Paul Le Wol

Hi Keith, it’s a shame that in this day and age they can’t make them more reliable.🙂

Thank you very much Ian. 😀

Thank you very much Roel. I have the feeling that the engineers lost countless hours of sleep on this one. Thank you very much John!

Hi wefalck, thank you. When I was painting the hull I mixed the bottle of USAF Grey with the Steel Grey and am still using the same bottle. Should have just enough to finish the model. Actually I think that I’m finished with that colour. Sorry if I didn’t explain that very well

Hi Everyone, I hope all is good. Thank you very much for the Comments and Likes. This update starts with preparing to mount the next subdeck. Iron braces were added aft of the main mast. They are made from .020" brass rod with a piece of brass tube to represent a turnbuckle. Didn't get too fancy because they too will be hidden under the Boat Deck. The forward end of the subdeck was cut from 1/32" plywood and a receiver was made for a tongue that will be glued to the underside of the next piece of subdeck to slide into. The rest of the subdeck was made a while ago and I decided to cut the center portion out of it to make it easier to install. The first piece was glued in place You can see where my ruler messed up while laying out the holes for the main mast and funnel. Might have to get a new one. The pieces that support the deck where it offsets out to go around the cabins were glued in place. Two pieces of 1/32" plywood were made to represent the coamings for the wheel house and iron casing for the funnel. The forward end of the deck was canvas over tongue and groove planking so it was painted with Vallejo Model color Deck Tan ( 70.986 ) . The coamings were painted and then glued to the subdeck. The Main mast was tapered with a mini plane and painted. It is held in place by friction The center section is painted the same as the hull which is one full bottle of USAF Light Grey darkened with 6 drops of Steel Grey. Here is a photo of the paint used for the main mast. The trim between the stanchions was painted and glued in place Braces were added port and starboard. They are the same as the first two and will be hidden under the ladders The hatches for the cargo winch cables were framed and pained The timbers that the forward cargo winches are mounted on were painted at glued in place And lastly the samson posts were made from 5/16" basswood that was tapered, painted, glued and pinned in place Next there are four ladders that need to be made. Take Care.

Great fabrication and use of available materials Phil !

Much nicer Keith, especially the shade!

A fine job on the buildings Eric. The tarpaper and weathering look great.

Great start to the deck structures Keith and what a wonderful photo in Post 123

Keith, my mind keeps going back to that rear axle gear oil pan. Would it be possible that other parts of that tractor were put into service? Motor/transmission, steering wheel, springy seat?

Keith, great to see you posting again! Your planned upgrades to Cangarda will make for some wonderful viewing experiences.

Amazing looking planking Jacques!

Yes it was a custom order. I emailed Ben and told him what I was looking for. He emailed me back a photo of the rope that he made to see if they were suitable. Very good to deal with.

Thank you John, I really appreciate it!

Hey Steve, thank you very much. Everything but the lower hull is painted with Vallejo Grey White. Depending on the lighting every surface looks a different shade of white. There isn’t a big difference between the grey white and the USAF grey that I made a little darker but I didn’t want to paint it a bright white and a dark grey.

Thank you very much Yves, I enjoyed working with the solid surface material. Around here it isn’t that easy to find. Most places are dealing with quartz and granite. Would be nice if they had a better selection. Thank you very much wefalck, my intent was to make it look like they are sitting on top of the planks but I didn’t want to get too involved with bolt heads and things because once the boat deck goes on most of this will be barely visible.

Thank you very much Keith. Yes I am really happy with the way the rope looks.

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all well. Thank you very much for your Comments and Likes. This update has a few smaller items, the first ones being a second set of bitts that had to be installed before the deck planking could continue. They were made with 1/8" dowel and 1/32" plywood. The 4mm diameter disks were made with the die punch. After gluing the disks to the dowels they were they were put in an electric drill and shaped. After painting they were glued to the subdeck and the planking started again. I used three hooded planks and then changed over to nibbing the next three. While this was going on the cover panels for the steering gear was made and attached. A 14mm dowel was made to support the funnel. It has a taper cut into one side that sits against a support bulkhead and is held with a 3/8" #4 wood screw. Also at this time I received a custom order from Ropes of Scale. Ben made three different shades of grey that I wanted to look like wire rope/ cable. I got some of each because they they all look so good. So far I've used the darkest shade for the steering cable that runs through the trough and up to the wheel house. Next came the framing to support the boat deck above the forward cabins. Temporary strips of wood were glued in place to guide the fascia board as it is glued to the stanchions. Another strip of wood was clamped to the tops of the stanchions to keep them in line The fascia board was pushed up against the guide boards and glued to the stanchions starting at the aft end, The temporary boards were removed and then frames were made to fit between the stanchions. All of the stanchions are not equally spaced between each other and are spaced differently port and starboard. So lots of measuring. And the funnel had to get a test fit She is now ready to start the subdeck for the forward end of the boat deck. Hope to see you soon.

Congratulations to all of the winners! Kurt, are there plans to show the other entries as well?

Keith, very happy to see that Billy is out of the gate!

Congratulations Glen! This has been fun, exciting and educational. Doesn’t get any better than that.

Jacques, the combination of woods looks great!

Hi Keith, a few years ago I ran across this video of the Day Peckinpaugh on the Erie Canal. I always thought that it would be a great subject to model. Maybe one day I’ll take the bull by the horns.. https://youtu.be/brGKuijNroc?si=3fV4KUSFFLAs4gtN

Congratulations Chris, a beautiful model!

Great details and explanations Phil !