King of the Mississippi by Jparsley - FINISHED - Artesania Latina

[slow2cool]

maturin52 is right 

the planking needed to be open in the front so the piece in the pic could slide between the 2 sides of the planking

you might be able to sand the point of the bow flat and might have to cut a new piece to fit the contor of the bow

or replank

this is one of those OH NO moments

can't wait to see what you come up with, wish I could be of more help

Joe

[Jparsley]

Thanks guys I've thought about just leaving it off and keep the bow pointed what do y'all think

[Cathead]

Depends on how accurate you want it to look, I guess. To my eyes it'd be a significant missing feature.

 

I'd suggest shaping a new piece to fit the shape of your bow, and filing a notch into the backside into which the point of the bow would fit. Having the stempiece overlap the bow planking would still technically be "wrong", but would simulate "right" far better than leaving it off.

 

It should be fairly easy to do this, as your bow is straight so you don't have to fit anything to a curve. 

[Jparsley]

Ok guys this is my attempt at fixing it sorry if the picture is blurry

[slow2cool]

WOW

Not bad at all

I would even say really great job

Joe

[WackoWolf]

I agree, looking good. Nice fix.

[Cathead]

Yep, much better. No one will ever know.

[mtaylor]

Nice work on the stem.  It looks like it's supposed to be there.  

[Jparsley]

Thanks guys it always nice to fix a mess up

[maturin52]

Looks good. It's one of the nice things about working with wood... if you know what you want to do, and have the tools, you can usually get there.

[donrobinson]

Two thumbs up on the fix, she looks good. What was the final procedure?

[Jparsley]

Trimmed off the bow cut and fit keel flush

[Jparsley]

Just as a side project Made a castle out of paper The wife and I put our best into this contraption I don't may I repeat I don't like paper Lol

[Fritsl21]

Hi

 

Looks great

 

I am also building this boat. I find it difficult to paint the glass in the window pains. Any tricks on how you did it neatly.

 

I will post some pics soon

[Jparsley]

My plan is to scratch build the windows and use white glue to simulate window panes

[chborgm]

I just got aware of this forum, and I know you will be happy with it. It may not be to late  to put lights in it. You can see what I did with lights in Bluejackets kit of the portland, and the Mantura kit of the Mississippi River boat. there is a forum on both.

Mississippi Riverboat by chborgm - Mantua - Scale 1:50

 

Portland by chborgm - Bluejacket

Let me know how I can help.

[Jparsley]

Thank you I guess my setback is where do you find the lights the resistor things and all for lighting don't they have to have special voltage vs ohms stuff

[chborgm]

It is really simple.

All you need is a 120v to 12v adaptor like you use for a clock etc. Also you can buy all the 3 mm and 5mm leds prewired with resistor you want on ebay.  They are about 20 cents each. They come from China so it takes a couple weeks to get. On my Mississippi Riverboat model I have about thirty running off one adapter. No trick to wiring just take the + output from the adapter to the red wire to the light and thats it. 

[Jparsley]

Thank you for the input I will definitely think about sprucing her up Starting back to college so may be slow to finish

[Jparsley]

Hey guys sorry for the long absence from this string Life and other builds getting in the way Anyways worked on this doll for a bit today I putt the rubber bumper rail on the sides It required breaking out the old bending iron Then the first part of the first deck structure the instructions call it the boiler room but to me it seems more of a storage room Anyways it's basically a square as you can see made out of plywood but the magical trick was to take a bunch of thin strips or wood mark the sides with a smelly black marker and glue them with precision and attemp to make something that resembles a wall made of planks Used the high quality walnut to trim the doorways and make corners on each side More to come soon I hope

[Cathead]

That structure does sit approximately where the boilers would be on a real vessel, so boiler room seems an appropriate label.

[Jparsley]

Thanks cat head

[Jparsley]

Hey guys sorry for the slowness of my progression like everyone knows life gets in the way of leisure

Edited August 7, 2016 by Jparsley

[Jparsley]

Hey guys  it’s been a long time since my last entry.  Amazing how life takes time away from hobbies.   I have had some time recently to do some building so I’ll post updated pictures

 

[Jparsley]

Ok here are some more

[Jparsley]

Ok now to finish up to date 

 

[Jparsley]

Hello everyone   It’s a little slow going but I have half of the upper and lower banisters done   That is a repetitive process    I also mounted it on the stand so it wouldn’t wobble as much   Hope y’all like it

[Jparsley]

Ok guys  she is finished   Now to get it to the ex  since I originally was building it for her

[Cathead]

Nice job, congratulations on finishing! Depending on the nature of the ex, you can always put a log through the bow and display it canted over at a 30° angle...

[Jparsley]

Verytrue