popeye the sailor

congratz Mike! she looks absolutely amazing! you done a great job

looks fine to me......I would say you nailed it

oh shoot! I think your right John! I've got a bunch of pictures saved up. that's gonna be a super project when I get around to it. the ship is a shade over 32 inches long..... thank you Nils.......it doesn't take much to dress up a kit...many folks here do just that .....and your scratch building is amazing!

looks super........how long is the model?

cameras can be our own worst enemies! looks very good though.......your quite the artist!

thanks for the kind comments.....and thanks for all who hit the like button currently working on the fore sail and the life preservers. after that, there are two more aspects that will finish the model......more tomorrow if I can get to the table. thanks John......I'll try to get the preservers done, so you can see how they look thanks John.......I think that is a picture of the St Romanus, another North sea trawler. if you want to see some other great looking trawlers, go here http://www.hullmodelboatgroup.co.uk/ most of the models here are scratch built. I believe the fish are made of rice, or whole spice {cumin, caraway etc} thanks Pat......sorry mate, plastic don't taste very nice thanks for such a kind comment

such an awesome project

this morning, I though I'd do some of the last bits to the Norden. as I had mentioned earlier, I had strung the buoy rings on the guy rope I rigged up for them. I also rolled up the ladder, I had set up on the port side. like john, I wasn't too keen on the plastic plates with the fish detail on them. I think I had another build that had them to......I believe it was the Mary Ann. I tossed them out.........now I'm wishing I had hoarded them as well. I have this idea of cutting the fish from the parts and laying them in the trays. they might look a bit more natural. I rigged an extra single block and cleat to the aft mast, and prepared the aft sail. simply.......fold over the edge pleats and trap some thread in between, creating an eyelet at both ends of the bottom. I traced the pleat lines on both sides of the sail. as I mentioned.......for two sails, I wasn't going to get too fancy. now if I were working on a Bluenose or something, it might be a different story as I've done for all my other builds, a suggestion made by John {Jim Ladd}...{what John.....since the Nordkap } is to remove the fake rope off of the life preservers, and put some real stuff on them. it can be a pain, depending on how cooperative the procedure goes, but I like the way they come out. it starts by removing the fake rope. I save these pieces.......depending on how well they are removed, I think they could be used as regols for the gun port lids on sailing ships at this time, they have been painted red....soon to be rigged up. after the buoy rings were gathered, the guy rope was tied to the spreader on the starboard shroud. I made up a rope coil for it, to finish it off. the aft sail being done, and the tackle added to the mast, the sail was hung and tied. a rope coil was made for it as well. if I get more done.......got an errand to run.......I'll post it tonight thanks for look'in in!

thanks Lawrence...there's really not much more to go. thanks for the fine comment......really appreciate ya follow'in along

true........although they are not pointy however, I may snag 'em on my socks

hey! glad I'm not too late after seeing your Bismark Danny, I wouldn't miss this one for anything!

thanks Piet.......yea...once you start browsing through, it's very easy to over do it. I have others I'd like to have gotten, but the amount got too scary! I may look at unpainted ones, although, I still don't think I can give them the same love and detail, as the finished ones. yes Sam.......another one. when will I learn nawwwww! it's too much fun! welcome aboard and enjoy... I hope I can keep from becoming too boring I've heard a lot about the carpet monster of late........something I forgot to touch on in my last update. I was assembling the rings and the pins for the doors. I was using the kit supplied rings and found that they were a bit too small, so I opted for the antiqued ones I mentioned earlier. before I knew it, one of the tiny rings flew off to god knows where.......I couldn't find it. switching over to the antiqued ones wasn't much better......I lost two of them. one thing looking for lost parts is good for, is that for us older folks, it gives us the opportunity to stretch the 'ole vertebrae in many contorted ways in looking for the other ones, I found the first brass colored ring.....it landed in the doorway of the spare room! I never though it went that far! as for the antiqued ones........they are still among the missing, and likely won't be found until they are either picked up by the vacuum, or I start on another project.

nice work on the mouse......impressive under the circumstances. hoping you recover from this latest setback...your strength is to be commended

you didn't waste any time! on another journey I see........well...I'll just have to tag along I don't recall, calling it veneer, but if you think about it, using thin strip for planking, and second planking, is pretty much the same process {except it's not adhesive ready}. it's perfect if plywood edging can be seen, or if a lesser wood is used for primary planking. I'm sure that thin strip of exotic woods can be found and used to enhance your model....may even cost you less I wish you well on another fantastic journey

from that moment on, things just unraveled. my son wanted to borrow the snow blower, so I had to get out and do our driveway. even though my son has an SUV, he would have never gotten through what the snow plow left at the end of the driveway. {would have been fun watching though} today started with trimming the planking and sanding the top and bottom of the repaired end cap. my notion on those pins from the Nordkap fittings was looked into.......I got four of them. I should have waited though....the order came in and now I have plenty again. the end cap is sanded and ready to trace out the windows. on the other end cap, I decided to leave the door section, and plank on both sides. tabs trimmed off.......sanded.....and the ends of the mid section were cemented down to conform to the curve. it was then planked over. two small windows will be traced out later. now, it's trimmed and sanded. the eye bolts and rings were added to the forward structure doors. the first set of windows were cut out on the end cap. I also cemented in a pair of braces for the middle of the side walls. I hope the manufacturer realized that the thin planking, due to it's width, is not going to navigate the curves very well on these structures {well maybe the larger one} on this one, I have some 3 mm planking that will do nicely. the windows are going to be a pain, since I'm not using the metal stuff. I'll have to see how this is gonna work out.

so yesterday, my curiosity concerning the helmsman, caused me to assemble the helm room. I left one wall removable, so I can work on the interior. I then started to assemble the end cap fascias on the two upper level structures..........that when I knew I had my work cut out for me. the other end cracked too......so I took another route. I trimmed off the tabs and planked it over. it will have stained thing strip laid over it, once I cut out the windows. there is no door on this end. I likely will remove the other end and do the same thing.

oh...I'm sure they are nice Lou.......at that scale, it might not even be noticeable. they are HO scale Mike......I think it equates to 1:87. me....no I'm not rich. I do have a fairly decent paying job, but big changes have been made in the company, and I'm not sure it's a good fit anymore. they make out like they are concerned....but they are covering up their main goal. so many have gone already. the only thing to do is deal with it Eric.......make adjustments where I can. it will still come out to a nice looking model make it so, #1

looks great so far

oh, I know.......I hear ya. I'd rather spend time at the table, than at the drawing board. lots of folks slow their logs down during the warmer weather.....it's tough being cooped up all winter long.

looks perfect to me........there's still something missing though. anything fit on that tab?

good to see you didn't have alignment problems with the gun ports....seen that way too many times here on the site. looks good...very neat and tidy

thanks Spyglass

it can be very interesting when the wind is involved.......I had a 5 inch well in the middle of my driveway, and over two feet where the cellar doghouse is. I only have a small snow blower......took a bit of doing to get through it. cleaned up another 2-3 inches this morning and made paths for Gibbs in the front lawn. my neighbor on the third floor spent part of the mid day at our house. he lost his keys.....thought he locked them in his car. when he was able to get into the car, he found that they weren't in there.......must have lost 'em in the snow. the plow guy came this morning......just took Gibbs out for an afternoon jaunt.......found them in the snowbank, along the back of the parking lot. he'll be pleased

very impressed so glad you decided to post this. I liked that site you linked and especially like the 3-D rendition...that was very cool! be sure to let the crew know that folks from all over the world are looking in.........can't wait to see more such awesome progress!