popeye the sailor
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nice bit of paint work.......I had to look toward the beginning to see if there was a lower deck. the third picture made me think....it's dark under there. I enjoy your imagination, but where your trying to go more towards being correct, resourcefulness will serve you better. I've found that thinking inside the box, can be harder that outside. laying down the groundwork, and deciding on a good direction, it gets a lot easier. but I'm sure you know all that. Just glad that I saw your build when I did.....I enjoy your work {I'm play'in hooky from work today.......I'm a bad boy -
looks awesome Mike.........must have been very tedious
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pretty neat! porting it out on the side leaves plenty of room for the flight deck. nice match up of the second deck area looks great!
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looking great Tom.......very well done! I also like that slip you have there.......home made?
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it happens to everyone from time to time........things look bleak. there is light at the end of every tunnel she's look'in splendid now....super!
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your ship is immaculate Pat.........amazingly beautiful
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looking sweeter Jerry...........looking sweeter!
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great job on the planking color........absolutely love it! on a ship this small.......great idea to add locator pins inside the turrets. it copies the process they do on larger kits........the little plastic ring that goes over the locator pin........and did you achieve it?..........I'm sure you did! nice work!
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you've gone through a lot of effort....pretty amazing work, if you ask me nice work with the bow rail. hopefully, you'll figure a way to add the missing back stays.......either by adding the dead eyes, or simple pendant with pulley assembly. simply wonderful work!
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
it was a running joke between me and my brother-in-law..........mother hated to hear the bathroom referred to as the 'head'. of course, the both of us would jump on that, like a dog to a bone!- 4,152 replies
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thanks for the kind comments and the likes I'm in the process of adding the parts I've already made to the fore deck. from there, I think the aft deck needs some more added to it......and I've been assessing the gallows as well. I made one around 12/32 nds shorter, and that seems to look much better. I'm going to need some of those metal pulleys once again, but they need to be smaller.......I have some 4 mm pulley reels that will work nicely I think hope to have more to show soon
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in order to get any further with the masting, there is one thing that needs to be addressed. I have been looking at different windlass configurations.....but none of them suited the parts I have on hand. the shape of the fore deck also plays a part too. rather than look further and aggravate myself with this any more........I took a look at the Nordkap windlass and do that........they are the same parts. first thing to do, is to enlarge the holes in the hull. the windlass was cemented in place and the first pair of hawse holes were drilled. I use a piece of wire to snake the chain up through the holes..........hook the chain and drag it on through. the chain was ran through the holes the eyelets are from that box I found a while back........I had sorted some out and bottled them. these are the smallest ones I have. the anchors are what is left of the Nordkap booty. the anchors were attached to the chain and pulled up into place. darn thing won't sit up there like I want them to......oh well! the eyelets were painted black and cemented in place. two more holes were drilled behind the windlass and done in the same manner..........the chains were dropped in and set so the anchors won't move.........windlass assembly done. I may add a lever and a few other tid-bits. should I make any more progress, I'll be sure to post it thanks for look'in in!
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there is a bit more progress to report! the Flattie seems to have taken up residence on my desk........makes it hard to do any work I wish this could work at my regular job to start off.......I took some of that tinted cello and cemented it in place over the windows. cabin roof beams are also in place.......the instructions only said one........but an extra one couldn't hurt. I didn't want to paint the deck sheer white or gray.........so I settled for tan {deck tan}, which I seem to have an abundance of. personally, if I had some 2 mm thin strip, I'd have planked it.......but that might have taken away from the work boat look. I could also have tried that thing I did with the fishing boat deck in the Holiday Harbor build. I'm play'in with the roof and holds at the moment. I also have to fix a gap at the starboard side aft cockpit wall, before I can do the cap rails. the tiller is also in the works........more refinement to that monstrosity you saw earlier. more progress soon thanks for the likes!
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nice progress Jesse what size are those blocks......they look small.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
don'tcha just hate a task that involves paperwork at the end? I keep thinking that the heads should be a bit taller though..but you've done a great job there- 4,152 replies
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that really is a good idea........most vents I've seen have no throats........they look so fake I've taken Billing's vents and drilled them out {of course, after I cement them together. I think it's great!
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it's not the speed in which you build.........it's what you achieved at the finish line I'm not going to get too comfy with the color.......chances are you'll see something down the road that will tickle your fancy......... it will give you a good basis for smoothing out the hull looking really good so far!
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awesome vent assembly line.........they really look good
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lost track of you Pete since your last build.........my....my.....you have been busy! such a sweet little boat to be sure did you make the changes to the jig before you began with the #2 hull? would be cool to see these two hull side by side.....would we see the difference .....or were you talking about the jig you dismantled?
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your getting there Piet..........pretty cool drawings
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great job on the paint Sjors .......add the grating, and the bow looks really sweet!
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thank you for the likes and kind comments. I'm going to try a few other idea I have about these reels.........I been off the radar for a few days {work and such}, but I hope to get back to it tomorrow, along with another aspect. the mast needs to be out for it......once done, I can finally glue it into place. thanks Sjors and Pat it's amazing what can be found in a craft store. really neat to find stuff from other types of hobbies, that can be applied to our hobby. I just gotta get some of those fancy toys one of these days. for the time being though......I guess I'll have to rely on sandpaper and razor blades.........and a little imagination thanks for look'in in ......I hope to have more soon
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