popeye the sailor

yea...I've got a few. the Half Moon was a partial kit that I got from a friend of mine. I decided to scratch build the missing parts.......I've yet to get back to her of late. I'm at the masting stage. I still have a good amount of that mahogany planking, which I got from the second Nordkap kit, and I also have some pine planking from the Steingraber kit. it's so old, the resins from the wood has come to the surface and pre-sealed it! it has some really nice grain to it........I'd hate to paint over it definitely agree....you can get some really good stuff from older kits soon to get back to the PT boat.......I've got a crane light waiting for me at Home Depot.........I may move the project over to table black once I get the light installed on it {just gotta figure out how to attach it}. the new table is in the spare room...it fits the wall. the light is set up to cover both tables, so the other crane light can stay with the scroll saw, and I should be able to direct it to the spray booth. still a bit more to do......but it's functional. I brought in the black bookshelf from the computer room.......I'm not making another shelving unit, although I might set something up on the wall. the supply cabinet is loaded........the 'berth' is loaded........there are 13 active projects in it: the three hull frames for the Bluenose project {counts as 3} the Boulogne Etaples the unnamed fishing boat the caroler's boat the Christmas Tree boat the Thermopylae the 'what if' battle cruiser the Progress the Tumb'lin Dice river boat the Half Moon and the hull frame for the Danmark {which may be called by another name} 3 others are in the black book case..........there are a few others still in the computer room closet. I go where my ideas take me.......I am never bored while I try my best to stay within the circle, I seem to spiral outward. Bermuda may have it's triangle, but I have my circle

airbrush is great..........it's a step up from the rattle cans you have more control with the spray and can do the lighter coats. I use an airbrush that doesn't cost a lot ..Testor's EZ airbrush. your progress looks really good

the wings were fitted with their wing tips.......can't mix them up due to the way the tabs are situated on the wings. more injection tabs were cut off and then they were cemented in place. looking at the leading and trailing edges, they don't conform to the contour of the tips, so they need to be trimmed once they are dry enough. I did the trailing edge of the starboard wing......it's the worst end. the leading edge just might get away with a bit of sanding. both wings are ready for paint.......I'll probably check them over one more time to be sure I got everything....... I have another bit of bash up my sleeve.........fuselage windows I cut them out! I have been all over these halves.......trimming and sanding every edge! as I mentioned about the odd plastic thickness.....I did a small goof on one of the halves near the nose gear, that I will need to fill. the nose gear can be eliminated......doors are supplied to cover the opening. the windows I opened at the nose and mis ship, I will try to use the window maker to fill them. the gunner's windows I can leave open.....just call it a perk hopefully more tomorrow!

well.......that didn't take long, to size them down for posting miss me? since the wings are so bad, I started with trimming down the rivet detail. I left just a little to the imagination there was a lot of flash and the edges were a disaster. the admiral wandered by and asked why I was play'in with the plastic 'thing'........basically, I told her how the kit looked interesting. it did {to be honest}.......but I never expected the poor quality. old kit.........well......so much for the tooling they said they did she ran a finger over the rivets, and even she said it felt gross! while I was doing that, I also took the injection pin marks off the stabilizer and rudders.......two on each rudder and four on the stabilizer... you can get a better look at the deformity of one of the rudders.......can't do anything about it......oh well! the stand is assembled. it's got the slip ring around the neck of the cup........there is a ball that will fit into the underside of the fuselage. it will snap into the cup......we'll see how well it works. with this plastic being so soft, I dare not do too much trimming. the thickness of the plastic isn't consistent either......the fuselage halves shows this like a sore thumb......the top is like 1 mm.......the belly is about .5 mm! yepper.........strange stuff ! to insure that I can arrive at a seamless assembly {or reasonably close}, I will assemble them now and paint later......not my usual habit, but as I mentioned, I'll cross that bridge they are clamped in many places........no gaps! you can get a sense of the sanding I did to remove the rivets. later on.....the clamps were removed and the leading and trailing edges were sanded. the cowls were fitted on the nacelles to insure they fit flush. just a hint of the rivets is all that is left......I rescribed in a couple of the panel lines. unlike the wings, the fuselage bears only minor rivet detail, so I left it as it is. to model the plane with the gears up, the holes for the wing gears had to be filled. the tab that is to fit here was removed from the landing gears and use to fill the holes. one came out pretty good.......the other still shows it a little. the gear doors are molded closed.......I couldn't come up with a good picture of them, but it really doesn't matter. I'm on the right track with what IO want to do. all I really need to do, is simply cement the wheel in the well. there is no covering over the wheel......just the gear. I'm going the cut off the pin that the tire goes onto, insert it in the hole. then sand the backside of the wheel to cut down on the thickness, so the wheel appears to be deeper in the well than what you see here. that's done......... there's more!

me too!

not sure about the present, but I have seen some older kits out there sweet look'in bike!

then you have a much better kit than this one I think my B 25 is a 1:48 scale model........your gonna have a big girl on your hands. look forward to seeing you bring her out of the closet. I did some work on her today......sporadic though since I had to mow the lawns and begin the filling of the new recycling barrel that we just received. I hope to get all the cardboard boxes off the porch by next week. I was harboring some in the garage from the rearrangement......got all that plus some rearranging in the garage done { much needed...getting cramped}. oh.........I also had to make a special trip to buy a new mower blade there is a stump at the end of the patio { if I were to give the slab of concrete a name}....and I tried not to, but I hit it. it's the landlord's mower...he had just got it back from the repair shop, so I never gave a mind to inspect the blade. of course, this was a few years ago........ it was bent al right.........only because it was so worn out....and dull as &#%* to boot! it only cost 20 bucks.......and I also bought the installation tool to torque it. the admiral's eyes went right up there when I picked it up........."you and tools......"they're my bread and butter", I told her. after mowing the lawn....with much noticeable improvement, I might add, I sat down and downloaded the manual and the service manual for it....bet the landlord doesn't even have them anyway......I have pictures. with a little love, she's starting to show some promise I do have to assemble and paint her a bit differently than I'm used to, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to that point. I should have the pictures up soon.......I did a little extra on the bash appeal

I bookmarked those two site you mentioned......one never knows when a Hood will end up on their table it's great when you can find info like that. it dispells a lot of guess work. as for the gray.....it's new to me too, although I do agree that flats are dominantly used........I would never use a gloss on a war ship

look'in good! this is just the upper hull......are you gonna add the bottom?

there's quite a history on this aircraft.........many variants......A....all the way to M! over 18,000 were built.......there are only two that are flyable today. nicknames for them included the flying boxcar, but most notably, the flying coffin.......since the only escape route was through the hatch in the tail section. scalemates shows an interesting timeline on this kit. I'm finally caught up in this forum.....my word.....you folks have been busy!

gotta also consider that there wasn't too much of the 'fast food' junk either.........home cooked meals from scratch and all that jee........think of all the chemicals and additives we eat every day?!?!?

hey there OC.......just caught up to your antics! very nice work! the drummer fella came out great really top notch work!

if you don't have a display base for it, Model Expo is running a sale on Ocre kits....they show a base to display the model.

look'in good !

great look'in models........camo looks sweet!

congrats Chris! very nice finish..........glad to hear the first outing was a success! building a model has it's pride........but building a 1:1 model and taking her out to enjoy beyond, has to hold a special sense of accomplishment! as a young lad, I used to enjoy rowing around the lake at my uncle's camp............I am soooooo envious! the decals is small potatoes........you can only see one side at a time

your off to a good start........the instrument panel looks really good

as most know, I've been doing some remodeling to the 'ole hobby room. most of it is done now.....just got to get the particulars in place. it's been a while since I had a plane in the works, so I though I'd drag one of these Atlantis kits out and play with it. the Atlantis kit is actually an old Revell kit, dating back as early as 1954. the kit went through a series of reboxing and retooling through the years........the second not notably in the early 60's. Atlantis began reproducing the kit in 2019, as well as other older Revell kits. there were different variants of the kit this one is the Pacific kit....I built it once upon a time the old by gone days of kits.........when oddball scales were the most prevalent. one still might see them, but now a days streamlined to the normal scales.....1:32, 1:48, 1:72........and so on. this streamlining made it easier to tool new kits, and for aftermarket manufacturers to produce upgrades and photo etch embellishments, adding the extra detailing that modelers desired. now.......back in the early days of the plastic kit, rivets and panel lines weren't the norm, leaving the kit as a blank slate, for modelers to work with. as time went on, the manufacturers heard the complaints and began adding these bits of detail to their model kits. in some instances, the molded panel lines did cause some alarm......detail though that could have been added to the kit was left out. this kit is no exception. two thing I find with this kit, is the rivet detail is too 'loud'.......the wing riveting sticks out like a sore thumb, but oddly enough, doesn't replicate over the entire model. the fuselage is mostly barren of the rivet detail and only bears the panel lines. certain detail is left out.......such as bomb bay doors and landing gear flaps, creating it more of a challenge to some, to add extra detail. the scale size is another obstacle...being a 1:92 scale kit, there is a much slimmer chance that aftermarket has produced anything for it. one never knows though the one big draw to a model for most, is authenticity. sadly, this model fell flat from the get go.........there is no such plane as Buffalo bill.....the serial number doesn't jive either. for me as a younger modeler, this really didn't matter.......I'd just slap it together and pay no mind to the validity of the subject. modeling taste has changed through the years.........and mine along with it. older kits also suffer from use........the molds that Atlantis has must be quite old. flash is a huge problem with this model, although others may not be as bad. it can change from run to run in the production of kits. one flaw I see with it, is the injection pressure......it seemed to be out of calibration. you can also see the injection pin marks......yea, gotta clean up some of the parts. I still plan to build the model.......I'm gonna change up the subject a bit though. this is a good model to use as a second installment for a KG 200 collection as I mentioned, back when I built the Wulfe Hound, there were many different planes captured and flown by the KG 200. the B 17 was the most prolific plane used.......the B 24 seems to be the second in capture rate, although it wasn't used as much as the B 17. the first B 24 to have been captured, was known as the 'Blonde Bomber II', B 24D-1-CO, 41-23659, after it landed in Sicily, in 1943. there was also # 42-52106, 'Sunshine' B 24H-5-FO.......there are a few more. the kit also supplies a really neat stand. the model can be posed in any angle by a socket and ball construction....should be neat. I've cleaned up one of the wings due to the amount of flash and odd molding. the plastic is very soft, so when trimming the parts, I need to be careful. not really impressed with how the landing gear is done.......I wish the gear panels were open. the tire is exposed, so I might just put the tire in the well and do away with the rest. the plane is in flight if I use the stand {very good chance I will}. there was some camo.......even a mission that involved planes that were painted black {operation carpetbagger}......decals might be an issue. these are some pictures I took of the kit earlier with another camera......just thought I'd add them. I have a kit of a B 25 Mitchel........and Atlantis also put out the 'Pacific Raiders' kit as well { keeping an eye out for that kit}. in short......I wouldn't suggest these kits to an experienced modeler....they aren't worth the effort if you want a good representative of the plane. there are many better kits out there. but if you like to experiment and bash, they would be a good candidate. I'll have more when I start to get more into it

the Br549 part is a comical jab at the old TV show "Hee Haw" the 'empty arms hotel' look'in very nice.......shaping up to be a very nice rescue

I dunno Craig.........if you saw that shelf right now, you might want to run the other way! my 'active' projects outnumber the stash......I fit 13 in the shelf, and that's not all of them. of course, there are a couple that I'm just toying with, just so I don't lose my train of though with them. the room is almost done, except for one snag...........the little table is leaving. my younger son wants it........we're getting his table, so the one we have is taking it's place. it's longer and much higher, so I'll have a lot more space to work with the landlord has been having stuff done to the house, so things have been hectic here.........we've had our first heat wave too.......which adds to the situation. I finally ordered a couple of crane lamps. I may set them both up on table black, to make it more user friendly. no pictures yet.........I hope to get back underway soon thanks for your kind comments and waiting.

I have to apologize.......I forgot you were building this one what you did on this scale of a kit is truly amazing! the model looks fantastic.....a real testament of your skill

your not shy with the PE.....that's a good thing you must feel like your in Gulliver's world, when pin heads are larger than some of the parts your working with but it's fun, and your doing a fine job........glad I tuned in!

I looked in scalemates.......no dice I have the Nichimo 1:500 Shokaku and the Hasegawa 1:450 U.S.S. Missouri...not so concerned about the Missouri, more on the Shokaku. sounds like a good idea to try..........at present, I have issues with the printer to straighten out.

great preemptive strike! .....most folks get the case after the model is finished! it's a super idea though.......keeps the dust off between breaks of insanity. really nice job thus far......really like how she looks

it's good to mass the goodies before the build are railings on the menu as well?