popeye the sailor

sweet! when you scroll through the pictures really fast, the anchor rises! so cool!

nicely done KP.....

looking good Nils...nice start on the winches and boats

you put a lot of detail into the wheel house Bob.......she looking great! don't lose the pattern yet......you still have the aft structure to do I'd say you nailed it

the deck layout is looking better and better John.......the windlass looks super, as well as the structures. very nice indeed!

thanks everyone for the kind comments....and for those who hit the like button I may try and make a set Piet.......I like the canvas idea too. this style seem to be easier for the model though. I think everyone remembers the M&M boat I enjoyed that build.......it was fun thinking up all that stuff I'm still pondering over a few things and finish the ladder {stairs}......then I can see what will be next.

good to hear your getting back up to speed Walt. I hope the good health continues for you and your admiral.......hope to see an update soon

looks really sweet there, Kees!

nicely done stern Mark!

thanks Patrick and Jack. I had a few ideas about them........if I had enough brass rod, I could have simply made the frames, and made up some 'canvas' sides to cover them. the treads were what made me go with this. here, I could make the tread frames, and add the treads later. since this will be cemented to the upper deck, making it removable as well, the top will lock into the bulwarks {I could have negated planking them}. I could also leave it as a separate piece.......putting it in place after the upper deck is back in place. the bottom flat is done this way, merely to make it sit better, when in place. now to figure out how to best assemble it

I see it shows anchoring to the deck......and line tension doesn't need to create a musical note. you want to keep the tension around +0 as much as you can. you could use the smaller one.......the anchoring will make it stronger. but if you want to be sure.......there is a + or - that you can go, as far as scale goes. whatever you feel comfortable with, my friend

started working on the stairway to the upper deck. it begins as two pieces of 1/32 flat stock....the upper threshold is drawn out. and with the rest of the sides drawn out..... this is when I realized that making two starboard sides wasn't going to end well..........so I changed one of them to be the port side. the tread lines are drawn in for the frame work I'm using 1/16 strip stock to outline the drawings. this is the last of the crappy, that I got in one of my kits........you wouldn't believe how bad the wood was. rough cut, not exact to size.......I'll be picky what I use, but following the lines, I can make allowances here and there. going further, the tread frames were added .......and then the excess was cut off. I was going to use the scroll saw, but I ended doing it by hand with a razor {my trusty case cutter} once sanded and cleaned up a bit, a dry fit was done to see how they fit the upper deck and the main deck.

amazing Piet........the carvings look super! very well done indeed!

looks great Nenad........how many more do you have to make?

gee.....a huge thanks to you all......and to those who hit the like button. one more little thing to do...and I can move on to something else......like the pilot hou......errrrr....helm. I got another thing to do on the hull....mustering up the courage to do it..... planking still in the works on the Tree Boat. she got it from her mother George.......and she learned it quite well. she's pretty lenient about my tables......and that's a good thing thanks Greg........I do something similar with white glue too. after filling a small crack with white glue, I let it set just a little, and then I sand the snot out of it. does well in hiding joints and stuff. thanks John, Piet, and Wayne! still more to come note to self: put dish on upper deck thanks Gerty as Nenad would say Patrick.......it's the spice of life. I wonder how it would if I used a white light, as opposed to the yellow lights? perhaps I'll find out, since I thought it was doubtful that I would get any lighting on this boat. wonders never cease.

thanks George.........if you liked that update.......you'll love this one thank you >thanks Gerty!<

here is the last window....... in place.....finally! forgetting I took a picture of the front already......I took this one...........different lighting. time to get the cap rails on the upper deck. they are all cut at an angle, for a nice squared corner. the little section of port side rail needed to be trimmed to fit properly. to fill in the corner joints a Testor's glue nozzle was fitted into the tube of wood filler. the neck is cut down just enough for a tight fit...the filler is thinned down to a consistency that it will extrude. great for small cracks. the sections were trimmed and fitted.....cemented in place. the joints are filled. I made sure that the two small rails didn't go over the edge of the opening..........making way for the stairs when dry, they were touched up, blending them in. we went to the local Hobby Lobby today.......I got the right thinner, so I could paint one of the plastic builds I'm working on. the same trouble I had with the Jingle Belle....happened there too {I was also using Billing's paint......jury's still out on the cause.....it does rule out the primer though, 'cuz I didn't use any}. while we were there, I managed to pick up another pack of those lights. here it is with two of them in there. kinda bittersweet.......the stained glass look isn't there as much as I would have liked. oh well.......ya win some, ya lose some. >shrug< yea.......it's a bit cluttered. I got the Syborn draped to the left there, got the Half Moon on the main table.......got the two orders of parts that I haven't put away yet {some are for both of these builds}......got the Tree Boat laying there, and my desk is an absolute war zone! it's a wonder the admiral isn't giving me the hairy eye. the hardest part is keeping the paint bottles separated.......trying to keep the paints I'm using together with the builds. I persevere though......I refuse to let anyone threaten me with a good time

gee........now where the heck have I been the last couple of days........I dunno......it's all a blurrrrrrrr! I'm working on two plastic kits on my desk.....planking the Tree Boat, and the Jingle Belle. cramming this all together, because Thursday on to next Tuesday, it's gonna be a bit sketchy for model building........but I'll try and get something done Thursday and Friday. anyway........life goes on for the Jingle Belle. I figured it was just as good a time as any, to get the windows in place. the stern window is now cemented in place. ....and so are the two front windows........ ....and so is the port side badge window......{poor picture} ....and so are the two cabin doors. but.......still one set of windows eludes me......the starboard side. they are cemented together and waiting for the colorization. before that can happen though, the exterior needs to be finished off. hard to notice in this picture, but I saw a couple holes in the material. they were quickly patched up by dabbing and spreading some white glue over them. the joints were filed out and covered with the quarter round molding. they broke on me too.....not serious, but still they had to be fixed and left aside for a short time. once these dried, I could sand them and flush everything out. then they got some touch up paint. THEN.......the color now to wait till they dry somewhat.......and then they can be cemented in place.

amazing...........it's all I can say.........that is one SUPERB fore castle deck! :im Not Worthy: :im Not Worthy: :im Not Worthy:

very nice progress Nenad.........love how you made the fife posts....very nice shape indeed! ...and freehand no less.....impressive! I second that on the bamboo....you couldn't have picked a sturdier wood for those posts

what are they.......shallow spots? hope they don't impose on the outer hull surface. they look great though.......quite an operation you've done there. the I.D. on the hull though does tend to limit the hulls you can produce........unless you have a way to change them, when making a different hull of the same configuration. it's a great process though........something to think about. I was in Hobby Lobby yesterday.......and I looked at a kit for resin mold / part making. I never knew there was such a thing.

fantastic! what the heck.....just touch 'em up.........the jet skis look fine port engine......{see, you were getting dizzy too } looks super......painted up, it will look just like it's brother. wonderful update my friend !

looks great Jens.......never really thought of using silver { aluminum} in painting hardware. it really makes it stand out.......very nice

nice progress Sjors.........love the 'animal house' you've created it all looks great though.....and the more you add will make it all come together. keep spinn'in the web! {oh......and bug farm too }

very nicely done Jack.........gonna look totally dapper with a full set of sails well done on the rigging as well! brass rings as mast hoops......did they come in the kit? Billing usually supplies those plastic ones. super job!