popeye the sailor
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you did a splendid job on the figures Frank........what made you think you didn't? your technique is spot on......they look very real and ready for the sea I like the Flint Bros............you gave them all different shirts, so you can tell them apart hee....heee- 389 replies
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the shrouds look nice Sjors........one more to go on the lowers there are more on the upper steps.....aren't there? they'll keep you busy for a while yet........good job so far
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looking very nice Dragzz...planking is going to look nice when you get it finished. I usually work it from the center....out. this way the gaps can be better kept in check. did you used to subscribe to plastic models plus?
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AWESOME!!!!! she looks super Tom........you've really done some fine work there! really nice lines and curvature. oh crap! now I have a tooth ache from all this eye candy .............where's the advil I hope your happy with your results......you deserve to be!
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Lou has some good stuff there..........have you done any more to the one you started a while ago Lou? -
you mean it was hollow towards the base? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! you just trashed one of Sjor's gnome home! that will make for some good fire wood when it's dry......I'm sure you heat the cottage with wood......do you burn it at your residence as well? easy enough to split.....till you get to the solid. I wish we had a fire place here....I love the smell of a good fire
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ahhhhh.....the 'own worst critic' again.........he is a tremendous boxer. he bobs and weaves like the best of them......he can throw 'doubt' like no other. but, I'm afraid he's punching 'air' on this one. you should have KO'd 'em in the first round Ron.......for your first sailing Ship, you've done a superb job on her. 'taint nothing shabby about this fine lady. she'd going to look fine when you get all the yards mounted......keep up the good work!
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Hi Tom.........you've really made some progress with your build.......she looks fantastic! love the pictures of the bow......are there any of the stern? congrats on your daughter's wedding........I can agree that they grow too fast. I have one more at home still......one of these days, he find his calling.....and then leave the nest......I'm not pushing.
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Cutty Sark by NenadM
popeye the sailor replied to NenadM's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
your making me wish i had a Cutty build in front of me, you know. it caused me to get out my Cutty build and show how Revell molded these details. it has been in 'the hallway' for well over a year, waiting for me to finish her. when I did this build, there was so much conjecture as to her color, I just went and painted her my way. I am amazed with how little dust is on her......just a few ceilling putty droppings...the folks who live upstairs stomp around like animals....lucky the whloe ceilling hasn't come down! the two rub rails along the bulwark is there.......and then the cap rails the inner bulwark detail can be done as close as you like, but some of the details do get lost with scale, some too small to actually do. just getting the basic layout, can be quite rewarding. Revell had a hard time with the fore castle deck and windlass assembly. they specified using multiple pieces of chain to do the windlass. with just a couple of holes drilled into the deck.....two covered by the chain gates and the other two covered by the decking, I cut it down to just two pieces of chain. you had mentioned the stern and the shape of it. Revell did a nice job of this and the way the rub rails wrap around it. the cap rails finishes it off. the last Cutty I did, I included all of the sails.......I intend to do the same to this one. the studding sails and braces still need to be done, as well as the repairs to the rigging from the move here. one of these days, I'll get her back on the table
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I'm glad you cleared that up Mobbsie.........I was thinking that Andy was celebrating, finally coming home when i was younger, I used to imitate different accents I'd hear. when i moved to Florida, I adopted the Floridian accent.......every once in a while, it comes out. I think they are fasinating...I never get tired hearing a person talk. I have to be careful though.......if I hear it long enough, I begin to sound like they do.......kind of embarassing sometimes. if I could do it........I'd be there in a heartbeat.......it would be a hoot to meet you I still think back to the day I got to meet John {Jim Ladd}......I treasure it
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yes...I will be......you build is in my watch list. I had a very extensive list back on the old MSW. I was a newbie back then {still am in some ways}....I wanted to see and learn as much as I could. I was kidding about being a secret......it's so nice to see some of your work. hope to see more.
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looks great adrieke! glad to see all your lights are working........and looks like your back up to full steam!
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I'm sorry Denis........I probably didn't specify....this one is my first sailing ship in wood. I have done others, but most of them are fishing vessels. I've done a lot of plastic build though.......but wood is so much different....I absolutely love it! hello Patrick! so glad to see your up and about...I hope your feeling better....I miss your work. thanks Larry and Mobbsie......you are so correct on the learning curve......I'm so glad I have all these pictures. I made it through my work week, so I'm going to try making some headway with the build. I have a few chores to do, but I don't think they will be too bad.
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so cool you had this week ender Mobbsie.........{I'm still jealous} just shows though how friends are brought together....all because of this site .......oh crimney.........where's my hankie!
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minwax also makes one that does both......stain and seal. it's a poly urethaine, and can be purchased in a can or spray. it would be true though that the main deck sees more weather than the lower decks. it's so nice that you get to have a little planking fun early in the build.
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looks great Piet........very nice progress!
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no wonder why i haven't seen this build........there wasn't one. nice that you have folks watching your back.......enjoyed the way you've done this so you were going to keep this superb piece of eye candy hidden, I'm glad that it was brought to the light! let me join the other eye candy cononseurs, and tell you what a beauty you have here truly a diamond in the rough!
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thank you very much for your kind comment Kester.........and thanks for the update. I was told that she would be setting off on this year's tour, around April, if my memory serves me. your another of the fortunate, to have walked her decks, something that I can only dream about glad to hear that you had a good time. thanks again for the good word.....it's going to be very sweet to finally finish her. I do wonder where Eric {seasick} has gone to? I haven't seen him around. he worked aboard the Gothenborg last year, but lamented that he would not be able to count himself as one of the crew..........perhaps he stole himself aboard anyway? time will tell.
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is this the Dragen......or an early period PT boat? the cannon looks very nice Borge.........I guess one cannon couldn't hurt
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the hull frame looks verry nice Augie. those fillers....did you install them during the frame assembly? they would work very well in keeping the ribs square. very nicely done
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thanks John and Sjors.....more progress soon thanks for looking in commodore Augie
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I couldn't let you down Sjors.......I did get something accomplished. I started by rigging the lower stays for the mizzen mast. in the pictures, I saw that there were two.......one was with hearts, the other one I couldn't quite make out, so I used two smaller hearts {the small wood eyelets I made}. then I did the upper stay for the mizzen I wanted to do more with the shrouds, but duty called for Gibbs, and by then it was time for supper. I did do the two I had set up on the starboard side........I did not tie them off yet though......I want to get the rest of them done before I do that. I can't wait to get the back stays on and tighten all these stays up......I have one more main stay to do yet, and there is one or two that are not as tight as I would like them to be. I think that if I try to correct them, it may upset the balance........this last stay that I speak of has the ability to make {one of them especially} matters worse........so I will have to be careful and stay on the positive side of 'absolute zero'. it will be shrouds now......with a couple more lines to be added to the bow.
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I wouldn't blame anyone John......if I come across a problem.......it'll be because I bore down too hard with the paint brush hee....hee! yes they are keith.....they are made of plywood. there are some rather significant bends I'll need to make. what I'm going to do is sub in some basswood.........cut to shape, get it wet, and bend it in a jig {which I still have to make}. but all this will come later, so I still have plenty of time to set all this up. I need to get through with redoing the cabin bulkheads, staining and painting. I plan to stain everything, deck and all........there are enough hard to reach places already, without adding the cap rails into the mix. there are also areas that need paint. I don't throw anything away. you never know if they can be used on another build or something I miss watching Anja's progress........I thought of her when I started this project. she sent me some wonderful information.......but I found more on my own. I plan on doing her like the picture a few pages back. I'll see if I can get the decal maker to do those designs. the rub rails alone will look really cool.......I have ideas. trouble is........I have to get there first!
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welcome back Andy.
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