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Keep the OOD on watch and closely guard those lines 'till construction resumes... less any land-dwelling critters find said lines amusing and quickly take it upon themselves to create adventure from any loose ends! 😲  

On 8/23/2025 at 11:12 PM, Keith Black said:

"Houston, disregard that last transmission"

"Sternwheeler - Houston, Copy." "Be advised... we're working on it............"   

Very impressive! "Opera Meritevole di Dei!"                                                                

Hold on. I need to find my jeweler's loop so I can see this better! 

Beautiful work, as always!

About the weathering. I have to go back to one of your first images. It appears as though the pilot house is darker and dirtier than the deck house/engine room. Could this be from soot and winds/breezes up high blowing that smoke more onto the pilot house walls than onto the engine room walls? Other than this one tiny observation, I think your weathering looks 'GREAT' and close to 'PERFECT'! It could be the light also. You've already mentioned that the photos of your work look different than the real thing, due to lighting. 

Looking at the location of that 'smokestack'... that pilot must have been hating life if the wind blew in the wrong direction! 🫤 

1 hour ago, ccoyle said:

BTW, while painting the various carvings, I noticed that they are completely different from the pieces used on the prototype model and shown on the box art. More on that later.

Kinda like the pictures of food on a fine restaurant's menu. They always look different than what's on the plate that the waiter brings you! 😕

Have you ever considered using shellac as a clear coat?  

This is a chunk of Black Mesquite. I love Mesquite in my BBQ pit and now I'm going to see how much I like it on my modeling bench. I have an upcoming build and want to use this for my keel, sternpost, stempost, deadwood and rising wood components. It's some hard stuff for sure. It's going to give my tools a good workout, offering lots of sharpening opportunities in my future! 😬

... all being said. Just how far would 'any' true attempt at litigation be allowed to proceed, while in discovery it became 'obvious' that no mal intent, nor any desires or methods to profit from said, used 'image(s)' ever existed? Sure, there is legal 'precedence everywhere you look, but that's not the "Be All" of the laws of our land!

   "I object!"

           Perry Mason  

You could always just paint the roof flat black, like tarpaper, then put the roof on top of 'your' roof for the summer. That should weather it pretty good and natural like! 🙃 LOL

On second thought, that wouldn't work. The bird poop would be out of scale! 😲

15 hours ago, Greg Davis said:

I'm just wondering how long the blade will hold up

Perhaps you can simply modify more popular, easy to obtain blades via a rotary tool, so they will fit? Dunno, just tossing that out there. 

You could also just re-sharpen the existing blade via stones and a strop, just like a straight razor...

Option #3... buy some thin 01 tool steel off of Amazon and make a new, better blade, harden it with a propane torch and canola oil and hone a scary sharp edge on it. You'll have all the blades you'll ever need then! 😁

Use the black for undertones and build up layers of grunge on top, kinda like this. (Take note of the image file name)

How did you weather/whitewash the PH? Maybe you can still do the same for the roof using not so bright colors... and a bit of dry brushing.

"Beautiful, clean and precise!"

16 hours ago, Keith Black said:

Geez, Tom, that gave me a good laugh.

I'm glad you found that question entertaining...

Is there any reason that this could not be chain driven in the middle, 'between' the two wheels?

"I see NOTHINNNNG!... except an old, blurry photo!" 🫤 

Make that three, or four, or whatever my current 'clueless' place in line is...

eBay has miniature bevel gears. Not sure what scale size your gears would need to be, but 'maybe' eBay would have some around the right size.

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Very impressive, Glen! Well done!

Autocad does 3D. Use what you got!

This stuff isn't very expensive at all and 150 pieces 2mm X 2mm will solder a LOT of parts, however! Bear in mind that no matter 'what' alloy of solder you choose... color matching is always going to be a problem... at least for us hobbyists who rarely know the exact numbers of the alloys that our parts are truly made of. We just buy stuff generically called brass, copper, etc. The true makeup of that material is usually a mystery. 

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Lasting memories have just been made. Because of that model... neither you, nor Carson will ever forget one another! Those two bottles of rum are simply icing on a really great memorable cake!   

"Great job, Glen!"

I was really looking into the narrowboat life and the British canals a while back. The Mrs. told me "No, don't even think about it less you find yourself wanting for another woman!" I told her I wasn't wanting a woman; I wanted a canal boat! That wasn't my brightest idea... 😮 

Looking good!