popeye the sailor
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awesome looking coach Dan,,,the accents are very cool!
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nice job on the fife rail and posts. keen to note that there are websites that sell estate kits and models that have been bought through private sale. besides E-Bay, I have one that I particularly like, which deal with older kits. some are quite rare. http://www.oldmodelkits.com/
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nicely done EJ...........yea.......I'd go for the lesser of two evils too
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look'in super Frank!
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I'd go tarred too.........but such a shame to remove such a nice bit of work there. the gammoning is lashed in place quite nicely sweet looking bow spirit!
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neat idea on the dam........when I cut stuff that small, I usually point it at the wall or something. it's unnerving to see and hear the admiral duck and dodge flying shrapnel making freehand cuts must be a lot harder with paper.......I do it a lot with the wood flat stock I use, a real bother when one goes out of the line great job Danny!
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sounds like a disclaimer to me....... certainly not a bad thing. if that's the PE sheet we're looking at, we're in for a very interesting turn of events. look'in good !
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having a friend in Barry's Bay, I am well aware of the RCMP.....even had to call them once, in my friend's behalf. {long story} it might have seemed strange to them, that a person from the U.S. would call them...but {let's just say} I wasn't going to sit back and let anything happen to him {especially if I knew the back story}. I don't believe there is a finished build of that particular ship here on the site.......a few have tried. you could be the first I like that ship too, after seeing some of the assembly. I even have the main part of the instructions for her. looking at my sig, I am a bit drawn to Billing Boats, even had some involvement with Billing USA, when it was an active company. the platform and the beginning of the buoy rack looks really good........I see you have the deck extension on the fore deck.......be sure it is level. the helm structure and bird brackets are linked to it. a good way to prevent small mishaps from happening, would be to make sure that the hull work is done, before moving on to the deck. sounds like you have a plan. keep going my friend......
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WOW! you've really moved along with shadow Patrick! you've also taken some really cool pictures too.........I'm amazed with how close you are to the actual ship she's a super looking model! so your a walking dead fan too!!!
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very nicely done........looks like real wood
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superb rigging Michael....I also thought the catharpins were an interesting bit of rigging. different than from what I've seen
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it may have been tedious to do........but it looks pretty sweet when assembled nice job Greg!
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rigging these plastic ships can be a bother.......over tension can bend the yards and masts. I did a test long ago into what I call 'zero tension' where the lines are taught, but have little effect on the masts. most folks know that there is some stretch in most rigging thread. simply....take a piece and hold it in your fingers.........now pull it taught. you'll feel the stretch. now slowly release the tension and you'll actually see the thread relax.......then start to go limp. tighten it back up again..........now release the tension slowly. the point where you see the thread taught.....just before you see it start to go limp, is the zero tension. do this as many time as you need to, to get a better feel of where it is. it will help. you can find rigging thread that is pre-stretched. I've done all the 1:96 Revell kits {that I've done} with the supplied thread. I like the thread......it doesn't fuzz out very quickly...takes a bit of abuse before it will begin to do it. the kit isn't too bad in this respect, since it does supply thread in different sizes, in both the black and the tan. I tried to get some from Revell when I ordered the sails and decal sheet for my Cutty, but it seemed they didn't have it to send or purchase. I believe Revell has stopped the practice of replacing parts......I think only Revell/Germany does it still. some folks opted to replace the eye bolts with metal ones, complaining that they break easily. I have used them, experiencing only minor problems...but using the zero tension method, might have helped with that. I never 'spined' the masts either.......didn't know about it then, and never saw a reason for doing it. one thing to take into consideration as well......is that with sails, the lines will be taught and serving a purpose, and if your going with no sails, most lines will be somewhat limp anyway, since they are not being used and at rest.
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what a sweet looking hull you have there Doug! very nicely done! rudder and props look great too.........very well done, I must say
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glad to see 'er Bill! I think you did a splendid job .......your learning, and that's the big thing! your enjoying the process, and that's what counts! yup.......fill in the gaps and define the contour better on the stern......'bout all I can say at the moment. sorry to hear 'bout you an' the admiral......hope it's not serious. keep at it....your doing great!
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sounds like something good that went terribly wrong......my admiral wouldn't dream of me doing anything I may be able to do my own sails......but I'm at first base with everything else. I recall when I was a lot younger......before I ever got married........I had a pair of star spangled striped bell bottoms. I wanted more of a 'bell', so I sewed in pieces of blue denim to make them bigger. cripes.......I looked like Bozzo the clown!.......if you can remember him anyway.......mine wouldn't dream of trying, so you have a 1-up there I got my order.......ages of sails is great! I got the belaying pins.......and the double blocks......but the ship's boats.......well, they'd look better on a sailing ship so, I will make do with what I have........at least I'm adding them in
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I have a bottle also........friends on another site use it on their aircraft and car projects. haven't used it all that much myself.
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I've heard of that.......had good luck with it as well. another tip to give folks with older decals, is to invest in a can of decal bonder. older decals tend to loose their elastic, and when put in water, will splinter in thousands of tiny shards. I bought my second Revell Cutty from E-Bay.......I used the reorder option Revell used to have, to replace the decal sheet and most of the sails {tried to get more of the rigging thread, but they wouldn't play ball with me}. the decal sheet was perfect.......I thought, no problems.........that is, until I dipped them in water. even those decals were the victim of aging, and they broke up before my eyes. giving them a light coat of decal bonder will rejuvenate the decal sheet.....the only thing is, you'll need to cut close to the decal, to avoid decal flash. Testor's sells this bonder......they also sell a decal maker program. I have the basic and standard edition.....saved me from many decal woes since purchasing it for the Cutty......I ended up making my own decals for her.
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we all wish our admirals shared in our madness.......mine lies in the middle. she very supportive and will help me reason out problems when I become vocal about them. she's not a fan of plastic, especially when she saw how the wood kits look. she won't make sails........the envy of all around me, whose admirals will for those, whose admirals are willing to pick up an x actor and join in on the fun, you have my utmost respect!
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