Sternwheeler From the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy by Keith Black - 1:120 Scale

[Cathead]

11 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 Two very important tools in making these blocks are tiny Q-Tips for cleaning away excess CA and my homemade needle CA applicator for pinpoint CA delivery. 

You forgot the third, a certain degree of certifiable insanity. If I tried this all I'd end up with was a bunch of pennies with stuff glued to them such that they wouldn't even go through a bank's counting machine!

[Keith Black]

20 minutes ago, Cathead said:

You forgot the third, a certain degree of certifiable insanity. If I tried this all I'd end up with was a bunch of pennies with stuff glued to them such that they wouldn't even go through a bank's counting machine!

 There is a certain amount of insanity involved and at times when making these I thought I was lead singer in the band.  Eric, I know your work, your skills and determination are inspirational. 

 

 The key to making something this small is dogged determination and patience. Before I started CAing the bodies to the worktableI I chased bodies and eye pins in circles till I couldn't see straight.   These block are far from perfect and I had no illusion they would be, they are a mere suggestion being a bit better than nothing at all. 

[Siggi52]

I see, the trent goes to macro modelling 😏

[tmj]

Hold on. I need to find my jeweler's loop so I can see this better! 

[FriedClams]

Many of us modelers (me included) use a coin to illustrate the comparative size of an object.  Typically, we zoom in and the coin displays many times larger than life on our screens making it easy to forget just how small it really is.  These blocks are crazy small.  Such excellent work, Keith! 

 

Gary