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    So cheesestake is ok but cheese Burger is a taboo, are you fixen to tell Dimpels, she will use another B word on you, Burdizzo lol. Glad your back, your SIB is so awesome I almost want to do another one. Almost . Bob M.
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    Started to put the railings on, I cut up all the planks and clean up the railings , all those little burrs, I even put one set of cleats, I will call them, you have to bend the little tabs back then glue them on. All 96 of them lol. Had lots to do for the first Mate today so didn't have much time to build, I was missing a door, so I just made one out of the peice for paddle. I will put that one under the canopy at the front. Jumping around today I installed the brass hand rails, just a slight bit of bending but not bad So Gnomer said put the doors away and get back to the rails. So I put them in a tin so I don't lose them. And oh by the way, this deck is glued on backwards. So been a neanderthal, I ripped it off, only two post broke off but ca glue to the rescue . A little clean up and we are back on track, So back to the railings I go. On a positive note, I have one more Dr. Appointment in early August were he will tell.me that I am now cancer free yippee. Plus today the other Dr.. For my heart said your fine, model on. I was so happy things worked out I bought a model. Thanks for all your help MSW/NGR, it's been 3 years that I started making ship. Man I think back and am over come with happiness 😊, they are starting to look like ships. I ordered a ship today that I had my eye on for over a year, I put my Pegasus away because my rigging skills need work and I didn't want to mess it up. You would think that the ship I ordered today would have less rigging than the Peg. but in fact it is about the same. But,I am learning more and more all the time. Plus now everything that I need to know to put models together is right here and I know were to look as well. And ready to start rigging again almost lol. Thanks for following along, havin the time of my life .more to come Bob M. PS. Did I mention how big my grin is today. lol..
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    Congratulations, very nicely done!! Bob M.
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    Bob M.
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    The last area of concern was these black parts for the funnels, they seem to fit better now. Amazing what paint will hide. I was concerned about how they fit, other logs had problems with things lining up. I sanded a bit to much but was able to add some back. Then paint. So they fit. Next I discovered why my stairs did not line up. When I super glued the railing going up the stairs I did not have it lined up right. With the amount of glue that I used, I would definitely cause more problems than it's worth. Next time lol. I will do better. Gnomer says only I will notice, move on. So I gave the plan the once over and found out that the kit comes with these tin plates I will call them. They mark out were the post go, luckily they line up. It also has a spacer for the post ,exactly 35 mm. I could not understand what these parts were or what they were trying to show me. Now that I know the funnels line up, the rest of the build should go OK. @Artesania Latina have made a great kit here. Its my lack of understanding some of the pictures, but I am on the right track. Although the instructions could have been better. Pile fainted, he is up set with me because I wont stay focused on the job at hand. Posts he says posts not paint, but thinking of the details lol. After Private Gnomer Pile recovered from exhaustion , a little water he was barking orders. Posts, here's the next one let's go. Lol. But tomorrow is another day. . Thanks for looking , and the likes, As I look at the model, I can see how it will look. But I cant see if its on the river or on the stand. Lots of time for that I hope lol. Talk soon my friend's, oh yes going to go see @Gabek on Monday, he ordered some supplies for me and they are here, figures and stuff lol. Post them Monday lol. Way to much fun in the shipyard Bob M. ...
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    Very nice job on the sprail staircases, yours looks harder to put together than mine, I miss aligned one side when superglueing it on. But I let a lot slide on my builds lol. Great job on your King of the Mississippi Bob M.
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    Carrying on with the staircases , I can see I am going to have way to much fun installing them lol. I made up the drawing for the brass hand rails. I made the stairs, and painted them. Bent up the hand rails, Gnomer says the on looks like a 92 degree angle not a 90. So I bent it back. He also says look at the stairs , they will be gone in a minute. With that I glued it all down. So we'll it is drying I can now work on the wheel house. But will be back at spacing the post for the next deck. Speaking of spacers I found the kit supplied spacer just today lol. I had no idea this was a spacer, and there is some peices that help mark were the post go. It was hard to understand what the beginning of the instructions were, but now that I am knee deep in to the Mississippi it is all making sense now. A bit slow but I will finish the race lol. This is a fun build really. It is different than building sailing ship. And will be glad to get back to some tall ships. I miss ratlines, 😢. Lol Talk soon my freind, just a grinning 😀 away lol. Bob M.
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    Things are running smoothly, the spacer I made sure helped out. It did not take long and the fence was finished. Now 88 triangle pieces, tiny triangle pieces I might add. I have three left out of 92. One went to bling heaven, leaving 3. Now it was time to finish the staircases and railings Private Gnomer Pile says we can hang a banner over the stairs to hide the 1/16 differences in height. But I don't think it is necessary 🤔. I cut up all the parts for the railings, have to stop for the night I just painted the railings today so will wait till tomorrow to install them. I put together the barrels of Rum and who shows up lol. BONEHEAD. This were she stands tonight, it so much fun putting kits together, I am thinking of buy another kit to build. I think it's time , I have not bought a model for over a year now, I can't believe it lol. Thanks everyone who been following along and for those who peek thanks. Your grateful shipmate Bob M.
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    Bob M.
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    Tom, you might like this 3 inch swivel jewelry vice. It clamps to the edge of the work bench and can be put away when not in use. Just a thought, Keith I have lots of space I'll pm you my address 😉
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    Congratulations, Nicely done !!
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    Yesterday I was able to finish the keel, then drilled the holes for the rudders. I know , was going to install the sprail staircases, but I made a jig to keep the posts exactly 35 mm apart, and had to try it out. It worked pretty good, Breaking out the electric plank bender too bend the fence at the stren, I also ,well the iron was hot, bent all the deck edges. They are not glued on just clamp and ready to go when I get back to that part. Private Gnomer Pile is still waiting for the stairs. So I installed them. They are super glued in, and one is slightly higher 😳 but they will look great when everything is done around them. So now going to install the little tranangle pieces #92, there are 52 of them.lol. But I will most likely put the fence on the other side first then the peices all 52 at once lol. But I know myself pretty good so most likely will do something else first 🙃 😅. Thanks for looking. Bob M.
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    Thanks Mike, it's a fun build, but they all are fun. This new version of The King of the Mississippi by Artesania Latina is lots of fun. I have looked at most logs for this build, and surprisingly most of the mistakes are fixed. Other than the funnels don't line up and they show you in one picture to cut the notches out for the upper deck, and in the next it not cut out. Minor details. No part list and no 1:1 scale plan ,you have to look for those.. I have finished planking , I cut all the planks that I had blacken with a pencil. Pile said we have enough to finish. But we were a little short, have the roof of the pilot house and the rudders to do. But I have to blacken some more later. I have 47 planks left so no shortage there. I fitted the funnels, some sanding was required, I thought of just redrilling the holes ,but thought it might prove to be a mistake later . When I get back to them it won't take much to make them look good. Gnomer Pile is holding the sign up it's still wet. @Glen McGuire showed me how to paint the name on my Hannah-SIB, I used the same technique, it looks good at normal veiw distance, up close in the camera there are some white spots but not noticeable. Thank you my man. Gnomer has put his foot down, told me ok funs over ,start at the bottom put the keel on, then the sprial staircases So with that staircases tomorrow, then start following the steps that Artesania has provided, maybe lol . Looks like a lot of painting and cutting up of parts are on the horizon. After ratlines, paintig is my second favorite thing to do . Thanks for looking in. Bob M. PGP
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    Congratulations awesome work. Bob M.
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    Mollusc this is the place to be, a lot of great advice and help here on NRG/MSW, start a log for your Norden and you'll see. Good luck on your journey. Bob M.
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    I decided on red curtains for the windows and doors for the main cabin. I painted the plastic sheets that come with the kit. They have a protective flim covering both sides, I took one side off ,painted it red. After it was dry I cut them into strips glued them on. But before I glued them on I removed the other side of the film, looks good. After the coverings were on I clamped the deck down for the night. we check the plan, everything is going great. Pile said he never pilot a riverboar before cant wait to open it up on the water . Private Gnomer Pile was ready to send additional fire crew to Texas, we hear the someone might start a fire to get rid of fire ant. There is a fire ban on, but I told Pile it was a self contained fire confined to a bottle. @Glen McGuire Pile and I agree with @Keith Black use raid or Mortein, lol. Starting to look like a river boat, there is lots to do but so much fun. Thanks so much for looking in. Bob M.
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    IT'S " TIME " TO DONATE !! I just renewed to this wonderful organization , and really appreciate the administration and staff hard work that they do. Thank you. Just wished the exchange rate was better, lol, that made the First Mate roll her eyes. Dig deep my friends Bob M. Mary, don't send the sticker, donate the postage to NRG.
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    Congratulations, your ship looks fantastic, awesome work. Bob M.
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    Congratulations, nicely done !! Bob M.
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    Today I painted the shutters, and the doors and windows. I went with brown paint. So after that, I got to do some planking.. Pretty straight forward, line down the center and giv'er. I lost the single window I used for fitting, found it after an hour searching. It was in bad shape, but I hammered it out and repainted it good to go. Checked the paint still tacky so build some more decks . Made it to the pilot house, everything lines up and she starting to look like the plan. This is what I am going to do for the doors and windows, Pile is behind the door holding up the clear plastic then blue paper..the camera doesn't show it but it looks like glass in the window, I like it. I put the deck on to see how dark it gets. Gnomer says hurry up running low on oil for my KB lantern. So I took him out of the boat , showed him the pictures I took, tried out several colors, green , a teak color and the blue. I like the blue. When you hold it on it looks great. So I am going with this. @Glen McGuire it is all part of the plan, my team never wins, lol cheering for the panthers lol. They are pulling me out of the shipyard lol talk soon my friend's, is this not the greatest hobby to have. And to have MSW here to back me up how can I go wrong 🙃 Bob M. P S waiting to watch the last NHL game of the season
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    By all means start a log, you will start to met people and there is no shortage of knowledge and help from people here. You'll Sea. Good luck on your journey, Bob M.
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    Today was a good day, I marked of my next deck started to cut up the planks. Pile is saying that should be enough, all cut straight with my little miter box and razor saw. But actually we were 3 planks short, but a good guess. So I just have to trim the deck edges and she will be good to go. We think we may have a plan for the windows and doors, we will see. But for now I just primed them, tomorrow I will paint them. Pile said I forgot about these two, after I cleaned my brush lol. So the plan is to paint doors and windows tomorrow, while the are drying , I will build another deck and plank it. Lol. This is turning out to be a fun build, I may build another paddle boat, I wonder if @Louie da fly is selling his paddle boat international yet lol. Thanks for looking, talk soon Bob M. PS going to watch the last NHL game of the year . Later. Lol 😆
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    Today Pile looked over the plan. Two things jumped right out. One , the nail pattern by the blue dot is not on any of the decks that have a yellow dot. Yes I am going with the plan.. And two, sorry @Glen McGuire no tiny life boat anyway .I told Pile that we could make them, he said let's move on shall we. These grills have to go back to the paint shop for a final coat, but the brown color will do. Pile says make sure they go in straight. All the hole line up for the next deck so because I like planking so much I am going to do that next . So far the plank supply is holding up. But now I need to blackin some more edges. Now I have to mark out the next deck and giv'er. The Frist Mate may get involved with the windows and doors. I ran the idea of her sewing me up a bunch of curtains, and some covering for the door windows. As soon as she done laughing, I let you know lol.. Way to much fun for an old man to be having but I am only 14 lol 😆 😅. Thanks for looking, stay safe all my MSW / NRG family Uncle Bob M.
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    Hey Glen , Private Gnomer Pile says he please to meet you, and don't worry your boat will be on the water before mine. He says he has to teach me everything all over again, but do it right this time lol. He tells me what the mind can conceive and belive can be done. So we have no doubt that the little boats will make it on board. Very nice work , amazing actually. Bob M.

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