeing more Cecilie updates.
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I got a few items's checked off the list this past week. Added the stair railing. The stair railing was the moat time consuming as it was mostly trial and error Added control lever and steam pressure gauge in the pilothouse and it's now permanently attached. Added the water tank, exhaust pipe, steam whistle, drive shaft (as much as can be seen) and step over Thank you to everyone for the likes and for your support, I appreciate it so very much. Keith
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That's pretty dang slick, Eric. Thank you for taking the time to explain the operations side of model railroading.
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You're making great progress, Bob. She's coming along nicely. Good to see you got a cutter, you're going to be amazed how much easier it makes modeling.
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Thank you, Julie. It's a common acrylic craft paint but the photo made it look like the white was going down much better than how my white (basically the same paint) goes down when I'm wielding the brush. I only have problems with white. it just doesn't lay down like all the other colors. Shoot, maybe it's a "me" problem.
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Good progress, Julie. I like the way that white paint seems to be going on, what brand, oil or acrylic?
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Jacques, the seat probably looks like it did in real life, worn and blotchy after being sat on with wet pants or slicker. Since I started building working boats I've learned, am learning to embrace my imperfections as they add to the realism of the subject.
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My wife and I lived in Egegik, Alaska for nine years. In fact, my wife is 50% Aleut (she was raised in Michigan), her mother was born in Egegik. We were winter watchman for one of the salmon canneries and both of us worked in the canneries during the summer but one summer I had the opportunity to go fishing. We always had salmon and at times salmon was supplemented in recipes calling for beef. The long and short of it is, neither of us ever lost our appetite for salmon and still enjoy canned or frozen salmon to this day.
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Having commercial fished (Alaskan Salmon) you wear catch slime the whole time you're out. You eat and sleep with their smell stuck to every part of your body. You're so tired when you do get a chance to sleep it wouldn't matter if you were cuddled up next to em or if they were in a hold ten feet away.
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Thank you to everyone for the comments and likes. I'm starting on unknown port side items. We know the boat had a generator because of the lights. I'm going to make my life easier by electrifying the stocker and the water pump. The single phase generator is enclosed in the port side area of the engine room and will not be seen. I was able to find images of a pump and motor for the stoker. The motor for the pump will be generic from the time period. You guys know the drill, it's time to pull out the bit boxes. This a Leland motor. This is a heavy duty Myers pump. I really like the looks of this pump, it looks like it fits the time period and the boat. I can't wait to try making this jewel. The water tank on top of the port side engine will be a three foot high by five foot diameter tank holding 440 gallows and weighing 3,500 pounds. The pump will pump into the tank and the tank will gravity feed the boiler. Thank you for your support. Keith
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I use the narrower chisel blades as well. They're great for making the cuts for window openings when a #17 or #18 is too long. I think once you start using the chisel blades you'll notice a significant decline in how much you use a #11. Don't get me wrong, #11's have their place and at times nothing else will work as well as they do.
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John, of course I use the #11's for a myriad of uses but when it comes to cutting wood across the grain I use #!7 and #18 chisel blades. They work really slick. https://www.amazon.com/Blades-Precision-Chiseling-Shaving-Cutting/dp/B09PBMGGYZ/ref=sr_1_7?crid=28MGIDC0A8VDM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1kMe1HqZkT-XVnnLxCePGj0E8doe0YAaOTYhGGP06cLng1g94hGi6mSV5quvUYH-xoe1jQdkkrflNh4HI1wMijfFkkQuDc_f4NS5JmSts7tZDgcea6k-P9X1yJ__a46USwB6gnc5QRGznBBUAI2sejWhSAV5iL1pl0IyIiNxxbUJ7gG5N5ZFBhIkSG7_j1iryPoVcZEPGq8KpPEAH9jPMg2yzV48ebD4X3m_C3DjY-jViioEeoyx_9QYV6EUrO1eG2IrW7U2HoQ2Es8G5ZXzZT4Z2kaBVSFhJ9y4mtB2uaY.UzLAHpFmlBbVfmw1ZicO7eHEEbZkhq2ph5drM6KQboA&dib_tag=se&keywords=xacto+chisel+blades+%2318&qid=1756739594&sprefix=xacto+chisel+blade%2Caps%2C126&sr=8-7
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Are you using a chisel blade?
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If you can get the other four wheels to match the first wheel you've hit home run, John. The wheel looks great! 👍
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Rich, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard.
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That's some super nice work, Paul. 👍
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Thank you, Kurt! Thank you very much, Julie. And thank you for the entire post, very interesting.
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As my ole carpenter foreman used to "file to fit, paint to match" Nice solution, Chris.
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