popeye the sailor

thanks gents the one thing about jogg'in the scale like this, is that some of the 1:72 decals are really too small to use. the writing just looks like dashed lines, so I'll just use the ones that stand out......like the fuel fills and such. I did manage to do a little more on her. one thing I came to the conclusion on...... if I choose to do another B 17, I can only do one that has the yellow lettering. there are some squadrons that use white lettering...I would hope that they come with their own decals, and not like the situation that I have here, in this case. then again, it was a snap decision and the plane was an odd scale. it's still coming out quite well the fuselage decaling......I had to refer to the pictures I have, since both sides are not the same. I still need to decal the props....then they can be permanently added to the model. only a few parts left. I'll have to do some gray on the underside of the nose........I touched it up after this picture was taken. the nose art nails it you can see that the nose looks a bit off with the green. I also did the fuel fills on the wings. I took today off....just as well, 'cuz I had some kitchen plumbing to do. we seen to have sprung a leak last evening {Sunday}. I did it myself.......wanted to see it done right oh.........and even if I wanted to leave her as a stand alone model, I can't. at some point in the assembly, I must have broken off the 'tab' that keeps the right landing gear down. it collapses on it's own.........stayed down long enough for me to have gotten those pictures. good thing it comes with the stand so I have a four day weekend for Thanksgiving........something to be thankful for

love the construction of these biplanes...........got some serious detail here! very nice

that's why I asked how you were doing with the tubing.......I ran into that problem. some of mine was a bit stiff and really hard to remove the bends, to get it how I wanted it. heat does work, but I also stuffed it with bendable brass wire of the same ID. poses real good after that! awesome progress so far........how did you not get that green on the tire and areas where you didn't want it? I paint my parts before assembly.

very nice look'in model

!WOW! awesome job Danny....look'in great

sorry I haven't followed up on this log........I've been off on another tangent I'm trying to get back to this one though.......working towards getting one or two of these near finished projects off my main table first. more on this one soon......

looks superb Greg!

nice to see your making progress Shane looks good!

top notch work Daniel

cat 5 cable wire does a very nice job! I have a ton of it.......used to make these cables in my spare time for extra cash really nice progress since I last looked in! looks awesome

hope it's nothing serious

catching up with your progress.....liking what I see one thing to keep in mind though........no ......or very low gloss with regards to the paint. they were not known to be shiny. are you painting the deck sheer? I haven't seen too many with a bare wood deck sheer.......most were gray.......and I do recall some {pacific fleet} that were olive drab {faded}. wait a day or two before sanding the hull, to give the paint time to fully cure. you'll see where the low spots are. you used bondo.........now if you had used resin, applied with a brush, it would have settled down to a smooth finish as it dried. sanding would have been a lot easier for you......that job couldn't have been easy. you came out with a nice hull though, and that's what counts. don't be too critical over a few dings.......these boats did some rough service at times, depending where they were stationed. these boats were like aqua army tanks.......they went anywhere

yea.......that would be hard to do with the set up supplied in the kit Jack. if that was the case, it would have two sets of wires for output. I do have a red LED....I could substitute ? .....then I looked at your reference.......... I have the Wiki bookmarked............never noticed that! the beacon dome is sealed........don't know what I could do about it now...........unless I painted three of the panes red. thanks for the head's up.

I haven't added any other decals so far........my typing went to the dogs today.....correcting as I go along. I did add a couple more parts.......still have to finish the gunner repair. curious.....I put the wings on......I hesitate gluing them on because I think it will be easier adding the smaller decals with the wings off. ,,,better than juggling the whole plane...it is a large model I also fitted it on the stand........I was impressed with how it looks, but I took it off and will save it till the final reveal. I don't think I've ever been this attentive creating a replica of this subject........most of the time, I simply took the kit's 'word' for it that this was what it looked like. at first, the walkways I painted on looked a bit off......I should have redone them. but as I hoped, seeing the assembled plane, they don't look bad at all again.......I didn't think to measure the wing span......I believe I did it earlier in the log though. I had to close the blinds for these........the sun is a rare thing these days..........been cold and gloomy with frequent rain. we've even seen squalls of snow. glad I removed the walkway over the nacelles...looks more like the real plane. I've done most of the fuselage mating touch ups...the topside is done. the bulkheads are a big problem here.....even though I shaped and sanded the edges of them, they still posed a problem when the halves went together. I even removed all the guide tabs on the bulkheads, so they wouldn't be there to create the gap problems I had.......I had 'em anyway. the Lindberg kit may not be a first choice, but it does make into a pretty neat model. I was looking at box art the other day........I saw kits {judging from the box art} that I would never buy, because they looked like toys! Monogram has a series of models that sports the model as the art.......some look really toy-like. well, the admiral wants to do the errands early.........silver lining, since it might give me the afternoon to get something done. in the grand scheme of things, there isn't much left to do.

good to have a few more look'in in...welcome I sprayed the pile yesterday with gray primer.........this morning, I touched it up, but I didn't shake the can. I wanted to give it a two tone gray contrast. I think the play sand will do the trick.......not too fine or chunky........appreciate the offer I'm still going to look at the smashed rock idea, as well as adding a little of the scenery stuff. I should have it in the base soon then I can wire it up! thanks for all the fine comments and likes!

look'in awesome.........keep going! how is the 'tubing' behaving? sometimes flaring it to attach to the pins is a pain

checking in on your progress Mark. plywood thickness is a peeve of mine. I've seen so many kits where the bulkheads and keel spine is way too thick for the model.........the Sergal Thermopylae is a prime example. the scale doesn't match the thickness and one comes out with a very bulky frame. I would have suggested the approach you did here........thinner plywood and cap the keel spine with wider strip stock........this creates it's own rabbits for planking but thinner plywood does create another problem....what you've done here. filling in between the bulkheads is a good idea......you won't end up with a wonky looking hull after planking. at least you won't have to work around leveling and straight edge apparatus as you plank { it would look like the hull is in traction}. if I wasn't such a stubborn 'ole bugger, I'd be clamoring for a laser cutter for Christmas!!! stellar job thus far

catching up on your progress Nils....and what a lot of progress you've made! the deck sheer really looks great........the coamings work quite well! she's shaping up to be another of your stellar achievements........you've done a fantastic job so far I agree with you on the portholes.......they are awesome

hello Jim.......coming in today, I saw that you were finished! I had to take a lookie....... fabulous ship you have there!......and wow....what a coaster ride for the ending. so easy to break something....some really good repairs........I've not seen the mizzen braces run like that before. I've always known them to rig to the main mast. is this the class of ship? in any case.......in which it is now in great job and congratz for completing a very beautiful model

looks really good!

no....pictures I have show just the insignia. I did a bit more to her today....I was a putz yesterday not related to the B 17.......I did a search on the Ruptured duck. it was an early B 25B, and one of the planes that made up the Dolittle raid. Accurate Miniatures produced a 1:48 scale model of a B 25B, but a review of the kit {it reads like a build log} I found, states that it has some inaccuracies. I've seen three variations of the nose art.....hard to say which one is the correct one. I found a list of the planes in Wiki. Doolittle Raid - Wikipedia as I was writing this, the mail came..........I have the decals finally! after a month and a half, the saga is over I hope they don't ask me to do a review

might be Roger.........but I don't have a set up like that. I do have some play sand though...something like that perhaps?

sounds like they supplied the wrong size brass

oHHHHHHHHHH! you know........I was thinking of looking for small rocks outside....smack 'em with a hammer, and glue some around the pilings. them add a little of that scenery that I used for the General. do you think that will work? I could smatter them with some green too.

great looking plane