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Manufacturer	ARTESANIA LATINA
Stock #	20505
Description	KING OF THE MISSISSIPPI
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Quantity owned	1
Type	Vehicles Boats
Area	Water-Marina
Storage	(*AW) *Completed Model - Water
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Size	660x130x300mm

Assembly

Started planking the deck.

Lots of glue and clamps to make the hull. None of this will be seen, so I am using lots of glue.

More work on the hull.

The lower cabins.

The boiler room.

More work on the hull.

Bending the hull at the front was not easy. Plus the fact that the parts were not exactly cut right by the manufacturer.

Applying the vertical wood planks to the builer room. After the glue has dried, I will cut the planks even with the top and bottom.

Lots of wood bits cut from planking the decks and cabins. I keep all of these. Never know when you might need them.

The middle cabin.

I painted the hull white.

How did this get here? My "test board" for Arduinos.

Finger pointing to the smallest Arduino I have found so far. I will use an Arduino to control the lighting and motor on the riverboat.

Gluing in wood pieces to stiften the hull.

And more.

Lots of glue and clamps. I want to make sure this hull will hold up.

Can never have enough clamps.

More planking of the boiler room and lower cabin.

Assembly of the upper cabin.

The hull is looking pretty stable. I think I used a half of a bottle of wood glue on this.

The nose of the hull.

Izzy? What are you doing here?

Clamping the first deck to the hull.

The second deck. I painted the bottom of all the decks white. The tops are planked with wood, weathered, and varnished.

Creating interiors for the cabins on my computer using Photoshop.

Ready to apply the interior walls.

Just in case you can see in the cabins.

Another view of the interior.

Applying the edge strips to the decks. This part was not easy. After soaking the strips, I bent the strips of wood around the decks and pinned them to a board to dry. Hoping the curve will be "set". This is my first model ship.....learning as I go.

Closeup of bending the deck edge strips.

More edge strips on deck 1.

Using a jar to bend another strip.

The top deck edge strips.

Brass handrails painted white.

After the edge strips have been glued to the decks.

Clamps and contact cement to clue the edge strips to the decks.

Another closeup of the deck edge strips.

A completed first deck and hull.

A completed top deck.

Deck and hull closeup.

Making the doors for the boiler room.

Painted the cabins white. Trimmed them with Dark wood for contrast. Trying to make the "King of the Mississippi" very similar to the Paddlewheel boats at Disney World.

Painting and door trim on the Boiler room.

The Paddlewheels painted Red with Black bands. These parts were cast metal.

A test fitting of the decks and cabins.

Painting the metal trim "Brass".

Reinforced the glue on the second floor cabin.

Doors and windows were painted with Chrome paint and the black paint was "rollered" on the raised panels. Then windows and doors were installed along with an exhaust grate made of gold perforated craft paper.

Doors installed on third floor cabin along with Gold craft paper "grates"

Smoke stacks were painted flat black.

Captains cabin assembled and "planked", I decided to use the darker wood planking to make the Captains cabin stand out.

Lower front cabin attached to the hull.

Arches installed between the two first floor cabins.

The rear cabin and boiler room.

Installing real glass in the captains cabin. Glass comes from slide covers ordered from eBay.

Installed sandpaper roof on the Captains cabin.

Glass is hard to photograph.

Painted the cabin shutters Red to match the other trim.

Shutters installed on the middle cabin.

Roof installed in the Upper cabin.

Second floor cabin glued to the floor.

Another test fit.

Looks pretty good so far.

I like the contrast between the white planking on the cabins, the "natural" plank boards and the dark trim.

Shutters installed on the upper cabin.

"Brass" bolts were painted on using a Gold Sharpie.

Dock bits before painting. Ships wheel painted and "weathered". Still needs "Dullcote".

Getting items painted and ready to be installed.

The stairs are one of the hardest things to assemble on this boat. There is no support for the stairs as they are built. I used contact adhesive to give an instant bond.

More stairs that had to be spaced just right to give a 90 degree opening when finished.

The Captains cabin with real glass.

Door knobs were created by gluing small brads to strip wood. Then painting the stripwood and brads Gold. Here they are installed on the cabins.

The stair outer railing had to be soaked and formed around a bottle to get its shape.

Barrels were first stainted with "Rust' and then wipe stained with black.

Test fit of "Fairy" lights purchased from a craft store.

Give the boat a Party look. Here is a test fit of the middle cabin.

A platic piece was marked with Gold and silver Sharpies and then installed in the boiler room.......just in case someone lookgs through a window.

Used contact adhesive to glue half of the railing to the stairs. Let that dry first.

Stained and varnished the handrails.

Attached the second half of the outer railing to the stairs with contact adhesive and applied clamps.

The completed stairs drying.

Installing the top rail using contact adhesive and clamps.

The top handrailing installed and drying.

Plastic tubing for smokestack "Smoke" effects to be added later.

Installing the fairy lights using tape and then glue.

Closeup of the door with real glass and scrath built doorknobs.

Gold trim on the smokestack tops.

My caliper came in handy while building the boat.

Brass trim on the captains cabin roof.

Lights and horn painted.

Dock bits painted silver.

Front lighting before installing the stairs.

Gluing on the second deck.

Lots of wires run all the way to the top for future use.

Right rear.

Right rear wihout flash.

Installing the stairs.

Middle decks.

Closeup of lighting.

Second deck.

Lighting around stairs.

Lighting in the center section.

Both decks lit and third deck installed and clamped.

Top view of third deck.

Lots of clamps to get the stairs to conform to the area.

Smokestack test.

Top view of third deck with all the wiring and smoke tubes installed.

Front view.

Rear view.

My desk and the huge boat.

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