popeye the sailor

seriously nice work Greg

looks awesome Daniel..........but what, you decided to bring it to work with you ? you did a very nice job. congratz! you know........if the old fella forced your hand, and you feel that you didn't get to do all you wanted to do with this one.......there's always the Cutty feel free to take as much time as you need

have you thought up a way to hide the wires as they run along the mid ship opening on the spar deck? if you affix them along the inner bulwarks, you'll still have the lights and the wires and stuff will be hidden

say it ain't so.......the Jolly Rogers?!?!? be sure to let me know, so I don't miss anything

sorry to hear that Daniel......probably didn't realize how much work was left on the model. you gave it a decent go........hope he's not expecting you to make house calls has he seen the scale in which your familiar with? bring your little fella along perhaps, and show 'em....must have been hell bring'in your eyes back in focus your efforts are to be applauded! Shaz-butt..........there's no hand clapping emogie.........this one will have to do .................

yes sir......you still have a lot of ground {hull} to cover looks very nice! how about 'grabber blue'.......rather than me cluttering your log with a picture of one of my models.....look in the gallery for either the Nordkap, or the Mary Ann. that's grabber blue....not as neon looking.

catching up with the barge Chuck......a beautiful model love the panel frieze........nice touch of class

good! knew you could do it!

you found a way........looks great! very nice with the sails

those might.......I like the shrimp flavor better great synopsis Sam....a food-like product!

my Sergal Thermopylae was the first model where I've ever had to remove the bulwark posts....I found it to be a problem, because the bulwarks becoming cracked was an issue. so it was probably good that you waited. knowing that I would have to do this, I didn't cement the planking to the posts, but rather I did between the planking that would not touch the posts. I'm also doing the Billing's Half Moon.......it is similar to the Santa Maria. on that one I had to add posts.....not enough with just the bulkhead posts. I noticed you made an adjustment to fit the brass decoration on the stern bulwarks. now that you've added the futtock riders, did you leave enough room for the decoration? your last picture looks like you did looks great Julian....you've done a superb job so far

hello Julian....thanks for peek'in in. I have the trawler, the Boulogne, the Thermopylae, and of course.......that silly Jolly Rogers on the tables at the moment........any one of them could see an update. I'm kinda holding off on the others......but you never know, I could get a brain storm on something or other. all I can say, is keep an eye on the right hand side of the forum page, and with any luck, i'll get something to show up there I appreciate ya look'in in thanks again

nice progress Daniel..........nice touch with the sails. they will distract from the other small problems you didn't fix. as said, you weren't going to fix them all look at the bright side......if you ever should put the moves on that Cutty, you'll be primed and ready for her

the ship's boat look great........kinda like a mini-me

perhaps they are used in the same way as foot ropes. nicely done Dan

it's easy Sam.......he soaks it really nice start on the planking Sjors!

looking at it, you might think that cutting it off 1 more bulkhead longer, might have made the transition easier to blend in the contour. but then you'd have to make another stern part to match it. I'm sure you have a plan

browsed your log Mustafa.....lovely model you've got here very inventive and nicely done.

nicely done Bob....makes me thing I'm missing out on a lot, not defining lower decks {I do so much with above deck stuff}.

yea, it's really tough to get away with no deflection in the rigging........you have a bisecting line pulling on another......veery well done! she's looking great Steve...you really got her to a point to be proud of love that picture of dusk......superb highlights you know you want to get into that plane.......don't you?!?!?! do you have a log on it yet?

congratz Nils........she's an absolutely beautiful ship she will make a stellar display

glad you were able to sort out the problem.....looking really good

in doing cloth sails, I usually paint them with diluted white glue. then I'll lay them on a crumpled up beach towel {you could use any large sheet of cloth for this} covered with plastic wrap. it will take on the shape of wherever they lay. when I tried the experiment of embossing sails, I used the decal bonder.........works much in the same way, but I only sprayed that one side. for that though, I made sure the material was stiffer than most....I have like three different grades in my inventory

a Japanese 'what if'........looks like a very neat project definitely count me in for the festivities!

I'm on the fence with them, since I've done cloth. on my second Cutty Sark, I had to paint them because I got replacements and they were beige......they were off white in the kit. I couldn't get the complete set, so it was the only option. they did come out quite well actually.....got rid of that sheen and everything. painted a flat gray with a wash coat, and they look pretty good. the one thing they lack though is the life like detail that only cloth sails can provide........the stitching, the seams......you can add the corner reinforcements and even eyelets. I haven't sen too much done with plastic sails......but it's like anything else in modeling.......how far do you want to go with it? I've seen cloth on plastic.......done right, it looks really good. thanks Glenn and EJ for the kind word....this is a really neat subject to touch on. funny too......I was looking through my old pictures, and I happened on the first U.S.S. United States, the C.S.S. Alabama, and the first Cutty Sark....all three are from the 1:96 series. I did a Connie too, but I have no pictures of her. all of these models sported their plastic sails.......it was all I used to do, before I came here have you ever gone into a craft store, and seen those prebuilt ships {nautical decorations}......Hobby Lobby sells them. I look at the sails, and some have been sprayed with so much lacquer, they look like plastic....and they are cloth sails. they look terrible! the admiral tells me...."you could do better than that!" of course, I tout the rigging as well.....but I still imagine what I could do to change it. thanks as well to all who hit the like button