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Knocklouder

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    @Glen McGuire I guess I did. Meet Private Gnomer Pile. His favorite saying is "Why Holllllly ". I held auditions ànd he won. Taz was a close second, But as Gnomer pointed out he can't even go up the spiral staircases. Lol So Gnomer it is. I am going to paint him up with army speed paint. But first things first. A very special thanks to , @Bob Fraser for sending me this 1:1 scale plan for the King of the Mississippi. It is not quite the same as my boat but it will help lots with placing the posts and rigging lines, thank you so much Bob. Greatly appreciated. Thanks. Now I can measure things lol. Gnomer says I should finish the stairs, fit them, paint and then install them. But, I have not planked anything for days, going to need a refresher course from the article data base lol.And since I am bigger than Gnomer, planking it is. Have to take time off the build tonight, the last NHL game is on tonight. So see you tomorrow lol. Thanks for following. Bob M.
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    Hello Olli, Slowing down is my biggest problem, I joined MSW 3 years ago , built 9 ships and one truck. If you want to lay planks like the pros, do what the pros do. Look at MSW article data base, the pros have an excellent instructions on how to plank. I study it often, don't quite have the hang for it ,but getting there lol , but the data base sure has help me. Good luck on your journey. Bob M .
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    Well, I like ratlines. Ratlines mean masts and shrouds are on, when ratlines are finished you just got the sails to rig lol. It might be because you don't sing the ratline tune, 99 ratlines on the wall 99ratlines on the wall. Sing this and the time just Flys by lol. Bob M
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    This is my chair, and much like my first truck, it's hard on tires, lol This could be because of the 275 plus pounds I slam into it everyday. I bought 5 wheels to replace them as needed ,down to three. This is my second chair in three years, if I buy one like I seen posted here, will I be able to model like the owner lol. Bob M.
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    Not much building this weekend, but I did manage to paint the paddle wheel, I used a rattle can that I had left from another job.. But today I felt better, got the wheels done, black trim and the dots. The plan said to paint those gold, but I don't have any so I used flat brass, looks just as good. well the black was drying, I made the sprial staircases, well they were drying I painted the spots. Then I painted the side of the stairs white, I will have to wait till the paint is good and dry before I attempt to glue them on. Then I have to glue the wooden hand rail on the stair rail, tiny, tiny little holes, time for magnification glass.lol. I couldn't find the hand rail pieces so I gave up. I cut the planks for the paddle wheel and installed it on the boat. It went well, but I broke the peice of pewter metal that holds the drive arm on the wheel. To be consistent I broke both sides lol. I can fix them with a little filler and paint ,no one will know. So the paddle wheel is on, minor thouch ups, on to the stairs tomorrow 🤔 Thanks for looking, so far so good, looking at the doors and windows for the main hall room they look flimsy to me, we will see how it goes, I have to plank it first then we will see about the windows 🪟 and doors. Talk to you soon my friends Bob M.
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    Good luck on your journey, will be following along. Bob M.
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    You can count on my prayer and thoughts, my friend. Bob M.
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    Bob M.
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    Nicely done, , I may borrow a few idea from your log. Very impressive. Bob M.
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    The herringbone deck was fun to do. My little scrap pile is getting larger. It seemsed to take a lot of planks to get it finished, but it is. After the second deck was on, I fitted the next deck. It all lines up great so far. So now I have to decide which way to go, build the paddle wheel, or build the sprial staircases. Or maybe make all the doors and windows for the main cabin. So much to do, and it's all fun, so far lol. So, I guess I will prime the paddle wheel, and find all the pieces for the staircases. I will take them as far as I can then I will. do the windows and doors. I do not plan on motorizing the boat nor will I put any led lights either. But it will be on a river. This is how she sits tonight, a couple of things I may replace, but over all I am pleased with the build.. Got another round of procedures to do, plus several more Dr appointments so progress may slow a bit , I hope not, but time will tell. Thank you so much everyone for following along, and helping me learn to build ships. And boats lol , 😆 Stay safe my friends. Bob M.
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    Nice work on your Nina, Bob M.
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    Good luck on your journey Bob M.
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    An amazing job, Capt'n Bug . Bob M.
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    Amazing work Glen,
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    A little bit of progress. I made sure everything was pointed in the right direction and I began planking the stable. I soon ran out of the planks I had cut up, so I blackened some more with my 6B pencil. After the next batch was cut up and put on, I had 3 and a half left. Plus, I started a little scrap pile, the small peices that I will need later lol. The stable doors are built. I just have to hang them and put the handles on. The same with the boiler room doors; they are done, I just got to frame them up and glue them on. The feeders are done and put on , got the vents to do, plus the corners, but we are closing in on putting the next deck on. So far the build is turning out to be a lot of fun. My next challenge will be what color goes where and what stain, what gets painted that sort of thing. I believe I'm going to start calling this boat Two Phantoms. It turns out Mr Samuel Clemens changes his name to an old river boat term. When the crew would measure how deep the water was, they would yell out "mark twain" which means two phantoms or 12 feet. That's research for you. I never knew that. lol. So that's how he became Mark Twain. And here I thought he needed a pen name because Sammy is kinda sucky lol. Back to cutting up some planks for the next deck, right after I finish the corners. Thanks for looking. Bob M.
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    DECK PLANKING (1).pdf Tony, I found this useful, hope it is for you as well. Bob M
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    I am always amazed at the idea's you come up with. They are so fitting, this one is no exception. It's going to be another awesome display, good luck on your journey, the Texas background is very cool, Bob M.
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    Hi Tony, the Amati Santa Maria was my first build, and had the time of my life building it. I would cut the tops off the bulkheads, like @robert952showed ,the ones that need to be cut on the main deck, then fit the sub deck. Then plank it. I planked the upper poop deck first the realized it didn't fit so I had to do some fixing. So in my opinion , I would glue in the sub deck, cut up your planks to length , long one short ones and do a two butt pattern . Hope this helps . Bob M.
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    Very nicely done , great work. Make sure you put that beauty in a display case Bob M.
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    Very impressive, amazing work and details, nice work.
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    Great job on painting the figures Keith. I just finished painting my first two figures for my Drakkar, look in my Mayflower log post #189, bottom of the post left hand corner. All thought they are Vikings for my Drakkar @Gabek has showen me how to use Army Speed paint. All the figures in the case were painted by him, he showed me how one afternoon, it took all of 15 minutes to explain how, I found them easy-to-use. Dont know if Army Speed Paint would be better than what you are doing now cause what you are doing now looks amazing. Just thought speed paint maybe better, I found it easy to use on my builds, might be worth the look. Bob M.
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    Very nice picture in, at a glance, I can almost see myself in the reflection off the hull. Now you got me all reved up tu do my Scientific Bluenose, your hulls are just fabulous, but like you say all models are fun, and I am having lots of fun with my KOM, and looking at your ships, Spray on my Man!! Bob M.

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