popeye the sailor

thanks J.........I did a copy and paste to word pad. there is a lot of good info there thanks for taking the time! I got in a bit of table time today....a little here and a little there. the Olds engine is still in the works........I added the magneto and finished painting the headers, the chassis has been painted flat black. the radiator was cemented in place to better gauge the room left for the drive belt, and the battery was cemented in place as well. I'll have to do a dry fit in order to see if there is any more white showing. suspension parts and other parts are drying at the moment.......I might get to assemble what I have later on. this is where the model stands at the moment......the next update will be soon

here's a quick question........is having bumpers on it against the rules, or would they normally be removed?

so sorry to hear that your having back problems.......I used to go to a chiropractor myself. I hurt my back back in the '70s......seemed that every October, I had to go get cracked. I also took Flexirill {the spelling might not be right} whenever I had pain or spasms. this went on for quite a while, but one year {now quite a while ago} I stopped going and stopped taking the meds. I still have pain every now and again, but Advil handles it good enough. .....now, about my knees........ anyway.......I hope you get better......you've done some wonderful work with this project. hate to see it get sidelined! take care my friend and do take it easy.......it is true to keep working the muscles, but don't over do {I'm constantly chasing my admiral about that}

my word Frank....you have been busy! I've caught up with your log........amazed with the sail and rigging work. I had toyed with metal 'cordage' some time ago and gave up. I have since found some small and flexible cabling that may fair better at Hobby Lobby you have some neat methods here! very nice work.........she's look'in fit as a fiddle!.......the lazy jacks look cool!

sorry to hear

you can buy the basic kit.......come with some decal paper, the program, and a can of decal bonder. the only thing about it though, is you can't import images into it. DECAL-SYSTEM I did some digging and found the decal it standard edition. it wasn't very expensive as I recall........the upgrade for it only cost $15.00 DecalGear.com - The hobbyist's source for inkjet decal paper and Decal Maker custom decal making software for modelers and hobbyists I didn't get to do much today......the outside beckoned and I have to get our car ready for inspection. I did do a little painting...hope to get more done tomorrow

thanks Richmond for the link I've got some pictures to go on from the net........this is a different take on the colors. then again.......other folks had their own ideas as well. it looks darn good.......I'll say that !!!! I finally got the floor of the cab in the correct place now.....haven't had a chance to do much more.......darn nice weather keeps getting in the way!

very nice looking model.......well done

hee....hee........especially on Game of Thrones I was tickled pink! this decal program has quite a few images..some even comparable to the markings on your Mustang { but not as "connected"}. if I get a chance, I'll thumb through the images in it and show you. the program is cool, but it does have that nagging transparency issue, that limits how they can be used. some have been overcome with the use of white film paper, instead of clear film paper, but I have been able to expand the fix by changing the background colors. I haven't done that to the name image yet......I'm still looking for a font that I like. the only problem here, is that if I do it....it affects the entire field........and if there are any decals that I don't want this to affect, I can't have them on the sheet. the big draw for me, is the ability to import images and manipulate them to my liking.

the nails look really good.........I say that, because I have an abundance of 10 mm brads, collected from all my past kits, but I find I have to comb through them to find the perfect ones. some of them are really malformed. I wasn't at all worried about the hiatus.......I do the very same thing, as I have many other projects that I'm working on. good to see the continuance

as mentioned, I did a little tinkering during the work week.......rare for me, first, I wanted to see how the clearance would look for the slicks. the tires being untouchable at the moment, left it to my imagination.........I think I'll be OK. then the clearance for the engine........I don't think the drive belt with the fan will fit in there...... so off came the fan.......and I put it on the flat head engine. the drive belt was added to the Olds engine, after a tiny bit of trimming........it was then fitted again to see how it looked. .....just makes it here is the decal sheet that came with the kit. you might agree why I decided to change it up a bit ...not too many in the way of sponsor decals. but to start off with........here are some of the images I've come up with using the decal maker. the dragon is one of the images it has in it.

I'd be happy with a job like that.........I think with the decals, it will look great! that's like some of the camo works on focke wulfs and Messerschmidts especially the winter camo. I've never tried it. one of these days, I might attempt it, but I'd likely not get it right either don't get too crazy and ruin it

yep....one definitely had to break a few eggs , to make it big I added a fan to the drive belt for the Olds engine. the picture above reminded me that in quite a few cases, some substituted an electric fan and did away with it. to save space. I'll need to check and see what kind of space I have. the front axle is out of the dip and cleaned up.......I've been doing some tinkering

the fuselage looks really sweet! good to hear you won't need to modify the struts.

hello Jo......I just caught up with your log.....I see you've done a super job so far your about to fare the frame...the term folks call it. what you achieve here is to contour the frame edges, so that the planking rests on the full bulkhead.....not just the corner of it. if not done, the planking takes on a clunky look.......you'll see bulkhead ripples down the frame, particularly at the bow and stern. I use a dry wall sander for this, but you can also use any rectangular wood block.....as long as it's length spans over two or three bulkheads. the parts you've added { #21 & #22 - a pair of each} to the bow and stern stems, are called rabbits. your correct in thinking that the planking will cement to them........you'll need to fare them along with the rest of the frame. no need to bare down hard, but make long strokes over the bulkheads from bow to stern. when I do it, it makes a horrible noise......but as the bulkheads level out, it will become less and less noisy. I gauge it by this noise.......I call it making music........the admiral calls it terrible and sends me to the garage the weather is getting better.......I've got a few projects I need to bring out there....major sanding. be as even as you can and pay special attention to the bow and stern........make sure they are rounded to the contour of the ship your building. your staining fiasco isn't the end of the world.....you won't see that much of it anyway, and dark hides a lot of sin. as for the filler wood......I wouldn't bother. the only real places to do it is at the bow and stern, and these two areas are the sturdiest parts of the frame. added in any where else, and you may run the risk of seeing it through the holds. I read earlier, it was said that terminology wasn't that important...it is to a degree. it does help to know some parts of the ship.....it will help more when reading the plans. I don't care for their instructions any.....they don't explain too much either. I gotta go......but one more thing to remember, is to check the part your working with. it may need to be shaped or manipulated to fit properly. the manufacturer does give you a bit of material to work with when fitting the part on the model. fit and double check before cement is used. your doing fine.......don't let the model scare you.......you'll find what works and what doesn't remember........there's a masterpiece in that box somewhere........it's your task to find it

while I'm here........may just as well unload my progress. I have some.......no need to overload the camera engines and tires.........I did more to the flathead...... the intake and heads are on the flat head.....the timing cover and valve covers are on the 394........a couple more parts to go...... a bit more paint can add detail to it.......but I'll hold off since I'm not going to use it. I have a bigger problem that just cropped up.......the inner bead ring for the front rims. as can be seen, all four outer parts of the rims are the same height. on the slicks, this won't pose a problem.......but as for the front tires...... you can see that the rims almost go through the front tires....the rings, being too thick, would stick out from the tire and look terrible. there must be a way to thin the inn edge of the ring, saving the outer ring for the bead. rolling a piece of tape in a small circle {sticky side out}, the ring was stuck to it, and I was able to rub it on a sanding block.....anything flat really will do. kept in mind to inspect frequently, to insure it was sanding down evenly, the inner part of the ring was slowly removed. there is enough sticky side showing on the other side, that it helped me to handle the movement across the block........it stuck to my fingers I was able to use the same tape for the second one ........and the process continued until completion. with this done, it was time to assemble the front rims. they will be trimmed and painted later.. the height difference is very noticeable now.....I hope it is enough. too late now if it isn't. it's time to start adding to the 394 engine. the Hilborn injectors are lying nearby........the intake need to be detailed.........the regulator and fuel rails the headers are cleaned up and ready for paint. after some drying time, it was time to assemble the intake and injector tubes to the engine. ...added a touch of red paint on the tops of the injector tubes, and that's the bulk of this engine, aside from the headers and drive belt. I will have to modify the drive belt for this timing cover.......it only shows it for the stock {custom} timing cover {the pins are different on this one}. I did sand the finish off of the drag slicks.......I failed to do that for the Coke Mobile.....my bad the slicks fit nicely. huh......I just noticed.......Goodyear slicks. the front tires are Firestone......I'll have to check the sponsor decals and see if there are decals for them. I have one for Cragar rims........there's one for Goodyear.......no matter......I can make others. I'm trying to make some anyway.......along the lines of China Girl.......I'll show you what I have so far soon. the front tires are mounted........they came out good.......I'm happy that's all for now.........I hope to have more {the admiral's hinting at errands....... }

hello Steve.......welcome to the log yep.......he's not one of my absolute favorites, but I like a lot of his songs. one in particular is 'let's dance'.......a funny story for ya...... I was at work one morning....one bay had a trailer in it and one didn't, which has a profound effect on the acoustics in the shop. I was walking across the bay without a trailer in it, when the song 'let's dance' came on the radio. David uses his voice quite effectively on this song, and I do like to sing along with it..........so I did. I sounded pretty good with the acoustics {if I might say so myself}, so I kept going.... put on you red shoes and dance the blues........ to the song that's play'in on the radio.. just about ready to hit the chorus, my manager comes out of the parts room..........."way ta go Denis!" "You go......" big smile on his face! we both started laughing..........of course....that killed the concert of course, if you really want to hear something funny........I can do it in Elmer Fudd too as well as Popeye yas knows what I's mean? anyway......I hope you enjoy check'in in here and there.....appreciate ya popp'in in

welcome Sam, Jack and J! yes....my many projects.........and I'm constantly thinking of them too I know it's hard to follow, but when I get an idea or solution, I apply it right away. it keeps me busy and the admiral's head spinn'in glad to have ya aboard Jack! I can count on you J, to come up with some pretty cool stuff! now you'll have me wondering if there are any upgrades for L6 engines. I still haven't pulled the trigger on the corvair stuff.......curious to see what it's all about...the engine or just the upgrades. the kit came with the two V8's.......the flat head and the 394 Olds........I'm going to use the Olds engine with Hilborn injection, instead of the trip carbs

hi every one......welcome and hope you enjoy what I'm gonna do to this beast nothing spectacular really........I do have a couple thing I want to modify....this kit is an odd duck. as mentioned, there is no actual kit put out there by AMT.....they did have a stock version model kit at the time. I also saw that Monogram put one out back in 2000.......I forget offhand when they merged with Revell. there are other gasser models using this particular year and body........they were pretty popular with the racing community. I think it's safe to say that Duster and Mustang bodies took over the field by the '70s. the beauty of these older bodies was the frame........the the way {and how} it was constructed made them very strong, perfect as the start of adding in the elements of racing......roll cages and such. another aspect of this model is the suspension.......I'm use to seeing the dual spring set up, rather than the central spring suspension. if I had the spare parts stash I used to have {back in the day}, I could go nutz with it chances are your correct Mark......the decals depict the Mom & Pop race teams of the past, where money didn't ruin the sport yet. once it became to costly to keep up, most of the smaller teams faded away. back in the day, some used to drive it there, unhook the headers, put on the slicks, and toss out the admiral's hand bag {useless weight on the drag strip}. I agree with your assessment of British Scarlet.....as if I didn't have enough Orange, as well as International Orange in my paint stash Lou............! this is another color from the batch of paints you sent me Lou. there was a small group of Monogram and Humbrol paints in the batch, that I keep separate from the rest of the naval and armor paints {the white ensign stuff}. I am trying to transfer these paint to bottles......I find the tins a bit cumbersome. I have a habit of wiping the caps and lips of excess paint, so I don't end up with sealed shut bottles......then having to ruin the caps with pliers. the flathead V8 was the perfect 'poor man's' engine.......and is the basis for later racing engines. the valve in block set up was less labor intensive when it came to pulling the 'head'. I do find it kinda funny that ford first built the L6 engines, went to the flat head V8 engines, and then went back to the L6. the flat head was more than perfect for truck. when I was a lad, we had a '59 ford pick up with a flat head V8.........damn good runn'in truck! the Olds 394 engine was produced in 1949, although it saw the most use in 1959 thru 1964. this engine was another engine that saw a lot of application in racing. the valve train set up required it to have banked heads with two bolt on valve covers to shield the rockers and push rods, capping off the valve train chambers. these engine also enabled the use of two and four barreled carburetors as a single unit, rather than mount them as duals or triples. hello Ken........yepper! your places are both still there I don't move nothing.......I love company!!! that reminds me of my old Chevelle CDW.....it had a 305 in it, until I burned out some cylinders. I replaced the two barrel carb, with a four barrel carb {and intake}, and used to terrorize down town Manchester {we had a place to go to}. that is.........until the cops would break us up. but back then, it was just us kids having fun.........not like it is today any way.......our neighbor ran a small garage.......his only son had joined the army and I used to go up there to help him out {dad did too}. I was working at the nursing home at the time.....his wife was the head dietitian there....and I worked in the Kitchen under her. I got home to my father telling me to go up the hill.......Bill had something for me. getting there, entering the garage, there's old Bill.......working and spitt'in the juice from his chew in a pepsi bottle. Bill had an engine for my Chevelle..........I saw the small block 283 on the stand, but no........that was Willy's motor...not the one I was to have. he pointed to a tarp.......under it was the L6.....I forget what CID it was......I was bummed! but you know.......that was a damn good runn'in engine. the only thing I ever had to do to it was adjust the choke thermostat for the seasons. he rebuilt it......very tight and quiet for a six cylinder........usually you can hear the valve noise...but not this one. I did some more cleaning up last night.......the mold line are very prominent on some of the parts. I want to jack up the suspension, but what's in the kit is making it hard to do that. I'm in the process of checking the rear tire clearance.....here I ran into a small problem with the kit. the rims are a two piece affair......the outer mag halves are all the same height, but the inner bead rings for the front and rear are different, due to the thickness of the tires. they are a thick rubber and won't stretch outward to meet them. I haven't tried the slicks yet, but the front tires will have a very noticeable gap concerning the inner bead. these rings need to be thinned down........I came up with a way to do it. I'll tell ya in the next update

I need to update mine...as a matter of fact. all I use is Microsoft word.

there's still a bunch of 'em out there....the price tag is hard to swallow though

thanks Mark.......and thanks to those who hit the like button the body was fairly easy to replicate......even the taper at the bottom wasn't hard to do. I had fun doing it......the admiral really likes it. I was looking in Old Model's website this evening, and I happened to see a Lindberg 1:16 Concord Stagecoach. I inquired about it......we'll see what happens a huge thank you to all who followed along!

looks like they might have benefited by replacing the struts with the type used by the D VII

it's an older Revell kit...in the Pheon line up, it number 17. haven't found out who the pilot was here's a picture of it I'd like to collect a few more of these planes in this scale.......very nice build. I have a Guillow's Fokker Dr 1 that I want to do in either one of these squadrons {Raben or Berthold}. I have red and white tissue, so it may as well be Raben's Dr 1 20 inch wingspan...gonna be a big girl!

well....just be careful tak'in that inventory.......you may see something else that'll catch your eye