popeye the sailor

guy kinda looks like Alfred Newman.......I like'em ! hello Craig........I see that your fairly new......welcome to the forum....with decorum {and some wicked cool ships too} :D I like to do 'off the beaten path' projects. I had a very good time with my last one, the M&M fun ship. I wanted to do another one, but I wanted to do something a bit more complex.........so I came up with this project. it is to be three ships, all of them are to follow a Christmas holiday theme. at the moment, I really can't say what the individual subjects are......this will be decided when the hulls are planked and the deck layout is established. I should have started this project earlier, but other thing kept pushing them back. I'm hoping they will be finished sooner, but I'm looking at the 2014 season, as a finish date. hope your intrigued enough to follow along gee thanks John........I'm feeling better already.......I'm 2 down now, I'm behind!

I 'like' ALL of your comments guys {*hic*} thanx for yer support!!!!

OK.....another shot from Bob..........oh, that's good! that'll pick me up.......{an' lay me back down too!} the mirage comes later........that is.......if any more 'good stuff' comes along, Augie that's another one of my logistical problems Wayne........Rudolf refuses to sit at the bow! perhaps you can send me down a few 'stand ins' :D :D

hey Ron.......no.....the Goth looks like that......for now anyway I'll be picking up on that build when I begin again. the Goth is on the table, along with the America........I need to fix it from a separate problem that it suffered. almost back on track thanks for the good word! thanks Adam.........hmmmmmmmm rum and whiskey........sounds like a nip and tuck.........one nip and they tuck you away for the night! Hee.........Hee!!!!! tell ya what........I'll forgo the fruit, and just chase'em with a beer! OK......gotta go drink....errrrrrrr take, my meds now! :D :D :D put the lime in the coconut an' drink'em both together put the lime in the coconut an' den you feel'in better!

I've made some head-way today.......almost ready to go. I do thank all of you for the comments.......things are good for the moment. I hope we haven't been fed a load of cow bunk.......something to be seen, to be believed. the cold is a little bit better......I will look into your remedy John...........151.....here we come! thank you as well Anja... yepper John.......I haven't done a scavenger hunt as of yet.......that's really going to give me the direction they will take. the first one is decided, the second one is at the 'good idea' stage, and the third one is sort of on the fence.......I can't seem to come up with a good way to convince the wise men, that it is OK to be on a boat. "OK.......guys, it's like this...........Dramamine.....all you can handle! just make believe it's a mirage.....should be used to that crap by now!" either that, or try convincing elves that it's OK............ "Yea.....yea, I know...........candy canes melt when wet! that's why they come in cello wrappers! as far as the presents go......try using color-fast paper!" so, while I wade through all the logistical problems, I still need to take stock of the fittings I'm going to need. I have some time, since it will be a while before the hulls are to that point. I have made one decision.......I will plank the bulwarks. this way I can cut the scuppers where I want them. I want to add additional posts. as mentioned.....I will try to make this as interesting as possible.

looks great John.......what occupies the space in the front?

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4226-holiday-harbor-multi-build-120-scale-by-popeye-the-sailor/ here it is........I'll have to check that one out......sounds kinda gooey ..........ewwwwww!

very interesting Henry

me neither..........Andy's given me lots of good ideas the molding looks great tom!

I said I would post a picture of my table....and the turmoil at the moment. things are getting back in order, I did end up getting a cold from the sweating, and lugging stuff up and down the stairs......it was cold in that hallway........although I'm sure my resistances were down as well. it's a process......... well......my big table is a wreck.......it's the only thing that DIDN'T go up there........ you probably notice the bow spirit on the AmericA is a bit out of joint.......it wasn't from the move. I had it sitting on a table, broadside in front of a window, and an ill wind blew it onto the floor. it only sustained some minor damage {nothing disfiguring}......nothing I can't fix. I had the desk table {which did go up stairs} in the living room.......I was going to fire up the old computer {windows 98}, so I could run my older games. with the holidays coming up, I gave up on the idea, and joined it back up to the big table. these three are now back where they belong.........I rearranged the living room, per the admiral's request for the holidays.......she wants to put the tree in the bay windows....very easy to comply with her request. these are the only three that have wipers...a great idea from Andy unrelated forum builds were not exempt.......these two made the trip up and down as well......the F-15 and my first foray in balsa flying aircraft in many years....the Spitfire. it's not completely finished, but for a first flight in these many years, it's close enough. with the weather changing the way it is, it looks like it won't see it's first real flight until late spring the Ambroid train kit I've been working on {the B&M snowplow}, went up as well, but it went up in the box I packed it up in, when I put it aside. so, it suffered no damage from the predicament. once things are back in shape, I can get back to what I want to do......back on track. choo.......choo!

nice progress Piet..........it's coming along great!

superb work Michael.....so much imagination into the compass.......it's just great! if you had darker center line on the deck, the other cabin roof would match better...........but since it is plain...........you've got a better combination on there now......just super!

I saw your comment on the Ark issue.........I didn't want to give you the impression, that I had the impression, and make you think, that I thought, that you were making an Ark. besides........I didn't see any animals! ........only two............only two :D very nice progress........very nice detail done on the doors I tried to make molding like that with a different approach......with the use of sand paper {I have pictures of this somewhere} .....very time consuming, I can tell you that! I have an old Ambroid kit of an HO train, and in the kit, is this very nice scribed molding. Ambroid was very well known for different types of milled wood. today, the company has changed hands {Northeastern scale models} ......they now only do structures and doll house supplies. I'm sure Andy knows of a good outlet for specially milled wood

3mm........yea, that is a bit thick to me........the planking I use is around 1.8mm. this has been the norm for all of my builds. it'll give you a lot of lee-way with sanding......that's a big plus!

good to see you back at the table.........very nice work indeed!

hmmmmmm.......so, they weren't concerned with scratching the bore. considering how accurate they were........rifling the bore didn't come into play until much later in the munition's race.......cannons were more accurate than their cousins, the mortar.

good to hear your going to make it home..........may you make it there........in time.

wow.......that really sad I never knew of this stuff either, until I saw the display ...........and to think.........all these years, I've been doing it the hard way :D

when you get to the point of installing the decking.......I hope your going to save all those cast offs..........they look too good not to. you might find a use for them somewhere

you two gentlemen are really slaving away here..........some very good research and development here if your going to be cutting these pieces out of flat stock, it can be done much easier by using strip stock. I'm sure that evergreen or plastruct sells 1 mm strip stock.....the hobby store that I go to has a huge plastruct display..........they carry it.

what comes to mind here...is all the little things that can get over looked. you certainly fill in the gaps I'm certain that this would not be left this way........would they tie cloth or burlap over this to create a swab? I also would think that an oil would come into play here as well.....would it then also be dipped into a bucket to give lubrication?

as long as you found a good resolve, then it's a job well done

wouldn't have it any other way, my friend

the deck can be done after the bulwark planking......to make it easier, I make waterway strips to follow the bulwarks and notch them to fit the posts. I want to change it up the next time I do this with nibbing the bow planks. the only problem with waiting to do the bulwarks, is the hull might be thicker that the bulwark planking. you'll need to sand anyway.......but you might have to do more to match them up. I find it better to look at what would be easier, rather than save time. it can be done either way.........just be sure that the lip of the hull will mate well with the first bulwark plank. looking great so far Adam........keep up the good work

look in the scratch section.....I started the Holiday armada