popeye the sailor

WOW Mark! your moving right along! canons look great

that one picture........really shows how sweet she looks! the finish paints are really cleaning her up nicely. the big day is coming when we will get to see her finished, but your next project may just dwarf her really looks good!

a winch that detailed......definitely should be painted, blackened, weathered, and aged. it looks so good! nicely done Frank.....the winch is perfect!

glad to hear your still working on this project....can't wait till the sawdust starts flying

catching up is so much fun .........when there's so much progress! you have really done quite a bit....amazed at the detail you've put into her! truly wonderful model......very cleanly done

glad to see an update Michael......I know full well how life can get in the way. you've made some great progress......really looking super

superb rigging Nils........do you normally use jogs to create the pulley assemblies? I think it's ingenious........I can never seen to estimate how long to make one that will fit

such amazing progress.........one can see that you enjoy sculpting very beautiful work......the stern is a work of art! I'm sure there's more to be added.

thanks Kevin.........haven't done much with her yesterday. the admiral wanted her treadmill moved out in an open spot of the room, so I did some rearranging in there. now I won't hear her complain that I've taken over the room staining some planking before I go to my test today.........fingers crossed

thanks Lawrence......I don't normally do my sails this way, but for only two of them, I made a concession I sew my own though......not as lucky as you are still need to finish trimming the rest of the fish.......I think they will look better loose {so to speak}. not much left to do.......feel like I'm sneaking up on the finish. so yea.......yet again, I forgot to bring that hair net I found home......I still will {it's too cool not to}. I went out and bought a package of hair nets....I looked at those scrunchies that women use, but I haven't seen the right color. I also have the model shipways netting that I got in the Nordkap box. it's already pre cut to size.....I just have to cut the length. the mesh is good, but I haven't gotten it wet, to see if it will relax. it's kinda stiff and still has the folds in it from packaging. so I still have some testing to do yet. the admiral even made a suggestion of using tulle......so I got out a sheet of that as well, along with the mesh fabric I bought from Hobby Lobby some time ago. from that box of odds and ends I showed earlier, I mentioned that I found only the crows nest parts from the Half Moon. I trimmed one of them and hung a preserver on the back wall of the pilot house. the other one ended up on top of the fore cabin roof. the hair net.........thumbs down. the mesh is too large and seems to be too loosely woven. I suppose stretching it out and spraying it with paint or diluted white glue, might help.......but it could be used for larger models. the other hair net isn't like this.........I'll get a picture up here.......I won't forget. the last thing I did, after cutting out the rest of the fish......was to trim the haul line for the main stay sail and made a rope coil for it. so now.....all that's left are the fish and the net.

well......I finished cutting up those plastic plates......I got a total of ten fish out of them. more than enough to add to the boat.......now to get them trimmed and painted. I also managed to forget the hair net that I found at work.....I like the looks of it too....DRAT! I have a few options here that I can look at...we will later then there the placement of the life preservers.......that will be covered as well........I'll have an update soon

thanks OC and Patrick........gonna be a broken week.....I have a test to take on Thursday for a new job. haven't done this type of work for a few years....I hope I can remember it all so far today, I did a bit more on the Norden to finish her up.......for the T.D., I want to start doing the planking on the second level structure and a few more things to the first level. I hope to have something to show very soon here thanks for the good word! you don't have to thank me Michael......I'm just passing it along. the sharpie ink is a lot thinner, and will penetrate the wood easily. it was a great suggestion by our wonderful moderators. of course by my blunder, I found that it is easy to revitalize these pens as well, by simply adding India Ink to them....I let one dry out by mistake. I tried the pencil......I tried the crayon.....I've even tried the thin strip mahogany method. but, as soon as I tried the archive pen...I was hooked I'm just a humble modeler, amazed by your work

I see you fixed the upper balcony....looks much better. when you add the support columns, it should stop the sagging from returning. looks great!

you showed the sopwith hanging in your Fokker log......made me realize that I had totally lost track of this project. while it appears that I didn't miss much, I see that the finish produced a fine looking model. the half fabrication looks great....the truss cables can be a trial....you pulled them off very well. definitely set you up for your tackle of the Fokker kit super looking model!

very tedious work to keep all the pivots movable....then all the fastenings that go along with it. my hat's off to all who can achieve this......an act of the purest insanity I have trouble even with plastic kits......one ill drop of glue, and I've failed the kit has me fooled........clearly can see what looks like mold lines on the frame parts kinda interesting

Mark has a good idea there........I've never tried to split hairs I've uses thin wire from those little motors........the ones you get from toys and such. the armature wire is very thin......almost as thin as a human hair. nice progress........too bad about the flag

very nice progress John.........your putting some thought into this projects, and it's paying off !

nicely done Glenn........the extra detail for the rigging is paying off. really looks good the sails look great as well!

congratz on making it to the rigging stage......quite a journey to get to this stage she's a labor of love......and your off to a good start

the hull looks fantastic! I've asked myself the same question about double planking....I've only done it to one model. it seems a waste of planking, especially if done as well as yours .....and of course, with the use of copper and paint. really nice....well done!!

nice job on the hull bottom Danny.......at least you won't have to deal with the decks being off shaded looks very good!

WOW! you've done a lot so far! looks very good Is the frame plastic?.........I see mold lines on the parts. this might even answer some of the dilemma between A.L. and Model airways {model expo's brand of kit}. to weigh in on the bending question, think that the bending line cuts into the thickness of the PE. bending into the line will give you a smooth corner or edge, and evens the thickness of the part being created, on the inside of the bend. you won't have any telltale marks on the outside of the bend either. as most know, this is a one time shot.......no way to correct anything once bent to shape. I've not done too much with PE, but to me, logically, I think this is the process for bending the parts. I did have a bending tool for PE, but I traded it along with a bunch of other stuff, for a Billing's Bluenose model that was partially built. I will soon have a chance to experience some PE......the river boat has some. I feel cheated a bit, 'cuz there is no bending involved your doing a super job on this build.......the sub assemblies look very well done as well

I agree with Ken.......I'm impressed with how you put it all together. the model is coming along nicely as well.

your way ahead of me.........windows and stairs look great sweet look'in model so far

thanks Piet