popeye the sailor

my....you have been busy I was under the impression that this was a wood project.........but it's plastic. so far though, you managed to integrate wood into the model...and it looks great revell did {not known if they are still producing it} produce a galleon in 1:96 scale at one time. super job thus far..........very interesting th direction your going with this

poking my head into the scratch build forum, I was glad to see you've made some progress on this one. fine progress it is too glad to see your feeling better.

I've gotten the same pep talk Michael glad to see your back in the workshop! look'in real sweet!

I know......we buy all these tools and toys, and then we have to leave them sitting there because we just don't have the time. I'm getting there........finger's crossed for the day I can take up residence at my table! viva la playtime!

I wasn't aware of this either.....I've only seen the white Plastruct products. I'll keep this in mind as well nice picture..........but that's how I've pictured you already .........I mean, avatars don't lie............do they?!?!?!?! {if yas gimmie a pipe 'an a saila hat, I kin look like mine too } Ak - k-k-k-k--k!

You know I put a note in the Hull before buttoning it up. I forgot what the heck I said! Doh!! "you broke it, you bought it " I used to work at a cabinet shop in Florida.....I bought a 'second' that looked something like that. open on both sides, I filled it up with car models.

thanks CDW..... I hope I'm not confusing folks with pictures of the Nordkap. since I opted not to build it again, I thought it would be neat to post relevant photos during the building of the hull. I chatted with the admiral to later purchase a newer kit of the Nordkap.......it would be interesting to see what a laser cut kit would be like. I even have yet another ship in mind for the project........longer than the Nordkap the ship in mind had all the stern features of the Nordkap, but is longer and sports a fore castle deck. glad your enjoying the build so far,,,,more on the platform fitting will be ready soon.

she looks good in hr new case, E.J

yesterday, I had just enough time to trace out the margins. one thing I'm going to do differently on this build, is that I won't cut out for the holds and structure...it's not really that much of a biggie. if I were to do an R/C version, it would be a must. now I'll need to check my inventory and see what I have for flat stock.......I'm hoping that I have some 1/32nd. I remember how I planked the Nordkap. I know now that I took the long way to do it......and I used 1.5 mm planking to boot. fitting in the starboard half of the platform, I did experience some shrinkage, but not as much as I expected. the wood is brittle........breaking a few of the smaller corners off as the platform was being fitted. I glued them back on. as mentioned, I was a little off with the bulkhead spacing, but I can clean it up when the planking takes place. I did have to alter the two transom posts, removing some of the curvature at the base, so I wouldn't have to cut the slots too deep into the deck platform. the starboard side is finally in place. I'll wait till the port side is fitted, before I make adjustments to them both more on this step later.

the Mississippi i"m working on is only 660 mm...smaller by far, but still a decent size. she's a good looking monster nice work Chris!

the tracing paper did the trick....the only down fall was that I had already cut the deck parts out. hard to trace the outer edge. presently, I'm fitting the deck platforms.......I will have an update soon. there will be quite a contrast between the woods used on this older kit.......it was a lot easier when I built the Nordkap. here are a couple of pictures of when the platforms were installed during that project. I can tell you that Harold did a great job with aligning the bulkheads......I could cut the slots for the bulwark posts exactly where they were printed on the platforms. I was off a bit here and there......can't totally blame it on the age or condition of the wood. there is a silver lining though, since I will be making the margins and planking the deck...none of the tell tale gaps will be seen I should have some update pictures soon.

thanks Pat.. I got a bit more done.......the structure has been trimmed and touched up with stain. perhaps later, I will cobble it together and do a dry fit to see how all this looks now. I really need to get busy on the windows and doors.......I have an idea on how to make them. thanks for the good word! thanks to all for the likes

young at heart Bob..........very nice bit of progress

amazing looking model........nicely done rigging as well!

thanks Carl.......I thought about filling the corners in, but bending that stuff would be hard to do.......and it would look terrible in plywood. I will likely line the inside with tulle, and obscure the view that way. the admiral cautioned me about the weather tomorrow - rain...........so I went out and picked up all the grass clippings thanks Kevin!

don't feel bad....I never knew that there were so many parts to a cannon

I stopped for lunch guys..........aside from taking Gibbs out, I've spent all morning on the T.D. even the camera needed a refueling! Brian had asked about where I'm going next with the build, so it starts there. the opening in the center of the third deck has a rise from the structure below, and it must be built up. there are vents that line the upper part of the rise...but I'll get to this later. I'm not doing what they instruct me to do. so it starts with the base layer of wood....the two ends and the sides. so while this was drying, I figured that I'd plank the deck that serves as it's roof. as I got to the outer edges, I saw that a full width plank wouldn't fit..........so I used a 2 mm plank strip to finish it off. there are two holes I need to open up when I'm able to. I went over it with a wash of stain, wiping it off quickly......all I want it to do is cover over any unstained spots that may have shown up. it matches well with the below deck. later........to drill out the holes, I clamped it to a piece of junk plywood and drilled them out with the same size bit. on this deck is a smaller cabin structure....above that, is another smaller deck. I planked this one next, staining up a couple more strips when I ran low. they are all trimmed and sanded around the outer edges. back on the third deck, twelve short pieces were cut from the same wood, the base frame was made from. they were arranged on the rise giving them spaces in between......one on the fore and aft ends as well. the one on the fore end juts out from the shape of the base frame, and needed to be trimmed and sanded to match the shape. as you can see, it was stained over to mask the sanding marks. since the wood used didn't match, the entire rise was stained. it looks much better than to leave it with two different hues of wood. I recall running out of that particular shade of gray, that I used for the undersides of the lower decks. since the underside of this deck will be unnoticeable, I stained it. checking to be sure I drilled out all of the holes, the two smaller decks were banded with thin strip mahogany. I washed my hands to loosen up the caked on CA, on my fingers. I left the banding that overlapped the slots for the structure, just in case it would be needed. as for the third deck, the other holes were drilled out, leaving a couple of the slots closed, and it too was banded. I still need to figure out what to do about the underside, since this deck is more like the lower decks and should be painted gray.......I need to get more paint I found some spare thin strips that I had stained in mahogany, so I also finished the small cabin structure too. I didn't bother to cut out for windows.....the lavatory doesn't need them! privy must be the shortened word for privacy ok....my musing is over......lunch is done........guess I'll go find something to do

cannon looks good Michael....dolphin is a term I'm not familiar with. are they the two loops you added?

the way they show in the instructions is not that great........they don't give too much in the way of measurements either. I was up early this morning and got right to it. this project is first.........I'm going to try doing a bit on other projects too. I kinda liked how it went last week. I have one of the stairs almost fitted......I'll need to do the other side. of course, I goofed and made them both the same.......they needed to be opposite of one another. once I can arrive to where I left off, I can then attack the problem again. that will likely be when I start making the windows.

I was off and runn'in at 6:00 AM.......started on one project and beginning to make the rounds got a movie date tonight with the admiral, so I will have to scramble!

I dunno Greg,,,,that PE may send you too far down the rabbit hole! here........gimme your hand .....I'll try to pull you out! to add most, if not all of it, will definitely produce a highly detailed model

that red has pretty much the same tint as the red primer I like to use. I have a small compressor that I got with my 'spraycraft' set up.......but when I have to do the big jobs, I hook up to the 25 gal compressor in the garage. I made a special adapter for the airbrush, and I can adjust the output low enough. I do a lot of big hulls she's look'in really nice!

work'in my way back to it. I also want to do something with the windows and doors......I really don't want to use those metal parts. I see them in the instructions, and I think .......yuck! I still need to finish the cabin on that level as well....one end still needs to be planked. more to come soon thanks for look'in in

yepper! I'm here too tired during the week.........look'in for a productive three days

hello Lawrence the Progress is based on the Nordkap hull........once the hull is planked and some of the work is done on deck, then I can start modifying the cabin structure to create the Progress. I even had a thought to do something different with the bow.....do a forecastle deck. the only thing about this, is I would need to build up the bulwarks for it, and then it would change her looks. you'll see a few pictures of the first Nordkap, but only for showing what I will be doing at that particular point. I still haven't traced the margins yet.....that will be done in the next session. I have high hopes of getting the deck platforms put in as well. sorry to hear you folks are under the weather......if the weather's been yucky 'round here, it must be worse where you folks live glad to have you look'in in! hi Zappto.......welcome to the log. it's still a bit slow starting off, but it should get interesting pretty quick.........I had a really good time building the Nordkap. this one should be even better, now that I found the plans for her, when I found all this other info. I hope you enjoy the project