popeye the sailor

thanks Patrick.......and all who hit the like button I've come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a quick build.......I have been duped again this bit of a weathering exercise, works well for this model. I don't do much of it. the riddle of the chain plate/ channel assembly has been solved.......but not in the way that I like.......they could have done better. I'll tell ya about it when I resume. I appreciate the kind word

kinda reminds me of the remake of the movie "Pan". though most might not see it, I enjoy some of the younger movies....especially since I have grand kids there was a great fight scene between Capt. Cook, pan and his entourage, and some of the neverland cast. they are some cool pictures vossie........but I think it best to keep the build on a more moderate tone

every kit that I did has the plasti-thread ratlines {it's the best way to describe them}. I used them.......I might even have some around somewhere. for thread, they supply four spools....two sizes of black thread and two tan thread.......the anchor rope is separate. never like how the ratlines were to be installed.

keep pouring.......two more fingers ought to do it you got a tall task ahead of you.....surely there is a second planking on the horizon. once you get it where you want it, a little filler should set the stage I recall a couple of my 'sanding parties'...........out in the garage with a twelve pack I tried one time to get my younger son involved........he didn't take the bait I look forward in seeing what you come up with

owmy ears were .....on fire......a little while ago.....what's going on! you pitt experiment is most likely dead on.......there's probably alters the hue, especially when it hits paper. I have a bottle too and I use it to rejuvenate the pen when it starts to get dry. there was a conversation {I think on Dan vadas's card model log} about the pen. I only use it for simulated calking anyways. brushes......fuzzier ones will hold more paint. in some applications you do have to worry about the sponge ones {some of the boutique applicators} as they also harbor air bubbles for a short time. be careful not to get bubbly paint love the knife handles....they look ergonomically adaptable i'm an x-actor kind of guy........but you be careful! the first one was a warning shot over the bow.........I don't want to hear you cut someth'in off!

I went full circle........now I'm back here I was playing 'round today in my meager spare parts bin of plastic, and I came across the thwarts for a small boat.....darned if I remember where it came from. I'm going to use it in the larger ship's boat. this means that I will have to make a pair of chocks for the smaller boat. I'll have a couple pictures of what I did a bit later. today, I started off by adding the fore railings. they wouldn't line up like the other railings, and would have looked off, but I cut off the tabs and positioned them like the others. it looks much better for it. the masts were touched up from having the third step added to them. the woolings were painted and the flat black wash was done. all of the masts and the bow spirit are done now. they are dry fitted at the moment. before I cement them in, I need to get all the gun port lids done. .......really don't want to have 'er on her side with the masts in place.....might be asking for trouble. the boat is coming along.......has to make a special sanding stick.....1/16 wide. I just too a piece of square stock and glued some sandpaper on it....trimmed the edges. now I'm waiting for paint to dry.......>look at watch<........yup, dry'in as we speak........>look at watch<...........wait a minute! I'm not wearing a watch! anyway.......I'm using the supplied shrouds.......I was just reading the next step. put the ship's wheel in place........If I was to do that now, how would I cement the rope, that I wrapped 'round the wheel spool? that's already done......since I like to read ahead I'm looking for the numbers for the lower shrouds......and they are not here! there is no text about them anywhere. I think I can figure them out though......I'm a good guesser another mystery here is when these shrouds are in place........there is nothing under the channels. the holes are there.......but there are no parts that cement to them. I will have to figure this out too. well......I think it's been an hour now........the boats are in place on the model. the thwart was painted earlier.....it was then sized to fit inside. the only problem is, it's a little too short and doesn't reach the transom. what I made is this raised seat for the transom. when dry, it will be trimmed to fit. I like to keep certain parts of the parts panels that I don't want to save. some of the wood from them, will be used to make extra detail for the model. I have many of these templates, since it beats having to draw them out {my laziness kick'in in}. I forget where I got 'em, but these are chocks for some ship's boat. I trace them and cut them out......that's why I needed to make a special sanding stick.......to clean up the keel slot. after they were cut out....not very easy......glad I made two tracings, they were cemented in place on the boat. they will be sanded some more and then painted the color of the thwarts. all cleaned up and painted.......the paint is dry........it got a flat black wash. when that was dry, the smaller boat was cemented in place, and the oars were cemented on top of the smaller boat. they were given the flat black wash to kill any glue marks {god I love that stuff!}. how the boats are supposed to be assembled is pictured below it. I think it looks much better. here is the assembly in place on the model. ...and that's it. to think......I wasn't going to do anything with them. it was darn good luck I found that part.......the reason why I don't throw anything away

look'in really sweet so far! when all those parts come together......are those sandbags falling off?

thanks Greg and Patrick to see what they instruct you to do in regards to the railings, as opposed to what I did, is night and day. the look alone is more realistic. it was a bit more work, but I'm very happy how they came out..especially the stern railings. there's a little more to go, before I start on the masts....the main tree is assembled thanks so much for the good word ! I dunno Greg.......I still think the A.G. came out better I think it better I go with the cannons I have Sam. just for fun, I finished out two of the cannon from the United States {I'm closing off the bridal ports, so I won't need them anyway}. when I got done with them, I saw that it was too laughable to show them on the deck....the darn things can easily shoot over the bulwarks! here they are in contrast to each other....... 1:96 as opposed to 1:130 is too wide a margin. the intention of the joke was there....it was the execution that fizzled

Sjors is in France no matter........I laughed when I read John's post. as for the cannons.....they most likely were no bigger than a nine pounder...perhaps even a smaller caliber. the therm is 1:124......the Jolly is 1:130.......a guess that they aren't too far off. I just thought of something....hang on......I'll be right back icky mae!

well......no. I'm sure that if it was needed, a spirit sail would be used. but for the most part, they relied on the studding sails to give them more speed. exclude the running rigging for the sail and you should be good. stay lines are OK....if I'm correct, they will be attached to the hull using a dead eye and lanyards. below deck gun ports......create boxes framed around the outer lip....cut the squared holes and install them as an insert {might save you some time}. for the spar deck guns...if you can remove the cannons, you'll have a better time of it. framing them before you trim out the ports is a sound idea....might deter cracking....just keep a mind of the inner bulwarks {one can be seen in an earlier picture....did they do that?!?!?!} . keep the blade sharp

hi Daniel!....just looked in here......surprised to see the genie has come out of the bottle?!?!?! oh....I know.......your generosity is well known to me, need not say more I looked at images of this vessel.......I only saw one or two pictures with a spirit sail.....and a few with just the yard. I may be wrong, but this vessel has some similarities to the Connie, and she had the yard. you could follow that direction and still be in the ballpark. she also had the martingale too...that will suffice as more than enough detail for the bow I agree about the job being cut out for you.......the gun ports look to be the biggest problem. if time is the issue, and what others have done looks OK......then leave it as is. repairs or revisions can be very time consuming. I will follow you on your journey I see you Jolly Rogers in there what is that super looking hull against the wall? a Cutty?

nice bit of progress....coming along really well. just bookmarked the site....they have some cool look'in models

thanks a bunch for the good word......and to those who hit the like button. it's a start.......it needs to get off the table......it's so close towards being finished I'm thinking to make the brow a bit more oval, rather than rounded....the front windows will be more visible. I went on the porch to make sawdust......admiral's orders.. thanks again Gerhard, John, Eddie, and Pat I'll try to come up with an update soon

it's always the quiet ones, isn't it?!?!?! they are coming up John.......they need a bit more prep. I have a little more to do with the deck...........if it's any consolation, I have the bow spirit dry fitted. more very soon. thanks for the good word......and those who hit the like button. I kinda walked into that one.......is there anything else I can walk into.......a wall......or a door

the pedestals worked like they were supposed to as mentioned.......an easy fix sorry to see it happen though. I've never used pedestals......I'm a cradle guy. when is it the best time to mount your model?

a very nice beginning John I used to enjoy the comet and Guillow's kits when I was younger. last year I got back into it, building a Spitfire Mk1. now I'm in the middle of a Fokker Dr1.....ready for sanding and tissue. love to follow along.

cool voyage!

cool looking boat Steve.......looks to be the same construction as Midwest. very nice job on an old model

on the other table, I tested a few thing out on 'ole Thermie. my recent scavenger hunt was fruitful, although I failed to get the smaller size chain that I wanted. I bought some......but it is the same size as the other spool I had bought some time ago. I still have what looks like roughly 18 inches of that copper chain......I might have enough there. I may even have some bits and short pieces in my inventory......I'll try and make do. I was interested in the cannons I scoffed from the Jolly Rogers. I gave them some sort of paint job.......could have gone with a brownish color for the carriages, but I went with a red. I only had gloss though.......I'll hit them with the flat lacquer and kill the shine. the scavenger hunt also added two sizes of black beading thread to my inventory......I like this thread for the low fizzy quality and being prestretched. the sheets are a sort of sticker.....I do not intend on using the trail boards and the stern decoration. for the name, I have a suitable printed nameplate, that is much thinner....I just need to create the decorations along the sides. it is my hope that the 'stickers' can be cut and trimmed to do the job. the order I had place came in too......the two additional packs of belaying pins, the pack of double blocks, and the two boats. they are clinker planked, but seem to be missing the thwarts or parts for the interior....bother! here.....the fife rails need to be made shorter....... blurry picture.......but these stanchion racks need to be fitted still. I may even have to make another one here and there, due to poor fit.....still need to figure this out. I've opted to make a pair of anchors.... we'll see how that goes. the cannons were hit with a coat of flat lacquer.........great! they didn't melt! dry fitted on the deck........I think they will do quite nicely. they can be put anywhere on the aft deck and lashed down. still thinking what else can be added. more soon

to muse, or not to muse..........awwww..heck with it.......let's muse I mentioned in a few of my logs, stuff that I had been play'in with.....put it down, and now can't seem to find. I had made a couple extra conveyors, an engine block destined to become a Hemi engine, a pair of wings {I still won't say what they are for}....and the roof to this blasted model! I looked everywhere for them....I have a special plastic bag that I keep all these partially assembled parts in....nope! the bottom compartment of my junk bin.....nada! in any of the project boxes I may have opened in the recent past, not a chance. I decided to take Patrick'e suggestion he mentioned earlier......I haven't done a progress report on the Boulogne Etaples and her offspring in quite a while.......a year, I suppose. some have seen it already......thank you very much for look'in in.......other who haven't, but wish to, it's in the Boulogne build log. I could have put it in the Holiday Harbor log, but since I missed Mother's day, I figured it fitting to post it with the Mother ship {if I'm not careful, the mother ship will come for me too}. assembling all the ships for the shoot.......I found all my parts!......nestled on one of the decks of the covered hulls......which one eludes me {immaterial}....the fact remains that I am reunited with my trove! now that the mystery is solved....I can put them somewhere else....and create another mystery! not pictured here though......is the roof I made for the Syborn..........that's because, I broke it! since I made the second one, I used that one instead......I broke the original one while fitting the brow. the brow was made with some flexible cast off wood from the junk bin. the sides are merely short pieces of planking. I wasn't sure how low the brow should be. I may lessen it......it's in the planing phase still from here.......my musings took me elsewhere. I decided to visit 'ole Thermie.

I've made some more progress. starting at the taffrail {which I added earlier}, the aft railings were added. they have tabs that locate on the outside of the bulwarks, so it works out rather well. for the pair on the bow though.....I smell trouble....the tabs want to locate on the inside of the bulwark. there is to be some trimming at the cat heads as well, so I guess fitting is in order. the figurehead was painted at this time. instead of being instructed to paint it in one color, I gave it three. keeping with outfitting the bow, the cat heads were added. adding the third step to the masts was going to be a trial.........and it's living up to my expectations. the cross trees are used to trap the shrouds at the second step cap, and then cemented in place at the tops. one of the cross trees was deformed and broken.......I tried to fix it, but it broke again as I tried to slip it over the top end of the mast. abandoning the idea of including the shrouds in this endeavor, it was repaired in place and the shrouds were located on the outside of the cross tree. the third step was added after the masts were dry, and the shroud tabs were trimmed off. along the hull/bulwarks where the deck opening is, there are two more railings that continue the bulwark railings to the bow. they were added at this time. the flag staff was added......painted wood brown and accented with the flat black wash. by this time I had to make more of it...very easy to make....just botch up some flat black paint "hey knucklehead........make me a batch of spotted paint!" "botch a batch of paint!" I was beginning to get curious about a few things.....I had to see if they would work. the bow rails were added to the beak....along with the figurehead. I don't mean to be, but I do tend to get a bit flighty with my ideas.........sometimes taking me to other projects. perhaps I should leave bread crumbs? to see where I went to next, you would need to look in the scratch build forum. the trawler's beckon call

second here on the family.......your mak'in some good progress though

finally made it to the scratch build forum........looking very good! super progress

glad to see you got over your injury in fine shape planking is coming along nicely!

amazing just how much you can put in tiny places.........some seriously nice progress there!