King of the Mississippi by drobinson02199 - FINISHED -- Artesania Latina - 1:80

[drobinson02199]

Now all the railings are up, so I guess I really am getting close to the end.  What remains is the masts, some light rigging, and the deck ornamentation.

 

I particularly like the look of the bow and stern curved railings.

 

Regards,

David

[AntonyUK]

Hi David.

That's a real nice looking model you have created there.

Is there no handrail around the rear black stacks.?

Finish in time before your next christmass gift model ? 4 days...

 

Regards Antony.

 

 

[drobinson02199]

Antony:

 

If you look at the third picture above your post, you'll see a semicircular guard on the inside of the third deck, which I assume was to keep passengers from getting close to the pipe.  That replaces the handrail at that point.

 

However, down on the second deck there IS a handrail and no internal guard, even though there would have been passengers and crew there who could get too close to the pipe.

 

I built it the way the model pictures and drawings show, but I suspect it's historically inaccurate on the second deck.

 

Regards,

David

[drobinson02199]

Another adaptation:  one issue with this kit is the lack of any spares, and in some cases (eyebolts), some serious parts shortages.  And in many cases, you get just enough wood, and you have to be careful to use it up efficiently.

 

When it came time to make the forward mast, I found that I had just enough of the right diameter wood -- but in two pieces!  Earlier cuts of that diameter had left me with two shorter pieces in place of one just barely long enough. My choices were to either use a smaller diameter, or do what I ended up doing -- which is to create a two-part mast.  Looks kind of interesting.  The mast in the picture isn't varnished yet.

 

Regards,

David

[drobinson02199]

FINISHED!!

 

My build of King of the Mississippi is now complete.  Pictures attached.

 

Need to create a shelf for this in my office, and do a cleanup on the workroom.  Might start the next one (Amati Grand Banks) before I go away on the 6th for a week in the Carib.

 

Regards,

David

[Cathead]

Congratulations on finishing! Your workmanship is very crisp.

[russ]

Very nice work. Well done.

 

Russ

[vossy]

well done dave, super job, she looks really good! any plans to put her in a case?

 

chris

 

[drobinson02199]

Thanks, Chris.  I have some floating shelves that I use for models this size, and I'll put a new one up in my office for this model.  It will be on the same wall as three others I have built that are about this size.

 

Regards,

David

[edmay]

Beautiful workmanship ,very clean and neat looking, 

[AntonyUK]

Hi David.

That has been one enjoyable build... I have enjoyed every minute of it.

Top of the class in workmanship.

With the mods you have made it's turned ot to be a real masterpiece.

Congratulations of your compleasion of the Mississippi King.

 

 

Regards Antony.

 

[popeye the sailor]

nice looking model you've built here      I got this one for Christmas...haven't opened the box yet.   thanks for the head's up on the fit problems,  your log will come in handy when I tear into it   

[Mike Dowling]

Lovely model, you should be proud.

[MESSIS]

Well done! Nice work there.

 

Christos

[Palo]

Ake farby používate na mississippi. No môžem nájsť číslo alebo odtieň. Ďakujem. Za odpoveď.