popeye the sailor
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Happy New year's everyone! I'm hoping that 2014 has a gas pedal.......I gotta get moving! thanks John........the decks done in two different approaches {grain directions} got me thinking that I should redo the gun deck......I'm happy though that I kept a cool head and kept it. I also noticed another crack intersecting where the mizzen mast hole is, but that is governed by the spine, so I'm not too concerned........when it is planked, it will take care of it. I think now that by doing the spar deck this way will insure that if it does any curling at all, it will be a template for cambering the beams. I have built these Revell kits before Jeff........this is my second time with this one. the deck assembly has been the Achilles heel of everyone who has done one. we have a few folks here that are doing some bash work with styrene, and there is Dr. Dafi, who is doing his Victory build in this manner....that where I got the idea. the decks will not be the only wood aspects that I'm going to do. I'm hoping that it come out well.......hope to see you follow along......I'll try to update in shorter intervals hey Marty......I didn't know they had upgrades for this kit. it's stuff like this that makes me wonder why they didn't continue to produce the other kits. I think that would be a great idea........to see other folks do something like this. I've done the Connie, two Cutty Sarks, and the Alabama...and this is my second build of this ship. just a shame....they are beautiful builds when finished. I'm going to be using 3 mm wide planking.........probably should be 2 mm.........but even if I did it with 4 - 5 mm, it would still look great! hope you follow along.......thanks for the good word!- 165 replies
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happy New Year's my friend! the paint work came off great!......nice looking plank work....great looking hull!
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thanks Augie........great way to spend a New Year's day. I really need to get this gun deck planked though......and get it in place permanent! ........and pronto!
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I tried my best to keep the separations in the big hole in the mid deck section......but when I went to cut them out......one of them cracked and broke, so I did them all. there will be beams there. one of the structural supports I still need to add...are these beams. with the grain the direction it's going, I will add them in, is spacings under the deck......I also will give them a little camber. the bow section sits in the cavity pretty good. I will plank this deck after it is cemented in place, so I can do the planking all the way to the edge of the bulwarks. I may thicken the bulwarks as well. I also tried a feeble attempt to get a couple pictures of the gun deck, through the gun ports. it may give you some idea of what you can see, although there will be cannons there, blocking the view. I can skimp a little.......I'll use some of the other thin stock that I have.
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the deck was cleaned up.......smoothing the cut edges. the holes in the deck were then cut out. they will be edged with 3/32 and 1/16 square stock. all of the inside edges were sanded with sanding sticks I had made, using different width deck planking strips. putting the gun deck back in wasn't too bad...I can't wait to see how it will come back out. the bow tucks nicely in the cavity.
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while I was working on the gun deck, I began to assemble the spar deck. one of the major players in the gun deck curling up like that, was the way the grain runs....side to side. dryness is another factor, and when I get to doing the deck planking, I will use steam or hot towels on it.......not long though....I don't want to undo all that I have done. I had set aside the two 4 inch wide panels for it, but I found that I could use the 3 inch ones just as well. I cemented two of them together lengthwise.......I will have the grain run fore to aft. to trace out the sections, all extruding pins and tabs must be removed, and then sanded. the sections were then laid on the joined panel. then......trace them out......starting with the bow section. .....and then the mid section. ...and then the stern section. the deck was cut out of the panel.
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I recently posted my year end report of my builds and where they're at. all of the others are fine.......all except for the United States. the gun deck appeared to have a slight case of curling......small problem I thought. since I had the wood to do the spar deck, I decided to put it together, so I could see if perhaps a bit of scrimping on the gun deck planking. I did an examination of the gun deck.......and I was amazed at what I saw! this is just a sample of what I saw. I didn't take pictures of the big picture......I should have. to straighten it out, I decided to cement the sections together, and add in a pair of spines underneath. first, cement the sections together. then, when they were dry, the spines were added.......a pair of 1/8 square stock. most of the curl has been taken care of in doing this. I had done the gun deck some time ago.....the end of 2012.....to be exact. perhaps the cold in the hallway {no heat in there} didn't help matters either.......I think I should get the other builds out of there as well. while I was handling the deck, the one area not supported by the spines, the curved tip of the bow, cracked and almost broke off! I made up a couple of plates and cemented them in place, after cementing up the crack.
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good to see your back on line with this bad girl........I'm sure you'll have a wonderful journey
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thanks Bob........Have a great New Year............walking dead Marathon tonight.......me & Chinese food........I'll be there!
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thanks Jesselee....still a lot more to do.......see you in 2014! I did that with the Gothenborg Bob. I can do what I intend to do with the Danmark diagrams........I'm going to bring the parts panel diagrams to a copy place, and have them blown up. I still have those I still have a few ideas kicking around in this old{er} brain box of mine. I think it best to keep them there for the time being though thanks for the thought
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she looks great! paint will also aide in losing some of it.......not to worry! got some great lines there!
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I have never worked with it......judging by all I have read, I don't think I ever will {I have plenty of India Ink } your work this year has been fantastic......you have a beautiful hull. I'll look forward in seeing her in her skin in 2014! have a great evening watching the ball drop........I think I will just watch the clock........programing stinks since the Dick Clark days
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I don't blame him Augie.......the percussion from the fire works must have started early :D :D No Sjors.........#9 & #10 will stay in my head ........where they belong! 2014 will be aimed at clearing up the clutter from 2013. I can't lay it all on one year though.....because it was accumulative. but I am hoping for a happier, healthier Wharf! sage advice Mark, although my 'year in prospective' has uncovered a bigger problem than it showed. I will have a update for this soon. ..................a plank'in I will go I do have some good news on the broken down SUV........as was told, the trans had a total melt down. it is being rebuilt. due to the Holidays and the problems with Fed-Ex and UPS {here in the US}, it has been hard to find the parts, since they stopped making this style of Isuzu for quite a few years. I was told though, that we could have the truck back as early as Friday, worse case scenario, would be the beginning of next week. I am hoping for the Friday choice....or we'll have to endure another week end {I go back to work} I'll keep my fingers crossed!
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looking forward towards your next build log........Happy New Year!
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I think you've done a fine job of it........you are the ratline king! looks like you'll be a centurion by 2014.......congrats!
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
sanding will take care of that........you'll be painting it anyway. your best bet would be to go through your wood and pick out the thicker stuff, and save it for the bottom. or better yet........reverse it. save the thinner stuff for the bottom..........the copper plates will make up for the difference- 4,152 replies
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thanks John you know......all these years of .....put it up.........and then ......take it down....is really starting to wear on this poor soul I'm ready to just tell her to "pick a room" :D planking has turned out to be everything I thought it would be.........SLOW!!!! hopefully, the next time you see them, they will ALL be done. then they will not only look better.......but I'll be very happy!!! :)
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thank you Lawrence....... this was part of my first experiment in the replication of hulls from parts panels. I did the same with the Holiday trio, but I have a sad feeling that three hull, is the best those templates will do. the only thing I wished I would have done.....was straighten.....or even invert the curvature of the bow line. now it's the fore deck and aft deck.....that's my next frontier. thanks for the comment and looking in........hope you follow along
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you seriously need to make this a 'cut-a-way'......this is just too beautiful to cover up!
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thanks for the head's up Keith........I didn't know that definitely something to take advantage of I did a bit more today......but the admiral wants to put away as much of the Christmas decorations around the house as possible......so, I guess I know what I'll be doing later.......buggers! here is where I am at the moment. this is Larry.........the first eight rows of planking is Obechi......the six additional rows of planking is basswood. easy to tell, by the way it sands out. Moe and Curly are past the eight row mark...........Curly has begun to receive the basswood. I also thought I'd show the fruits of this past scavenger hunt....not much, but I didn't go store hopping either {what am I saying.......this amount of exuberance, with the scourge of man, would have any admiral jumping for joy}.....I must truly be mad the two wider sheet are for the United States......for the spar deck. once that is done, I can get a better idea of how much skimping I can do with the gun deck planking. update for this soon there are twelve narrower sheets there....they will be used for the Harbor build. these hinges will be for the boulogne Etaples........they were the last on the peg. you can get these same hinges in most of the Midwest kits, that require them. I bought this molding, hopefully to use on the Harbor build. I first saw some of this scribed wood, when I was working on the Ambroid kit of the B&M snow plow. in checking this out, I found that there are a few places where this style of wood can be purchased. I remember using ambroid cement in my youth: ambroid.com
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it was because of these large builds, that I took the airbrush back up.........loving it ever since!
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wish I knew of a remedy...........only one I have is to make up a mock mast and shrouds......and practice hope you had a great Christmas.........and a happy new year!
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little by little.......that's ok..........you can finish it next year :D :D Happy 2014!
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