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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.                          

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

Congratulations awesome work.    

Bob M.

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.

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.

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.

Congratulations,  your ship looks fantastic, awesome work. 

Bob M.

Congratulations,  nicely done !!  

Bob M.

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  

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.

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  😆 

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.

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.       

Good luck on your next journey. 

Bob M.

Well another 8 hrs shift in the old shipyard comes to an end lol. Most of the day was spent on cleaning  up, And painting  Private Gnomer Pile . He is holding  a KB Lantern,  so we can always see what we are doing even if it gets late at night.

I painted him and showed him the boat. He says Whhy Hooolly we got work to do. And immediately  pointed out that the shop needs cleaning up lol.

Yes, I could see his point.  So I cleaned it up.

He's happy now,  😊. And we stared to plank the main room, got to the vents on both sides, and primed the vents so I can paint them tomorrow. 

 Looking for some livestock for the stable, PGP says the horse has to go but the mule  can stay, so I have my first animal ready to be painted.

Maybe they will look better brown, if I don't like them ,vents, I will  build some from left over grills I have collected over the past 3 years. Talk soon my friend's. 

Bob M.

PGP                    

 Very nicely done, looking forward to seeing it completed. Good luck on your Journey. Bob  M. 

To up date, Private Gnomer Pile (Newly appointed Ship Inspector). Has been primed and ready for speed paint 🎨. 

The sprial staircases are finished paint and ready to install. I must have lucked out on the staircases,  I just have to  shim them just a little to make them fit right. One post is a little short but it is an eazy fix  I am happy about the fact they are close to being just glued right in.

I also put on all the dowels to see if they line up, they do . 

It seem Artesania Latina have corrected all the mistakes,  from all the other logs here that show slots that dont line up, dowel dont line up from one deck to another.  Nothing like that, it all fits nicely. A big thanks to @Artesania Latina for fixing that, my only complaint is small but would add to the benefits of future builders is please add a part list that has the names of the parts, and a 1:1 scale diagram for the boat.

 I was very fortunate that  @Bob Fraser sent e one, Thank you Bob. Now I can measure things for better accuracy. 

So with that, now I am takeing the dowels off, put the staircases away for safe keeping, and start planking the main room,  and figure out what to do about the widow and doors for it.

 But first, Private Gnomer Pile  needs a paint job, well he is drying going to do a clean up of the shipyard, I have not been  feeling  all that great so I have let cleaning thing up slide. To the point that I can't find thing I just had in my hand lol.

 So latter my friends  work to do, and I was mistaken about the NHL game, apparently there will be one more.lol.

Your greatful shipmate  Bob M.

Approved  by PGP

12 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

 

 

And did you replace Marvin with a new ship inspector??

 

@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.

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 .                                  

2 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

Nobody enjoys doing ratlines.

 

Yves

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

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.     

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.

Good luck on your journey,  will be following along.   

Bob M.

You can count on my prayer and thoughts,  my friend. 

Bob M.