King of the Mississippi by john46 - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - scale 1:80

[john46]

This is the rebuilt of my build log of the King of the Mississippi.

The pictures should be selfexplanatory, since I will start comments as from the point where I am now with my built.

 

Regards

John

[john46]

The stable beams in place. As can be seen, the proportions of the stable bars are now in line with these beams. The original bars were far too big, so I am happy I have redone them.

 

Regards

John

[edmay]

Hi John,after years of absence my ship modeling gene has resurfaced, nearly completed same kit,your decking pattern is superb,very neat work,you gave me some ideas already. keep up the good work, will follow with interest. my first comment on MSW, abit long winded,Ed

[Adrieke]

hi John

 

good to see your build log back

[john46]

Hi John,after years of absence my ship modeling gene has resurfaced, nearly completed same kit,your decking pattern is superb,very neat work,you gave me some ideas already. keep up the good work, will follow with interest. my first comment on MSW, abit long winded,Ed

Hi Edmay,

 

Thanks for dropping by. As far as I know there is no cure against the modeling gene other than to surrender.

 

Regards

John

Edited February 17, 2013 by john46

[Sjors]

Hello John,

 

Welcome back!

Nice to see your build again.

I will follow you further!

 

Sjors

[john46]

Finished the components of the paddle-wheel: varnished the blades and shaft, painted the paddle-wheels and rod arms and varnished them as well and finally everything is in place.

 

Regards,

John

[Adrieke]

hello John

 

your paddle wheel assembly looks great

[john46]

Goodmorning Adrieke,

 

Thanks, it took me some time and efforts since my eyes are not as they used to be fourty years ago. Now start painting the second deck doors and windows. That's a real challenge. Am afraid I have to redo them several times before this job is done.

 

Regards

John

[Sjors]

Hi John,

 

Really great paint job on your paddle wheel!

It looks for real.

 

Sjors

[john46]

Thanks Sjors, this kind of encouragement keeps spirits up.

 

John

[Sjors]

Hi John,

 

I see you are using acryl paint from V&D?

I always goes to Meyer & Blessing just around the corner of V&D

They have a lot of all kind's of paint.

 

Sjors

[john46]

Hi Sjors,

 

The paint used for the paddle wheels is supplied by Lidl. At the time they had a complete box for about no money.

Dependend on the job I use various kind of acrylics, Revell, Tamiya a.s.o.

Yes I visit Meyer & Blessing as well as Harolds.

 

John

[john46]

Finished the second deck stack gratings and tinted them with walnut varnish. Having the doors and windows painted, a drop of gold paint on the left side of the doors should depict the doorknob. So can now start planking the state-room.

 

Regards

John

[Sjors]

Great job John.

 

Every time when I take a look, it goes better and better!

 

Sjors

[john46]

Finished the planking of the stateroom. This was an extensive job to do since I had already placed doors and windows, so had to plank around them. Didnot bother too much about the windowsides, since these will be covered by the windowshutters.

These are the next thing to do. According to the building instructions these shutters (according to the part list they are called portico windows) are added nearly at the end of the build, but I cannot see why I should not do them now. Doing them later will be more complicated.

 

Regards

John

[wim500]

Good to have this beauty back on MSW.

You are doing fine with the doors and windows.

[john46]

Thanks Wim,

 

Had a look at your builds, they are all very nice. So I am delighted with your compliment and hope my King will end up acceptable. Anyhow it is great fun to build this Huckleberry Finn paddle steamer.

 

Regards,

John

[Adrieke]

going well John

 

you are steaming ahead of me now lol

[john46]

Thanks Adrieke, but nope, I think you are still ahead of me. You have already prepared a lot of parts. Think that the most time consuming is the scratch build of the doors and windows you intend to do. 

[RDL]

 

Hi John,

Thanks for re-posting these images. I have a question about the windows you made for the doors: it looks like a clear plastic, scored with a craft knife and washed over with paint. Is this correct? What type of paint would you recommend?

 

Rhodri

[john46]

Hi Rhodri,

 

You are completely right, thats the way to do it. The paint I used was enamel paint from Revell. Tried acrylic paint but since you have to wipe off the paint before it dries up, it appeared that there rested not enough paint in the carves.

 

Regards

John

[RDL]

 

Thanks for the reply and the recommendation John 

 

I'll be sure to try this trick when I make the windows for my Mayflower.

[john46]

Having painted the window shutters. An extensive job, there are 48 shutters in total. This is the end result.

[wim500]

John, you have used some nice colours, fine job.

Looking forward to the next update .

[Sjors]

I agree with Wim,

 

That looks really great!

Nice job all those shutters painting on a cold and dark night…..

 

Sjors

[john46]

Thanks Wim, thanks Sjors

 

Luckily I found a "winterschilder" so got a great discount on the job

 

Regards

John

[Adrieke]

looking great John

[john46]

Thanks Brian,

 

Donot overestimate, as you will experience with building the Mare, it is just a matter of start a build and do your utmost to arrive at a good result. Nothing special, if you like modeling it is just fun. 

 

Regards

John

[john46]

Finished the first deck stairways. It was not an easy job to me, it took me a week and have redone them several times to have them symmetrical to each other and to have a 180 degrees winding.

 

Maybe it can be of help to beginner builders to describe the way I at last succeeded:

1. Glued the first curved step to the stairway column at the height of 5 steps

2. Glued the other curved steps with a minimum of overlap

3. Glued one straight step to arrive at a winding of 180 degrees

4. Glued the other 4 straight steps to each other, again with a minimum of overlap and with help of some wood as a frame

5. Glued the short railing to the 4 straight steps and then all together to the stairway column

6. Finished by glueing the long railing and handrails

 

Have dryfitted the stairways after each and every step to see whether they will fit.

 

As can be seen, one of the loose end of the long railings was broken, so I decided to cut it of from the other longrailing as well. If I donot like the result when placed the stairs on deck, I will restore them.

 

Regards

John

Edited March 7, 2013 by john46