popeye the sailor
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awesome progress Kees! this has to be the largest mass production project, I've ever seen! simply superb!- 434 replies
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super progress since I last looked in Nils! really looks sweet!
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nicely done Peter.......I wish my Thermopylae was in this same scale
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that's what it's all about E.J. I'm still amazed with the size of the hull.........makes for quite a planking job. {I imagine you'll be doing a second planking = double the fun}
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she's a sweetie! congratz on a really great job.........such a pain on the paint work, but you corrected them with ease!
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I don't think I use the word 'stupid' Bob. I'm sure you have done more to the rigging than the instructions showed well done on the rigging.....
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I also took a couple of progress pictures of the companionway and the aft cabin. it's all back together and the roof is done. I still need to apply the stain and do the companionway roof, but here is how it looks now. for the skylight.......once I had it sanded down to where I wanted it, I decided to give the sides a coat of med flat green. I also did the companionway the same way. I kinda fancy this color...I've used it on a couple of my past builds. combined with a compatible brown, it make for a great color scheme. I think it will work well here. once dry, the window panes were filled in with the window maker. I used a razor blade to remove the excess from the roof frames. now they need to dry, where it will become clear.
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I must have been like a one armed paper hanger yesterday...........trying to catch up here, and tinkering with the structures. I decided to get the main deck cabin roof done. first, was to edge it all around with the dark mahogany.......including the outer edges. the kit supplies 0.5 x 2 mm blonde strips......I've read where the common choice for decking was yellow pine, so I went with this scheme. I was going to do calking between the planks, but figured that it might not look right, so I didn't. once the roof was planked over, it was lightly sanded and given a wash of some light stain.....I let it totally soak in. then it got a coat of semi gloss lacquer......it will get another coat later, when the first coat is dry. I also fitted the fore and aft doors on the cabin as well. the plank line do show up slightly........probably due to the slight infusion of mahogany dust. works for me
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sorry 'bout that........got too keyed into what I was doing. I was supposed to see if I had any last week pictures for you........what a terrible host I am. on the bright side.......I did take a few pictures of yesterday's progress.......so I can post them too. there were a couple of pictures in the camera.........I managed to remove the companionway from the aft cabin, without damaging it. I will drop the height of the companionway and the skylight. the skylight is easy........simply sand away at the bottom and drop the height that way. the companionway is a bit different.......I'll have to drop it by sanding the nitch, where it attaches to the cabin. during that process, the unthinkable happened.........it split in half. I was able to repair it and resume. work in progress..........I'm not used to doing this redo stuff
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it was like turning the crank on the jack 'n the box Carl.....bound to pop out sooner or later so good to see your progress Sam. I have to ask.........why did you paint these decks a different color? the little boats look quite at home on deck........they look good
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wow.......you've come along since I last saw her! the rigging looks neat.........really adds a lot of detail. I have some of those dead eye rings too. if you have some really thin wire, wrapping around the narrow part will keep them from opening up. if they were going through a chain plate, you wouldn't have had that problem......but with the set up you've got, binding them somehow would be your best bet. she's looking really good Jack!
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planking looks great Andy.......that's a big hull to cover
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thanks for the positive comments....and to all who hit the like button. the work week is done.......I've been sitting at the computer today, catching up on news and stuff.........all the while, dressing out the main deck structure. one more part to go, then perhaps a light stain for the roof......and then I can give it a coat of lacquer. I'm still making adjustments to the aft cabin......I've marked out the roof for planking. I'm sure I have a picture or two in the camera......I'll see if I can scare them up for you thanks OC.......and glad to be back Patrick. thanks Nils........but I haven't gotten to see it on the deck yet I really need to get to the hull and start flesh'in her out. I do feel that the bilge pump is out of scale.......but that's what I got in the kit, so there's little I can do about it. I will simply have to live with it. thanks for the good word thanks Zoltan......it's one of the things I'm improving on. it will look even better once I get the rest of the roof done. we shall see thanks Lawrence.....I think just about everyone built this vessel in one form or another. glad to have you following along I'll get 'em on there somehow Sam
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catching up Bob on your fantastic project. you've made a lot of progress and your rigging is so very well done! clean and neat so much goes into one of these vessels....amazing!
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catching up on your project Dave........the lighting came out super! nice idea with the cannonballs
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catching up with your progress Carl..........you've done extremely well with the P.E. detail! very nice indeed!
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thanks all for the kind word and to those who hit the like button. it feels good to be back tinkering again. while I was play'in with the aft cabin, I thought about the main deck structure and figured I'd throw that roof into the mix too. I need to add the doors to it as well, so this will be as good a time as any. sorry 'bout that John.........I've always know that structure as the galley....I'll stick to aft cabin in the future in regards to the companionway and the skylight.......I cut the companionway parts from the original parts, tracing them out on sheet basswood. assembled here......the two aft cabin companionways have about a 0.5 mm difference in height. looks like it might be a hatchet job to me. as for the skylight, I wasn't keen on the roof pitch, but to drop it any more than what it is now, would make it wider than the plans.......I already adjusted the size of the roof hole to accommodate it. as mentioned......some of the part scale sizes are off.......not much I can do with them. what I can do with the skylight, is sand the bottom and drop the height that way. Footnote: since taking Gibbs out, some form of redo is in the works. this is what you get when you put a Revell Thermopylae on your Christmas list Sean. the scale seems to be my biggest throwback, with the kit itself with it's own assortment of pho-pars. we'll see what me and my limited talent can do with this model thanks Vossie........we'll see how it looks after the adjustments I make
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the last thing I did here, was case in around the edges of the roof. inside the border will be filled in with light pine colored 0.5 x 2 strip........I wish I had 1 mm strip.
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I have an idea as to what I want to do with the roofs. for the galley roof, it was bordered off with mahogany.....even around the skylight. I still need to fill in the front walls and the companionway, but the roof is a good start. the skylight opening was made larger, and the inside will be painted. I'm planning to use window maker for the glass, so it will be clear. there won't be much to see anyway, but the trouble will be worth it.
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Hello Zoltan..........yes, I am feeling so much better....thanks for the well wish. yes, it has been a rough couple of weeks......not fun when I had to work through last week end. but I did get some tinker time in this week...something I haven't felt like doing. hello George....welcome to the site. I hope your finding your way around OK. also, welcome to the log.......I see you've persevered with one of these kits I've mostly dabbled with Billing kits, so this one is an introduction to another manufacturer. I really don't want to say it, but I will.........if you did the rigging to the diagram, then you may want to redo the braces........the diagram is wrong. reading back in this log, you'll read all about it......and a link will show you a good example of this vessel. hate to pop the bubble, but this is stuff we've already found out about this kit. I plan to add some missing bits, the correct rigging, and bash this kit a little. if you have pictures, or something you did while building her, by all means post it........all info is useful you built it, and proved that the kit makes a darn good looking vessel out of the box I was at the point of making the boxes for the holds and the skylight. the boxes didn't come out so good........using CA and having to scrape them off the table........well, you can say they didn't fare out too good. I will have to redo them. the skylight came out OK though. I made up the end walls........2 copies, and put the metal one together. it still needs to either have mahogany put on it, or paint it......haven't decided which yet, but the open glass concept looks good.
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hello Greg! catching up on your fine build I must say that your paint work looks really super.........the weathering really adds to the overall appearance. you've made some great progress
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