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

[Keith Black]

2 hours ago, clearway said:

to be honest Keith i prefer the ugly ducklings of the ship/ railway genre- you wont find many passenger coaches or passenger ships in my collection- freight rules.

 Keith, you have built/are building beautiful models. Far far from ugly ducklings.

 

36 minutes ago, Cathead said:

Speaking of dredging, I'm coming up dry in my barrel of superlatives, having used them all up on your logs over time. So, you know, good job and all that! Models after my own heart.

 Eric, I'm glad you think this ugly little towboat is worthy. I think an ugly barge will tie the package together nicely.  

[Jim Lad]

Barge - easy. Dredged spoil - hard! 🙂

 

I'm looking forward to seeing your solution for the dredging material, Keith.

 

John

[Keith Black]

11 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

I'm looking forward to seeing your solution for the dredging material, Keith.

 John, I'm thinking a thin mix of drywall joint compound and sand. It needs to give the impression of a wet slurry mix with hints of anthracite peeking through. I think getting the color right is going to be the make or break part of successfully replicating the dredging material.  

Edited yesterday at 08:25 PM by Keith Black

[Javelin]

Hi Keith, 

 

This is the inside of my split barge Bengel. 

Might give you some inspiration. 

 

The rougher side dredge material is a mixture of acrylic gel with beach sand, the glossy wet look is caused by the glossy acrylic gel. You can add more or less sand for a rougher or smoother result. 

The watery inside is that same acrylic gel mixed with brown acrylic paint. You could add streaks anthracite paint in it as well. 

 

[mcb]

Hi Keith, 

 

You have captured the 'mood' of the thing.

Well done, you are going to have a fleet of these soon!

Thanks for posting,

mcb

 

 

[John Ruy]

On 10/4/2025 at 6:33 PM, Keith Black said:

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

 

   Keith

No, Thank you Keith for taking us on this journey. Astoundingly Incredible work. 
 

 

[kurtvd19]

15 hours ago, Javelin said:

This is the inside of my split barge Bengel. 

Roel:

Do you have a build log of this barge?

Kurt

[clearway]

in the world of military modelling you can buy "wet mud effects" to add to your vehicles- not sure if it will look overscale as never used it myself- there always the sieved soil out of the garden method as well

[Javelin]

3 hours ago, kurtvd19 said:

18 hours ago, Javelin said:

This is the inside of my split barge Bengel. 

Roel:

Do you have a build log of this barge?

Kurt

To my own surprise it seems not. I thought it was one of my first shared builds, but it appears I've only put her in the gallery here: 

https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/album/2675-split-barge-bengel-1400/