Black Shoe
Bronze
Sub-Lieutenant · 1,456 pts
Portland Maine, United States
Member since Aug 2020
Last online 2 days ago
Age 83
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Just an old retired duffer who's primary job is to let the dog out, let the dog in, let the dog out, repeat.......
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"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." Will Rogers.
Black Shoe’s harbour
5 boatsGalley News
This boat represents a small inter-island coastal freighter that would carry almost anything from the mainl…
Harbor Tug "Fort Valley"
Tug "Fort Valley" was the recent subject of a build blog. She's scratch built plank on bulkhead/frame and s…
U.S. Coast Guard 40' UTB 40535
This is a 1:12 scale 40 footer that was part of the US Coast Guard's main harbor and inshore search and res…
The River Supply Company (RSC) Docks
This isn't actually a boat, but it floats and boats use them, so with your permission I submit the River Su…
"Nonesuch" and barge "Asset #1"
"Nonesuch" is a 1:18 scale typical inland river pushboat found on most waterways in the US. She pushes a sc…
Black Shoe’s build blogs
4 blogsTwo or three years ago an older modeler passed on and left his tools, parts and pieces behind. As is often the case, the son had little i…
Nine Laying the deck on this build was a little out of the ordinary. I had incorporated a false deck to stiffen everything and minimize t…
This correctly titled would be considered a "Built Log". The subject is a heavily kit-bashed Lindberg North Atlantic Fishing Trawler. It …
There isn't a formal name for this tug yet. There are a couple of names floating around, but I'm waiting for the personality to develop a…