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

[themadchemist]

Nice work on the posts. Its good to see all of the decks together finally. Congrats on a milestone in the build.

 

...and the lights, Just fabulous! She's lite up like a christmas tree.

[Sjors]

Hi Adriaan,

 

That's a lot of progress !

Great with the lights !

And you can handle those stacks….I'm sure.

And then for the last question of you…you mean the standards for the capstan?

 

 

[Micklen32]

Hi Adriaan

Nice work there

I Have a few photo sequences like that where something looks different in  different photos

Firstly I try to get the information from the initial instructions of fitting the parts

Failing that I do whatever I think looks best

That is unless I get info from an expert   

It will all come together whatever way it's done I guess

Unless you have parts left over at the end   

Good luck with it anyway

 

Keep it up   

Mick

[Adrieke]

thanks Keith now that would be great if i can finish her by christmas and put her next to the tree

 

thanks Sjors. yes i mena the capstan (i couldnt think of the word  )

 

thanks Mick. i intend to see if i cna find pictures of ships that show that part so i can have a better idea

[Shazmira]

I really love the lights!!! I can't believe how close you are to finishing her!

[Sjors]

Adriaan,

 

When you take a look at the Spirit of Mississippi at the complete gallery, you can see how they goes.

 

[Adrieke]

thanks Robbyn but still have lots to do

 

thanks Sjors I had a look and see if I can figure it out now

 

still working on finishing the first deck railings

but I also have started on the top railings around the stairs

also the benches I made ages ago are now finding their place

 

[mtaylor]

Looks like you're getting close to the finish line.    Looking great with the lights.  And without the lights.  

[Adrieke]

thanks Mark

 

to secure the little stairs for the third deck more securely I drilled some holes and filled with a thinned down toothpick.

 

the stairs will only be glued on top of these little dowels so that they come up with the third deck if I ever have to remove it for repairs

 

just waiting to finish all the stairs and touch them up with white paint

Edited September 14, 2013 by Adrieke

[dragzz]

wow vary nice and clean work u have done there  what kind of wood did u use for the posts   and what kind of paints and varnish u going to use   the varnish iam going to use is spar varnish  its a soft one i got 

[DCIronfist]

Making some real nice progress now :) . Just be careful

[Sjors]

You are going quick Adriaan,

 

But looks great !

One remark about the pictures….

Most of the pictures are so ……yellow…...

Maybe you can use more light when you take the picture?

The first picture of the last two is much better.

And you can see more.

Don't use a flash light but a desk lamp or something.

 

[robert1965]

That looks very nice,

[Anja]

Hello Adriaan,

 

I'm glad you're feeling better and see you back at your build.

I love the lights, it looks great.

You will get the smoke stacks and the capstan levers/bars sorted out.

 

Anja

[lamarvalley]

Looking good Adriaan.

[Adrieke]

thanks dragzz the wood is 3x3 sapely for paints I use some left over revel paints. the varnish is plain clear but it does leave a bit of yellowish tint. I have bought some admiral paints and varnish that I will use on my endeavour

 

thanks Sjors but they are just little things I am adding

 

my camera is a cheap one so quality is not that good. the pictures usually turn out yellow when I don't use the flash

 

thanks Robert

 

thanks Anja. I am almost completely back to normal just a bit of a flair up of the rash which I assume may be because of the building but the ointment is helping with that

and thank you for the confidence. I do feel that in the almost 2 years I have been building now I have learnt not to be afraid and that anything can be fixed. now I just need to work on improving my skills

 

thanks Randy

 

although I only had one day this weekend (had to work Saturday) I feel like I have done a lot

I finally managed to get some magnets. after some deliberation I decided to fit them inside the top deck so I craved 2 round holes. the first one went well without damaging the deck planking the second wasn't so great so I had to redo some of the planking

 

here they are fitted

 

one magnet is showing a bit through and at the other I need to replace some planking that I seem to have dented

 

also finished the first railings around the stairs

 

[Sjors]

Adriaan,

 

The I should say , use the flashlight.

The pictures are much better !!!!!

Nice railings around the stairs !

 

[Micklen32]

Looks fine Adriaan   

As Sjors says the railings particularly stand out

I still can't get over those herring bone style planks either

Lovely work Adriaan

 

Keep it up   

Mick

[DCIronfist]

You use what you have we will look either way :) . Looking very very good

[Adrieke]

thanks Sjors,  Mick and David

[popeye the sailor]

I have to agree with Mick..........I like that style of deck planking.  like to try it with a future build....it looks cool!  you'll be a master electrician when this is done

[Adrieke]

thanks Popeye i doubt that Popeye, i had many moments where i just thought of giving up on it.

 

yesterday  worked further on the lower railings and the top ones around the stairs.

also glued two pieces of left over 1.5x3 sapely together to create some more 3x3 as i need to make 13 more of the little posts with the black bead on top.

hopefuly it will work out wiht the seam almost invisible

[Adrieke]

I have started on making the last few posts. as I mentioned I had to use 2 strips of 1.5 x 3 to create the 3x3 posts

 

see if you can find which one of these posts is made of the 2 strips

 

with the lower railings on I could also put in the chains

 

unfortunately I pushed 2 of the railings out on this side . one is already glued back on

also working on finishing the last few stairs

 

 

[lamarvalley]

Looks great Adriaan... sooooo close now

[themadchemist]

Nice work Adriaan.

Did I miss something? What are the magnets for? Is the top held on with magnets for wiring repairs?

 

I have glued smaller pieces together many times to create the size piece needed, always works a charm. As a matter of fact the caprails on my build are made from 3 planks edge glued and carved to fit the bow curve, as I could get the wood to bend laterally that much and didn't have wider planking. Those seams aren't really noticable now unless you look for them. Sometime one must just use what we have, thats the sign of a real builder.

 

I'm glad you didn't give up on the lights, they were worth the trouble.

[Adrieke]

thanks Randy but so close and yet so far. there is still so much to do

 

thanks Keith. yes they are to keep the top held on the last bit that has me worried  as I am not sure yet if it will work

 

I wasn't sure at first with glueing them together as I have to drill holes just where the seam is but so far only one has given me trouble

[themadchemist]

So you removed the one side without breaking through the upper planking? WOW, I'd have had to replace the decking on both sides...and you cant even tell where the planking was replaced.

Interesting adaption to the kit? I'm even more impressed now that I understand what you were doing.

Well done job on some very delicate work.

 

Love that last broadside photo, she looks fabulous with all 3 decks stacked

[robert1965]

That looks very beautiful Adriaan, i can see now there is a lot for me to do before I'm so far with my ship  

Edited September 18, 2013 by robert1965

[Sjors]

Adriaan,

 

Almost there and then time for Corch fork ??????????????????    

I keep my word, now you have to do yours….

I'm at the ratlines and almost finished and you are gonna start the coach Fork…...

Build looks great !

 

[Adrieke]

Keith i probably need to replace the planking on both sides as the magnet is showing through a bit. but atleast i tried

 

yup Robert you wil have plenty of fun on this build

 

hmmm thre is still the endeavour Sjors. havent done much on it and i can only start the GF when i have planked th ehull of the endeavour. besides the deal was you finished doing the ratlines . never specified the ship and now you even have another ship so :P

Edited September 18, 2013 by Adrieke