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. 

[Keith Black]

Thank you for the comments and likes.

 

 

 This ugly Hard Coal Navy towboat is done with the exception of a couple of spots I noticed in the photos that need to touch up but that's  only a matter of a couple of minutes effort. 

 

 The deckhand has taken his rightful place. 

 

 I like this view because the skipper can be seen in the pilothouse.

 

 

 

 

 When the boiler's firebox in cleaned out the clinkers and ash are flat nose shoveled over the side. 

 

 I have extra chain in the winches but won't know how much until the barge is lashed.

 

 

 Thank you so much for your support and for taking the time to follow this journey.

 

   Keith

[Paul Le Wol]

Keith, congratulations on completing this wonderful build!

[Keith Black]

1 minute ago, Paul Le Wol said:

Keith, congratulations on completing this wonderful build!

 Thank you very much, Paul.

 

  I still have the barge to build but I've got to step away from the worktable for a week or so to get some neglected yard and house work done. 

Edited yesterday at 10:47 PM by Keith Black

[Paul Le Wol]

Looking forward to your return to the work table 👍

[Keith Black]

10 hours ago, Paul Le Wol said:

Looking forward to your return to the work table 👍

Thank you, Paul. 

[gjdale]

Congratulations on completing yet another fine build Keith. I look forward to your next.

[LJP]

Absolutely incredible!

 

LJP

[wefalck]

2 minutes ago, LJP said:

Absolutely incredible!

 

LJP

Allow me to strongly disagree - I think it looks very credible 😁

[GrandpaPhil]

Very cool and very nicely done!

[JacquesCousteau]

Very nice work! Will you be showing the barge build in this log, or a separate one?

[Keith Black]

4 hours ago, gjdale said:

Congratulations on completing yet another fine build Keith. I look forward to your next.

 Thank you very much, Grant.

 

4 hours ago, LJP said:

Absolutely incredible!

 Thank you so much, LJP. 

 

4 hours ago, wefalck said:

Allow me to strongly disagree - I think it looks very credible 😁

 Thank you, Eberhard. I'm still trying to learn weathering techniques, I wish I was accomplished as you are in that regard.

 

3 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Very cool and very nicely done!

 That's nice of you to say, Phil,  thank you. 

 

21 minutes ago, JacquesCousteau said:

Very nice work! Will you be showing the barge build in this log, or a separate one?

 Thank you very much, Jacques. I'll be building the barge in this build log, thank you for asking. 

[Canute]

Your boat turned out nicely. 👍   Can't wait to see the barge she'll be pushing.

[clearway]

nice build and well done on the weathering Keith.

 

Keith

[Keith Black]

3 hours ago, Canute said:

Your boat turned out nicely. 👍   Can't wait to see the barge she'll be pushing.

 Thank you very much, Ken.

 

1 hour ago, clearway said:

nice build and well done on the weathering Keith.

 Thank you for the kind comment, Keith