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

[Keith Black]

 Thank you to everyone for the comments and likes.

 

 

 The handrail is finished and with that the heavy lifting for this ugly duck is done but I still have a couple of days adding the final details. After just four months the push boat portion of this build log is almost done and then it's onto making the barge.   

 

 I've answered all the initial port side questions as best I could and I'm pretty pleased with the results. In the beginning the port side blank spot had me intimidated but as I added known elements the port side mysteries slowly revealed themselves.

 

   

 

 

 

 

 I wish I could take credit for meticulous planning the pump placement where everything would fit like a glove but that's not the case. I placed it where I thought it should go but in truth it's much more of "even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then". 

 

 

 Thank you for your support and for following along.

 

   Keith

[JacquesCousteau]

Amazing work! It's incredible how realistic it looks at such a tiny scale.

[John Ruy]

Beautiful Kieth, Incredible work. 🤩 

[Keith Black]

6 hours ago, JacquesCousteau said:

Amazing work! It's incredible how realistic it looks at such a tiny scale.

 Thank you, Jacques. I think I did a better job keeping to scale on this build which really helps with the realism. 

 

5 minutes ago, John Ruy said:

Beautiful Kieth, Incredible work

 Thank you very much, John. 

[Glen McGuire]

7 hours ago, Keith Black said:

"even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then". 

I'd say the blind hog found a 5 gallon bucker full of acorns.  The whole build is fantastic.  Well done, Keith!

[Paul Le Wol]

Looking forward to seeing the deckhand surveying the situation. Beautiful work Keith!

[Keith Black]

5 hours ago, Glen McGuire said:

I'd say the blind hog found a 5 gallon bucket full of acorns.  The whole build is fantastic.  Well done, Keith!

 Thank you for the kind comment, Glen. I'm glad that 5 gallon bucket is full of acorns and not something else. 

 

 

4 hours ago, Paul Le Wol said:

Looking forward to seeing the deckhand surveying the situation. Beautiful work Keith!

 Thank you very much, Paul. The deckhand is waiting in the wings, it'll not be long till we'll see him standing on the bow, daydreaming as he blank stares at the distance bank of the Susquehanna.   

[MAGIC's Craig]

Don't forget the cat...😏

[clearway]

well done Keith and the finish line is in sight 

 

Keith

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, MAGIC's Craig said:

Don't forget the cat...😏

 I don't think a cat would make it on this rig, Craig. I don't see a cat friendly corner anywhere. I wish there was because if there were I'd add a cat in a heart beat. 

Edited Thursday at 07:49 PM by Keith Black

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, clearway said:

well done Keith and the finish line is in sight

 Thank you, Keith.