King of the Mississippi by Knocklouder - Artesania Latina - 1:80

[Knocklouder]

Today I painted the shutters, and the doors and windows. I went with brown paint. So after that, I got to do some planking..

Pretty straight forward,  line down the center and giv'er. I lost the single window I used for fitting,  found it after an hour searching. 

It was in bad shape, but I hammered it out and repainted it good to go. Checked the paint still tacky  so build some more  decks .

Made it to the pilot house, everything lines up and she starting to look like the plan.

This is what I am going to do for the doors and windows, Pile is behind the door holding up the clear plastic then blue paper..the camera doesn't show it but it looks like glass in the window,  I like it.

I put the deck on to see how dark it gets. Gnomer says hurry up running low on oil for my KB lantern.  So I took him out of the boat , showed him the pictures  I took, tried out several colors,  green , a teak color  and the blue. I like the blue. When you hold it on it looks great. So I am going with this. 

  @Glen McGuire it is all part of the plan, my team never wins, lol cheering for the panthers  lol.

    They are pulling me out of the shipyard  lol talk soon my friend's,  is this not the greatest hobby to have. And to have MSW here to back me up how can I go wrong 🙃  

Bob M.

 

P S waiting to watch  the last NHL game of the season  

 

 

Edited Sunday at 04:39 AM by Knocklouder

[Knocklouder]

I decided on red curtains  for the windows and doors for the main cabin.

I painted the plastic sheets that come with the kit. They have a protective flim covering both sides, I took one side off ,painted it red. After it was dry I cut them into strips  glued them on. But  before I glued them on I removed the other side of the film, looks good. After the coverings were on I clamped the deck down for the night.

we check the plan, everything is going great.

Pile said he never pilot a riverboar before cant wait to open it up on the water .

  Private Gnomer Pile  was ready to send additional fire crew to Texas,   we hear the someone might start a fire to get rid of fire ant.  There is a fire ban on, but I told Pile it was a self contained fire confined to a  bottle.  @Glen McGuire Pile and I agree with @Keith Black use raid or  Mortein, lol.

Starting to look like a river boat, there is lots to do but so much fun. 

 Thanks so much for looking in.  

Bob M.