popeye the sailor

the stern is in for more adjustments............then the big 'sand down' to shape it. you may see add-ons here and there....I probably will forget one or two. I plan on overlay panels for both sides {cockpit and transom} to hide the noncomformaties. you will notice that the hull planking doesn't conform to the cabin and bow bulkheads........that's OK. this will fan out the hull, for when I do the bottom planking. I will cobble in some scrap pieces to better attach and hold the form. the sides are comprised of six plank strakes......seven for the bow. I am going to alter the cabin bulkhead to create the cabin......there will be no bow sheer. I have a picture of another boat I'd love to do.........it can be based from the lobster boat hull as well. it's interesting, because there is no sheer on the entire boat. it's called the Nora Jo. if I can find the picture, I'll show ya.....it was given to me by Tom Richardson back in the day. it's still a pipe dream it can be seen how it allows the hull to fan out towards the bow stem the stern under went more modification.....yes, it looks scary, but once shaped, it will look better. covered, one will never know. another thing I plan to do to this hull, is give it a couple of coats of resin, to eliminate the plank lines and really smooth out the hull. I'm going to try and not use a filler, but it's doubtful. so.......here's the Frankenstein stern ....and the double wall that I spoke of earlier...... the deck planking is finished too........according to the pictures, there isn't much that comprises the helm. I think I have a few ideas left in the 'ole brain box. we'll see

look'in good Nenad!

so true........nothing is more fragile, than one's health. you had mentioned being ill a while ago.......is this ongoing? I wish you well my friend, and hope there is a good outcome. the sumwings look great.....I'm sure you'll have no problems dealing with the other thing

OK.........that was fun.....NOT! I also got enlisted to clean the shower and the bathroom floor.........looks like KP is in my future. it's Ok.....small tasks hello Bob glad your here.........you can watch me butcher another hull back all this up a couple of weeks........can't believe it's been that long since I last posted anything. pulling out the lobster boat plan {Midwest has it all on one sheet}, the keel was traced out. instead of cutting all the parts, I combined as much as I could. the center spine is two strips of 1/8 flat stock, cemented together. I tried to use the scroll saw to cut planking from 1/8 flat stock, but it didn't go as planned. the shoe and the bow stem is 1/4 plywood. the first blunder I made, was that I cut all the bulkheads from the 1/8 flat stock.........there is not much to pin anything to. I resorted to using CA for most of the assembly. making two stern bulkheads will allow me to alter the cockpit deck, making it longer. there is also an added rib to support the deck. second blunder I found, was in setting up the stern......it looked like it wasn't going to follow the contour of the hull. I remedied it by flipping these two parts upside down. it made the sheer line look better, but I saw later that it made the bottom way out of whack. then, i guess, it depended on the angle that it was viewed..........this is when I saw that I had my work cut out for me. it was still early..........I could have changed it back. but I'm not big on ripping things up........I'll make it work. the first plank was at the bow.......the wood thickness was a real hinder here. I got it in place though. then, to square off the cockpit bucket and add the sides. you can see the rise of the sides towards the stern.......I have to add material there to bring it up. I'll use the scraps from cutting out the bulkheads, to do this. I had some pieces of 1/16 flat stock.......I cut the m to make the fore and aft plank sills, and started to plank in the cockpit deck. I decided that I wanted the transom to be squared.......like a stern trawler {I got them darn things on the brain}, so I added a piece to one side of each bulkhead. just as well........I was a little off on their centering too. this will also make up for it. there's more..............

I like your enthusiasm.........thank you gentlemen I will either start another build log for the ex-tree boat, or I'll continue it here.......makes no never mind to me. as long as I don't confuse anyone. disclaimer: this is not the way to build a hull........proper instruction should be followed elsewhere. it's really not as bad as it looks, but it does have a form of necromantic appeal. at this point, the sides are planked.......I'm going to shape the stern bulkheads and set it up to plank the bottom. I want to do an indented 'V' bow......it might not be dramatic {I'll take what I can get at this point}, but it will get away from that rounded hull, that I got with the original kit build. I'll post the pictures.........first I have to go and take the living room curtains down. DOOUUUGGH! >stupid manual labor.............*

looks awesome Michael.........I've not done one this way......interesting to see. I like that picture of the engine in the hull......very cool concept

PILLOW FIGHT!!!!!!! awesome Patrick............simply awesome!

I can't believe I'm saying this..............I've sunk to a new level of lunacy. after looking and dwelling on the tree boat at the point that it is, I really can't see her as the Tree Boat. everything I think of........anything I want to add........will take it further away from the subject. it wants to be a fishing boat.....so be it.........*POOF!*...........you are a fishing boat. sorry to do this.........I feel bad. I just think that continuing with this hull........would be a terrible waste. I sat there at my desk......pondering what the next move will be. all I have now is an over grown party boat {the Jingle Belle}. all is not lost though.....or is it? after I had posted the last group of pictures, I was musing........mulling over some options. it all came down to this one option.......I would need another hull to replace it. oh........before I get into this further, the displaced Tree Boat will continue........I am NOT trashing it, in any way, shape, or form. it will become a fishing boat.......I have a name for her soon. anyway.........I recalled the pictures I had posted a while ago.........errrrr...quite a while ago. I'd love to know where these pictures were taken.....I got 'em off the internet. there weren't than many.......mostly about the Rouse Simmons........lots of photos of boats with a tree stuck in the middle, out in the open water. this boat looks like a lobster boat........so to cut the chit chat short........that's what I went with. I still have the plans for the Midwest Maine Lobster boat. so......I'm going to do what I probably should have done from the beginning. I'm going to mod the bow a little...not so much of a tapered 'V'. I decided to cut a few corners to speed up the assembly.........all the best of intentions, but not so great as an idea. there are so many problems.........the stern bore the brunt of it. one look and you'll clearly see why I nicknamed the boat 'the Frankenstein boat'. I gave the hull a longer cockpit deck........that meant that the stern transom was made narrower. I even double walled it. it didn't look right, so I flipped them over {it's OK........you can laugh at any time}. the result gave me a very odd looking stern.........I cobbled and filled in most of it.....I'll shape it later. I'll cover both sides with some flat stock after.........so it's not a total loss. I have pictures.......not a complete blow by blow, by enough to make your eyes water {I'd bust out crying too, if it wasn't so funny}. so if ya want to see 'em, let me know....if not, I'll introduce the boat when it looks more presentable. but if you were the kid that enjoyed sticking pins in your sister's dolls........just say the word

nice job on the port side gallery.........the windows look so delicate I'm sure you'll do well on the carving. the closest thing I even got to it, was wood burning.

nice to see her in the assembly stage Gerhard. that's a large hull your build'in love it!

I started in the plastic medium..........I'm sure it was around then {HO scale trains and such}. it was probably at the hobby store I used to haunt......never seen it. that was back in the days when I was hack'in and slash'in car bodies and sprues. when I first came to this site, it seemed like plastic was the big bad wolf for wooden ships........I never thought that........just that some of the parts weren't right for the aspect they were made for. plastic has the ability to meld joints and give a better seamless assembly for most applications. Kees demonstrates this very well it's a learning curve Bob.........but for you, it will be a very small one skylights look very good

with the caliber of craftsmanship I see you do.........I'll wait and let you surprise me nice progress on the sumwings...........garlic?!?!?!.....got anyone willing to hang 'round you while this is going on? . actually, I found some netting material in a craft store.......good for the larger ships. for smaller ships I find that they sell bunched up bath sponges {only word I know to describe them} work well. yea......I know.......we find our supplies in our travels rest assured that no vampire will be mugg'in you in the next week or two

such wonderful detail!.........you've done quite a bit since I last looked in! your imagination is quite vivid.......shown in the clarity of detail you've nailed it!

she's look'in good Walt.........glad to see your still work'in on her. still got a bit more to go though....it's the fun part

well said Bob...........some of my best work, has been through mistakes me thinks you did a very fine job

what a pleasant thing to come in to see.......the galleries and windows look great Mark! really super job!

I am as well John.........I no sooner get caught up..........put my head to the table...........look again........and find I'm just as buried as I was before! at the moment, I'm play'in with a few ideas......and doing yard work {UGH}. nothing really to show for progress yet..........but if things go the way I want them to, the results should be startling {best word I can think of for it} thanks for looking in and the good word!

glad to see you've resumed in this build.....nice bit of progress

Augie's passing took a lot of us by surprise. safe to say for all that we were fortunate to have had the pleasure of his company while he was here. he will be missed. "take care of those you call your own....and keep good company." looking forward for your return............make sawdust, not war!

the plot thickens

lots of progress since I last looked in Nils.........gangway and the masting really looks great! very nice detail work

my word.....you have been busy...........! so much detail......the interior looks fabulous! what's interesting about this build, is you've defied the logic that bigger is better so amazing..........even the loo!

I hope you cemented all the parts on the aft deck........it looks perfect! {except for the cannon............of course } you did a really good job of capturing the detail..........I think anything more would be overkill. {after adding the blocks and rigging}. I'm not much with programs like that..........I just work off from the pictures I find. really great stuff!

........that's only part of 'em bug.........I'm hopeless I guess my inner child thinks I started too late in life......and it's trying to catch up. either that, or I'm too imaginative for my own good the admiral doesn't mind though.......she likes the wooden ones better than the plastic kits i used to build. I have another six years and six months to go before I can retire..........I'll still have plenty to do when I get there thanks for look'in in and the good word! so good to see you

I see you've increased the spacing.......are you going to continue with wider spacing till you get to the stern? repetitive work is a bear.......but when fared and ready for planking, your going to be happy how it will come out