popeye the sailor

look'in great Nenad!

hey there Bob........super bit of progress on the pequot! the dory looks great on the davits....as the other boats as well...those davits look pretty cool too. the fire buckets are a nice touch hmmmmmm.......seventeenth century......would they have had steam back then? whatever you come up with....I'll be watching

hello Piet.........not a problem.......this time of year can get hectic I have yard work ahead of me. seems like it's time to add the metal bits.....luckily, I learned a thing or two from your log and others, who have done great things with metal. good to know I've passed muster thanks for the good word! spent the day playing catch up..........hope to spend some quality time at the table tomorrow

you've made quite a bit of progress Jerry........the masts look great! she's looking splendid!

congratz Julian.........the Bluenose looks great!

sweet progress Sjors.....look'in great!

nice progress Greg........look'in really good!

good to see you've resumed I was wondering where you went. deck structures look nice........well done!

very nice intro on Yamoto.......looking good

I made some progress with this build as well..........finally I have time to post it the mast, boom, and gaff is tapered. now I need to get the hardware on them. I did get the mast somewhat done......... I also got the cap rails on the cockpit. the hatch for the cabin is assembled....... ...and then painted..... I did little touch ups on the boat before the new parts are added.... the cockpit door and hatch are now in place. at this point, I made the stand for it. it's high enough for the center board {leeboard}. I painted the stand when I did the gallows for the trawler. I'll be working on the mast parts and the sails. I should have more soon thanks for looking in!

thanks Carl, Patrick and Pat......and thanks for the likes as well! work has pulled me away from the table at the moment. I'm sure things will fall into place as I add stuff.........that, or do it the way I'm thinking and be done with it the gallows first.........

Thanks Denis, nice compliments of yours, I wish I were so far to build the stacks, (have gathered some 26 mm diam. plugs to wrap the metal funnel skin around already) , or at least to install more details of the superstructure that makes it look more like the ship should look like. Nils I think she looks very much the part.........the name on the bow gives her away

got a little bit done with this build. sat down and did some sanding to the gallows....clean them up a bit more and prep them for paint. I got to thinking.........three..........really?!?!?! I thought with two booms, it might look a little weird......so I made a fourth one. I had made four top pieces....wasn't hard to find square stock for the uprights. I had made five pulleys........so there they all are. I had also painted and dry fitted the railing aft on the ship......I mentioned I'd post a picture......... the gallows are now painted. all I need to do now is add the blocks near the base of the uprights. then, once cemented in place, I can figure out how I'm going to make and position the winches. the main winch you saw earlier......I'm still up in the air with it..........I might tear it apart and redesign it to handle more cables {lines}..........we'll see. still thinking how I'm going to shroud her, and not crowd the gallows and booms. thanks for looking in........more soon.

that's to be expected......these ships have quite a few sub assemblies. no two of that, and three of those with these babies! thank the good lord, you have the other part of the build to think about, to keep you from getting a mind cramp during the mass production that's scratch building to a tee......your the designer. I've painted myself in a corner a few times.......don't like the feeling either your careful planning is paying off greatly....it quite a ship! every once in a while......one gets a peek into the interior of the model. to cross section the model, one would see the construction, and what it's taken to arrive at the model we see. there's a lot of wood there the metal detail is fantastic!

even your furry friend want you back at the table it would be nice though, if they found a more subtle way of telling you you know as they say: "curiosity killed the cat" you'll get'em back in shape!

very nice work on the pump Nenad.........looks perfect!

creates a very interesting bulwark..........like the way it looks

good to see your up and about my friend the shop looks really nice.....looking forward to seeing you in it. I hope you're feeling better, I miss your fine work

great looking sub assemblies nils...........awesome way to make bollards! deck benches and chairs are really neat ! very nice work

I think those types of boats need that finish to glide through the water better. you can get a much better look, if done in light coats. it will also dry faster.

lacquer is a funny animal.........there has to be a dry condition, or you get white.........is this what your referring to? humidity kills lacquer. I use lacquer quite a bit....I like the hard finish and the gloss {if that's what your looking for. I use a semi gloss.......decks will suck it up like a sponge, so the sheen, if any, will die down as it dries. I've never gone over three coats.......and I have used it with my airbrush. there is some prep to it........especially if I do it in the cellar. I'll run a heater..........a fan on low pointed down wind, and the windows down wind are opened. if you can get some heat into your booth, it would help too if you are using an airbrush with a reservoir tank, you should drain it every once in a while, to insure that there is no moisture build up. depending what pressure your spraying at, turning it down will prevent 'icing' at the nozzle. moisture can develop when paint is sprayed through an oriffice such as an airbrush....siphon or gravity

thanks Frank. I need to get a picture of the railings, now that they are painted. I have them dry fitted in place, but I can cement them in now. thank you as well Tom.....very kind of you to say believe it or not, this build is roughly four or five years in the making......I was stunned when I made this revelation. I probably have a couple other builds that are about this long {I don't want to say 'old'}. I've never had a build last this long. a lot of credit goes to MSW......I'm seeing and learning new stuff all the time. I use just a run of the mill, small soldering gun. it's small and can be found in craft stores. there is a picture of it, a page or two back....it has a pistol grip. I have another one that is straight...I found it in one of my travels. where I try and solder on the model, I try not to use the model as a 'heat sink'......I have been lucky not to burn the wood, or bubble the paint. flame might be better, if tinning is what you need to do, I'm going to try and add things that require soldering. I haven't done too much of it. I do like the integration of wood and metal. thanks again for your kind comment

thank you so much for the generous comments! I'm far from genius, but I do think well on my feet........if I were to put any though into it, things don't come out so good. but, it's all good fun, and that's what counts. I see so much here........it's great to be in a community of like minded folk! I did get the railing and spotlight painted....still thinking of what to do with the spotlight. it's been busy here.....not much time at the table.....and the work week has taken over. there will be more progress soon thank to all who hit the like button as well

thanks Nils.........I wanna be as good as you when I grow up I see some of the stuff you do ....and I'm blown away. the marriage of wood and metal is really cool.......time to add some to this build. thanks for the good word I hope you all enjoyed my little bit of creative writing in the heading.........I think back to when I started, and I got caught up in the moment

thanks for the kind comments Patrick and Carl.......and thanks for all who hit the like button. I got interrupted yesterday afternoon when my keyboard died. at first I thought it might have gotten choked on the soldering fumes......I found out later that it was due to overfeeding........seasoned cracker crumbs! I have another keyboard, as you can see......this one is so quiet.......no key clatter, like the generic types my soldering is meager at best.......but if I'm a good boy and keep at it, I'm sure I'll get better at it more to come........YEA! thank you hi Bob........yea....silly me jumping the gun, wanting to see visual progress. now I decide to do something, and I find that I've made it harder for myself. I guess you could say that this is my way of back tracking....I don't rip things apart......I just modify things in place great job on that build of yours.....she's look'in sweet! I got the pictures from the camera today........the railing and the spot light is drying in the paint booth. so the first thing I did yesterday, was to add the port side single posts. all the while this was going on, I was bending the wire, to get the shape of the aft border. I got the idea to use a long piece of scrap wood to hold the posts perpendicular, until I can solder the posts in position. the four singles were soldered and I worked my way to the three hole stanchions........I soldered the top rail. then I got brazen........I tried to go lower. bad idea.......my fear came to fruition.........the center post came apart on the bottom! it wasn't too tough to move it back into position.....I was a little off in this picture. I made the adjustment and took this one, but it came out a bit blurry. I won't make any more adjustments.....I'll just file it smooth....it's fine I do have to adjust the end stanchion on the port side, but I finished the soldering here. I took out the center rail and just have the top and bottom on the single stanchions. I like the looks of it.......it's like blending two types of railings together. there was some clean up and filing to do.......it's slowly taking shape. I did fix that one over sized pulley, so I got the fifth one squared away. I added feet pads to the gallows and cemented the pulleys in place. I have another block to add to the bottom, and I may dress up the pads a little more before painting them. the pulleys will be painted the same color. there was more sanding and filing to the railings and I also added the spot light....had to solder that together too. I left the post long, since I haven't figured where or how I will position it. as can be seen in some of the pictures, there is a hole on the side of the funnel/cabin. there's a hole on the other side too. I have two portholes left.........I'm going to install them and use them up. I was thinking of getting nutz with some paint.......but we'll see on that thanks for look'in in