popeye the sailor
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I had a 'first' today........I've never seen this happen before. this update is a bit fractured, because some of the pictures didn't come out. I'll tell ya all about it as I go along........ I am going to repair the short comings in the raised decks.........in looking at the aft deck, the gaps are very hard to see, so I just glued it down. the aft section roofs have been cable rigged......I dry fitted them to show you. first was to paint the fore and aft walls flat white here are a couple pictures to show how much of a gap there is.......of course, the first two are a poor example, since the deck is not seated all the way. one of the walls is somewhat pulled away from the boat deck...I will need to spread it out so it touches the deck and glue it. here's what happened......I decided to use clear cello to shim the fore and aft walls out. anyone who has worked with plastic cement, knows what it does to clear parts.......it can turn it white and marr the surface. I had pictures of this, but those were the ones that were blurry. after the glue had dried, I began to trim the newly grafted parts, so these walls would fit in the cavity. all of a sudden......one of them popped off! when I examined the part I had made {after finding it}, I found that the cement did not turn it white. nor did it adhere to the part, either! thinking that it was the type of plastic it's made of....the lack of cement-ability, I quickly though of another type of thin plastic to use instead. I still had some of the plastic {vacuum form parts} from the Guillow's Spitfire build, so I cut some thin strips and used it. while I was waiting for this to dry, I began with the railings for the second raised deck. when dry, the repairs were trimmed and painted flat white then the raised deck was cemented in place...it needed to be clamped down I had cemented the structure furthest aft, in place at this time...........more of the railing was also added. I'll try and get some more done this evening........stay tuned
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thanks for the kind words and the likes everyone.........it's been a few years now since I've touched a plastic kit. glad to see that at least some of my techniques are coming back. jee Gray........does this mean I still can't be envious of you? I'll go out on a limb here ......can you send me a copy of the parts diagrams......the ones that are in the back pages of the instructions. I am sooooo curious. love to see the instructions for the warrior as well......but time will tell you know Patrick.........I used to think that building wood kits would be harder that plastic. I was soooo wrong! there is a bit of finesse that is required for the plastic medium, that can be relaxed a bit with the wood medium. these are both great mediums in their-selves.......to master them both can really round out a well seasoned modeler. you folks flatter me.........I have my flaws. I enjoy myself too much to worry about the small stuff........I'll figure it out as I go along thank you all........got a birthday party to go to that I forgot about........I'd better get working on the next update!
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getting caught up Jesse...........very nice progress! the hull planking looks very nice!
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if you still have mating lines, seal the balsa and repeat with the filler. if you don't, any sanding you do now, will remove too much balsa.......sealing it will slow the process down. can you tell I don't like working with balsa......... the hull is looking really good....you got the contours down quite well. I'll be looking forward in seeing the hull painted as well.........should be very smooth
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catching up on your build KP..........the oars look great. sounds like a bad dilemma........but an easy fix. just sad that you need to do it you'll get it done, I'm sure........she's looking fabulous!
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so.......the social butterfly has landed......and in a big way too. nothing like a bunch of repetitious parts to keep one in one place for a while looking very nice Sjors..........glad to have you back at the table
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this has to be the diorama of dioramas.........it's absolutely gorgeous! the thought you've put into this Daniel is simply sheer genius! absolutely love it!
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....and a hello from the neighboring state of New Hampshire......glad to hear things are looking up!
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now's the time there should be an armed guard against a 'kitty incursion'........if there ever was a time to strike, this would be it I've enjoyed watching your build Danny.........top notch wonderful work.....and spoken like a true modeler too. a very well done model indeed!
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I had done this a week ago in one of my short visits to the table........I began to make the railing for the A deck / aft. I also cemented the bench that got knocked off.......and added a few more. some paint touch ups were done to the first section on the boat deck.......the life boats were cemented in place. these are the first two, to go on the model. from here, it was populated further.......... this is the cavity for the first raised section.......keen to note that there are no fore and aft walls. they put tabs on the deck parts, expecting that to suffice..........not even close vents are added. this is the second raised deck cavity.......did some paint work here. I painted where the dome glass will go......but I thought I'd shoot myself in the foot by cementing the mid structure in place. might be tough to get the cover part for the dome, on there. I still have to make that other cover structure for the first dome. I better get a move on. it's official.......the two funnels are permanent......cemented in place! other sections are simply dry fitted. the second dome has been cemented in place.......a few other parts as well. some of the structures are still dry fit due to easy removal of those raised decks. this has to be done in sequence. last but not least.........the overall view. the aft end is still a little bare. I'm finishing up with tying and cementing the last few bits of rigging cables.......and deciding which size thread to use. I will try to get this deck fully laid out by tomorrow's belle.......perhaps even the deck repairs........whoa baby!
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very happy to finally get back to the table! a bit unsettled outside at the moment.....and the admiral informed me that the lawns didn't grow an inch, since I last mowed them. I'll take that as gospel......amen brother! as I mentioned earlier.....I have another idea about the fore and aft ends of the raised decks......you might recall that they don't exactly match up to the boat deck. port and starboard sides are fine though.........so I need to make pieces to close the gaps up. I was going to use a section of deck from the U.S. build, but I may have something thinner........I'll get back to this later I did begin with these two sections of decking though.......populating them with parts and added detail, that only this kit can offer. followed the instructions too.........that was a big help I envy you Nils........when you do your funnels, you'll be able to add in the lower tether lines, shown in pictures Peter posted for you. I have already cemented some of the structure roofs in place...can't do it now it would have been very easy to do. so I added some parts to the first raised deck, and painted the ladders flat black. these ladders are black.....the other ones that the passengers use are white with teak handrails the second raised deck got the same.....added structure parts and vents......ladders painted flat black. the structure furthest aft on the boat deck requires this little hut.......walls flat white with light gulf gray roof. I'm going to use the Light gulf gray for the life boat canvas. these two go on top of the first structure. this the structure, furthest aft on the boat deck. I made a paint adjustment to it and shaded in the vents the first raised deck section got even more populated, with vents and such......a couple I even had to do some of that shading to the grids.
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Hello everyone.......and thanks for the kind comments! I got past this work week........a few bumps along the way. I can tell ya that my knees aren't what they used to be. this morning the right knee was pretty stiff! in looking at the arrangement of the funnels, I favor the second one as well. I'm going with that one John: yes, the black parts go on the top. I really like the black I mixed for the hull.......I'm going to use it to imitate the soot David B: though I don't use it, Vallejo may be too thick to spray right out of the bottle. a friend of mine uses Windex to thin it.....gives it a faster dry time. I asked him why he doesn't simply use a little alcohol.......but he's a good 'ole boy....stuck in his ways. not a bad paint from what I hear. Nigel: thanks for the vote.....I marked them from the first time I tried to match the height. with wood builds I pop the parts out of the panels.....I have no problems with forgetting {or getting confused} where parts go. I forgot how important this is with plastic builds. I was going to show this picture....mainly because the part number is printed on the underside, but I was going to use this plastic to fix a manufacturer's oversight with this kit. this is the bow - gun deck from the United States build. now this plastic is about 1/8 thick.......I may have something a bit thinner. I tell ya more about this when I make the fix. if anyone who isn't used to working with plastic, decides to do so, please........do not remove anything from the sprues until your ready to use them ******OR******* if your left hand know what your right hand is doing Ben: yepper.......aware of the funnel height. my taking them off the sprues because "hey, I can cement two pieces of plastic together" is what started all the confusion in the first place I'm going with the second arrangement......the shortest one is first Lawrence: buddy.........you can't even "buy" that much fun! Sam: not sure about a false funnel......I'll have to look into that I did read something though.... I hope this update will be a big push forward.....I'm itching bad to get into a wood build.......>scratch<>scratch<.....I even resorted to playing around with that 'back burner project' just to smell a little sawdust! so, on with the update!
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very nice progress Denis........I noticed that you've removed all of the bulwark posts. are you going to replace them all?
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
looks really cool Nenad!- 4,152 replies
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you've been busy Patrick.........very nice progress indeed!. the recent addition to the bow section as well as the furniture, really adds a lot of detail. she's continuing to shape into a very sweet looking build
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
very nice progress Nenad.........the bow is looking better with everything your adding to it- 4,152 replies
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no need to apologize Bob on time issues........same thing is happening to me I think your making great progress. minor adjustments aren't really a bad thing........they are what will give you a stunning build when your done
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very nice work Nils........been out of the loop for a spell, so I had quite a bit to catch up on. she's coming along really great though and I see you've already started with your fine metal work the stern is looking better and better with every bit of detail you add to her.
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