King of the Mississippi by dragzz - Artesania Latina - scale1/80

[dragzz]

here iam now with the sec deck planked  and yes it did take me a while but with adrieke help i got it done so here the pic of it 

[popeye the sailor]

that looks nice........is the design in the plans?

[dragzz]

yes pop it is thay call it  herringbone pattern not fun to do i dont like it at all i was going to do the same as the frist deck to make it all the same thats just my thot  but this where iam now work state room so far looking real good and going really well here some pic              

[dragzz]

ok here is where iam at now  ok the sec deck is not guled yet but will be real soon boy it is looking really nice right its has been a fun build so far cant wait to see it all done . i have started to paint the paddle wheel   so here are some pic of where iam at   

[SpencerC]

why are your parts warped? is your kit old or used .. or did you perhaps get it wet?

 

Hard to understand most of your build log with so many grammar and spelling mistakes, whew, took some serious decoding.

[popeye the sailor]

that is a pretty cool design........I'm sure Adrieke gave you a few pointers     I want to try it on one of my builds........perhaps on one of my scratch builds    your thoughts are in the fore front of all who build.....can't wait to see it finished.   take your time and savor the ride,  it's the optimum bang for the buck     your doing a fine job so far 

 

a kit sits on a shelf....however long.......before someone buys it.   it may have been produced last year.   the box is not humidity proof.....I don't believe I've built one yet,  that didn't have a warped part or two...plastic kits included

[SpencerC]

It seems like many of his parts are warped though. This must be an older kit. I had a kit that was ten years old and one of the bulkheads, and the keel were warped slightly. His looks pretty badly warped.

[dragzz]

hello spencer iam trying to do the best that i can this kit has had warped parts its just how it is it does happen i just worked with what i had and i know i did a great job so far for b a vary frist wood kit that i have ever done  and yes pop adrieke help me a lot on the build  hes a great guy 

[Adrieke]

when i was in the early stages of building my kom i got lots of help from people here on the forum so i am happy to help out where i can

 

you have tackeld the warped deck pretty good . i cna see this is goign to be a very nice model when you finish it

[SpencerC]

Yes youre doing a great job of overcoming the warped pieces, i was just curious as to why they were warped in the first place.

[dragzz]

np spencer  its is just when make the kit it will sit on the self for a long time till it sells  and the warm weather and cold weather after a long time can warp a lot its just how it is all the models that i have done over the years got  some sort of warp to them  thats modeling  thats what make it fun for me 

[dragzz]

ok here in this pic i did the big window witch i did not use the wood in the kit  .i changed it and made my own . i think its looks ways better let me know what u all think 

[Adrieke]

hello Dragzz

 

it looks good but it is actually not a window but a vent . the 2 big steam stacks will be right on the inside of them

[S.Coleman]

Your doing great there dragzz. Keep up the great work. I have built this kit as well and I'm afraid Adrieke is correct about the window/ vent. If it was a window it would look good though. Nice job

[dragzz]

at least it does look better tys guys for that info did not know its was a vent thot it was a big window lol

[dragzz]

so far today i have done the window shutters it take time to paint all the shutters for the windows but here is a pic of them         

[dragzz]

i have started on the paddle wheel it  i took the wood of the wheel and saved the ends of them as u see in the pic to me it just looks way better this way so far it looks just great let me know what u all think         

    

[popeye the sailor]

nice progress.......the paddle wheel looks good!......windows too 

[dragzz]

thank u popeye  iam getting better as i go iam so glad i got it to ship building 

[dragzz]

so far this is wear iam at with the build took a break for a few days here the pic looking really good so far  

[Rick]

Dragzz,

 

Your build is looking good. I have learned a lot by reading your build log. Your project is moving along fast which is good because you will stay ahead of me. My KoM build is better thanks to your comments. I will keep you posted.

 

Rick

[dragzz]

thank u rick  u just need to take your time iam going step by step for me there is no need to rush thing i like to work slow its the best way i think and i can enjoy what iam doing 

[dragzz]

ok well iam back i took some time off so know iam working on the forward stairs yes the real fun part .well in the pic u will see what going on i got it right on the frist try i took my time doing this and it came out looking great so far

[Adrieke]

very nice Dragzz. those stairs where for me the most difficult part on this build

[dragzz]

tys adrieke but there not done yet lol  but i have to say thanks to john46 for the post on how to build the stairs on the kom he did so great work if poeple need to know how to build the stairs ples go see john46 post he has done so great work .ps tys again john 46

[dragzz]

ok now i have added the steps to the stairs and did some sanding to clean them up a bit heres the pic        

Edited October 28, 2013 by dragzz

[popeye the sailor]

nice work on the stairways...they look super 

[dragzz]

how i have the sides on the stairs and painted i can now get the hand rails on next heres a pic of what i have done   

[dragzz]

ok i got the hand rails on the stairs all i have to do is put one more hand rail on and paint there and thay are all done what a job but it sure came out looking great so far    

[Rick]

Those stairs look great. It would be a real joy to walk up stairs like that.