Billy 1938 by Keith Black - 1:120 Scale - Homemade Sternwheeler

[Keith Black]

3 hours ago, Paul Le Wol said:

Keith, very happy to see that Billy is out of the gate!

 Thank you, Paul. 

[BANYAN]

And... we're off and running.  Looking forward to your log as you progress this unusuall PS Keith

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, BANYAN said:

And... we're off and running.  Looking forward to your log as you progress this unusuall PS Keith

 Thank you, Pat. I'm glad to have you looking over my shoulder. 

[Keith Black]

 Thank you for the likes and your comments.

 

I'm almost done with the pilothouse. All that remains is the roof and the mystery object on top.

 

 On the inside I added the ship's wheel, my signature control arm, and a spittoon. Sorry, Bob, no whisky barrel. 

 The windows are glazed and the floor I almost forgot is in. 

 

 

 Which left the door. Looking at the press photo the PH door is the most elaborate piece of woodwork on Billy. It's pretty danged fancy for a sternwheeler especially Billy. I'm sure it was from one of the buildings Engel salvaged to build Billy. It had fancy trim, panel, and appears to have bene painted/stained two different colors.

 

 The doors in my other builds have been simple utilitarian and left open where one could see inside. I choose to keep the door closed as it is in the photo.

 

 I used one of my spare windows for the trim by removing stiles and rails and narrowing to fit the door.    

 

 I painted it in two colors and the jury is out. After living with this a couple of hours I think it would look better if was just the single brown color. What the door in the photo lacked was a doorknob which I thought strange but then I realized. this is Billy. 

 

 Thank you for your support and for following along.

 

   Keith

[Canute]

They could have used a wooden handle. Harder to spot. The PH is about the size of a caboose cupola, not much wiggle room. Billy is progressing nicely. 👍

[Keith Black]

1 hour ago, Canute said:

hey could have used a wooden handle. Harder to spot. The PH is about the size of a caboose cupola, not much wiggle room. Billy is progressing nicely. 

 Thank you, Ken. it could have had a wooden handler maybe one of those door springs that allow a door to be opened from either side with a push and keep the door in a closed position. They're most often seen on restaurant kitchen doors. 

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Keith.

 

I tried to clean up and enlarge your original image of 'Billy' (below) and I think your take on the door is correct - no handle. It also looks like the mystery object is a mushroom vent. That's my take, anyway.

 

John

 

[Keith Black]

10 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

I tried to clean up and enlarge your original image of 'Billy' (below) and I think your take on the door is correct - no handle. It also looks like the mystery object is a mushroom vent. That's my take, anyway.

 Thank you so much for doing that, John. That was very kind of you.

 

 Okay, it's a dang vent! But now you gotta help me figure out how Billy made noise.   

[Knocklouder]

We had a swing door between the kitchen and living room,  lost my little  finger  chasing my older sister,  I was two, that made little Knocklouder make some noise.  Lol.

What did Billy have for an engine? Straight pipes off the manifold always has a nice sound to it.  

 I do see a little bell out the front window, pretty tiny  for a riverboat  I think.

Handle or not neat looking pilot house.

Bob  M.

[Jim Lad]

Maybe he just didn't bother with a siren, Keith.

 

John