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  1. captainbob
    She's coming along nicely. Bob
  2. captainbob
    Miniature? No. Just like Igor has a giant match stick, now you have a giant blue heated pin. Bob
  3. captainbob
    Nice planking and a good looking deck. Bob
  4. captainbob
    Nice looking rudder. Bob
  5. captainbob
    Great job on the railings and with the wood on top it will be even better. The fix on the shrouds will never be seen except by you. Well done. Bob
  6. captainbob
    Thanks, one of these days (years) I may have another have another paddlewheel boat on display. Bob
  7. captainbob
    Glad to see you back, I really like the friendship sloop. If I had access to Wolf Creek Park I would not get any ship modeling done. It looks like too much fun. Bob
  8. captainbob
    Ken, Popeye and Carl, Thanks for the comments. As I said before, it's the details that give a model a wow factor. The more the better. Bob
  9. captainbob
    Thanks for the article. As you said the J. R. Wells would make a fine model, do you have more information than the picture? Bob
  10. captainbob
    Sounds like a fine time. Set me a place, but I might be a little late. Bob
  11. captainbob
    What a nice little ship's boat. That's the way I need to build mine. Bob
  12. captainbob
    Thanks Walter. Bob
  13. captainbob
    Thank you all for your comments and likes. I do enjoy building boats of all kinds and adding the details, to me details add the wow factor. stay tuned, there's still a lot to do on this boat before she sails away. Bob
  14. captainbob
    She was a lovely hull and machinery, Now with the boiler deck she's beginning to look like a boat. Beautiful job. Bob
  15. captainbob
    Thank you Nils, but it's only my humble attempt to match your building skills. Bob
  16. captainbob
    Another option a mechanic told me was to glue on the hook side from Velcro then use the fuzzy backed sanding disk. Bob
  17. captainbob
    Hi Gerhard, This is quite a switch from your Cairo. But it is definitely a beautiful boat. I forgot about John Toms they have a lot of fine plans of steam engines too. Bob
  18. captainbob
    Thanks Popeye, I am learning faster than I thought I would. Lawrence, I’m not ready to place the copper vents yet but here’s how the rest of it looks. I used styrene again for the main deckhouse. Bending the curved ends was the hardest part. I had to go slow with very little heat, about body temp. In the first two photos it is the lighting that makes it look yellow. The doors will be open so I put the barrier down the middle so you can’t see through. Then the handrails. There’s a spot of epoxy on the inside where each wire penetrates the wall. Then I went back to soldered brass for the stack. I once again discovered you can’t always trust the drawings. The drawing shows the whistle at the top of the stack where the pictures show it just below the band holding the support wires. I put all the parts in place and showed it to the admiral. She who only like sails. She admitted that it was beginning to look like a nice boat, and it would be OK if I built non sail boats once in a while. Wow sometimes I do win. Bob
  19. captainbob
    If you are ever near Louisville KY, you need to go to the Howard Shipyard Museum across the river in Jeffersonville IN. The Howards built about 1700 boats from 1834 to 1940. The yard is still in operation mostly building barges for the towboats. The museum is in the three story mansion the Howards lived in and the riverboat models fill every room of the building. Bob
  20. captainbob
    More ambitious? You already far outdo most of us. [ME] Bob
  21. captainbob
    So sorry, but in the hands of the original builder is the best place for repairs like that. Bob
  22. captainbob
    You might find more information on the web. Bob
  23. captainbob
    I sent you a PM with the balanced valve. Bob
  24. captainbob
    Thanks for the website address. Hope your engine works as well. Lee wrote that it was hard to overcome the spring pressure of the poppet valve. In Alan L. Bates book, "The Western Rivers Engineroom Cyclopedium", He shows the design of the balanced poppet valve the riverboats used. Hardly any force was needed to operate it. Bob
  25. captainbob
    Gerhard, what is the website for DealtaAPmech? I am also interested in a working engine. Bob

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