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  1. popeye the sailor
    she's look'in great in her new paint every little bit brings her closer to rigging time!
  2. popeye the sailor
    super job on the vent and the funnels.......they look great rigged back in place. you might not want to run too many overhead wires though....remember, your still tinkering in there wonderful progress!
  3. popeye the sailor
    wow! ...some really great progress there Frank the bow spirit and hardware is very well done. wish I had an idea for ya on the trail boards.......way too intricate for decals and such. you could look into photo etch though...I'm sure there is lettering and frieze designs out there. nice work on the boom and hoops, they look great as well!
  4. popeye the sailor
    nice progress on the G.R...........and on the fort glad to see your back at the table.
  5. popeye the sailor
    ship's wheel and companionway look really sweet Pat. I have the same problem with my decal maker......it basically boils down to a transparency issue. using clear decal paper makes it worse, since there is no 'backing' to base the decal. most decals use a background to build up the decal image, stacking the colors up in layers. ink jet printers cannot print white, which is a crucial back ground color. in spectrum, it would be easier to use the decal over a lighter color, than a darker color....the DPI is so low, the darker color absorbs it, and it disappears. darker color {foreground} decals are more successful, but one still needs the lighter background color for it to really stand out. the best decals I made to date with this decal program I have, has to be the Andrea Gail........I used white decal paper, and changed the foreground color to match the hull color -->Emerald Green over white. decal making is a constant experiment. PE can be found.....it will be a search though to find the pieces you will need........1:350 would be your best bet. Wefalck has a good idea....I've used paint pens before. I'm sure you could figure a way to steady your hand as you do the markings.
  6. popeye the sailor
    congratz Greg.......we just celebrated out 30th the 25th of June enjoy!
  7. popeye the sailor
    looks like a sweet project..........nice start on the hull I'll sit next to the seat pincher and join in on the fun!
  8. popeye the sailor
    the case looks great .......very nice indeed!
  9. popeye the sailor
    OMG!!! you two are too much!
  10. popeye the sailor
    look'in good Carl......very nice progress SHhhhhh,,,,OC.......Japanese chefs are starting to stare
  11. popeye the sailor
    nice progress on the case the changes you made on the smoke really look great!
  12. popeye the sailor
    thanks Piet.......can't wait to see all those cranes rigged Jack
  13. popeye the sailor
    very nice progress Greg! the funnel came out super...as did the structure lots of PE added here
  14. popeye the sailor
    thanks Sam.......I bookmarked it. sounds like a useful tool. maybe I can find others as well {whoopie!!! I can throw away my stone axes!} thanks Brian.....this kit is a bit of an oddity. but for one whose willing to devote the time with it, it can be a nice little model. definitely needed the enhancements, to be sure part of me still thinks I should have redid the sails, but using these will further the work boat quality. I gave it definition between the standing and running rigging. I haven't had a chance to do more on her yet.......but the next time I update, I will have the jibs on her. thanks for the good word gents....and thanks to those who hit the like button
  15. popeye the sailor
    one I got from the Google mini........two guys walked into a bar......you'd have thought the other guy would have noticed it
  16. popeye the sailor
    bays are not sandy........the beach head is you had to ask is the Glowworm the name of the ship your doing...or are you doing a side build ? I ask only because you didn't name her in the beginning.
  17. popeye the sailor
    I dunno.......I think you should stick with it. we haven't seen the full treatment yet you may have hit onto something by water lining her.
  18. popeye the sailor
    thanks all....and thanks for the additional likes! once I touch up what I've done, I can add more. too bad I can't use more of the life boats......I have chocks from the Hood PE. but I will do the two, and that will be it. I looked at what you received Jack.......impressive line up I looked up the John W Brown.......interesting.......a converted merchant ship, to a liberty ship. her rigging should be some very cool detail. thanks Carl.......I'll put the last one there
  19. popeye the sailor
    thanks OC thanks Jack for the like
  20. popeye the sailor
    good to see your getting back to the table look'in forward in seeing more!
  21. popeye the sailor
    I was a little concerned about your method........there were some paint scratches that went a little too deep. in light of what you've done here......she looks pretty darn good now I wonder what those green areas are all about?!?!....part of that plating perhaps?
  22. popeye the sailor
    impressive just doesn't quite cover it.........this is going to be one hell of a colossal model by the time your finished I can't wait to see her then.......perhaps then I'll have the ultimate word for you............for now, I'll just gesture.........
  23. popeye the sailor
    yesterday was a bust for me........between the heat and the mowing, I just couldn't get it together. I did manage to assemble more of the main mast though, and began the paint work on the life rafts. I started to fiddle around with it this morning........before I knew it, it's well into the afternoon. first, there was the platform that has a life raft on it. it was assembled with the legs, and given a PE girder look on the sides. the spot light was finished and painted, later to be cemented in place on the platform. the mast has the yards on it now.......it too was painted. The HMAS Vendetta had a different pendant number during this time in her career.....I69. the decaling was next. she was with the 7th Flotilla, and she wore two white stripes on her aft funnel. I had some decals that I had cut in half, lengthwise, to do them in....some stripes that were to go on that P 47 I had on the desk......but I found that they were micro cracked. guess it's good i found out now.......when I build the Heinkel HE 111 bomber that accompanied the Thunderbolt, I will know to spray the decal sheet with decal bonder. I was going to go through my other decals, but I decided to simply paint them on. I did them freehand........not too bad, but there's room for improvement. to get more parts on the model, the aft guns were cemented in place. in between the bits and pieces, other parts were being painted and prepped. the life raft platform was painted and cemented in place. the life rafts were painted, and they also were cemented in place........I found a place for all but one, but I'm sure I can fit it in somewhere. the spotlight platform was also cemented in place.......so ws a ladder that leads to the machine gun platform. I've done no touch ups yet........ I neglected to take a picture of the port side........there's a life raft in the same places on that side too. I'll likely concentrate on the bow for the next session thanks for look'in in
  24. popeye the sailor
    I have the platform in PE from the PE kit I bought for the Vendetta amazing how that looks......very well done!
  25. popeye the sailor
    ohhhhh....now your teasing me I'd be too afraid to get lost in the detail didn't get much done yesterday......the work week and mowing did me in. I worked on the Vendetta during the day today...........perhaps I can get something done on the Nordzee this evening.

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