popeye the sailor

thanks all for the kind comments and the likes......work time slows the progress as well as the mind. now that I'm past the mayhem, I'm hoping to settle in, putting all this together. then I gotta see how to best clean up the main deck......the over spray is bugg'in me. no worries Nenad!

it's not too hard Patrick.......I'll find a good 'pause' area sooner or later. I put in another order for parts. had trouble with stanchions...out of stock. perhaps I can pick back up with one of the other builds. thanks for the good word thanks Greg.......welcome to the asylum

seriously nice work Ron

ohhhhh, I wish this post had sound you'd hear the biggest Popeye laugh, I kin muster! glad to see you still work'in on the bounty.........very nice!

not a whole lot to report .....although, I think I found out what's bugg'in my airbrush. I'm using the wrong thinner. I mentioned that I pulled the Three Boat out from under the desk..... hard to remember when I was back this far. I'll work on her in the background as I do more to the Jingle belle. I put a coat of paint on the cap rails. .....and here they are.......the newly gussied up windows. I was going to use a brush on them.......but that would have taken forever. so I opted for something bigger......Q-tips! four puddles on a paper plate..........four Q-tips to apply them.........and this is what they look like. the starboard side window still needed to be assembled, so I did that too. when dry, I'll pop 'em out and finish them off........then I can gussie them up too.. this is going to be a slow planking job....

great! that's all I need......... Richard Simmons running around

flat bottom boats and barges........as for the last one Carl.....the only thing that comes to mind, is pillars the first one is interesting...... nice planking! thanks Carl oh......I guess I can't do that Bob.........I guess all that's left now is a fitness gym......

well that stinks! sorry to hear of your mishap.........fingers crossed and good hope, that you can get'er back ship shape! if it will make you feel any better......I took a complete ship w/sails and stuck it out on the porch........who would have thought that wind could send it flying!

thanks Piet, Greg, and all who hit the like button. I sat back yesterday and surveyed how far I've gone with this boat. I checked with my Word Press Blog site....I was only at #36........I'm at #53 now, with a couple more to add. I had just started the experiment with the windows and created the doors. To look at her now.......kind of make me feel bad about the Tree boat......which kicked off my concept for the project in the first place. this boat was a by product of the subject......the main subject sits under the table on a shelf. I even had a thought to get the Boulogne Etaples up to snuff, and show a progress picture, as I did a while ago. so far, the only result from this project has been the Andrea Gail.....I can only guess which one will be next to reach the finish line. perhaps I can bring the Tree Boat up for a spell. I'm not sure Greg.....I was never the Mario / Megaman / sonic fan........hand me a roll player, me with a sword or a bow, and I'm in heaven. although looking at my e-mail address, it has a reference to Megaman's big boss enemies.....any of them having 'gutz' in their names the admiral and the boys played those games......thus the reason why they don't participate in the mediums. I was more reserved......there was a time for play.......and a time for play I just pulled the Tree boat out from under the table.........I really got a job on my hands.......the planking used was that polished basswood.....the edges are a bit rounded and everything. ....a lot of hull prep

A bit of bittersweet coming up from the cellar..........I ran out of primer but I decanted some I made sure the outer surfaces got it first. ...but the inner surfaces.........not so much..... After waiting a while for the primer to cure a bit.......I began with the painting. I decided on a two tone effect. the stern bulwark was painted green. ....as with the front wall {s} {here's where it gets a little dicey.......the sides are to be painted red. darned if that primer ripple didn't come back to bother me. {camera having a 'pink' moment} what I did to cure it was to wait till it dried.....lightly sand it, and give it another coat. I did the same for the other side. this was good.......the inside bulwarks and parts of the deck was painted with the primer that I had decanted. so now it looks like this. I'm going to need to something creative here, but I cut all of the cap rail pieces. the bad part is I didn't have any planking that was wide enough. I have some half round strips......I'll border the cap with it, if I have to

aaaaaaye! what's that ya say?!?! ya given'em time ta vent?!?! .....nice look'in too, I might add

coming up soon John

thanks all for looking in and commenting.........also to all who hit the like button thanks George.......it could be for anything......except for a heli-pad......don't think the beams could handle it no sweat Greg........nothing to admit or apologize for......we're all having fun here. being crazy is a lost art........just getting too hard to work at it {that's me} funny you mentioned that Bug.......I was looking for scale figures last night. found some that were taking a bath! now.......wouldn't that be rich!!!

my pleasure!

is it less crowded 'after hours'? I'm sure later in the evening, there must be a lull in the operations. they must surely sleep in shifts

gee.......I made a set of sails for the Bluenose.......just gotta finish them. they're for a future project that I have stashed in my closet.......I will be making more sails for it........a lot more I was under the impression that you hadn't made sails before.........my bad.........glad to hear the latter

hey Jack.........lot done since I last looked in you've come along quite nicely. dying sails is a good idea......but there is a problem with some dyes....they do tend to break down sail cloth over a period of time. I have been wanting to try this, but perhaps cloth that has already been colored might be a better solution. I, at one time, went out in search for the perfect sail cloth. the lady I spoke with at our local Hobby Lobby was great.......she showed me god knows how many types of cloth......until we found one that met my requirements. I did see a few skeins of cloth that were red and blue, as you are trying to do.......and they seemed thin enough to pass muster. that is the key here.......thinner cloth works best, since most supplied sails are somewhat out of scale anyway. hand sewing is good......but I chose to be lazy and use the admiral's sewing machine.....darn near drove her crazy giving me a crash course. making your own sail isn't hard.......just a learning curve. just throwing it out there...there's a lot of info on the subject.

I finally made it to the front bulwark of the upper deck..........bordered it off, except where the stair well is to be more sanding......squaring it off....making sure everything was flush. then I could fit it in place on the cabin structure, to see how it all looked. I never show the starboard side....... from here, the upper deck went down into the cellar...........primer coat time!

I'm beginning to like this 'days off' thing...........I should do this more often I have another update for you all to see. I was working on both ends of the build.......the boat, and it's newly made deck. as I mentioned earlier, I was shingling up the front wall. I had already laid down the base row of shingles......so I began to go up the wall.......but in a very strange way.........upside down! I got this far last night and this morning.......the darn things sticking up slows down the process. when this was dry, I went further. ........and even further than that...... what I meant by upside down........that was how I had to work. it was better to have the boat in this position.... almost done here........ until finally........I was done! I even gave it a coat of flat clear lacquer. it seemed to make a difference. I wanted to dec - up the upper deck, so I bordered in all the side fields.......just like I did with the cabin structure in between doing that, I clear lacquered the other three outer walls of the cabin structure. {flat clear lacquer} now, with those other two jobs drying, I decided to paint the cap rails around the bulwarks......on the boat. I had a boo boo with the front window divider on the pilot house {damn....there's that word again....I said I wouldn't use it}, that needed to be fixed. I'll be glad when I can get to this structure

Mobbsie and Carl : don't feel bad......if that's what your doing. we're adults here........I saw the key words and acted accordingly. yes, I could have done a stanchioned bulwark, but we're out of stock at the moment....made do with what I have. even I, thought the roof was a bit over the top {there's that pun again}. this brings the proportions back to normal. we're all constructive folks here......and I have a thick skin. I think we're a good fit sure Mark........I'll download a target emblem right away.......put 'er right in the middle the admiral would really like that tried to run a dance floor by her ........she shot that down too I like your idea Jack we'll see what happens.......

your pull'in my leg............get out! they look GREAT!!! paint'em.........with what....a micro brush??? I can just see you with a magnifying glass and a tinnie tiny brush.......OK... no more joking.......they do look fantastic Patrick....the shape.....the handles.......perfect! now.....I don't want to sound like a back seat driver on noth'in.......but could you make that other engine. with only a starboard side engine.....I'm tires of going around in a circle

you told me you were away.........you didn't say where......saddens me to hear about it. I told the admiral......we're both glad to hear things are better and hope they stay that way nice to see your back at the table.....the booms and gaffs are sweet....look great

well........at least you cleaned the area up a little looks better sitting there like that. you made some visible progress Bob.....don't kid yourself. you got more on the deck and the wheelhouse looks great. your doing a swell job. lots of times Bob.......they don't look like much. cripes, I look at some of mine and I think what a mess I'm making. but then......you put that one piece on, or you do that little bit of paint.......and it all comes together little bites.......chew, swallow and repeat one fellow told me that there's only one way to eat an elephant........and I thought......EWWWWWWW....and the trunk too! {I won't say the part I REALLY thought}

thanks Bob........I'd love to put a canopy over it, but I don't want to go back to the impression of height. I'm going to have to think of something else. I do have an idea in mind, but the admiral started shaking her head when I told her. I can't describe what she did next.......you'd have to see it in person......and then perhaps not, from rolling on the floor. she is a great sounding board though.........she has a good sense of what is too crazy. only problem is....my sense is farther out there she ends up lov'in it anyway it's like the spaghetti thing.........throw it on the wall.......if it sticks, it's good!

hi there Piet.......I'm glad you like it stanchions.........you know I did think of that. I went down to the local Home Depot and bought a roll of wire.......a bit late, but I did. don't know if the wire will fit in the Billing's stanchions......gotta check to see if I have any first. If I don't, I guess I'll be ordering some........need some for the syborn, my trawler. there's always the Christmas tree boat anyway, I did a bit more refinement on the upper deck. figured I'd better get a front bulwark up and done I even set up the stair well. I didn't even give these post time to become loose.........on went the planking. it didn't take long...........all that's left now, is to build up one of the inner stairwell walls I finally took care of that short crack line on the floor. ...and then the cutout for the stairwell. flipping it over, the opening was beefed up and the front cap was laid down across the underside......all this does is prevent it from sliding back and fourth on the structure. the borders around the sides and this cap are the locator 'bracketing'. at the moment, the front wall is getting shingled up..........it's late though and I'm beginning to poop out