popeye the sailor

I remove the nails as well.........they are merely to hold the planks in place til they dry they live to plank another day.

nicely done OC

shouldn't be hard for you........you've had lots of practice looking very good

thanks for the kind word and the likes the assembly has begun.......the frame is assembled.as well as some painting. work in progress the gears have been filed.........and I've put another aspect into the works. update soon sad to hear to be sure John......although I'm glad to hear you and the Mrs. are fine. give Pam my best and I hope her mom is doing better. I have fond memories of my mother in law.....they are so precious. thanks Patrick and Carl........the most interesting thing about trawlers is the machinery that drives them. it's fun trying to shed some light on them......I hope I can balance it out with the rigging.

I got some cool time in yesterday..........oooo-la-la let's play dress up mix 'n match to see what the latest fashion trawlers are wearing this year! I finished setting up the frame to house all four reels. I had to drill through the smaller ones, and with out a drill press........or anything that would help me drill square, it was a tall order. I did manage to do it, with a couple of goof ups along the way, to make it interesting. I changed my mind about the plastic.........I only have one size thickness anyway. I'm using the thinner frame sides and a wood base. the holes in two 8 mm pulley reels were made larger to separate them. I have a supply of larger brass rod for the lower reels. the big problem for it though, is that it doesn't have a gear box. I added one in. it droops down in the front.......mainly because it doesn't touch the base. I cut a piece of dowel to make up the difference. it's not exact......it still droops a tiny bit. I would have to make a gear box for it.......wood or plastic. I mentioned that I was thinking about making it chain belt driven. I tried a few different types of chain that I have and came up with this. possible color combination........gray or primer red sides and gearbox, flat black base, flat red reels, and flat black gears and chain belts. any other parts ....suit to taste. now I did look at the Mary Ann winch to get an idea of it as well. keen to note that it only worked the gallows. of course, I did some extra detail on it.......reworking the gearbox with access panels.......and then making a goof with the frame {it's backwards}. it didn't hurt it, so I left it as it was. paint was the bulk of the detail. the teeth on the gears are very blunt........perhaps if I were to file them, the chain belt would fit on them better. the picture you see is the only one I could get....darn chain wouldn't behave. I like the looks though.

thank you for the kind word and the likes I got to have a bit of fun yesterday........not to mention that this week end is a vacation for me once all this is sorted out.......the rest should be a walk in the park {Gibbs will like that } update in a moment Hi John.......back again? I hope it was for fun, and nothing medical.........your my favorite moderator, don'tcha know! hey Nenad it's documented that animals are easily affected by sound......the tone. Gibbs sometimes will sit under my desk, when I'm play'in my bass, but will howl when I'm tuning my guitar. case in point........I never play guitar see what happens when you play the song 'cat scratch fever' for bobtail......I might suggest country...........songs like 'I'm in the dog house now' ba-num-bum! thanks for the good word.......you'll like this next bit, I think

YES!!!! I have the Sergal Thermopylae.......and that's exactly what I intend to do! cripes.......with some modification, you could do any clipper ship, as long as the hull conforms to that type of hull construction. the White cloud........the Danmark.......here http://userpages.umbc.edu/~dbasha1/clipper.html as mentioned, you may need to modify the hull here and there........but this is a design, second only to the schooner, which has many more the Sergal kit is 1:124 scale, but if there isn't a kit put out there in a larger scale, the instruction sheets have diagrams that are 1:1 to the model. you can take these diagrams and have them blown up at any copy shop. some folks even use computer programs to do it.......but if you want everything on one sheet, the copy shop might be best. I've never heard of one in 1:78 scale........just the Revell kit at 1:96. I'd love to do one at such a large scale {I've done two Revell Cuttys already}......but larger, I think the admiral would have something to say about it . there is a log on the Great republic......and other Cutty Sark builds. you might have to do some digging......but they are here. enjoy.........and I hope to see a log soon oh........if you so get the Sergal kit, there is a photo etch upgrade you can get, and I've also been ordering double blocks and stuff.........they've missed a few things with the rigging

nice planking job Bob

looking really sweet Mark........although you do seem to have a cracked frame there. an little glue and a clamp, and it'll be good as new I guess it's good she's still in her cradle. that laser cutter is getting pretty handy......very nice!

some progress has been made....although I still need to figure how it will all fit together. there will be shrouds on the mast, but I had to say the heck with it and relocate the eye bolts. I made no cut outs near the mast......and the supports there were too narrow to fit them......so I located them along the outer edge. other eye bolts and blocks were fitted as well for the boom rigging since that picture was taken. the booms themselves got fitted with eye bolts and blocks too. the winch is coming along....as mentioned. I found that using the metal frames would be impossible, so I made up a couple pairs from these four pieces of wood cut outs, that came from two different kits. one pair is 1/16 thick, and the other pair is 1/8 thick. the shape is duplicated from the metal frames, and I cut them with the scroll saw. once sanded and matched up identical to one another, the first hole was drilled into each one.......this will be for the larger reels. then........after a bit of figuring........the second set of holes were drilled for the smaller reels. now, I don't plan on using all of them........they give me enough to arrive at the finished winch. I had made some other reels earlier........some were small {you saw those}........but I made three larger ones. the trouble with these, is that they are not wide enough, so they may not get used. if not, I can use them for that other fishing boat........they won't go to waste getting the measurement from the larger reels, I made three more reels........smaller but to the same width as the larger ones. I did set up the larger reels in the winch frames.....I used three of them here. I'm not picturing the finished winch looking like this.......I want to incorporate some gear work in the winch.....interlocking, or with chain belts. throughout the pictures.........you can see plastic gears. I had gotten them from a motorize stuffed holiday toy....a snowman and dog that sings Jingle bells {Gibbs loved it so much, after it broke, we got another one from e-bay}. the interaction between Gibbs and the toy is so cool...........as jingle bells is sung, the little dog howls.........and so does Gibbs. he's almost to the point that he can do it howl for howl.....right up to the big finish! So darn funny! anyway......I might be able to use some of the gears.........it will depend how they look in combination with the gears I got from Hobby Lobby. so this is where I'm at at the moment........last week was a bust. I got a little done, but there were too many interruptions and work has been a total bugger to get through...........have I told you that I'm REALLY starting to hate my job!

look'in good Nils..........the production line looks to be in full swing

you must have kept her covered while you were gone the hull is look'in sweet Rob.........nice look'in head gear too! it's good to see your back. I put 'tarps' on all my projects when not in play

she looks awesome Pat.....{I like the stand too} the added running rigging is a treat......how you've tied off some of the pendant blocks, so they can be easily retrieved, when setting the sails, is a nice touch of realism. she's a sweet model........very well done

hello there! I was browsing around and saw your log.........I must say.......it's a fine looking build you've done a very nice job on her so far. I've seen a few of these kits by Dusek, and I really like how they look hoping to try one in a future build look forward in seeing more of your work

it looks very nice.........have you tried to add in the reddish quality? the lighter samples of the color does show the grain better......you'll know more when the entire deck is done

thanks for the birthday wish Lawrence........no toys, but it was a very good day regardless the deck is becoming more and more populated.....I'm adding more to the mast. the winch is also being assessed......I may need to scratch build it completely. I enlarged a couple holes in the metal frame of the original winch and moved the spool, but there just isn't enough clearance for two. I had a problem as well with the styrene pieces I cut out. I bundled them together and attempted to shape them with the scroll saw.........this was a bad move. the heat produced melted the parts together....the main cut was halted in the middle, trapping the blade mid cut. I would have to do them one at a time, if I want to see any success with it. I should have some pictures soon..........might even have the winch done..........3rd attempt coming up!

the deck looks sweet! oak has such nice grain.......are you going to stain it? very nicely done!

when I was working with Billing USA I got a few tool through Tom........they deal Model Craft tools. one tool he sent me was called the 'pick 'n place' tool. it looks like a pen, with a short rod sticking out of it.........on the rod is a wad of sticky material. it's used to pick up and place small parts on your model. I have little use for it with wooden ships......I'm forever cleaning it due to sawdust. it comes in three different sizes. http://www.billingboatsusa.com/75-tweezers-pick-up-tools perhaps this can be an aide with your photo etch problem.

went through your log Andy.........pretty impressive for your first wooden build you got the hang of it quickly.......and your painting skills really show here. really nice work

so photo etch isn't just brass......way too cool! really liking the way that decking looks

depressions in molded plastic........worse are the injection pin marks good take on how to clear them up.

ouch! how in the heck did that happen?!?!?!?! I'm sure you'll get 'er sorted out before time to put here back into the water second that.......get better! can't wait to see what the project is

thanks for the kind comments and to those who hit the like button I got a little done....but nothing serious to report yet....soon if things go the way I want them to hello Michael...I miss watching you work I got the gears from Hobby Lobby....I guess you can call it the 'plaque' department. decorative plaques can be created from all the stuff they have in this dept. roman numerals, clock hands, and these gears things can be used to make fake clocks {why.....I don't know >shrug< }........slices of trees w/the bark and stuff. kinda cool they have another pack that has round knob like decorations.....some would make dandy ship's wheels for fishing boats {What I want to get for that other fishing boat I have in the works}. I used these same gears for the winches on the Andrea Gail. I tried to find a picture of the package........but no luck {not to say it isn't there somewhere....with the way I think}. it probably isn't worth showing you the mast configurations for the Mary Ann and Nordkap.......I like what I see with the Cux. I've always told myself that I'd like to get another kit of it one day. I'm so close.......I could just turn this ship into a larger version of it.......but without the shrimp cooker .....and I'm looking at the nets thanks for the good word Patrick! thanks Pat.......I always enjoy this part of the build

nice progress Nils.....deck and vents look great nice!

looking good Mark........well, at least if there are stairwells, they will appear planked at the bottom very hard to go against admiral's orders.....not unless you want to get keelhauled. she'll have to come out of the jig soon anyway..........unless you plan on doing the outer planking fixed in place. seriously Mark........super job!