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Steve, You have really done a beautiful job on your Lee. All the details are really great & you have a bunch of them. It really makes it come alive. I have those pictures of the Western River if you would like to try a scratch build. Have you got a good hobby shop over there as it does take HO RR parts, windows, doors & railings. I guess you could order from Walther .

   Where do you get most of your models. I get mine from ebay. It is a constant supply at good prices. I imagine the shipping hurts you, unless you get one in Austraila.

I just saw that picture from the front showing the gangplanks. Absolutely super. How about a full portrait.

Hi Steve

  Now as to the cargo and the boat as a whole .You ( To coin an American baseball phrase ) Have knocked this one out of the park . A true Maritime Steam Grand Slam ! T.B.    P.S. Take a half hour and breathe and then start your next project , " Time's awasting " . LOL.LOL.LOL. P.P.S. The cargo/passenger boarding ramps were locked in place at blocks on deck that were anchored to the frames below .There were  "secure pins " then inserted in holes drilled through both , and secured with Cotter pins .This kept them from swaying . 

T.B.

thank's for those really nice comment's , I learn't a lot from you , in other word's , have a go ya mug , [ old aussie term lol ] . I intend to have a bit more than half an hour off , as I said I intend doing some tank's , just for something different , it'll be interesting to have a try at some of their painting techniques ,

gene

don't know if I am up to scratch building yet , but I would love to see the photo's mate , will post wider picture's soon , as the boat is almost finished , just a couple of things to do yet

steve5

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Steve, you should be proud of that, it is perfectly beautiful. The smoke is a super touch. Makes me want to build another one. How long from start to finish? I can look it up.

 I can't because I just painted the Airfix Victory. It's going great .

Wow! That is a gorgeous work, sir! I love it... That is a really nice touch with the smoke too. Excellent. You should be really proud of this. This was a fun build to watch it come together.

Wow Steve, you just started that July 20. You are a smokin machine.  Beautiful work. Maybe I will try to finish my Betsy Ann. I need photoetch rails & details. I started to do drawings in a large scale that they need to do PE, but I didn't finish. 

That looks super and well done. Thanks for the tips on the deck debris, I will start adding pieces parts to my pile.

Steve;

    Try to tone the smoke toward black . Remember these were low pressure wood-burners .  T.B.

you can add a tinge of red/orange to the base of the smoke as I have done in the past.  Also the two smaller stacks are steam vents, you can add white to those.

big jake , did you find anything to help ,

too everybody thank's for all the nice comment's ,really good for the ego , LOL ,

will have a go at the smoke , see what happen's

 steve5

Steve !

     Hey , Mate , I am going to have a pint in consideration of a project well done .Good on you mate ! Ps . Don't put much red in the smoke .That would not be seen on a riverboat ! !    T.B.

thank's T.B. , might have a couple myself ,, LOL ,.

The smaller stacks are the piston exhaust stacks, are they not? 

That suggests that they'd "want" puffy bits of white smoke trailingthem.

Now, the boiler smoke probably ought to reflect a good strong wood fire.  One burning to coals under the boilers.  So, depending on how green-cut the boiler fuel was, the smoke could be a medium gray rather than sooty black.

Now, I'll wager those stacke built up in creosote and pitch, and may have flared at times--but probably not as a rule, given the length of those stacks.

Your kit, your choice is the bottom line, though.

cheer's capnmac , it has been a really windy here this week , and as I have to paint outside it might have to wait till the weekend , thank's for all the suggestion's on the smoke , light grey with fleck's of dk grey and a touch of black , will try a bit of red at the base .

steve5

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Hi ;

   Actually , there were many ways to do this . If the ole river was normal , tying to the rails would've been a quicker expedient . However , the real fact is small rings mounted to stubs just inside the support stanchions were normally used .

    Remember this too .The modern boats are NOT historically 100% correct ,so looking there won't help . Either method will work . Now again I have to say , This is definitely worth a pint and some pleasant thinking about a job well done !     T.B.       What's the favorite brew for you blokes in Towoomba ?

bigjake

I would have put some ring's under the rail's , if I had done some pre planning too mate ,I made my own as the kit one's were way too big .

T.B,

 what ever is brown and frothy my friend LOL .

Well.I guess that means a Foster Stout , Right aye ?

I recieved the kit yesterday and (of course had to break the celophane - don't sleep well if I don't smell fresh sytrene at least once per day). I took a look at the box art and noticed that the stay are fixed under the second deck. I'm going to try and research as much as possible and get an answer for all on this.

Jake

Steve, Here are some of the pictures of the little sternwheeler that you might have a go at. I built this rough work nearly 40 years ago & it was still around. These were the plans & I had blown them up to HO scale. I built it with an added bottom hull in case I didn't put it on resin water.

2 super books, I have lots more.

Me at the Howard Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville Ind. about 10 years ago. Not much of a picture but the boats were what I was after. Thats all for now but it's a start to scratch a simple riverboat.

I appreciate the pic's gene , I am so much in awe of bloke's like you who do this sort of work , and call it simple ,I really don't have the work area , or machinery to even attempt it , I might even add the skill too , I hope you keep posting your build's , as I am just so loving the work you do , I also wish T.B. would post a couple of pic's of his build's

big jake what's your first impression of the kit

steve5

Steve, with the work you did on the Lee, you are in the upper class of model builder. It is a super nice job you did & the additions make it even way better, I love the smoke & the boxes & bales. A little model like that Western River doesn't take any tools except regular small tweezers, sanding sticks & the like. I don't have any power tools except an excellent Foredom cable drill. Never use a dremel much at all. I have had my drill for over 40 years. It is the most worthwhile tool you can buy. Using  a cable drill lets you do all kinds of work way easier.

   It is about all I use when I scratch build something. Using sheet & strip plastic make scratch building easy. I will get the info on Foredom drills, if they still make them. Everything I have is antique including me. 

Steve;

   I wish I could post those pictures too .I have never learned how to do it right . Now , what I will do is this .If I can find them I will make copies and send you , by post the " Edgewater Princess as she was when I last saw her . None of the build pictures survived the storm of Dec . 2-1982.

      I had delivered her on the Dec - 1 1982 during the " Grand Opening " of the convention center/hotel in Little Rock , Ark . T.B.

Tanker, if I can do it so can you. I am dense on computers. If you can get on Google Photos with your pictures, left click the picture to enlarge it then right click it & left click again the  "copy message address" & go to Fine Scale & left click the mountain scene. Then right click in the top box & hit paste & done, & zip you have a picture. As long as you can tell right from left you are in bussiness.

And, Tanker, if you really like the bloke, get him a Victoria Bitter

a carton would be better capnmac LOL