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

[wefalck]

41 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

I detest ambiguities when trying to replicate a thing as it always takes three to four times longer to build rather than the simple monkey see, monkey do.

Whom are you telling ...

[Keith Black]

55 minutes ago, wefalck said:

Whom are you telling ...

 Any and everyone. It's merely a statement of non importance on how I feel about trying to build something when lacking what I feel to be adequate information. 

[GrandpaPhil]

Keith,

   That’s great news about your health!  Your model is looking incredible!

[Keith Black]

11 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Keith,

   That’s great news about your health!  Your model is looking incredible!

 Thank you very much, Phil. 

[Dr PR]

When I first saw your pictures I imagined an auger screw stoker mechanism as used on some steam locomotives. But then I realized it was a conveyer bucket system. These were in common use so it makes sense.

 

But it would be interesting to see how it actually worked. It was probably steam powered. When steam pressure was high the stoker would run slower, and when the pressure was low it would have to "shovel" faster. I hope you find more information about how it worked. I wonder if it was patented?

[Keith Black]

31 minutes ago, Dr PR said:

When I first saw your pictures I imagined an auger screw stoker mechanism as used on some steam locomotives. But then I realized it was a conveyer bucket system. These were in common use so it makes sense.

 

But it would be interesting to see how it actually worked. It was probably steam powered. When steam pressure was high the stoker would run slower, and when the pressure was low it would have to "shovel" faster. I hope you find more information about how it worked. I wonder if it was patented?

 Phil, I also thought it was an auger system but that didn't square with the blocks and spreader bar above the coal crib. 

 

 The drive shaft to the wheels runs directly beneath the boiler, stoker, and coal crib. It could have taken power off the shaft with a levered gear system that was operated by the skipper as need required?

[Keith Black]

 Thank you to everyone for your kind comments and likes. 

 

 What a taffy pull it was getting the wheels built. For as long as it took I should be dancing a jig but alas, that's not the case. 

 

 The wheels are loosely placed as more work in the stern is required before they are glued into place but this little ugly duck now looks the part. 

 

 I poly coated the wheels to represent being wet.

 

 The buckets are 14 inches to scale but could have been a tad bit wider. 

 

 I did a poor job pairing the Amati ships wheels used for the  framework as evidenced by the port side wheels canted bucket. Not all Amati ships wheels are created equal. 

 

 

 

I'm not staying up until the wee hours of the morning working anymore so the pace it's going to be a little slower going.

 

 Thank you guys for your support by following along and being part of the journey.

 

  Keith

[clearway]

😁

[Paul Le Wol]

Looking great Keith! Nice overhead shot 

[Knocklouder]

I will miss you in the wee hours of the morning Keith lol ,  but do stop by and say Hi, lol I am so excited about the Peg, I will try to stop by and see more of this wonderful  log. Thanks for letting me tag along my friend.  🐧 .

Knocklouder 😁 

[Rick310]

Looks great Keith!!

Rick

[Glen McGuire]

Awesome, Keith!!  I showed your work to Rosanna and it put a big smile on her face!

[John Ruy]

5 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 

 I did a poor job pairing the Amati ships wheels used for the  framework as evidenced by the port side wheels canted bucket. Not all Amati ships wheels are created equal. 

Great job Keith, Paddle Wheels have got to be the worst part of building these steam ships. Not looking forward to building the Klondike’s Paddle Wheel. 
 

John

[Keith Black]

22 hours ago, clearway said:

😁

 Thanks, Keith

 

22 hours ago, Paul Le Wol said:

Looking great Keith! Nice overhead shot 

 Thank you very much, Paul. 

 

22 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

I will miss you in the wee hours of the morning Keith lol ,  but do stop by and say Hi, lol I am so excited about the Peg, I will try to stop by and see more of this wonderful  log. Thanks for letting me tag along my friend. 

 Thank you, Bob. Guess who was working on their project at three this morning? 

 

20 hours ago, Rick310 said:

Looks great Keith!!

 Thank you, Rick. 

 

20 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

Awesome, Keith!!  I showed your work to Rosanna and it put a big smile on her face!

 Thank you, Glen. Bless Rosanna's heart, I need to send her a big ole bag of Michigan corn silage.

 

17 hours ago, John Ruy said:

Great job Keith, Paddle Wheels have got to be the worst part of building these steam ships. Not looking forward to building the Klondike’s Paddle Wheel. 

 Thank you, John. I thought I did well on Lula's wheel so I was disappointed that the ugly duck's wheels didn't turn out better than they did. But they're now glued in place so all of that is in the rearview mirror. 

[John Ruy]

4 hours ago, Keith Black said:

Thank you, Bob. Guess who was working on their project at three this morning? 

Old habits die hard. Who needs sleep at our age anyway. LOL 😂 

[Keith Black]

3 minutes ago, John Ruy said:

Old habits die hard. Who needs sleep at our age anyway.

 I can only sleep in four hour segments. I went to sleep at 8:30 last night and woke up at 12:30 AM. I went upstairs and worked till 3:30 AM, went back to sleep and was up at 7:30 so it was all good. The problem is if I stay up and work until those early morning hours I sleep in late and then I'm unable to take care of Maggie.  

[John Ruy]

1 minute ago, Keith Black said:

 I can only sleep in four hour segments. I went to sleep at 8:30 last night and woke up at 12:30 AM. I went upstairs and worked till 3:30 AM, went back to sleep and was up at 7:30 so it was all good. The problem is if I stay up and work until those early morning hours I sleep in late and then I'm unable to take care of Maggie.  

Best to stay on that schedule if it works for you and Maggie. 
John 👍