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

[popeye the sailor]

pretty soon,  you'll be cementing them in place  ...........nice work !

[dragzz]

tys rick today is the install the stairs day will see how that goes

[Richard50]

Hi Dragzz, Very impressive!

[dragzz]

i went to try to do a dry fit and the one of the rails got broke so i got to try to fix it back to the start again lol o well that what its all about 

[dragzz]

omg i got the stairs all done and installed just rightn thay look the same on each side iam proud of my self for takeing my time on the stairs and iam clad i did omg do thay just great iam so happy i just have to have a beer now lol here are some pic    

[popeye the sailor]

how much of a gap is there at the top of the stairs?   it looks as though there might be.   if there is,  you can always put in one more step.

 

     looks very good at the bottom     hope you had two beers.......

Edited October 30, 2013 by popeye the sailor

[dragzz]

yes popeye i need to still add 1 step to each side at the top  and 1 shim to the bottom right side i will get to that tonight if i have two beers it wont get done lol

[Adrieke]

looks great

[popeye the sailor]

still darn nice work there.........with just a touch of bash     it'll get you sooner or later.......so give in...the dark side awaits

[dragzz]

tys adrieke   its really looking good now

 

 

tys popeye   now for the darkside  now that got me thinking 

[dragzz]

as u all can see in the pic  on the top of the stairs i add a step to the left and right side so there is no more cap at the top  

[popeye the sailor]

there you go!!!!!!!!   now THAT........looks great! 

Edited October 31, 2013 by popeye the sailor

[dragzz]

now iam starting to put in the post all down both side heres a start 

[dragzz]

ok what i have done today is glued all the head posts on the frist deck so far they came out looking well thay are all in line here a pic   

[popeye the sailor]

she's looking pretty sweet Dragzz! 

[dragzz]

thanks popeye

[robert1965]

That looks good Dragzz, I'll just see how you do it and can I take it in my ship    

[dragzz]

tys robert1965 are u talking about the stairs here some info for u look up john46 post on how to build the stairs hes done a great job it may help u as well as it did for me

[dragzz]

tys for that info canoe21  i was thinking of useing white glue i  just went got lepage pro carpenters glue this glue i was reading when it drys its translucent yellow dont know if that a good thing but when this drys its as hard as a rock lol

Edited November 2, 2013 by dragzz

[dragzz]

thank u canoe21 for the info iam trying to do the best i can iam try to quit smokeing at the same time as working on my build = not going to well lol been 2days now 

[robert1965]

tys robert1965 are u talking about the stairs here some info for u look up john46 post on how to build the stairs hes done a great job it may help u as well as it did for me

 

Thanks Dragzz i can use it. 

[dragzz]

robert1965 just take your time on the stairs it will look good

Edited November 3, 2013 by dragzz

[dragzz]

yes canoe21  iam thinking of all the wood ships i can buy 

[dragzz]

ok here an update here is where iam now going to be work 3 deck not to much i can do right till it drys but the slower i go the better it looks but its sure starting look sweet now here some pic             

Edited November 5, 2013 by dragzz

[S.Coleman]

Looking good there dragzz. Good luck with the no smoking.

[popeye the sailor]

WOW!!!   third level already...........your moving right along.   looks great! 

[dragzz]

thanks canoe 

 

thanks  popeye

 

thank u s.coleman      

 

 

i will have an update  real soon for u all thanks again   

 

[robert1965]

Looking good Dragzz.

[dragzz]

thank u robert

[dragzz]

here in an update iam now working on the upper floor of the state room and the out side planking is all done so far so good