popeye the sailor

rudder looks great Nenad!

thanks everyone for the good word and the likes! it was a toss up.......but I didn't like the snow plow look here {come to a point in the center} from the looks of the leaves and the raw damp feel outside.......we might see that crap sooner that we would like I did get a little done.........the bow has been lowered {now I can see the center line in the road } and I did two attempts at making the ice maker. the first one.......awww, I'll save the drivel for the update.......you'll see Keith: yes, the box cutter works very well, if your like me and don't have a saw. I'm very good at cutting straight lines on flat stock. I have quite a few......if you can't find yours, let me know......I'll send ya one BOB: that was a pain! due to the angled front, the fascia edges along the sides are angled as well to compensate........that's what changes the arch vectors. bisecting the fascia into two quadrants was the only way to keep it sane. I think it's about time I introduced you all to her.......what say ye?

awesome workmanship John!

the second set of pictures was worth the like button saw the first set and said to myself.....oh...my! but the solution and fix was quick and easy..........great recovery! that's why this site is SO great.........the people in it!!

nice work on those timbers.......the bow frames are nicely shaped!

wooden clothes pins, narrowed at the tips might help. wish I could help you more

nice looking deck Larry........if it's that plank on the starboard side edge, it might be covered with a cannon. I wouldn't sweat it sand + a nice light stain for tint + nice clear coat = a sweet looking deck!

great update and repair!

nice update Hank........looking sweet!

IN the beginning pictures, I thought about Sjors..... "so, that's what happens to cottonball cannon balls when they get wet!" so....now to apply all the learning to the build! gonna be fun to see very nice Daniel!

sweet!

nice progress Bob.....the catheads look sweet!

very well done Matti!

nice work on the deck fittings........well done!

nice save Frank......you'll have 'er back in shape in no time!

the rudder should follow the hull Sjors......it's more uniform if you've already done the posts in that fashion, then I think it best to leave it. having never coppered before, it's hard for me to say........I would think it would be easy to do the stern if the keel itself was done in the horizontal fashion....you'll just continue up from there. but from the keel to the turn of the bow.......from here I did a visual;) I looked at the hull of the United States.........the stern post is blended into the rest of the hull....there is no distinguishing feature.....the keel is done in the same fashion as the hull.....horizontal. it stays horizontal, done in step to the rest of the hull....there is no vertical to it. it's a plastic hull.....I know......and I'm not totally sure if it is correct. if you wish to change this......do be careful. you've done such a great job with your coppering, I would be saddened to hear that it got marred by a mistake.

I was hoping a mod would come in and give you the info for the Gallery {thanks Mark}. I am so glad your going to put her in for folks to see.......it's a testament to your talent your so close to being done.........I'm tipping one in your honor.......as we speak!

I has done the cutting, but I hadn't taken any pictures of it. the windows still need to be evened out, and the top edge needs to be sanded down.....but the pilot house is now roughed out. it's late.......gents and ladies. the admiral has called 'lights out'. have a good evening

thanks for the kind comments and the likes....and a special thanks to Anja! sorry for not getting this up earlier { like this morning}.....I got side tracked before I knew it, it was time to go to work......all I can say is.........one more day here is the rest of Friday's update.......I took stock of some of the dowel I have on hand. this is the bamboo dowel........the real long one is basswood......I think. in drawing the windows out on the fascia part.......I wasn't quite sure it would work out. truth is.......it didn't. doing the dry fit to see what I would have to do...........I heard a snap.....and saw that the door opening had broken. it was easy enough to repair.......to strengthen it up, a piece of strip stock was run along the upper edge. having the front fascia at a slant is a bit tougher......the curvature changes. get the measurements for the main curvature........then toss'em, because they don't apply further up. once the new marks were made {without breaking anything else} the new curvatures were traced out with the compass. then the windows were marked and cut out the curvature at the base could have been used to cut off the extra material.......but I wasn't taking any chances.......I'll make a template and mark it later. the jig was made and the extra was marked out.

looking good dragzz.......nice clean job on the deck

thanks Piet.....there's more to show. I try and put the rest of it up in the morning. I'm being shooed off to bed....3:30 Am comes quick! thanks Omega for the likes

Friday got a bit more lively......I need to get the pilot house fleshed out, so I can better gauge the apparatus for the booms {cranes}....I'll get the terminology down....sooner or later it starts with the base.... it has a curved front wall, but I gave it a bit of a twist, with the side walls.....it will have an angled face. the back wall is going to have a framed in door.......hence the larger opening. you'll see a lot of pencil marks......after it is assembled, they can be sanded out or erased. when assembled, it looks like this..... on the back wall, there is a housing for the stack....it will have a louvered vent in it. here are the parts and the door insert. I put the darn thing together.......but forgot to cut out the vent. it's OK....very easy to do it at this time.......it was assembled onto the back wall.

MARIO!!! so glad to see you {via text} I was thinking of you the other day. I hope you continue to follow along........and it would be super to see a project in the future! Keith, Nils, and Bob.........I recently found a really cool article on this boat.......if there was a clue I could give you, this would be it. the name of the boat, before given the name of the subject, was "Miss Penny". I saw pictures of her in 1991......she had bulwark 'shields' that went almost to the transom.......don't think I'll be doing them though I did a bit of work on the built Thursday........I made and installed those 'extensions' I mentioned earlier. I still need to blend them in. perhaps I can decant some primer to paint them after wards. I also trimmed and installed the fore deck support {stanchion} thanks to all who posted and hit the like button

that's a very interesting question Nils.....I've had some time to think about them as I've been doing this. this boat won't be here much longer.......it's getting closer towards having to give the build her name.......far apart of the subject, she will splinter off on a subject of her own. as for the other two......I switched them. I know.....some are scratching their head....."How can he tell them apart?" it easy.......I flip'em over! the hull that already has the deck platform set in place....will become the Jingle Belle {the caroler's boat}. the pilot house will be in the forward position......mid ship will have benches, most likely a tree in the center...and of course, I'll need to find carolers of proper scale. aft....will be a small cabin {I'm thinking shingles}, with perhaps a pitched roof and chimney. plenty of detail....and perhaps lighting {I'll have to do some brainstorming, since I closed the deck in. the other hull is going to be very different........it will not have the fore deck, I'm going to cut out all the extra wood and do full length bulwarks. the pilot house will be forward, but it will not be a full structure.....open concept. there will be an aft house {office}, based much the same way. I need to look into the tree wrapping table, to see what it looks like, as well as all the tools that a tree salesman would need. I am thinking on planking the decks on both boats......they are not work boats, so.....what the heck. well.......that's enough daydreaming.......if I put too much into them......I'll never get'em done! then again, that's what I said about the M&M boat.............about five months later

she looks great Piet! did you put on the port door.....I don't see it there fantastic workmanship! how did you do white on transparent paper Remco.........oh, Louis Pasteur of decals ?