popeye the sailor
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cementing balsa in layers creates nothing more that balsa plywood.......I'm sure it is a lot stronger than a preshaped block. from what I see Doug, the stern came out pretty good. I noticed that the two stern parts weren't there {I believe they are called part #13 in my production of the kit}. I installed them later in the build, so I could add the beams that go lengthwise to the bow. this model, as well as the Mary Ann model, has a very pronounce rump. great job so far.........she looks real good -
I wish I had more progress to show, but I move and swing too much. I also later found out that the beads I bought are the wrong size......further going through my inventory again........fruitless. so, I will have to bring one with me, to insure that I have the right ones. to used the ones I got, they would be too out of scale. that won't happen today......we're in the grips of a heavy snow storm {and I just got done picking up from a smaller one the other day}. I did get the first rig completed........paint is the next step. I also changed the arrangement of the center lift ring.........using a slightly larger one as well. it gives better detail of how the chains are tied together. so now, it's the other rig's turn........I made sure to do the same with it's center lift ring. not pictured here, is the drilling of the three eye bolt holes in the bar, and filling them with an eye bolt. these will set a while to dry.....something I learned while assembling the first one. from here.......I decided to get into a mental battle with another build. this feeble bit of progress was a refreshing return to the table
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just in my inventory alone, I have several shades of red.......I do share in your frustration at times great job on the railings...they look real good! good luck at the doctors.........I hope it's nothing serious.
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guns and the paint work looks great Greg. you've made some serious progress since I last looked in.
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thanks Bill.........my two cents.........for the scale of the model, and how much scratch building you'll need to do, it might be best to find a good set of plans and go completely mad I suppose this kit makes a reasonably nice model, out of the box, but so far I have found a few things that need tweaking. welcome.......good to have another following along thanks Carl. I'm doing much better.........good enough to do a little sanding and cut some parts to make another galley. the galley construction in the kit, looks more like the Cutty. I contacted Aberdeen Maritime museum.......not too much help there I'm afraid. they did send me some pictures, but I haven't had a look at them yet. I'll do some more digging around, but it looks like I'll be drawing ideas from Cyril's model. I can safely say the rigging dilemma has been pretty much taken care of........with what I have now, I'm confident that I can get it close to what it should be. I should have some sort of update on this build soon thanks for every one looking in.
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there are a few thing you can get away with though. Jack's right about the paint, but I've found on most flat enamel surfaces, the decal can be a bit finicky and not adhere properly. I've heard folks using floor finishing products with good results. flat lacquers works well too. I hardly use the decal setting solutions with these decals. the bonder makes the existing film more elastic, so they lay down fairly well. have you experimented with the importing part of the program. go online and look at images......I did shamrocks. I saved them to my computer and imported them into the decal maker...very nice I've even embossed images on sailcloth.....depending on the type of cloth, it works quite well. guiding the cloth through the printer can be tricky.
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thanks Patrick and Pat for the well wish, as well as those who looked in. I'm doing much better........although I didn't get to the table, as I would have liked. I did yesterday though....even implemented my idea with the center lift ring, which looks much better. now, instead of seeing a ring with chain crowded at the bottom, you see clear connection points. I hope to have an update soon thanks all for following along!
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good to see you've started a new build.....I enjoy your work glad that I'm early on this one. great start!
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railings came out quite well .....even the outer wall super!
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masts look really good.......the tape banding works very well. I believe they call them woolings.
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hello Jud.......no need for you to come all that way........just tell my admiral.....she'd be glad to do it she reminds me of that comic piece I saw one time, where she told the patient that they were all out of enemas......so, she'd have to kick the sh__ out of 'em! yea, I was in tough shape for the last few days.......thanks, I am feeling better I've been trying to catch up again here on the site, which I was doing Tuesday, when I got to the point where I couldn't do it any longer. I didn't even turn on my computer for the past couple of days. I was going to tinker with the trawler a little, but it seems I've spent the better of my time here. I took tomorrow off, so perhaps I can make up for lost time....maybe even on the Thermopylae too. I'm glad your still following along.....us two wet rags gotta stick together, don'tcha know
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very nice progress Nils very nice indeed!
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love the scroll work...really adds character.........the windows came out good too! overall........wonderful job! the other launch is coming along nicely as well. interested to see what style of cabin is in store for it
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thanks David...I'll take a peek. me.......I just break'em haven't done much to the 'ole girl.......been a rough couple of weeks. I was sick all this week, but today I'm feeling better.....gett'in the urge to do something constructive, instead of lay'in 'round the house like a wet dish rag. thanks for look'in in
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hi Nenad.........dunno....I could look around a bit more. now that I have the size locked down {50 mm looks good}, I at least have something to go on. this whole build will have me doing a lot of scratch building.........I'll see if I have to add them to the mix I haven't done anything on the model........last week was spotty table visits, and this week I have been sick. I was told by my primary care doctor, at my last physical, that I should have my teeth pulled, as they were becoming an issue. guess I ignored it for too long. in spite of what my admiral suggested, I opted to go to our primary care doctor....I thought there might be more to it than that. I was right. the short of it........quitting smoking is in my cards......it's gonna have to be it's always good to get ahead, but the hull is no where near ready to start accepting ideas just yet. I looked into the Aberdeen Maritime Museum....they do have a couple of interpretations of the vessel, but neither one helps me out much.....the search continues.
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just doing that made a huge improvement..........great job Andy
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WOW! now that a big difference very well done!
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she's looking superb John the life rings are interesting.....I've never seen that color before.
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thanks for the input gents .......I thought about doing that. on the Cyril Hume model, there is only one rigged to the port side davits. the starboard side has a boarding ladder. I'm thinking of not doing the ladder and have another boat there instead. the other problem is that these are not clinker planked. John mentioned doing some looking into this for me........looking at the Cyril Hume model, it's hard to tell. thanks for the suggestions......if I use them, I will most likely do that, and hide the nonconformity I made a good choice in the size of the little buggers......can't see them going towards a larger model
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thanks for the kind comments and the likes..........looks like I need to look some more.. thanks John......I'll use your description as a guideline.
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