popeye the sailor

hi all...........just me got a bit off track, as you can see.........I was part auto mechanic, landscaper, and a bunch of other small sub titles for a little while. I had some pictures to post, but even that got side tracked. some pictures never even got taken......so all that I have done will have to be all bunched together. the funnels are now painted.......I had to cement the ladders on them, which are the only parts I'm sure are in the right location......the other parts I speak of have no locator tabs at all.....I will have to guess at their exact location. for the half raised decks, with the fore and aft ends having major {and ugly} gaps in them, I was going to use one of the deck pieces from the United States build. I noticed that there was a part number on the underside of the part. I may use something else though.......something a bit thinner......still in the planning stage on this. this is not a flattering picture........to look at it, you might think that not all the funnels are at the same slant.....but they are. still a bit more painting to go, but the roofs at the aft section are now painted. I started to do the railings for the lower deck, but they are a collection of tiny sections.......a real pain to assemble. more was added to the mid section........again, more paint work needs to be done same with the fore section....... I saw the layout shot tonight.......I was in a hurry when I imported them to my computer.......yea, I wasn't pleased with it, due to the slant issue. I took another one tonight........but now I'm thinking that this might not be the correct lineup for the funnels. here's a better picture. there..........four little indians, all in a row. but something still seems off. here is a different arrangement of the funnels. I took the last one and made it first........the third one is now the second one........the first one is now the third one.......and the second one is now the fourth one. I like this better.........your thoughts?

fore castle railings look great!....I'm glad your injury didn't stop you from doing more with your 'summer project' ending it's chapter for the year, it would be neat to see another of your projects, to fill in the gap. I'll look forward in seeing the start the imagination your putting into this build is very enjoyable to watch. it's nice to meet you Sam Denis

paint work looks super David

nice work on the fore deck Augie.......very nice progress

doing some catch up Marc......I must say you've done well with her progress! the deadeyes and the structure work is really super....very well done!

she's looking super KP............nice improvement on the oars

thank you everyone for the good word! I've had these spray outfits for quite a while now.......strange that I never thought of trying out the spraycraft compressor sooner. I got a conformation e-mail from the Rustoleum people.......just waiting now for an actual answer. I never knew that testors was affiliated with rustoleum....learn something new every day. gave the funnels another coat....and sprayed the pipe work parts while I was at it. the funnel color is suggested by the TRMA........can't believe that I had some on hand you are right Mark....I forgot that one

your moving ahead though John......and that's what counts with two groups of onlookers watching you {physical and online}, I'd say you doing quite well. looking really nice John!

this is not good........sorry to hear about your injury even more sadder to think the build will be put on hold again. do you have a project in the works at home? love to see it hope it heals soon.......your imagination is fun to watch

have a great time Nenad.......so right about the young ones. I lived in a small town {country setting} when I was a lad........told them one time about going down to the swimming hole to take a dip. needless to say they were stunned........I saw it as a sign of the times, when they asked me if it was polluted?!?!

that's one sweet looking railing Augie........very well done!

I've managed to put something together......wonders never cease! I actually had the day for myself today......the only thing I needed to do, was repair a Christmas ornament that had broken over the holidays....and of course, I offered to fix it {I found it stuffed in a drawer......I had no more room under the carpet } there were a couple of pictures from a week ago.......like this one, where I had glued on the two little wall pieces and the forward roof......after adding the back stay for the fore mast. during another opportunity to play at the table, I painted one of the funnels. this is the British Gulf LT Stone......I think it was more the color of the parts than anything else......the paint didn't cover very well. I also managed to paint the railing sprues, and the vent parts with flat white. there are a lot of parts here. still a bit befuddled concerning the funnel order, I set'em up again.........now the one I thought was first, is last I had painted that one, because the ladder was cemented in place. there are other parts that need to go onto them, but there are no locator tabs, and a couple of the parts are associated with other parts, that are cemented to the structures. three words best describe this hobby......goesinta, goesonta, and goesova..........just thought I'd share that with you, just in case I ever use these words. don't wantcha ta think I went hip-hop or something today.......I got to think'in........those funnels are such a small job. it t'would be a chore to crank the Craftsman compressor up.........what can I do..Hmmmmmmmm. I remembered that I had the Spray craft outfit......this is comprised of the airbrush, which is a gravity feed, a holder, hose, and a three speed compressor. I didn't want to change over the Testors airbrush I had set up for the Craftsman, so I got the old one that I had set aside a while ago. to hook up the hose, I cut a small piece of the hose from the gravity feed, and used it as a connector, seeing that the Testors hose is smaller in size. after checking the airbrush out, I found that it wasn't the airbrush itself that was bad.....it was the cap. the cap and siphon tube screws onto the testors 1/4 oz bottles.......naturally, these caps are prone to wearing out. I used another cap.....and it worked just fine. I sent testors an e-mail today, asking where I can get new caps and siphon tubes. I hope to get an answer soon........I have two caps left. so far I've bought two of these kits TES4030 & TES4034....here are the numbers in case you want to do a search on the testors website. Testors » Airbrushes » Airbrushes I have been spraying out on the porch.........here is my spray booth here are the funnels with a coat of paint on them some ghosting did occur, but I think it has a little to do with the color of the plastic........orange is such a transparent color to work with....it's as bad as white. I gave the first pair the second coat.......they look much better I also have an Aztek A320 spray outfit too........that is a siphon feed. I have never used it.......these testors airbrushes have worked so well, I haven't had to resort to it

sorry for my absence Ben.....I had a rather bad case of the 'busies'.. even my vacation didn't pan out the way I wanted it to. I'm planning another one for August.......and of course, taking my birthday off too. a lot of the info I've uncovered sheds light on the same points......but there was a lot of human error and ill fate mixed in there as well. to be honest, I haven't seen too much info on that ship fatfingers. as far as the White Star buff goes, it would still be hard to nail down a definite color, as all paints were mixed on site. this suggests that the paint color might not match between ships. I settled on British Gulf LT Stone as the paint of choice. the way it allows the orange hue of the parts show through, it adds to the color. they were going to study the Britanic, since she was a close resemblance to the Titanic........I haven't read anything that tells how it worked out for them. historians.......gotta love'm I do know one thing though.......I 'm beginning to miss working on wood. I had hoped I could resume one of my other builds, once this build was under way.....there still may be hope for that happening yet! to pass some time, I brought out this one special project, that I've been chomping at the bit to start. I had to disassemble the hull, due to it becoming damaged in transit. during the larger part of the dis assembly, I began to dream of an even larger picture.....something just too delicious to pass up. but.........it gave me a chance to play in some sawdust for a little while, I need to repair the keel and clean up the ribs.........l'll shut up now I will have an update very soon

neat idea

it's a tough call Dave.........but a lot of folks do it, even though the above decking may hide the extra detail. unless your doing a cut-a-way, or an admiralty style build, it cannot be avoided......some of it will disappear. you've done well on the pumps........a lot better than where Revell want you to put them

getting caught up my friend...... your little boat.........the boat that will go in the little boat >head's spinning< is just so awesome! to do something that small is a really tough feat..........and you did a terrific job of it! love the cabinet......you said you had a plan for that piece I saw.......and man, you weren't kidding.......the chairs are really neat as well. your going way over the top on this build........superb workmanship!

just catching up Mark..........she coming along super!

the details are becoming more complex Nils..........with seeing the brasswork you've done in the past........should be a piece of cake looking great so far

looking sweet bob.........very nicely done

the riveted hull was a huge focal point............had the ship been more modern, the method of welding might have taken the place of so many rivets, although some would have had to have been used. taken from wiki....... The 2,000 hull plates were single pieces of rolled steel, mostly up to 6 feet (1.8 m) wide and 30 feet (9.1 m) long and weighing between 2.5 and 3 tons.[69] Their thickness varied from 1 inch (2.5 cm) to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm).[40] The plates were laid in a clinkered (overlapping) fashion from the keel to the bilge. Above that point they were laid in the "in and out" fashion, where strake plating was applied in bands (the "in strakes") with the gaps covered by the "out strakes", overlapping on the edges. Steel welding was still in its infancy so the structure had to be held together with over three million iron and steel rivets which by themselves weighed over 1,200 tons. They were fitted using hydraulic machines or were hammered in by hand.[70] In the 1990s some material scientists concluded[71] that the steel used for the ship was subject to being especially brittle when cold, and that this brittleness exacerbated the impact damage and hastened the sinking. It is believed that, by the standards of the time, the steel's quality was good, not faulty, but that it was inferior to what would be used for shipbuilding purposes in later decades, owing to advances in the metallurgy of steelmaking.[71]

take into consideration that the crew was ill trained to handle such an emergency. everything I've read and seen so far, suggests that they weren't trained properly. they had received a warning from the S.S. Californian, and from other ships about the icebergs. even the look out testified that his binoculars were missing from the crows nest.........had he had them, he might have seen them sooner. a lot that I read boasted that no expense was spared in the building of Titanic........but other accounts I've read stated otherwise. Titanic was a blunder in the making.........the one saving grace, was that she didn't have a full manifest......or the toll would have been much higher.

interesting article Ben......but I think another question would need to be asked. Why would the ship take a course such as that, if it's bow wasn't modified to act as an ice breaker? it doesn't appear that the Titanic was equipped to handle ice .......I would think that the bow would have had much thicker plating to withstand the impacts. the Olympic also hit an iceberg in Sept of 1911.........and the Britannic had to lay in wait, til Titanic was finished. this ship was only in service for about a year, when it was hit by an enemy mine or torpedo and sunk. the Britannic only lays in 400 feet of water..........the Titanic, in over 2 1/2 miles.

I went online George and found the H2 channel website........but the videos that they have are only 2 to 5 mins long. they have over 2,000 videos though, but I'm going to look on xfinity {comcast cable} and see if they have access to the H2 channel. the one I'm looking for was very recent, so it should be on file it talked about Mr. Bruce Ismay........a cryptic message sent to the White Star Line Office about the disaster, and his elusiveness after rescue. it also went into the legalities of the disaster. I find it odd though, that one of the main points of blame, was the inadequacy of the life boats. while there were only 22 life boats {and a number of collapsible life boats}, during the abandonment they were poorly filled..........so many more could have been saved. so many mistakes of decision were made during the disaster. by all means.......if you find it before I do, please let me know .......I only saw a snippet of it at work thanks Nils. the kit only supplies one size thread for the rigging........I'm pretty sure that there must have been different sizes that actually made up the rigging. I have some very nice diagrams, but at this scale, they would be hard to do. a build that your doing would do nicely Titanic Paint and Color Reference some of them might be of interest to you........take a browse through some of the sub files, and you should find them. I do wish I was doing a build at the scale in which your doing such wonderful work sir!

here are a couple more bits of footage for you to enjoy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFfHhdjs9cI

thanks you for all your kind comments and suggestions....I really appreciate them another day of not finding any time to play .........but I did manage to do some browsing. I found this really good documentary on you tube. I was hoping to find the one that was on H2 {it's a history channel}.......it focused on the expansion joints that were segmented along the decks. just another guess-ta-ment on how she sank. I hope you enjoy this....it's in five parts, and the next one starts automatically {it did for me} anyone who has build planes and cars, know this plastic very well