robert e lee

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couple of close up's of the front

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cheer's to both gene and T. B.hopefully have some more in a couple of day's

Yo Steve !

 I would have to say , You're still looking good , Mate ! T.B.

Looks better with every picture Steve.  Wait till you get the funnels & all that detail on, that when it is the most fun. Model building is something I guess you can do nearly forever. I quit a couple times & got back into more than ever. 

   I would really like to finish my Betsy Ann riverboat. I have got to check some more on getting photoetch for it. Did I ever tell you about the Cairo, a Civil War river gunboat. She was sunk by the first mine at Vicksburg Miss. It was a 5gal. bottle of black powder with an electric line to shore to set it off. She was all iron on top & wood hull. 

  She sunk in heavy mud, like the Wasa, in about 1864. She was found & raised in about 1958 or so. Everything on her was like new & preserved because of the mud. We have been to see her as they are restoring her.

haven't been on a real one gene , but there is a couple on the brisbane river qld and  one on the murray river , adelaide , they're a nice day out , they wouldn't be as big as the one's you rode on you lucky man

anyway's onward and upward's

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GM, I took your advice & figured how to sew the sails on with straight, as opposed to diagonal, thread. It works great & is just as fast. See my Wasa. I put them a little further apart as at the time I thought they would be individual.

  I bet I am the  only one here who rode on a real wooden big Mississippi Riverboat in the  1930's. The Preident out of St Louis & New Orleans. 

Yeah G;

 At one time even with only trim in certain areas the " Lee " was somewhat garish . The well known boat had a cheaper owner eventually and white on everything was his choice .You could touch it up with whitewash !

I didn't know that tanker , my tastes don't run to that thank god ,

gmorrison

I have some 1/150 scale figure's to put on , just wish I had gene1 painting skill's to do a proper job .

bakster

nice to know your still around mate ,

Beautiful model, just great! Really does need people.

Wow tanker, with a paint job like that, she oughta be named after General "Hooker".

Oh but wait, he was a Yankee...

Steve:

   Hey , mate ! Did you know the  "Lees " Grand Stairway was painted with red treads and white risers ? Bet you didn't did you ? So'kay though , the job you are doing is getting close to what I say is prime competition level  . Good on You Mate !  T.B.

Looking good Steve. Cool project.

finally got around to gluing the deck and stairway in

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Looking great Steve. I would leave the stair rail all white. I looked at all your pictures & it is really coming along great everywhere. The shot showing the second deck over the boiler is one of the best.

I don't carry silver T.B. , so I put a bit of white into tamiya's  medium blue xf18 , all these close up's are showing me how bad my painting really is lol .

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stair case together , should I paint the hand rail T.B.

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dry fitting the upper deck , I really must fix up the paint on those peer's ,

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Gee !

 Is that her name ? ya coulda fooled me . I thought it was the Steve Tuck ! Nice job mate ! You can take those little windows and fill the panes with a mix of silver and blue at Fifty - Fifty mix and they will look great .

 Then paint those frames very light ghost grey . Just the mullions and small inner frames . T.B.

thank's gene  , I used davidk's oil wash method , MM acrylic tan , a gloss clear coat , then an oil wash of burn't umber ,from what I've seen of your painting , your hand is pretty steady lol .

steve

Absolutely beautiful Steve. I didn't remember having to paint that on. I wish I had your steady hand. The wheels look great too. Your staining is great. What di youuse on the wheels?

got the name painted on , might have a wine to celebrate the christening lol

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hi guy's , I haven't gone anywhere , just had some issue's at home , will get onto the build over the weekend and post some pic's .

steve5

Steve & TB, Ditto on wanting to see Steve here with more pictures. I wish I had him to rig my models. Together we could build like a flash. I do the hulls & he does the rigging. Gene

Hello , Is anyone home ?

    Steve . I wonder . We haven't heard from you. Are you okay mate . I am missing seeing the progress you are making on the Lee . Please let us know how you are doing .In general and on the Lee , Please ?  T.B.

Tank, Thank you. On the Betsy, I built the hull up from the plans plank on frame, as they had a full hull plan for that.  I guess that is why I might have done something right. You are the riverboat man, I just like pretty. I can also follow plans as I have drawn over a thousand of them. 

I wish I could put his riverboat plans on this forum. I told you his grandfather owned the Betsy in 1925 & captained her. I can't remember names any more & will have to look he & the riverboat architect up again. 

    Have you seen the Snyder in Marrietta, she is a restored work boat. I will have to find my pictures of her. I just got the Prince hull & part of the gold painted & mounted on a temporary base. I am hell on wheels getting hulls done. I don't know how many hulls in wood I got done & never rigged until a good friend pushed me to do the rigging. He restored fine ship models & was super good.

 Steve, I am sorry we are hogging your site, but it is mostly riverboats.

Aw , Gene 1;

  You do nice work . There are some stairs and ladders missing , But the flavor is pure riverboat ! On the stern Wheelers I make my own wheels and journals and drive rods .The wheels are patterned after a 1979 Arkansas fishing calender . Yup , just perfect for eighteen blades .

 The Journals , drive rods and associated gear is all highly polished brass . Something in the stern area to draw the eye .      T.B.

Gene1;

    Can you imagine what it was like when all the bigger boats were on the wharves at one time ? The Whites would've even made the Lee look like a small boat !  T.B.

Steve, I just found these pictures of a riverboat that I had this far along & didn't finish. I don't know why, & I sold it on ebay. It does have a wood pile,all of mine do, & it also has the black hull bottom. I make all my own paddle wheels.

 It didn't show the boiler area well, it was a wood boat. I wish some one would come out with a plastic stern wheeler like my Betsy Ann. Then it would come with all the smoke stack & railing details. I have been waiting over 50 years for that, so I guess I will miss it this time around.  Maybe if I come back as a monkey that can build models, I could do it then. People would say, look at that monkey, all he does is build models.

   Maybe I've been at the Prince too long.

Steve, your staining looks great. It will be a pretty one. Keep the pictures comming.

TB, I have some good pictures of the J M White. She was built in 1878 & was 321' long & 48' wide. She was a monster riverboat.

  I also listed some of my built 1/32 fighter planes on ebay the other day, I have too many that don't have a home, glass case, & now I am swamping with ship models. I have a good plastic case man I have to call for some more, but that does cost more money  Oh well...

yeah I'm starting to get a few fit issue's myself gene. the wall's were so warped I had to glue them in first , then I had to cut the shaft to put the wheel's in , sorry T.B. , I will bog up the wall join's later .

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