Keith Black Posted Thursday at 01:14 PM Author #121 Posted Thursday at 01:14 PM 20 minutes ago, Cathead said: I mean, I'm regularly floored by your work, so I might as well floor along! Danged keyboard! It outta know when I mean following. Thanks for making me laugh, Eric. Golly knows I needed that. Knocklouder, Cathead and FriedClams 3 Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
Keith Black Posted Thursday at 04:41 PM Author #122 Posted Thursday at 04:41 PM Thank you to everyone for the comments, laughs, and the likes. I repainted the pilothouse and got it weathered. There is enough weathering on the engine room, I don't think it needs any more. Weathering requires a light touch and I'm prone to be heavy handed. I really have to reign myself in to keep from going overboard. I also do better in natural light as artificial light cast shadows. My worktable lights wash the weathering effects so these are actually a bit darker than pictured. I added the pilot. This particular resin figure was perfect for the pilot but both hands had broken off. These figures are so small (the tallest is 0.60 inches) and fragile that the extremities are easily broken off. I removed the hands from two other figures that were badly damaged for the pilot figure repair. I did my best job yet sculpting away the navy uniform and I think the figure turned out pretty okay. He looks the part of the pilot in the original photo. Time to quit messing about and start on the hull. I've been dragging my feet because the amount of space between the furnace and the wheels is unknown but I've got to go with my best guess. Between the furnace and the wheels is the furnace's automatic coal feeder, the coal crib, and the twin cylinder steam engine and shaft to the wheels. The water pump/pumps and gas engine are all on the port side. Thank you for your support and for following along. Keith Knocklouder, mcb, Cathead and 13 others 15 1 Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
Jim Lad Posted Thursday at 09:30 PM #123 Posted Thursday at 09:30 PM Looking good, Keith. John Keith Black 1
John Ruy Posted Thursday at 09:43 PM #124 Posted Thursday at 09:43 PM Very Nice Keith… John Keith Black 1 Gallery Photos of My Charles W Morgan Currently working on New Bedford Whale Boat
Keith Black Posted Thursday at 10:20 PM Author #125 Posted Thursday at 10:20 PM 49 minutes ago, Jim Lad said: Looking good, Keith. Thank you, John. 36 minutes ago, John Ruy said: Very Nice Keith… Thank you, John. Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
tmj Posted yesterday at 12:49 AM #126 Posted yesterday at 12:49 AM (edited) About the weathering. I have to go back to one of your first images. It appears as though the pilot house is darker and dirtier than the deck house/engine room. Could this be from soot and winds/breezes up high blowing that smoke more onto the pilot house walls than onto the engine room walls? Other than this one tiny observation, I think your weathering looks 'GREAT' and close to 'PERFECT'! It could be the light also. You've already mentioned that the photos of your work look different than the real thing, due to lighting. Looking at the location of that 'smokestack'... that pilot must have been hating life if the wind blew in the wrong direction! 🫤 Edited yesterday at 12:52 AM by tmj MAGIC's Craig, Keith Black, Glen McGuire and 3 others 5 1 "The journey of a thousand miles is only the beginning of a thousand journeys!"
Keith Black Posted yesterday at 04:09 PM Author #127 Posted yesterday at 04:09 PM 15 hours ago, tmj said: About the weathering. I have to go back to one of your first images. It appears as though the pilot house is darker and dirtier than the deck house/engine room. Could this be from soot and winds/breezes up high blowing that smoke more onto the pilot house walls than onto the engine room walls? Other than this one tiny observation, I think your weathering looks 'GREAT' and close to 'PERFECT'! It could be the light also. You've already mentioned that the photos of your work look different than the real thing, due to lighting. Looking at the location of that 'smokestack'... that pilot must have been hating life if the wind blew in the wrong direction! Thank you, Tom I agree, the pilothouse was more coal sooted as it was higher up and it was worse on the aft side. The engine room was more of a tan color because of the dredged material being primarily on the side and fore walls. If anything, I think I need to add just a whisper of tan to the pilothouse side and fore walls. clearway, Glen McGuire, FriedClams and 1 other 4 Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
FriedClams Posted 22 hours ago #128 Posted 22 hours ago Good progress, Keith and everything looking very nice! The changes to the searchlight and bell are a big improvement. Gary Keith Black, Glen McGuire, tmj and 1 other 3 1 Current Build Pelican Eastern-Rig Dragger Completed Scratch Builds Rangeley Guide Boat New England Stonington Dragger 1940 Auto Repair Shop Mack FK Shadowbox
Keith Black Posted 22 hours ago Author #129 Posted 22 hours ago 3 minutes ago, FriedClams said: Good progress, Keith and everything looking very nice! The changes to the searchlight and bell are a big improvement. Thank you, Gary. FriedClams 1 Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
Desertanimal Posted 5 hours ago #130 Posted 5 hours ago Beautiful work Keith. Looking great. Keith Black 1
Keith Black Posted 3 hours ago Author #131 Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, Desertanimal said: Beautiful work Keith. Looking great. Thank you, Chris. Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
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