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

[themadchemist]

Hello Adrieke

WOW, under the weather a bit and I have 10+ pages to catch up on.

 

Nice work on the lighting. and I'm glad you fixed that gap in the railing, nice fix. Dont you just feeel so much better after redoing something like that....and that fix was no where near as bad as the window reworking you did.

 

Tammy and I made it to Paducah Saturday and so we drove down to the river front. Paducah Ky was a big river port on the Ohio river with quite a history. The levee has been painted in historic murals and so I hope you dont mind if i post the Riverboat murals here. Thought you and the other riverboat fans might enjoy them.

 

There are alot more pitures of the river front and crossing the bridge, plus lots more murals on Paducah history, if anyone wants I could post them somewhere else.

 

Anyway here are the Riverboat murals, ENJOY

 

[Adrieke]

thank you Keith feels good when the extra work pays off

 

also thnak you for the murals they do look beautiful

[Sjors]

He Adriaan,

 

It is morning and still no pictures????????

 

[Adrieke]

hmm my post from last night seems to be gone

 

sorry

 

will post it again tonight

[DCIronfist]

Maybe it will come back later lol

[Adrieke]

i doubt it David . i am pretty sure the post was showing but no biggy sbut Sjors was so eager for piictures

[themadchemist]

and even after I posted all those murals.....oh well... there's just no satisfying some......

Now wheres the popcorn

[Adrieke]

he painted the popcorn black and used them as cannon balls Keith

[Sjors]

Where is that  DONT LIKE BUTTON !!!!!!!! 

 

No worries Keith and Adriaan…..I have enough popcorn!

 

[Adrieke]

here are the pictures again

 

paddlewheel is installed the side is holding for now and the wheel turns too

 

 

did some work on the floors of the curved 3rd deck rooms

 

not much progress tonight as I was watching state of origin

[DCIronfist]

That could be on one of those murals .....nice job

[themadchemist]

In that last picture, without the 3rd attached... it looks like you'd open the door and be in the river. LOL.

 

Nice work, so is the wheel crankshaft driven. Is that the reason for the slots in the floors, for shaft rotational movement.

I also find the dual sided verses the rear single wheel design's interesting. To me it seems the single wheel would not be as manuverable and with changing river sand bars.

 

When we took the camera to Paducah the other day I was hoping to get some pic's of the dredgers. The last few times we've been down there they've been dredging close to the bridge. I wonder when they started river dredging? and how common was riverboat's getting stuck on sand bars back in the day. I assume the KOM had a reverse for backing off sand bars though if needed.

[Sjors]

Nice paddle wheel Adriaan 

Go on my friend!

 

[Adrieke]

thanks David

 

@ Keith yup thats why the door is locked for now dont want anyone falling in especialy after a few beers

 

and yes it would be driven like that . i ll get some side pictures that will show it better i actualy tought oif putting an electrical motor in wiht a crankshaft to make it work but they are all 3V and i would need to figure out how to slow it down enough so not this time. would be cool making one of these with a reall working steam engine

 

i suppose these things dont need to be that agile and stuck on sandbanks proabaly meant getting help from another ship

thanks Sjors i am happy with it

[lamarvalley]

Looks great Adriaan, she's a beauty and I love that wheel.

I never thought of making the KOM before but it's starting to creep onto my short list..... so many boats,,, so little time...

[Adrieke]

thanks Randy

 

if you ever do atleast you know all the errors there are and how to correct them

[st george]

Adriaan,

 

Great work on the paddle wheel mate.

[mobbsie]

There's a lot of work gone into the paddle Adrieke, very well done, she's coming together nicely.  

 

mobbsie

[Adrieke]

thanks David

 

thanks mobbsie lots of work and fun yup

 

today I finished adding the triangles on the head posts of the lower level with that I have now finished all steps to 34 out of a total of78 steps (photographs). of course since I didn't follow the instructions there are several steps after that I have already finished too

 

I have also glued the steering cabin on to its deck . I cut a hole into the deck as initially that's how I would access the lights on the 3rd deck stateroom. however I changes tactics a bit and the whole deck together with steering cabin will be removable. this makes the hole now an access to the steering cabin lights wiring underneath which you can see a bit on the second picture below

 

tomorrow I will start on finishing the lower level railings . I will need to bend 4 strips of wood to follow the curve at the back of the ship

[Script]

Adriaan, 

 

Looking fine! Coming together nicely.

 

And glad to see you back at work on your other project.....going to multi-task like Sjors????? :P

 

Cheers,

 

Jim

[Adrieke]

thanks Jim

 

yup I usually work on several projects at the same time. just lately this one has taken up most of my time.

 

yes I have started some work on the stagecoach. fixing the broken wheel which was why I had stopped working on here I ll get some pics on there as soon as I can

[cpt. Tom]

Hi Adriaan,

 

you are doing a great job and I absolutely like your Ship. Keep on going.....

[Micklen32]

Very nice work Adriaan

Everything looks to be going nicely

I had a nice restful day fishing yesterday

Didn't even turn the computer on

Then out to lunch today so it has been two lazy days

I am, awaiting parts from OcCre though

 

Keep it up   

Mick

[Shazmira]

Adriaan, I love the wheel, looks like a riverboat more with it on....I so can't wait to see this completed!

[Adrieke]

thanks Tom. no worries i am on the home stretch i think which is good because 'endy' (endeavour) is winking at me to come and paint her

 

thanks Mick . yup still waiting on my parts from OcCre for the GF and going to mail them for my personal plaque . it is going well just a few things to figure out but i am confident i cna take those last few hurdles . whta i want done this weekend is finish those pesky brass triangles then i wont have to put her upside down again

 

thank Robbyn . yup been tempted for weeks to put it on but i knew with my clumsy hands i would break soemthing when fitting the back rails (and i did even without it on lol)

[Tophog]

She is looking great. Looking forward to seeing more.

[Adrieke]

thanks Geoffrey . hope to show you lots more during this long weekend

[mtaylor]

You're definitely on the homestretch, Adriaan.  I'm looking forward to picture with all the decks in place and lights on.

[Adrieke]

well what a great long weekend been in bed/sleeping  most of the time as I haven't been feeling well

 

only thing I did was work on the stairs leading to the steering cabin. AL just makes you put 4 supports and then put the planks on it. doesn't make sense to me as the middle p[lank would have no support. so I crated a frame that supports them

[Anja]

Hello Adriaan,

 

I hope you feel better today.

 

Take care,

 

Anja