popeye the sailor
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even with all the little hiccups you've encountered......your making real good progress! she's looking great J.P. -
adding to the accolades Sjors.........superb work, my friend!
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interesting concept Wayne...looking forward in seeing how this comes out
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Billing's did that a lot with their older kits.......some folks didn't like it. they do sell wood grain laminate that has an adhesive backing, but I think the hard part would be the calking, since it is so thin.
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looks great Tom.......your work NEEDS to be shown. congratz again, my friend!
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I'm so used to primer drying quickly......to look at it now.......no harm, no foul. this is a white primer......back in the day, I recall when there was just brick red and gray. now-a-days, there just about every color of the spectrum.......no more problems with 'hue ghosting' thanks for the good word Keith thanks John.....it's nice to be at the point where I can now start to add to her.....distinguishing features. thanks for the good word! thanks to all those who hit the like button......this really was easy to do. it went better than I thought. Larry is no more......the name got erased with the fore deck platform. there is still an absence of feature.....nothing to look at and say 'yup, that's what it is'. the shell of the helm is to be made.......that might give a clue. I do know that I have to do something with that bow stem........the flat area on it is really noticeable
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this is it Michael.......the end of the mods now it's onward and upward thanks for the good word!
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thanks Nils....there 1 more update it will finish off the mods......this is the basic hull I have to work with. thanks for the good word the deck area is coming around quite well, aside from the tiny cracks I have to deal with. but these are just minor things.......I can do them as I go along. If I have to decant some primer to do touch ups....so be it .. time to get the underside of the aperture, and the deck area primered. I kinda got stupid here...... after waiting for the primer to dry {and I thought it was}, I noticed some 'hairs' had risen from the bulkhead. touching it and feeling it was dry, I sanded it......but the deck hadn't dried enough, and I left some nasty nail marks there. I had to wait longer and sand them away.......then touch up {oh....well} when everything had dried.......time to assemble! it stayed like this for most of the day. later in the after noon, the bands were removed. the platform requires a little sanding along the edges.........I left it a tiny bit over. I need to make those two parts for the aperture.......then it can be sanded a a whole. so....this is it......the basic hull
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I'm not sure if anyone remembers the saga about the kite string. I believe it is nylon, but not totally sure........but it does work well for rigging. in my search for more, I had bought a few kites to get it. I finally threw away the kites.......but kept all the dowels that made up the frames. I'm not sure of the size, perhaps #4 or #6 {around there somewhere}, and made of bamboo. I thought it was kinda funny, that bamboo seems to be creeping into our medium........but it looks perfect for what I want to use it for the deck platform was cut out......after the aperture was measured and marked. I tossed around the idea of making it a complete piece......the only seam would be down the middle. the gaps along the bulwarks were filled in, as well as on both sides of the bulkhead. looks good now, but after it had dried, there were some small cracks that developed. I'll fill them in later with white glue. there were also some cut-a-ways to be done on the fore deck aperture. not so much on the port side, but a longer one was to be on the starboard side. the panel is shown upside down here. in place on the bow, you can get a sense of what it will look like. I left some of the curve in the fore deck layout.
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.......and what has the crazy one been up to...........hmmmmmmm. basically, the necro - part is pretty much done.......everything I did these past couple of days sort of strung together. so, I just kept snapp'in pictures as the evolution took place. the bow is the next area to tackle.......this was done on Tuesday. the large area needed to be framed in. here is how the locator strip looks at the base of the bulkhead. the elongation of the deck panels come in handy here. when I made an adjustment to the height of the starboard bulwark at the stern, I had nicked the top board of the transom. I tried to fix it with hand sanding, and it ended up with a curvature. the top board was removed and a new one was put in to replace it. with that done, more framing was added to the bow. with the beams being at odd angles, I simply used bits of square stock as gussets under them. good way to use up the waste wood. you can see them better in this picture.......here, pieces of square stock was fitted along the sides to act as a locator for the deck platform. where I am to add in the sides for the aperture, the port side needed to be cleaned up. it is done.
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well.......think of the Vic.......that is ONE complex ship your working on I think that if I had gone in the direction of sailing ships, I'd even call MYSELF 'looney' for doing so many. your build looks so good........simply because you've devoted you complete concentration on her.......period. my thing is.......my kid in a candy store / bull in a china shop mentality. I see so much......love to apply them to my build, but most of the ideas don't fit {I learned this from the lobster boat build}. so, I created other hulls to try them out on........funny how an experiment can backfire in unexpected ways I enjoy doing these multiple builds though......now if I come up with a crazy idea, I can throw it at a build and see if it sticks. thanks for saying such nice things...your very kind with your Vic almost finished, I would have imagined you'd be stock piling wood and supplies at this time. have you thought about the fittings you'll need......scratch built or ordered? the finish line is in sight...it won't be much longer now thanks for the good word Lawrence.......I should have an update soon.
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love how you did that Piet..........communication up and running........and looking REAL good!
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leave it to you, my friend, to raise the bar on the slip as we know them. looking at your idea, I'd bet that anyone could come up with something that would suit their needs. I definitely will look into something like what you have done.......it's just toooooo good not to look into it never quell those thoughts of yours.........your a very innovative person! I'll look forward towards your next build! you should market this one.............."The Motts Slip"
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beautiful work Adam.......have a great time away! at least we have some cute pictures to look at in the meantime
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YAWWWWN! com'on J.......I just woke back up yea, gotta get back to her.......cripes! your beating me.....and doing a damn good job of it too !
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you could wait till later......assemble them off the ship and put them in place when you do the caps. have you done anything with the structures yet? I find that working on something else, works well in jogging the ideas.
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I have no idea what your talking about Frank..... the planking looks swell! with a good sanding, you should be able to leave it as a single plank {if the plans call for double}. well worth the wait......ya did good Frank!
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look on the bright side........you have another build to fill your time while waiting for material what's not to like!
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very nice update J.pett I especially like the wood color you've chosen
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so good to see your Vasa again, and the progress you've made on her.........really well done!
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very nice progress J
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nice progress Bob........I love how the bulwarks came out. the cat heads are coming along nicely as well........looking forward in seeing what you do for the whiskers
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nice progress on the coppering......you'll be done before you know it! the cradle looks nice too.......that's a very interesting idea
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nice job on painting the port hinges.......they look super! really compliments the rest of your progress very sweet build Ron!
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