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  1. popeye the sailor
    thanks E.J. I'm usually pretty careful. {he's sitting right next to me, so I gotta be careful what I say} look'in for his usual dose of lov'in......we just came in from outside. I don't blame him, he's just do'in what's natural......it happens. I lose more parts with the tweezers, than I do with Gibbs yea......he's my little guy doing the eye bolts for the back stays.....one sides done. my brake job is here, so I better go do that. it won't take long thanks for the good word
  2. popeye the sailor
    thanks Bob it's not a bad kit.....it just has a few rough points. I've on and off this week on her.......later today, I get to do a brake job on a piece of junk.....lucky me I showed the remedy for the lower shrouds....I just drilled holes through the furthest point of the slots provided for them, and it made the task easier. I did install the bow spirit and the plastic imitation gammoning.....I touched it up this morning and made it look a little better. I also reported that the carpet monster snatched up one of my fore mast shrouds, and made off to his cavern lair. it was an easy rescue.......I was surprised that it wasn't chewed to bits! it was found in three pieces.....and not in too bad a state. probably got interrupted by the furry four footers that rule the trees {seen out the window}, and rushed off to intervene the oncoming invasion. I started to piece it back together......but forgot that I hadn't taken the initial picture of it's rescued state....so this will have to do. the two halves of the bottom section, have been somewhat pieced back together. you might ask why I'm doing this......I think it best to have all the shrouds the same....having hand made ones on the lower, with the plastic upper ones, might look a bit weird. After the mend job.....sanded and painted with flat lacquer......it doesn't look too bad. I'll likely make a final adjustment when they are in place. at the moment, I'm working on the masts, installing eye bolts for rigging. I'm using the smallest ones I have. they may be hard to see. I'll be sorting out the blocks in a bit.......I have some brown ones {mostly single blocks}.......but I have quite a few gray ones, and they are a mix of single and double blocks. I'll likely stick with one color.....chances are I'll dab 'em with flat black anyways. I'll be touching the eye bolts up to lose the copper look as well. more soon
  3. popeye the sailor
    Revell put out three different versions of the Cutty.....one without sails.....one with sails - museum, and the one that was part of a seven model series. the museum kit came with prepainted copper bottom. I built two of them......the second one's not finished yet. wonderful kits........even though they had that screwed up sectioned decking. hard to remember......but I don't believe I've seen them below $89.99. hard to find, you can pick up a Kearsarge, or the Alabama now-a-days for $250.00 I currently have my second build of the U.S.S.United States...bought the first one for $89.99, the second one I got from E-Bay for $45.00! they never knew what a treasure they had! great looking model Frank! keep on build'in!
  4. popeye the sailor
    BY ALL MEANS......take care of it quick! looking forward in seeing the new cutlery in action.
  5. popeye the sailor
    basswood will give you a somewhat rough finish......but if your looking for a look that's a bit more weather worn, try Obetchi. might be a strange wood to do an outer planking with, but it has a very rough finish in it's raw state. sanded down when planked, it will smooth out, but it will retain the striated grain look. Billing Boats sells it......other kit manufacturers may supply it as well in some of their kits. super job on your first planking...looks great
  6. popeye the sailor
    excellent progress Piet........the idea of the crane is a perfect idea......you could do a mini diorama of it a super job on the 016!
  7. popeye the sailor
    look'in good on the rigging so far Daniel. it might be beneficial to do your stays first {main stays and mizzen stays}. with the back stays and shrouds in place, it might be harder to do them. but hey, with the medium you work in, tight places are BREEZE for you the lower gun ports look great.......are you gonna do anything with the upper gun ports?
  8. popeye the sailor
    I don't speak any other language.....although one day, an Indian told me I spoke with forked tongue besides........I'm a humorist as for how you want to expand the lower deck......you made the extra bulkheads...that's good, but dry fit the spar deck to see what you can see down there, before you go further. you have that deck part in place already. you could very well trim out some of that false keel and extend it back further. but do the spar deck thing first.......see just how much you can see. wouldn't want you doing stuff for nothing
  9. popeye the sailor
    awesome job Danny! ship and display looks really sweet!
  10. popeye the sailor
    enjoy.........the model will always be there waiting
  11. popeye the sailor
    hey Daniel yes! here she is! I saw yours too so far this week, I've managed to get a little done.......got the bow spirit in place now. I also got a bit of a setback. after I took the picture above, I removed the shrouds and laid them on my desk. today, I was moving stuff on my desk, and I only had one of the shrouds.......I couldn't find the other one. once I was sure that it was not anywhere around my desk.........I went to the dreaded cavern. I found it in our bedroom, under the bed.......Gibbs had gotten it and chewed it. it's in three pieces.......I've managed to assemble the bottom parts....the top part is still in one piece. if I can repair the bottom part, then I can repair the rest. if I don't try, then I can look forward to this ship look'in weird. thanks for the good word.......dig out your J.R. and join the fun!
  12. popeye the sailor
    I'm sorry to hear that Bob......glad your getting her sorted out
  13. popeye the sailor
    coming along splendidly Rob
  14. popeye the sailor
    look'in real nice Russ
  15. popeye the sailor
    ......you really want to see me in a white jacket........don't you?!?!?!?!
  16. popeye the sailor
    for a first time doing a diorama with water, I'd say you did a fine job I've never done one either.....the only one I've done involved asphalt......we all know what colors are involved in that fantastic job on the Cerberus..........look'in forward to your next one
  17. popeye the sailor
    I do the same........square stock from Hobby Lobby, strip stock from Billing's sanding went well........look'in good
  18. popeye the sailor
    look'in good Bob.........nice to see her free
  19. popeye the sailor
    I was looking at images of the Capt Kidd kit online, the day I made that earlier post concerning the three kits. I think it's the same scale, but it is a lot more involved than the jolly Rogers.....probably more parts to the kit as well. I wanted to pick it up too, the day I went. the lower shrouds posed a problem for a little while.......thinking over just what to do about them. the lack of instruction is bothersome.......since it doesn't direct what is to go below the channels. I will have to scratch a solution for this, I'm sure......most likely with wire I did figure out how to thread the shrouds through the channels....half the battle. the channels have slots in them........why, I'm not certain....but I drilled holes at the innermost depth of the slots, and now I'm able to insert the tabs of the shrouds in them. this does pose a small problem for the gun port lids......they might get in the way. I wanted to add them before I did the masts, but now I'm thinking I should wait, so I can better situate the chains under the channels. should have more soon on this. I'm just as bad EJ.........I'm supposed to go back.......I need thinner and a few paints. I always wish I could come back with something to add to my trove
  20. popeye the sailor
    very nice work Greg
  21. popeye the sailor
    really fine rigging Michael....I was looking at your earlier pictures....noticed the gammoning was gone. then I saw that you changed it over to the black thread.....looks much better she'll look good in sails
  22. popeye the sailor
    very good tutorial on Knife making.....the handles look great. I hope your sickness wasn't due to breathing in CA fumes....I've heard some folks don't handle it very well.
  23. popeye the sailor
    great looking model Mike....you did a very fine job of it
  24. popeye the sailor
    thanks J and Piet.........I'm glad you like it after a particularly nasty work week..........I hope to make more progress on her.
  25. popeye the sailor

    happy Birthday my friend!  I hope your day was good and spent the way you wanted to ;)  

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