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  1. popeye the sailor
    very nice progress Greg........very busy...and very life like really super looking!
  2. popeye the sailor
    superb painting skills! launchers and hull looks great
  3. popeye the sailor
    brush fire is hardly the word I'd use 🚒 hope your not in the middle of it all!
  4. popeye the sailor
    bad enough you had to add those guns........be careful hull looks great!
  5. popeye the sailor
    seriously nice work Danny.......the deck is pretty busy high level of craftsmanship there.....WOW!
  6. popeye the sailor
    sweet look'in ship Carl....very well done are you gonna paint the railings?
  7. popeye the sailor
    we call'em Malted milk balls here in the states.......my favorite as well.......next to the caramel cremes the ship's boats look great! with all the chocks that were there, I thought there would be more. your making some very good progress
  8. popeye the sailor
    that would be a very interesting road trip I have done very little to these sails.......usually after they are sewn, I paint them with diluted white glue, and drape them over a rolled up towel, to give them a billowed look. these got no treatment at all. I have the last sail ready to put on, but I still need to tie off the other sails first. I haven't done anything to her of late........but I gotta get a move on. I need to bring the Thermopylae back to the table. I'm hoping to get back to her on my days off. thanks for the good word and look'in in thanks to all who hit the like button!
  9. popeye the sailor
    super.........upper shrouds are look'in very good glad your feeling better and it wasn't serious
  10. popeye the sailor
    look'in very nice CDW
  11. popeye the sailor
    thanks Sam I'm hop'in it does. we've had a lot of heat and humidity.......in addition to the rain you might have heard about. the ride to work this morning was less than fun.....hardly could see where I was going I did get a couple of bits done........one I've got to repair......really looks like s.......... the aft mast is in place with it's tassel....don't know what it is. I need to touch it up a bit. the other bit was the vent at the fore funnel. I managed to trim it.......broke a couple of times. but then it wanted to be a bear to cement into place. I started to trim off the cement blobs, and while I was doing it, the funnel became loose. so I removed it so I can perhaps do a better job of cleaning it up. keen to note that I also started with some railings..so I'll be working around the bow when I get back to her. I haven't been totally idle. I've been doing more research on the Arizona.......basically what I can add......what I can chop........alterations. along with all this, I continue to be nagged by a 'what if' I've been thinking about. not so sure I want to let out that much insanity two more days left for the work week...I hope it goes by fast.
  12. popeye the sailor
    oh my.........we're going from a popcorn cart, to an ice cream truck! 🍧
  13. popeye the sailor
    look'in good OC.........looks even better on deck still more to go......so keep pile'in it on
  14. popeye the sailor
    we also have a product called 'liquid steel'..........used it when I was working on cars. don't recall what color it was though.
  15. popeye the sailor
    enlarging the image..........I recognize the brand {we have it over here}, but not the product. I'll definitely have to see how you use it. no card Carl.......it's just one of our U.S. crazy expressions being a card, means trying to be funny.......a joker
  16. popeye the sailor
    I could see him runn'in 'round the house scoff'in up stuff........and the missus ask'in "whatcha do'in?"
  17. popeye the sailor
    the printed decks threw me....not seeing them with my kit, I thought you had done them already older kits used to follow this practice.......instead of doing all that planking, folks could just stain the deck and be done with it. back when I was helping Tom out, I fielded a few questions and complaints about it. ignoring it, or if possible, flipping the part over and using the other side, was about the only option. folks didn't have to put up with it for long, because further down the road, it began to disappear. now, only a few manufacturers do it. the other kit that I have of the Nordkap has it.....I'll just paint and plank over it.......no biggie the strip along the inner bulwarks {been a while since I looked at the plans} isn't the way the plans tell you to do the pin rails, but it a good alternative to enable you to get at them at rigging time. not sure what your going to do to replace those belaying pins....I think the ones supplied in the kit are too big. I got some brass 5 mm belaying pins from Ages of sail...........click on the sub file for fittings and go from there. the number for them is AM4100/05. considering the hole you will need to drill to accept them, will be much better than the ones you'll need to drill for the kit supplied ones. while your at it, you might want to order some 4088/03 3 mm double blocks......there aren't enough of them either. if shipping costs are too much, perhaps a closer shop.......Cornwall, Amati would be an option {at least you'll have the size of what you'll need}. I'll bestow one small bit of wisdom I've come to know...........don't hesitate to go with a solution you've figured out for yourself. some of the coolest things I've seen here to remedy a situation, have been thought up by folks who are just starting out in the medium. keep up the good work!
  18. popeye the sailor
    great presentation and enjoyed the video very much! looks like a fine kit
  19. popeye the sailor
    quite a feat, considering your working with plastic {ain't I a card}
  20. popeye the sailor
    I think your cut out is very well illustrated.......nicely done.
  21. popeye the sailor
    absolutely wonder progress........that funnel deserves the mark of excellence! I noticed that on the sides of your turrets, it looks like little bomb decals...........decorations for the number of hits perhaps? really superb workmanship........all together, she's gonna look awesome!
  22. popeye the sailor
    it's been very hot here........and the storms haven't helped much. humidity is very high too....work is still a discouraging word as well. by the looks of things.......you'll have that armada before you know it I think it's interesting how they are similar to the Vendetta.
  23. popeye the sailor
    clipper ships are beautiful........definitely! I can agree that this particular kit is tough.......only because there is a lot more scratch building than meets the eye. your second planking came out nice...as with your deck. did you look up Cryil Humes' Thermopylae? http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=211834&img=132358 click on the smaller pictures.......you should also be able to zoom in for close up viewing. your early pictures were misleading.........does your kit have printed decks? mine didn't.........I'm sure you got the smaller detail sheet for the deck fittings but, did you get one of these too? I had ordered these extra sheets from Cornwall Model Boats.......the one on the left is stamped sheet brass. it was a bit of a pain to work with, but I made good use of it. I was going to create a second hull and build the Cutty Sark........coming up with the decorations for the hull would be hard to do, so I thought better of it {dunno......I still might do it}. by all means........take your time. this hobby would be a bore, if one could churn one out in a week do you have a side picture of the inner bulwarks? ........interested to see what you did there. you asked about this......with all the bulwark posts removed {and after the deck planking}, I ran two rows of .5 x 2 mm along the bulwarks starting from the bottom. then I ran a strip of 1/16 x 1/16 from fore deck to aft deck. another strip of .5 x 2 mm finished the bulwark off. this will give you a firm anchor to locate the pin rails.......they will be high enough from the deck to add the belaying pins. you can also see how the chain plates {channels} were arranged. having an idea of the mast rake, they were arranged just after the mast holes. the rake is between 4 to 6 degrees.....this is good for most ships. I'm going to work towards getting mine back on the table. hope you don't mind if I posted these pictures......figured it would be the best way to show you. I can remove them if you wish.
  24. popeye the sailor
    superb job on the ship's boats Danny........a major step all in their own
  25. popeye the sailor
    nice job on the repair work.......the end result makes it all worth it good that you were able to recoup.

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