popeye the sailor
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the stuff I used came from a rattle can.......I've never tried a varnish before. does it give a hard finish? I'm sure some were wondering why I was on during the work week.......I'm usually a missing link I wasn't feeling up to snuff, so I stayed home, since I had enough 'protected' time to use {I can use it and it won't count against my matrix}. so I called in and went back to bed......later on I sort of poked around. the pull got to be too much........so I painted the upper part of the hull. the weather being what it is, I just laid a layer of newspaper over my seat and sprayed it........put a fan in the window to exhaust the smell {for the admiral}. there are a couple small imperfections that I have to fix.......I'll just decant some paint and touch her up later. one imperfection can be seen at the stern........I was a tad to high with the masking. the other one is on the same side further up......surprisingly, it's hard to see.......just a bit of over spray. the masking must have pulled away on me ...a slight refine of the bow. after masking, I gave a shot of red along the masking, before I shot the green. I feel better about the bow with the way she looks now in using the resin, I probably should have laid a primer coat first. the red has definitely calmed down......the wrinkling {which I noticed on the bow as well} is over 90 % gone........I'd call it a win! when I can give her the once over, then the hardware can be installed......and then let playtime on deck begin! only one of the many panel joints along the hull skin shows up....the others are either very faint or totally hidden. it on the bottom, so I can live with it. my week end starts........I'll have more for you when I get back to her!
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I would say the celebration started as soon as the deck dried very nice job....rare model Revell produced their 1:25 scale model of the Calypso, as far back as 1975.........the last re-release was in 2010.
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thanks John......and of course those who hit the like button the props I'm going to leave bronze Lou........most pictures I've seen, have the tubes and rudders painted....so I went with that. I had the red in my rattler collection....according to the cap, it's supposed to be a flat, but it appears to be a semi gloss. it has been curing now for a few days.......I want to make sure that the bottom is fully dry, before I move onto the upper paint. the bottom has dulled down a bit.......I hope it goes more......I'm rather hesitant spraying a flat clear coat over all this, given the results from the last time I did it. given the fact that when the war was over, most of the hardware was destroyed, rather than brought back to the U.S., likely lends some truth to their upkeep during the war. but for units that would never see any replacements, some form of 'dry dock' might have taken place. cannibalism was likely rampant as well, since getting replacement parts was equally as hard. they even scavenged aircraft armament to outfit these boats. it makes no sense that there was no upkeep.......I'm sure some degree did occur
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WOW Kevin.......you've made a lot of progress since I last looked in the deck looks fantastic........rigging looks to be a nightmare though......never saw fife rails like that! very nice my friend..........looks awesome!
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the gentleman must be a member or viewed the site......an amazing stroke of luck
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very nice looking model....really nice progress the hull kinda reminds me of the Billing's kit Boulogne Etaples.......I cloned the hull a couple of times. one of them became the Andrea Gail after a bit of modification. really like how this one is coming out. how long is the hull?
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thanks Lou........thanks to those who hit the like button I was a bit bummed about the dead rattler, the darker color might have looked better, but the lighter color will highlight added detail. I still intend on trying to harvest whatever I can get out of that can. not a lot of progress of late.....the admiral was adamant on the lawns getting their first mowing. I agreed......they were beginning to get a bit shaggy anyway........... I did get 'round to assembling the .50 cals.......happy to report that enamels will stick to this type of plastic. the base of the 20 mm and the .50s were sprayed too I'll do some dry brushing.....some form of weathering. I still have another set of .50 cals....in case something breaks. the deck was marked off for the planking........but I switched gears. to move forward, the hull needs to be painted and hardware in place. the hull was sanded to remove all the 'hairs' that the resin raised, and to finish off blending in all the panel joints, so they will be invisible after paint. when ready.......and with a nice sunny day here finally.....the hull was brought out to the garage, and the bottom paint was done. first coat was laid down........allowed to dry for a couple of hours, and then I gave it a lighter second coat. that's when I got scared...........the second coat caused the first coat to become active again, and it began to wrinkle around the stern area. hoping it would settle down, I left it to dry. it did settle down, but it left the appearance of wrinkled scarring.....faintly, and enough to feel it. does it cause a problem........in reality, no. to think of these boats in dry dock, receiving a new coat of paint from time to time, scrapping the hull and repaint might leave the hull surface in this condition. I would imagine that the hull was not as smooth as a baby's bottom. what I wasn't happy with, was that a couple of the joints are still visible.....not by a lot...but not as I would have liked. the hull and rudders with the masking tape removed.......... I think I should have simply stayed with the chine for the bottom........I may change this seen in these pictures is the panel joint visibility.......these are the worst ones. we'll see what happens when the paint is fully cured.
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thanks all .........a little progress yesterday. I hope to have more soon ohhh..........and I'm sanding the hull too
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sorry to hear your under the weather.......hope your back in the saddle soon Vanguard is coming along splendidly........really good paint
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hey there Sjors.......thought I'd take a peek and see what my good friend is doing moving pretty quick on this one.........look'in really good! no Covid.......we've both had our shots!
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you certainly have a lot of parts there, as I pointed out earlier........this is going to be one hellasiously detailed model nicely done!
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thanks Ken of course, with these sub assemblies, there is still more to add. the raft was one of the things I did yesterday. the placement of the rest of the torpedo mounts and the border was completed. the border is only 1 mm thick......I have a bunch of other planking, but they are 1.8 mm {the overage {1.5} is the allowance for sanding}. in most kits, they say the planking is 1.5 mm.......but it's actually 1.8 if you mic it out. I found this out when I used left over planking to fill in shortcomings I've had with other models. some are right on the money.........some are not. it's not a big deal......I've found this little 'fib' to be useful in different situations I will do butt shifts, since I find it hard to believe they handled planking in these lengths. the Revell kit I've been studying doesn't show butt shifts, but I will say.......that the kit is very close to what the actual boat looked like. at the front of the center filler panels, the nose of the helm structure was traced out for the planking. tabs were added so the panels will sit flush when cemented in place. the line you see on the deck sheer, is where the corners of the structure are....some 5 - 7 mm from the line of the opening. I also started to play around with the .50 cals, while sub assemblies were drying. fitting the brackets in the turret mounts there's quite a bit of detail to these guns....... I started to give the panels some thought........the only opening I actually need is at the stern. so the panels were cut where the engine cover ends off, and I can cement the rest of it in place. pretty soon, I will need to paint the hull, before I can put anything on the deck. the configuration of the helm floor was traced out, I have something in mind for it, as well as the two shields. I left more than enough room to set up the rudders. as I mentioned on Mike's log, I had a rattle can of Deep Forest Green......a Rustoleum 'camouflage' color. it's a non reflective paint, specially designed for camouflage. to relieve the itch to get some paint on her, I decided to spray the helm.....but the can won't spray. I think it is dead I'll figure out a way to tell if it's still energized.......if it isn't, I'll drain it somehow....I'm not wasting paint another color I bought is an Army Green......not a bad color.....gives the sense of fading and will help highlighting the detail.
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hmmmmmm....looks like there is some green to it. what I have {had}....is a Rustoleum 'camouflage' color.....it's non reflective. deep forest green looks brownish in the pictures, but it's the light..........very close to a true olive drab. doing searches, I've seen many shades of green. Pacific theater boats were mostly olive drab........or an equivalent shade due to fading. Kennedy's boat {PT 101} when he was stationed at the canal, was gray. I've also been comparing this model to the Revell model.......your model bears the resemblances in many ways........very nice
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yesterday, I took the day off. I made more progress.......the first being the sanding of the life raft. to hasten it up a bit, I used the Dremel to get the shape, and then sanded the rest by hand. what I ended up with was this..... in the kit, they supply a small sheet of screen....enough to make three life rafts. cutting a piece to fit....then rounding off the corners.......this was the result. more to come
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I suppose I'd better get caught up with the progress.......I've made quite a bit since the last update I've been wanting to paint the hull, but the weather still doesn't want to cooperate.......I may be forced to paint it in the spare room so what I will do is flesh out the basic deck layout and plank it. I did get scared though......Mark had sent me a huge bundle of .5 X 880 mm blonde basswood planking...of course, that was a while ago. I have used some since then.....I found that I have only a quarter of what I used to have. this sent me scurrying through the other bundles of wood......luckily, I scared up a bundle of .5 X 550 mm thin strip! RELIEF!!! { More about this a bit later} carrying on with some more sub assemblies.........I began to flesh out the torpedo tubes. the first thing was to mark out where the bands are to go, as well as the chocks. the nose and the tail parts were added. my plan for the deck payout, is to add the torpedo mounts and border around the deck sheer. 1 mm strip was use to border the sheer, broken by the mounts. measurements for this are few, so I went with the big diagrams. I also used some of the measurements from the torpedoes for the swivel mount placement. if you can see, there is a hole drilled into the center of the disc.......a pin will be inserted in the center of the rear chocks to fit them. the life raft was another sub assembly.........it is to be made of wood, and the 'blank' has to be assembled. the parts were cut from a 1/4 square piece of pine, supplied in the kit. cemented together, you get this....... there are some hood vents that I'm not too crazy about.......they don't even look the part. most likely, I will scratch build some. this was done on Friday of last week........
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most shop carry 7 mm brads for modeling.........they can be inserted with a tool known as a pin pusher. they also carry 10 mm brads, but they have visible heads on them and I've not seen a pin pusher available for them {they carry small hammers instead}. I used then for door knobs and levers on the dash good to hear your making progress great job!
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look'in really good Mike! what color green is it? I think it's the same color I bought........I went to try it out to see how it would look, and I found that the can was bad
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thank you!.....perhaps I can scratch build one. I have enough brass tubing in different diameters. I also have square brass tubing too...... on another note..........after replacing the front brakes and a pair of front stabilizer links, the car passed inspection
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I tried butterflies once........failed miserably hats off to a really neat model! great job! reminds me..........gotta get the Revell kit off the table
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I had the same problems with the Vendetta........ in regards to the lost part department, put a nylon stocking over the nozzle of your vacuum cleaner and go around your table........you might even find parts you lost eons ago look'in really good there .....captain
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thanks all........there's more than meets the eye with these boats. hello Egilman.......glad to see you .........I do have mahogany planking.......got a good bundle of it when I got my second Nordkap kit. a while back, I received a equally good bundle of .5X5mm blonde thin strip from Mark.....that is what I'll be using instead. sandwiching canvas between layers is another bit of detail that will never be seen, so I won't be doing that........paint will also hide the sin. I'm saving the mahogany for a project that won't involve paint......that's a wood that deserves to be seen. the plan is, to border off the sheer and plank her completely....since my earlier assumption has been debunked { I got that from models I've seen}. I also though that there was a shortcoming with the kit, since the sheer wasn't riddled with punch outs for the hatches and deadlights.........easy to overlook and cure. the next update will show the start of the deck layout. the hull paint really needs to get done so I can do more on deck.......weather has been unsettled of late...hindrance as for the 37 mm gun, heck, I've seen models where they left the tires on........adds a bit more detail, if you ask me I wonder what scale would be suitable........IF I was to add it? .......do I want to lay some paint! thanks again all, for the kind comments and the likes.......hope to have more to show later. gotta go look at some brakes.......
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you can pick up the 2019 production at Mega Hobby......$118.00. it come with PE sadly though, I can't join in the admiral told me that it's not because of the price.........it about the toys I already have in the attic. bummer!
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