Lula by Keith Black - 1:120 Scale - 1870s Sternwheeler Supply Boat for Floating Pile Driver

[Cathead]

Keith, do you want some actual coal for your coal bin? At your scale, I could send you a tiny packet of crushed coal in a normal envelope. As you likely recall from Peerless, we have coal on our property and it wouldn't take long to crush some down for you. No worries if not, just a fun thought!

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, Glen McGuire said:

That little pump is soooo well done (as well as everything else)!!

Thank you, Glen

 

43 minutes ago, Cathead said:

Keith, do you want some actual coal for your coal bin? At your scale, I could send you a tiny packet of crushed coal in a normal envelope. As you likely recall from Peerless, we have coal on our property and it wouldn't take long to crush some down for you. No worries if not, just a fun thought!

 Thank you, Eric. That is so very kind of you. I've got some sand left over from God only knows what project that I'm going to try to use. I'll have to paint it and then glue it in a pile and see if it makes acceptable coal. If it doesn't, I'll take you up on your generous offer. 

[Javelin]

I'm following for a while and marvel at your tiny detail work, yet in all my excitement I forget to react!! 

 

Great job Keith, certainly at that scale it's not easy to achieve what you intend to! Love that tiny boiler and the overall crisp finish of your model. 

 

[BANYAN]

Your sternwheeler machinery is coming along really well Keith, great detail to add a lot interest.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[lraymo]

That pump is sooo tiny!  And it looks so good!  Have you ever been to the Steamship Arabia museum in KC?  You could see the pump on display!

[Keith Black]

20 hours ago, Javelin said:

I'm following for a while and marvel at your tiny detail work, yet in all my excitement I forget to react!! 

 

Great job Keith, certainly at that scale it's not easy to achieve what you intend to! Love that tiny boiler and the overall crisp finish of your model. 

 

 Thank you, Roel. 

 

14 hours ago, BANYAN said:

Your sternwheeler machinery is coming along really well Keith, great detail to add a lot interest.

Thank you, Pat. 

 

14 hours ago, lraymo said:

That pump is sooo tiny!  And it looks so good!  Have you ever been to the Steamship Arabia museum in KC?  You could see the pump on display!

 Thank you, Lynn. No, I've not made it to the Arabia museum but Eric, @Cathead, shared photos of some of the museum exhibits in his Arabia build. 

 

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/17090-arabia-1856-by-cathead-finished-scale-164-sidewheel-riverboat-from-the-missouri-river-usa/

[Cathead]

Since Keith mentioned it, for those interested, there are more photos from the Arabia museum in the model's pre-build research/design thread.

 

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/15945-designing-a-model-of-the-1856-missouri-river-steamboat-arabia/