popeye the sailor
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you must have had your share of erector sets, when you were a kid..........wonderful!
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thinking ahead is everything........a very nice shot of your deck planking...the nibbing looks very nice I don't usually solder anything...I try to get my rigging taught, without a lot of stress. undo stress can distort masting your build is looking very good.
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exactly how I did my Gothenborg.......the wales look as though they are built in....a subtle rise from the planking. sweet!
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really sweet the way they are shaping up Andy. I like your new title "industrial modeler".........kinda has a nice ring to it the pictures really show how the angle iron intersects one another. nicely done!
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looks very nice Augie.......do you bevel the edge, so it will butt up along the plank line? darn nice I've been fastening them while they are still damp.....I'm impatient that way I haven't had any problems with shrinkage.......probably because of the wood I'm using. I'm sure that different wood behave differently when wet. very nice job there.........doesn't look like too huge of a sanding job afterwards
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the added detail is really sweet! simply beautiful ship!
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sweet looking planking Augie.........your doing way better than I am {at the moment}. looks like sanding will be at a minimum as well very nicely done!
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Is that a ship I see on the horizon............it is!!!!!.......it is!!!!!! with hand flips and cart wheels, and click'in me heels .......... {thought I was going to rhyme.........didn't you } well.......she looks real sweet Anja! so good to see you back in the ship yard. such a difference between the Billing's and Corel kits...you have made some great progress! I'll look forward in seeing more.
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simply amazing!!! .........and on TV no less! I see educational television has gotten a lot better! kudos for shedding more light on our hobby! I wish they would do that in our country!
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..just thought I'd mention it...I haven't had the opportunity to go further with it. the cloth does go through with little problems.....no cloth jams :D
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she looks great Max you've accomplished some very nice bends there......I like what you did with the rudder. I've never heard of that type of lacquer.......but it looks very nice on the ship. I think the sheen will die out though once it's totally cured......it takes a while for this to occur anyway you get the best of both worlds.......they look nice and shiny in the beginning, but later they look even better...a bit more antique. very well done.........time to begin thinking of your next one.....I think
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it's amazing what you can see through the windows........I feel like a peeping Tom!!! beautiful work Doris.......those lanterns are outstanding. simply fantastic work!
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I hesitate to mention this.......but I think you might find this interesting. I have the Testor's decal maker - standard edition. there is a basic program out there, but you can't import images into it like this one. I import the image of what I want, size it and make the adjustments I want to do. the test here, is to run sail cloth through the printer and have the image print onto the sailcloth. so far, I have only done a few flags, but it does work. I have found that it needs to be sealed after the image is printed on.......it has to be something that will dry very quickly. the decal bonder that comes with the decal maker, seems to work the best. it's still in the R&D stage.......but it looks rather promising. variables I've seen so far has been in the texture of the cloth......smooth VS coarse.......tight weave VS coarse weave, and what would be the effect if the cloth was lightly sealed before the image was embossed, to prevent spreading.
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some even do scale planking.........both are equally as effective
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I may try to do the same thing on my United States build. with so many Connie builds in progress.......I'll be able to see the many different directions folks take. I've replaced the decks with wood.......and most likely I'll be doing the same to the masts. looks like I'll have the 'spare parts' your referring to I tried to talk the admiral into letting me get a Connie kit......but she told me I was insane! man........I hate it whenever she's right
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that's the problem with lesser known ships.......either you get mixed info, or you get none at all. I had the same trouble with the Goth, but three folks here supplied me with enough pictures........one fellow actually worked on the ship. he sent me a rigging plan, but it's in Dutch, and hard to read........but I think I can wing it with the pictures. I have the Half Moon that I am also working on.......it's a Billing's kit, with some parts missing.......so far, it's a fun bash. it's nice to see folks go beyond the scope of the kit.....it's a great way to expand creativity and imagination. those aspects that you mentioned......good example........when the build is complete......you won't see them. the little fudgings here and there are mere trifles...the layers of detail that your adding will hide them just fine!
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
yepper! work your way to the keel first........get all that done, even the rudder. if you don't have a stand for it at this time, a holder lined with felt {or something soft}, will work best, for the time being- 4,152 replies
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I use the same method.........the thinner second planking sitting against the wales lessens the protrusion just enough and make it look more natural. I use the 1.8 mm planking for the wales and rails and .5 mm for the second planking. is that what your using Ron?
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I'll bet you've made a bridge or two in your day..........really nice work! it's going to look super when it all comes together
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well! Finally I got to see your entire build log! I tried going through it while having coffee in the morning, before going to work. but I should have known that this would have been impossible to get the full impact! to sum it up......fantastic! you have a lot of really cool tips, melded into a well written build log you shedding a lot of light on a ship that history books give little to.........the extra details your adding really add to the build as a whole. it make one wonder sometimes, where the manufacturers get these people to build the proto types ........they should have just asked us! great looking build.......your creativity is outstanding! I'll look forward in seeing more!
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yepper John.......this is where I am........and I am getting bored. I'm going to be switching gears real soon here.....it won't be the United States though........I still have to do some painting on the hull and stuff, before I go cementing decks. but, I gotta do something else, before I go ga ga! glad you like the organizer Bug.......you are correct. there are toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls.......and the big ones in the back are tubes that I got planking shipped to me in. I used a hole saw attachment to make the wells in a piece of pine board and I cemented them in. all different sizes for different lengths, and the big ones in the back are reserved for the wood strips for the kits I'm working on. I posted some pictures of it in one of my builds. if you would like to see it {if you can't find where I posted them}....just let me know, and I'll post them here. thanks Sjors and John........yup! still planking:)
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