King of the Mississippi - Artesania Latina

[William Gibson]

Starting a thread to post some images and thoughts from my build of the Artesania Latina King of the Mississippi. I received it for Christmas in 2024 as my first wood model. I don't have a lot of pictures of the progress so far, but will start taking more and posting them. I am currently. Starting deck 3.

 

[neilm]

Lovely start. Going to enjoy your build.
Excellent.

 

[Peter Schaap]

A warm welcome William. Nice start

 

[William Gibson]

Here is current state. Working on the trim for deck 3. So far, the most frustrating thing for me is bending wood. For my first attempt at the stern, I tried to form the trim inside of the cutout from the sheet. That worked reasonably well for the front, but I was unhappy with the back. I'll be reusing the wood from that failed effort. My next idea is to firmly secure the wood to the back and then heat it in place as I bend it around the sharp curve. We'll see how that goes.

 

[William Gibson]

That seemed to work much better.

 

[HenryC]

Four years ago, I completed the 1980 version of this kit which I had started in 1985 and then life happened and I finished it when I retired in 2021. This version is so much better. Great job!!

 

[oldflyer]

William,

Great start - I pulled up a seat - I really also like how you did the stairs - look really well articulated.

Regards,