popeye the sailor

glad to hear your having fun...........it show quite well, by the way your build looks

she looks great Adam........love the color you chose really sweet job!

looking really super Andy.........better and better every time I see it the mesh really changes the looks......really nice!

if you used white glue to cement in the dowels, perhaps you could use water to get the glue solvent again...and then contort the frame to make the adjustment. sandwich the keel between two stiff lengths of wood and clamp in place, when you do it....let dry

looking good Russ.....the bow lines are very nice

what you would need to do is solder two pieces of straight wire together at the proper angles and then trim to fit. a jig might be helpful. as you get more familiar with it....I'm sure you'll figure it out looking good Nenad....don't stop experimenting !

super workmanship........superb looking build!

looking sweet Piet!

sorry about that john.....not too much going on now. the real headache will start when I begin to outfit them

OK.......so the final thing I'm going to do to the hull dubbed Curly, will be the bow deck layout. from here, I will just be sanding the hull, so I'll get busy planking the hull Larry, and bring it up to snuff. since my thoughts about a different pilot house layout was too late, I will go with a common layout with Curly. I had cut out the two parts, but I ended up making up a third one......one side didn't come out right. I wasn't too sure how I wanted to do the floor........to insure that the floor was level to the main deck, I cemented in the necessary joices and cemented it in place. still some tweaking needed to be done.......but I said the heck with it. the bow deck platforms were cemented in place. I'll just use filler on the nonconformaties. after a bit of filler and some sanding, here is the bow decking, roughed out.

thanks Kevin........so far it's just the hull dubbed Curly. the other two are at different phases of planking. when I get the bow roughed out, I'll take on the next one.......that will be Larry. thank you for the good word.........looking forward to an update on the Bismark

looking really sweet Bob.....the stern has a nice shape to it like the concept with the stern rails as well.........nice!

could be a new Olympic sport.........baluster toss

....just poured one.........man, would you look at the head on that! :D

I feel your pain........I have two boys........one is still at home. but looky what you went and did............looks very nice! the sheen should calm down in a day or two........it needs to cure. with a new deck, it's going to look great!

usual symptoms: blank stare and shivering in the timbers........!

thanks Piet! the hull is the only thing I am interested in........I'm not that great of design. I hope to do something like most of the other folks here......but I learn slowly..........little bites over a long period of time I do fudge the numbers a little.......just to keep the copy-write monster at bay......and keep it interesting for me. thanks for the good word. usually I can tussle with the computer pretty good.....but that left jab comes out of nowhere.......still haven't had to use my secret weapon yet........the two-armed window toss! :D I started building wooden builds in 2009.........in the beginning, I was never one to have a build going over a year. my second build of the Revell Cutty Sark was the first one to ever do that.........then the Nordkap. of course, both of these build got held up due to ordered parts and such.......but looking at my signature, things picked up for a while. to me, I think the time factor kicks in, in two ways: 1: it depends how much detail you want to put into your build. it is very easy to stretch the build time, with the infinite number of sub assemblies, framing, outfitting, and rigging. hand in hand with the detail, is the replica that is the subject of the build. reference work also adds time. 2. having a good idea of the direction of the build is also key. to think up things along the way can slow the build down........I was very lucky with the M&M build........all of the ideas came in one sitting! I have to admit........that build was a no-brainer.......I wish I could come up with another one like that! with a firm direction of how you want the finished build to look, there is little room for back tracking. adding some extra detail is great, but it can upset the apple cart with other detail that you might have already done. it may even change aspects that are already in the works, or are still on the drawing board in model building.......there is no such thing as a time frame or deadline Adam. the hobby wasn't designed for that.......I simply just lucked out with a few of them. to me.......I think your right on schedule I don't advocate competing in the speed build competition, but I do revel in it when a plan comes together! thanks for the good word!

I think I'd be doing the happy dance......with every one that's set......great start!!!

read your entire log Nils..........such a beautiful build! love the use of materials......the detail and rigging is fantastic!

sweet!

belated condolences my friend.........glad to see your getting back to a reasonable sort of norm. take the time to recharge........the build isn't going anywhere. I'll look forward to your update when your ready

is that what your doing........making the frames and planking them? since your covering them with canvas.....sounds like a good simple approach.......looking very good

John & Bob...........CRAP!!!!! why didn't I think of that.......the 'Back' button! now I really feel like a dolt! I was never born for this era thanks for the good word gents! thanks Augie............pace?? well, let's see.........I built the Cux in 5 1/2 months.........the M&M boat in 4 1/2. kind of you to say, but I do believe I have mellowed a bit :D I know what you mean though..........thanks for the good word!

agreed........looking very nice Sherry can't think of a better word for your rail stanchions

OK..........I'll start over with this last bit of my update...................................... with the panels nearly ready, it was time to get the deck beams in place. I could have gotten really creative with them, but they are what they are......just beams. using 1/4 x 1/4 square stock, the required lengths were cut and notched to even them up to the decking strips, going lengthwise from bow to stern. I was not going to get fussy with them. an additional beam was added to the bow section, near rib #6. I had a wild idea of cutting out the two areas of this rib {the two sides that border the opening to the pilot house}, leaving enough to constitute the bulwark posts, in an effort to make the main deck look longer. I may do that with one of the other hulls.....I just have to think up a more creative pilot house. notice the opening for the pilot house......it is uneven........I have a solution for it, you'll see. the horns on both sides of the ribs, needed to be sanded down to sit even with the deck beams..........sanding dust still can be seen. the port side was cemented in first......followed with the starboard side. there is a noticeable gap in the middle of the deck platform. that's OK though.......filler can always used here. Elmer and I are very good friends for that opening to the pilot house, I took one of the shavings from the deck beams and shimmed a board to go across........it is a bit raised and will serve well for the basis for a doorway stoop. ...and with the clamps and pins removed, filler added and sanded, the main deck platform is done at this point. I am quite pleased with how the deck platform mates the bulwarks....very minor filling is required......I could even get away with using white glue. I'll have to look into what to do with the bow section..........this hull seems to have it's direction already laid out for it. I can plank the other hulls and decide whether to plank or paint the deck{s}. I'll most likely plank.........seems to be how I roll