popeye the sailor
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hi Anja.......good to see you've started another build log. I look forward in following along -
thanks for the kind comments and the likes.........I wish I had gotten more done on them. when they are assembled, they'll be painted a flat gray.....then I can work on fitting the nets. I really need to get some new ink jets for my printer.....still gotta make decals thanks again for look'in in.....hope to have more soon
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some good news today.......I got the life boats from Cornwall model boats. they say that they are 50 mm.......but they don't look too bad on the Thermopylae. I got four of them........two to go on the boat rack I need to make, I figure I'll have the other two hanging off the davits. aren't they darling...........
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hi all progress this week has been spotty at best. none the less, I have been able to visit the table for short periods of time. I was able to paint the lenses for the mast lights...inside surface. you may see a tinge of color.....the two perched side to side are done in yellow, and the one straight forward is in white. the other two pairs of eye bolts were drilled and cemented in place on the net rigs. that finishes them up, so the next step will be to rig them with chain, I couldn't remember how I set up the net rig rack.......perhaps I should have looked back into mu own log it seemed like the rig was too low......but I think I held it in place in another way. the chain is attached to the eye bolts with 4 mm metal rings......I bought these at Hobby Lobby. they are really small.......can't tell you how many I've lost so far......either launched from the pliers, or catapulted by a slip of the chain. the center was found and the center support chain was put in place. eye bolts will be along the bar to attach them. another pair of chains divided the two sides....these will be attached as well. I have around 17 beads to make the buoy string. I have a bad feeling that this will not be enough. I began to paint them. while we were out the other day, we stopped in at Hobby Lobby. I needed more small drills, since the last one I had broke last week. I couldn't believe that they didn't carry drill assortments....I ended up getting another pin vise which had a small index of five drills in it. I'll have to look online I guess. I also found these.....they are the same as I am using, just without all the different sizes {I bought a multi pack last time}. I also got the outer chain on the other net rig....it's waiting it's turn on the rack. should I get any more done today.....I will post it. I have to go out again
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what kit did you buy? it sounds like your already hatching out the plans for a scratch build. looking forward in seeing the first cloud of sawdust. it will be nice to see another clipper being built
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lots of tiny areas to fill with planking........that'll keep you busy for a while looking great Nils!
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now that I've read the rest of your progress, I can repeat what I said earlier...........very nice work yea.....it's a bit of a coin toss, whether or not to remove the material in the hold openings. depending on the size and scale of the grating, it can be a bummer looking into the grating later on, and seeing the bottom in the mesh. skylights are even more critical....glass panes are larger. even though the area may be painted with matte black, the sheen from a bit of tell-tale glue, can quickly kill an effect. this is one of the cases, where there is no right or wrong...... I notice you removed some material from the false keel in the next two openings. are they to have gratings too? if they are openings for stairways, would adding a couple of planked panels, to simulate a lower deck, be a good idea? the last opening did not get the baboon treatment.......is that to be a solid covered hold?
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my camera takes pictures 2048 x 1536.......they can be anywhere from 900kb to 1.2 megs. I just size them down by 30 % and that works good for me. I've also read some folks were able to put up to eight pictures per post, but I have been able to post more than 13, with text in between. I don't use hosting sites......never had good luck with them. I keep 'em all on memory stick I use the more reply option and add them to the post {lower left hand} off to a good start with your lady......I've never really used the balsa block method, but it is a good one. I did read though that you found faring the frame a bit odd. even using the block method, your doing it faring the frame will give the planking a good solid foundation to lay on. it also gives a smooth even transition from bulkhead to bulkhead and contours the hull. without it, a plank will lay on the sharp edges of the bulkheads and will develop a chunky look. that's some nice looking wood.....I've not heard of it before. it should look very good in contrast to a freshly planked hull it appears that I've not read all of the progress you've made.
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hey Bug......glad to see your back in the shipyard sorry to hear you got off to a bad start.........looks like everything sanded up Ok. hope to see you back right regular........any progress is good progress looks good ! where did you get the P.E. sheet?
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great job on the winches......they look cool in place on the deck
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nice planking Eric
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those are some cool pictures Tom....swell job with the masting
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shiny stuff can be considered treasure........I'm more like a redistributor. if I don't like something on a particular model......I'll save it till I find the perfect place for it. usually on another model
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looks awesome Eric
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looks really cool Nils.........a skylight room
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look'in really nice Marc.........yea, reef lines can be a bugger sometimes!
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I may be late with the fire power thing.....but that's how the japs did it. they'd pepper you with lead....and if that didn't work, they'd throw the whole plane at you Kamikaze style!
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for simulated hinges........you can go with really short pieces of brass rod, put where the hinges should be. to add a bit more detail to them, add two short thin strips of thin brass flat pieces - one for the box and one for the lid. make like a little test box and try it out have fun. what you've done there looks great!
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yes Sjors........very sneaky......but effective nice work!
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is that in the plans? looks really neat! nice bit'o progress
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as long as the cap can be slid on there............then you have succeeded looks very good!
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thanks John I'm a mile behind you my friend ........some of your ideas {and the stuff you make your parts from}, are more innovative than me! our logs are just a smidgen of what MSW contains...........that's what makes MSW an awesome site!
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I have a few books........but nothing that I can use in this case. I don't think of myself as a hoarder either.....I'm a treasure hunter
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