popeye the sailor

look'in great Slog.......super nice finish

it sets up nicely on the base!.........love it! definitely a delicate piece.......looks like you won't be hang'in it it would be a perfect fit in your study, on on your desk at the office. the only problem with the office though, is you'll have a hard time keeping a person's attention I think their eyes will be on the model. it has a very nice balance of color and vividly shows how detailed it is. a very nice piece of art it looks awesome Grant........you did a stellar job on it I do hope you'll post you Pocher project here......I've heard a lot about these models, but have never built one myself. interested to see what I've been missing out on

now........this ought to be REALLY good

another fine model Greg...........superbly done your achievements just keep growing!

I know that if I were to paint any of the handles another color, I would have to grime them up to show use. like.....when I get to the cap detail, I will need to apply a dry brush of that dead pan black that I made to show soot around the boiler door. if I were to paint the knobs, they would need the same treatment......whatever color I painted them. I'll be runn'in out for some flat red.........the more I think of trying the gloss, the more I feel I'll be ruining the model oh Lou........a what if by any other name, is still a what if I haven't visited the site in quite a while, but there is a 'what if' community that dabbles in these futuristic models. some are quite good.......aircraft and ships that are armed to the teeth!

has anyone ever tried decal set from Testor's?

did some mess'in 'round with the decal program today.........has me in fits so far. this is something that I don't get to do enough of.......I seem to have forgotten how I changed the background color from white. here I am click'in my life away, an' nothing's happening......little did I realize that I need to click in the image field......not in the open space of the field. I got it to happen.......the other images have a white block around them {because they have their own image field}, but the image of the dragon is now black....drained of color! I had overlaid the China Girl logo over the dragon image......that stayed in color, because it is not part of the original image. changing the field color before adding the images won't happen......it has to be the image. for this, I'm using white decal paper...which I have an over abundance of. the white paper is going to give me a backing for the image that will remedy the transparency issue that the program has. by changing the background color, it will narrow down the color for the car.......the decal will blend in to the car finish, leaving a decent image. more trial and error........when I figure this out again.......I think I'm going to write it down

flat red.........that's what I meant ....and I didn't say you were old {even though your older than me}. I don't want to get into any of that White ensign paint, until I get going with the New Jersey....I have no idea what it's gonna take to get it off the ground {an' no smart azz jokes about it not being a plane either!} so in the meantime, I'm trying to use up the monogram and Humbrol paints. I've added a couple more parts to the tender folks..........and assembled some of the chromed parts. there are some parts that are made up of two halves. more on him soon

that's a darn nice looking plane you have there. I've wanted to try the larger scale aircraft, but......like with the wooden ship kits........too hesitant and doubtful to pull the trigger on one. I had to have a wooden ship kit thrown in my lap, to get me started. {yea......I know....the admiral keeps telling me}. I did get back into flying aircraft a little.......I've built a Guillow's Spitfire Mk1, and I have a Fokker Dr1 in the closet......got to sand everything. to sit there and computer out a plane or ship is way above me {I'd be there forever}. I have had reasonable luck with taking and bashing a kit to fit the bill. love the paint job on 'er..........she looks so sweet!

this looks very cool Grant.....I'm interested to see this base. have you given thought to a posable 1:6 scale figure? what scale is a GI Joe doll.......or other dolls of the like? I have a couple of Walking Dead figures that are rather large......not sure of the scale. just a thought.......might look neat to see them on a person. these are too cool not to try something like it call 'em Angel........or Constantine.......or even Icarus

wow! some really nice progress since I last looked in she looks awesome! this one is on my list.........once I can afford her

look'in good Richmond it depends on the brand of model you buy {I've found}, as to the level of detail you'll get. moving over to wooden ship for me, was a golden opportunity, as I enjoy bashing kits I have the Lindberg North sea trawler in my stash. it's funny, because my first wooden ship was the Billing's Nordkap........32 inches of sheer enjoyment. it was an old kit {not laser cut}, and a couple of Christmas's ago, I got another shot at one of these old Billing's kits. I'm bashing it into the Progress, another one of Billing's older offerings. it is too bad you can't cut out the windows....some clear cello would have done nicely in them, and you could have scratch built the interior. shoot.......at $32 bucks, get another one and experiment a little. nice progress so far.......looking forward in seeing more

I'm a game nut too.......mostly sword and bow..... Divine divinity, diablo, and Gothic are three of my favorites. I tried the on line games, but I can't see buying the game and then having to pay to play on line with it. there are a few simulator games out there....I'm sure that there are naval sims out there.

you would be doing what this gent did. CDW may not be too far out of the ball park

hefty prices for those kits.........I do like the decal assortment though

thanks Ken.......there are two chains. I am acquiring quite an array of plastic chains........I don't use them.....simply terrible 👎 the coupler that connects the tender to the loco, isn't till the final assembly, so I have time to fab out some eye bolts and hooks. add a few more parts to the tender now that the decals are in place, and I can get heavy with the loco.......I've been assembling the valves and stuff. some of these parts are a two piece deal, and trimming the flash lines around them is scarring them badly. they are gold chrome parts I may have to drop them in the dip and paint them. would the cab be done in flat paint? the reason I ask, is that I am out of flat red. I do have gloss........I was going to run out and get some {Lou didn't send me any } thinking back in these times, I wouldn't think gloss paint was invented yet.

ya had to love all those 'no step' decals to put on...........I had a ton of them on my F 15 Eagle. I'm not too much with jets, although there are quite a few kits out there. very nice progress....she's look'in super

I had a 'both spectrum' day today.......still beats work'in the session was slow, since I was browsing the site here, but I think I got a lot done. as mentioned......I had a bout of happiness, with a dash of utter frustration. here.......I'll walk ya through it. after I cemented the axles in the trucks, I devised a way to put pressure on the frame to remedy the warpage they had. for the most part, it was successful. I haven't added any other wash colors to them yet, but I did promise a better view of them. I got those valve chests off the table too.........I added them to the loco. I was going to paint the gray parts flat red.......I still can....that is, if I had some handy. I ran out.........opened the bottle and found that it had dried up........oh bother I did a dry fit to see how the trucks would look under the tender. I like it I also need to do the pony truck on the loco too........maybe even the under carriage. next was to finish painting the sand dome......it had been painted yellow. I gave it some gold banding. I decided to give the wood load the base coat.......there are other colors that will be added, once the two parts are fully dry. the steam dome {I found that there is a typo in the instructions } got a continuation with it's paint job, deciding to accent top and bottom in flat black. actually, it seems like a semi gloss black.......I'm using the Billing's paint. I gotta try and use it up.......I still have too much to just toss out come to find out, the rattle can I've been using, has pretty much the same sheen. I added the rear coupler to the tender........it's not painted yet. also added the two caps... that is the pre civil war coupler. now comes the frustration part of the show....the decals. I truly pity the person that has the original kit........those decals are likely going to be worthless. they are very thin, with absolutely no give at all. the fact that they are long makes them even more prone to breakage. my only recommendation to you would be to spray them with a decal bonder {whichever you use}, or try lacquer. these are a reissue by Round 2 models and I had a devil of a time. the first one wasn't bad..... the other side broke in four places.........others broke in a number of places. I did the best I could to salvage them.......I managed to use them all. {damn stomach...........} I'll have to see what they have for the front coupler.......I know there's chain.........which will be substituted with metal chain. I may have to make a pair of eye bolts for it......hooks too most likely. the steam dome is done....here it is next to the sand dome. there are other part to be added to them both. thanks for look'in in

good that your keeping the mottle.......it really looks good are you going to mottle the wing root?......that would blend it in. over all......a really cool camo scheme !

is that a good hmm...........or a bad hmm?

yep.....that's going some when your model is as long as your table really cool!

looks very nice Vivian........must be some elaborate rigging for the braces {steering}.

I was gonna add a little red primer here and there too.......already got the black, but I do have the soot I had mixed up earlier, for another build. I have some other pictures......I'll post 'em later. I've been working on the General most of the day.........little here, a little there.......while trying to get caught up here on the site. there are so many logs I haven't read.........I feel like such a chode. another example of the vagueness of the instructions..........there are these two parts that locate just above the rear trucks on the tender. there is supposed to be a tab there, but on the model, the tab isn't there! I will have to wait till I get the trucks in place, before I can fit them.......somehow?!?! thanks for the info Ken

thanks Sam......Sam I am

nice!