popeye the sailor

super progress Nils........the ship really looks awesome!

very nice yard work

no....it doesn't help with tapering. basically, just lay the plank down and see how it wants to lay.....tape to fit.

did they make a new structure, or did they install an elevator to move the helicopter below deck

darn.......looked in the closet and I haven't the foggiest where the board got off to. I tried to quickly make another one, but you'll see where I drilled two holes, too close together, and the drill walked. it still will give you a good idea. you'll see where I drew two lines......from the bisect of the two lines, curved lines are drawn {I did two}. you can shape the curve as tight as you want to. the plastic pegs are 3/16.......I made others from wood dowel. don't use metal or rough pegs because the wood will get marred or stained. alternating holes allows the strip to be held in place. other holes can be drill to make adjustments, depending how much bend you need.

sure.....I'll put something together for you. I kinda figured that's what you were planning to do with the bulwarks. I know planking can be a trial......I'm no expert either.

look'in really nice OC..........your doing a great job! hands are still OK......no problems?

who knows, she may like it more when your finished and the ship is in her case super progress!

thanks Don I'm continuing with the pilot house at the moment.......should have more a bit later. got up early this morning....Gibbs got me up for a morning outing @ 4 AM. I have the supplied deck planking for the ship, but I'm beginning to wonder if I should do the deck in this color Anegre, in keeping with the pilot house color. I might have enough. thanks again for all the likes

planking her that way will insure your maintaining a straight line, but you'll need to remove the excess planking along the tops of the bulkheads, ending off at #6. the bulwarks should have a curvature that follows the main deck. it's not a bad idea, but you'll be doing a little extra work, defining the main deck bulwarks. I use pretty much the same method in bending plank strips. I have a pine board with systematically drilled holes to allow for changes in the bend. I have plastic dowels I stick in them......the kind you get from pre fab furniture. like your doing, I set up as many as I can

I've seen the Dumas kit......I was referring to the plastic version {seen that one too @ Hobby Lobby}. it's an airfix kit @ 1:72. one of these days, I'd like to try a Dumas kit.....like the looks of the PT boat they have. thanks for the good word my friend on the Nordkap front........I finally got a hit on the fitting kit! I've sent e-mails to Billing / Danmark and Age of Sails, but so far, no replies yet. last night I tried another search and came up with a place called Premier Ship Models, based in Canada. the reply mentioned referring me to someone else, so I'm waiting on that reply. I'll see where it takes me thanks Piet and OC! ....and thanks to all who hit the like button! I didn't get too much done yesterday......made the admiral happy by getting my hair trimmed. she said I was starting to look like a hippie we had a major ice storm the other day......everything is coated in ice. we did have a good amount of snow, but we had a January thaw and most of it is gone now. ........and then we get this.....it's quite slippery out there I was hoping to have this done when I posted the last set of pictures. I got to the table a bit late last night and painted the cap rails.....touched up the margins. when I did the scuppers, I did ding 'em up a little..........but that's alright, it's a work boat. when the model is finished, they'll never be noticed I was going to start planking the deck, but the cap rails were drying.....so I started to look at the pilot house. I wanted to do it a little bit different. I like the satin brown, so I decided to base it as the trim color, and base it off of that. I was thinking of a mahogany color, but it would be too dark. So, I went with a light color Anegre this strip, and will do siding on the exterior. going vertical, I went with 0.5 x 2 mm wide strip. I could have gone with 3 mm, but the 2 mm will fill the fields without having to patch in a smaller width. I'm not using the supplied doors........I'm going to add a casing and use the punch outs that I had removed. recall that I had used 1/4 quarter round plastruct for the front corner edges, since the assembly of the pilot house, left a gap there. I will also be using some plastruct 'L' angle for the back corners. this will box the side fields in and serve as corner moldings. I stopped here to paint the 'L' corners before I finished the port side. I will cut the windows out after this has dried. I plan on using the tinted cello that I've used on a previous project, since this kit doesn't much in the way of interior detail. I'd add some, but the pilot house is rather small and so are the windows. the port side is filled in now.......when dry, it can be trimmed and cleaned up.

it's nice to hear that your misses is on board with the hobby. sadly, some are not......makes it tough to enjoy when there's friction, every time one wants to spend some leisure time. my admiral is totally on board.....I used to work with plastic, but when she saw my first wood ship....she decided that I would continue with wood and stop building in plastic! she gets involved with the color coordination {no plaid}, and she's a great sounding board. should I get stuck on something. she won't do sails though.......pity I dunno......there may be a call for a left handed door, you never know great to reason out the possibilities!

this was odd.....I checked the editor earlier, and my post was still there. I noticed that it didn't post last night, so I did it again, and it posted. I came back in here tonight, and it was still here.......never happened before >shrug< something for the books, I guess thanks for all the kind comments folks....the colors were a last minute decision. the olive drab looked too greenish to me, so I went with the flat red......the sea blue is a Billing's color and I had another bout with the airbrush, in painting what I did of it. I was going to use flat white on the bow, but I had second thoughts.....I never really see any other color {aren't you glad it wasn't orange?!}. after the hull was painted, I noticed that the sea blue didn't go down far enough......gray still could be seen......so I finished it with a brush. I was relieved to see that no brush strokes showed up well, I'm glad you all liked it.....the scheme didn't shock you! thanks zappto, Nils, John, and OC......I appreciate the kind word thanks Patrick......I wish I was good with weathering......I'm doomed to be a "Mr. Clean" guy thanks SanJoseClay.....so, your responsible! when I first came here {if you look in the welcome forum}, a fellow chimed in to say hello, and posted it to me. I in turn copied it, and to this day, I keep it in my archives. I'm sort of a poet myself......very good writing I thank you very much and an honor to meet you....I do hope you'll follow along.....I'm not finished yet. much more to go... I hope you enjoy I do the laugh too

there is no such thing as a time dedicated build Kevin...any avid modeler knows that! see....it's right here in the modeler's handbook.....pg 14 "no modeler is to complete his project in a timely manner. perfection is not a rush job." there's more, but I have to power up the magnifying glass to read it. I think your doing fine, Rome wasn't built in a day......and the leaning tower of Pizza didn't get that way because someone sneezed. thanks for liking what I wrote...it's just me darn thing.........I hit submit last night! it didn't post.......just finished the paint work last night.....wanted to get it on here, so you all could see it this morning. oh well......no one spilt their coffee on their keyboard. "Jack, what are you doing?' "Daddy's making art honey......" the Joker

hello Lou.......I'll have to look that one up......I have Dumas bookmarked {god...what DON'T I have bookmarked!}. I believe a plastic version was built not long ago, by Kpnuts. I think I'd go for something bigger.....that way I'll use more paint. I appreciate the suggestion though.......I don't want to enrage the admiral either I just finished the paint work a short time ago.......I didn't use any of the colors I was going to use. I just winged it. I wanted to have the cap rail painted before I posted the progress, but I can do it tomorrow.

this one......might be the one your referring to. yea.....I've dealt with older woods....have you tried soaking it? I had that problem with my recent build......it was in my closet for a year...might have accounted for the dry wood. sounds like the kit supplies Sapeli wood......a better wood , would be basswood...I use it a lot. I know some don't like it, because of the 'hair factor' it gets from sanding. but, if you go from medium to fine sandpaper, and then rub the hull down with a cotton cloth, the hull comes out really smooth.

well done on the problem recovery so far....looking good!

there is another log going on as well, are you following it? he has the first strake running along the main deck all the way back to the stern. I was also looking at the kit......no parts panels to pop the parts from. first for me...never saw that. I would think the parts would be prone to warping...have you had any trouble?

there you go........hay burners! you might even find some tack to hang on the walls.

you'll be happy you did.....then you can better shape and taper the planks, as Mike suggests. look online as well on the subject....there are tutorials and photos you can find, while your waiting for the books. since the keel add on parts and the center spine is the same thickness, you will need to bevel the center spine enough to give yourself a good rabbit......I'm sure that will be in your books as well. for a closer idea, look in the scratch build forum at the beginnings of some of those projects. doesn't have to be the Fly, but something close. you'll see how folks did it on their keels and you can apply the method to yours......how deep the indent etc. I'm not too familiar, but there are folks here........you'll be fine.......I've babbled enough

nice job so far.......yea, that deck will sit fine, once you glue it down the A.L. kit has the spiral stair ways.......your will have port and starboard stairs off of the one shown? completed, it should look really nice. the absence of windows on the first level suggests housing for livestock, cargo and supplies..am I correct?

hard to find the right word ........just an outstanding first class job! busy throughout the model..the effort shows very well done. so....ahhhhh, ya gonna start another one.........errr, from the start, I mean

hi Kevin, problems.......which one.......the quest for knowledge, or the fact that I was in a fog awwww, we all have those moments. I've had ship builds, that I didn't have any problems, and then there were the ones that gave me nothing but grief. it's tough doing a scratch build.......I've fared just as well in that arena as well. I rarely ever go back to fix things. I tell this to anyone getting into the medium........build it.....don't look back, just go forward. after the second or third model, look at the first one......they can see their experience rise with each build. I know though where your coming from.....she's a big lady......you want her to be perfect, I understand. my admiral gets upset every time she sees me obsessing over things....."it looks good enough!" she says......"move on or you'll never get anything done." I think it depends on the subject......one subject you might click with more than another........you might have to put more thought into one, more than another. I'd like to build a Norske Love.......do I think I'd ever finish her? I have the Gothenborg sitting in the hallway......it's been there for some time now. she's hit the floor a couple of times......I might have to do a total redo. how about that.....we each have a closet monster we both know that one of these days, we'll have to pull those monsters out....and get 'em done without look'in back. pictures can add time to a build.....I've got over a hundred pictures of the Goth........but that's the problem.......how much detail do you want to add? the only remedy, is to set a goal and stick with it. for this model, I wanted to expand too much, I think. I'm beginning to think that I can't go as far as I would like. so, I'm going to settle for the ideas I have and go with it. we do the best we can with the projects we have on the table.....the next one will always be better that we have ever done. Don Quixote fights the windmill.......and Sancho shakes his head. I could freeze dry some minnows OC.......would that work?

it doesn't matter what your modeling with........it's impressive what you've done so far. if you post a link to some expanded info on what your doing, I'm surly gonna look at it. your doing a great job thus far....keep up the good work what is chaff made up of? gotta be something if it knocks out radar.

she's got 16 tubes of bad karma on board........