popeye the sailor
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look'in cool bob.......I'm gonna have to learn to clove hitch. guilty of tying the regular knot. great job! -
multitasking never faired well with ship modeling....careful now, or we'll be seeing you on the 'what if' forum
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thanks for the kind comments and all the likes! I'm a bit flattered. jes' my b-b-b-boat. thanks Mark and piet........gee, here I was thinking about the railings. guess I was look'in at the horse from the wrong end so, really......you think I'd be spinn'in my wheels doing ratlines. not even part way up? {I know.......it sounds like I'm begging for it, HuH! } thanks for clearing that up for me thanks Lawrence...I really appreciate the kind comment
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I love H.L. for that..........you can find eye bolts in the jewelry isle........buoys in the bead isle.......deck calking writing isle {the isles of wight} {a pun....who knows!} you never know what you'll find. I wish you luck {let me know if you find anything good } I be wait'in ta see
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I be look'in............jes' sniff'in that sawdust! good ta hear yer mak'in time
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there's quite a few folks who aren't happy with scribed or printed decks....I use to get complaints when I helped Tom @ Billings {fielding problems} about it. you planked the deck though......right? you can sand down those pieces and plank over them. another thing you can try with the structure, is paint the plug, then paint up some narrow thin strip....and then map it out. cut out those windows or use 1/8 screen mesh {cut out little squares} to put in. with what your doing........you can sand them after they are cemented to the template.......but stripping them from the template......is that going to ruin the windows? you got a plan......and I shouldn't pry
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don't worry Sam.........Gibbs loves everybody! good to have you following along! either that, or your admiral is a playboy bunny if that's the case.....lucky man! thanks OC! awwww.....you haven't missed much Patrick. I like hull planking, but it can be boring sometimes. enjoy hey there Hof........besides Midwest, this is the only other model brand I've tried, besides Billings. I'm finding it to have slightly different learning curves, but it's not too tough to figure out. so far, I haven't had the need to soak planks........the counter / transom seems to be working out alright, now that I filled in the stern tip. it won't be but a few more planks, and then I'll be head'in down the stem anyway. and I'm really glad I chose to go with the wider thicker planking.......these thin planks would have been a nightmare. oh well......with any luck, I can get the hull planked quickly and get 'er squared away. thanks everyone for the good word and the likes!
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oh dear.........nothing here either. not a speck of sawdust to be had still busy my friend?
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hmmmmmmmmm........#3..........
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they're not too bad Adam........I finally broke down and made up a jig for them. now I can't wait to get the Half Moon back on the table. hope to see your off and runn'in soon
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he....he......I have the same miter box actually, I have two yea........you do have some irregular spacing there......I've never had or seen one like that before. I wonder what their thinking was in doing it? filler blocks in those areas might not allow any sagging of the planking......or rather, I hope that doesn't happen. don't mind me........I think too much {just ask my admiral}
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I did a little bit more, before moving on to the Syborn build. the stern is going to be tough to make the planks bend upward, in forming the counter / transom. not wanting to crush the poop deck I came up with this idea. fill it in. this will not be seen.........so why not. I had a small piece of scrap that fit perfectly.......shaped it to fit.......and cemented it in place. it doesn't impede the rudder hole......so all is good
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thanks Pat it's filling out ......but there's more still I had a bit of time to mess with her........the net trawl rigs are in the beginning process. there are the two dowels that are 290 mm {I may have to shorten them a little, to match the nets}. I have a pair of brass rings that are a perfect fit, but that's it.......only two. so, I'll have to make some. I took a couple of those small spools and cut the ends off them...sanded down, I think think they will do OK for the task. the net rig for the Cux.......and the part I need to make {two of them} and it all will come together to look like this. Here is what the Cux looked like.......I don't have the boat.......I sent it to Tom in Wisconsin. the next thing I did, was to bring out the soldering gun and make a jig for the shroud dead eyes. my first try didn't hold up to me spreading the arms apart to accept a dead eye. for the second attempt, I gave it a handle, as sort of a binder to hold the two sides together. it's a working jig now the port side shrouds are done.......I'm going to add ratlines. I may not go all the way up though, since there is a railing around the top. perhaps half way up may be good enough. thoughts on this would be helpful so here are the shrouds and how they look........I made provision with three eye bolts, but I only made use of two of them, to give it some sort of taper, as it goes to the top. hopefully, I can get more done tonight
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but it was sure worth it...masterful job on the railing Rob! very well done!
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sorry to hear that.......I've looked at the site.......he had some really impressive models there I have some parts for the Billings Danmark......I have the plans and one of these days, I'll have the parts panel diagrams blown up to the scale of the model. but, that's a future pipe dream I did get a little more done to the hull.......doing a bit more today. more planking is being done...now that I've gotten below the deck line, I made sure that the deck is cemented well to the bulwarks {outer hull wall}. one thing I forgot to do, was line the deck platform for planking. I lined off at each post, and then lined off the halfway points. I got this tool a while ago....I've hardly used it, since I do most of my cutting with the miter box {I've worn out three of them so far}. these blades are saws, some are fine and some are coarse 'rip blades'. they are also very thin. with the bulwarks formed, I decided to try this saw and see how well it does. as mentioned, I'm not accustomed to cutting them out. I feel the posts give the bulwarks a bit more strength. the tool worked quite well.......a bit of sanding, and there you go. planked over, the posts will disappear ! I decided to do every other one......I left the others for handling purposes. making sure which ones held the fore deck, the front two were cut out. I also found that I needed to fit the fore deck too. with a bit of sanding, the deck was fitted. I wasn't pleased with how thick the frame part were. I'm still not........especially along the aft deck. It's not only the thickness, but how far they protrude into the poop deck area. it really cuts down on the room. I cut these out as well. I will also beef up the bulwarks a little. I followed the posts, and they seem to slope downward towards the stern. when I cap off the the stern....I'll do it then. more on her soon
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very nice Bob.........glad to hear your not going to stop modeling. it would be a sad waste of talent schooners may be something you'd be interested in.
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