King of the Mississippi by Adrieke - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Scale 1:80 - with LED lighting

[Adrieke]

sudomekh I have learned never to trust instructions (especially AL ones) but my skill set at the moment is not high enough to do anymore. don't forget those hand railings are only 2x2 mm wide and sapeli wood which is not good for fine work. maybe in a few years

 

thanks Robbyn yes very close I am fighting to urge to go quick and finish her lol

[Adrieke]

the steam stacks have been installed and I am now working on the reinforcement cables

 

you can see the mast has got some masking tape around it. this is because I have now broken that mast 5 times in 3 different places   I have no dowels left

 

what I might do is check if I have plenty of dowels from the GF. I would need to remake the 3 parts as these dowels are a different color

 

 

[sudomekh]

sudomekh I have learned never to trust instructions (especially AL ones) but my skill set at the moment is not high enough to do anymore. don't forget those hand railings are only 2x2 mm wide and sapeli wood which is not good for fine work. maybe in a few years

 

thanks Robbyn yes very close I am fighting to urge to go quick and finish her lol

pear .... take ... you can do it without problems 0.5x0.5 circular saw

 

immediately ... you should submit that 2 mm on a scale of 1/100 it is 0.2 m

 

have you seen ... such railing?

 

no offense ... the appetite will come during the meal)))

[Adrieke]

sudomekh no offense but as I have mentioned before I am still new to making wooden ship models and as such do not have the skillset to even try to go that detailed at this point in time

[dragzz]

wow its looks so nice now how did u break the mast  is that when u was putting taper to it at the and of it 

[sudomekh]

most importantly ... good start ... and then learn good luck!

[popeye the sailor]

.......and the admiral keeps wondering why I buy extra dowels     looking very good Andrieke

[Adrieke]

thanks dragzz and its just me being clumsy

 

unfortunately Brian my budget for the rest of the years has been blown so I ll have to do with what I have.

 

thanks sudomekh . I will learn don't you worry 

 

thanks Popeye

[Adrieke]

i promised my admiral that i would stick to a budget every month, even if its only a few dollars

[Shazmira]

Adriann, I know exactly what you mean about tight budgets...if the dowel will work as is, then use it...possibly it can be changed at a later date if needed.

[WackoWolf]

Or you can wait and use the money from next month. Just a thought.

[Adrieke]

yes I might replace it later on :mellow:

 

for now work continues on the steam stack cables. its tedious but I am enjoying it , possibly because I know its now all coming together

the 3 red arrows show where the mast has been broken , its holding for now

[popeye the sailor]

coming together nicely Andrieke.....the stacks look great!   looks like your almost at the finish line! 

[Sjors]

Vey nice overview picture Adriaan !

 

It looks just great !

 

[WackoWolf]

Very nice indee. You got something to be proud off. Thank you for sharing with us.

[Anja]

Wonderful work Adriaan, she looks great.

 

I'm sure you will figure out what to do whit the broken mast.

And as Robbyn said, maybe you can change it later on if you want.

 

Anja

[dragzz]

adrieke i have to say the craftmenship u have done on the king outstanding keep up the great work cant wait to see the all done

[Adrieke]

thanks Popeye , yup almost there

thanks Sjors

thanks Joe , the pleauser was all mine , i have learned a lot workign on here , most of all i think having patience and nto be satisfied with something i know i can do better

 

thanks Anja . and yes i will replace it , the breaks are too obvious even if the fix holds.

 

thanks dragzz.as a second build i think i havent done too bad

[dragzz]

adrieke u have done great job for just your second build i have no more to say but outstaneding job

[mtaylor]

Sweet work, indeed, Adriaan.   If you hadn't pointed out the breaks, I wouldn't have seen of them.   That seems to be one of those things in ship building... masting and fixing the broken masts.  

[Adrieke]

thanks Mark. hopefully I l be spared of any more breakage :|

 

cabling on one side is all done, as is the little mast and flag. I have now started on the railings on this side

 

I know a few of you are hoping for some pictures with the lights on, but you l have to wait till I have her finished

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

we'll see those lights on soon enough........looks as though your moving rather quickly to the finish.  looks really sweet!   you must be eating your spinach........good boy!!!  :D :D

[Micklen32]

She looks superb Adriaan

I bet you are over the moon to get her finished

Well done

Now you can really concentrate pn the Gorch Foch

[Adrieke]

thanks Popeye . the reason i can go quicker now is because i have already prepared most of the parts almost a year ago

 

thanks Mick, yes i l be happy when i finish her. then i can finish my other project (stagecoach) while workign on the GF

[dragzz]

adrieke u are so close to be done but iam so far away lol i got to redo the holes on the deck 3 so that that thay are right on for the for the poles on each side not to sure what to do there so if u have a tip for let me know tys

[Adrieke]

dragzz , i remember at first ,like you thinking the holes wherent lined up but its actualy the hole top deck that needs to move

 

if you get the full scale plan you ll see that at the back end the 2 decks shoulc be directly above eachother so that the poles are verticaly

in my kit they didnt and i had to cut the slots of that deck so it will slide backward a bit. when you do that the 2 holes for the steam stack will line up

 

when i am home i ll see if i can dig up some pictures thta show what i mean

[dragzz]

id like that very much it would help me to understan whats going on there tys

[Adrieke]

hello Dragzz

 

look at this picture the back off deck 2 and 3 need to be right above each other

 

 

when you fit the 3rd deck on top of the 2nd deck stateroom with the pre cut slots you will notice that the 3rd deck doesn't line up at the back and is a bit forward. if you adjust the pre cut slots till the decks are equal at the back you will see that the 2 holes for the smoke stacks will line up too as will the holes for the slanted poles

Edited December 4, 2013 by Adrieke

[Adrieke]

good progress today with the railings and the cabling

 

I think I will only just get by with the supplied white 0.15 thread for the cabling. which meant there wasn't enough because I would also needed it for the little bit of rigging. for that I used some tan thread from the GF kit

 

[WackoWolf]

Adrieke,

 

   She is looking Beautiful. You have done an excellent job, I enjoy seeing the updates. Keep the pictures coming.