popeye the sailor

black tie........or hawiian shirt?

oh Sjors........a sad day hate to see you feel this way just couldn't find the words to say I hope you felt better....enough to play I tried to find you cheerfull but all I can see, is tearfull it's so sad to see a clown cry I wish you well my friend.......I hope this round of meds does the trick.....I miss your candor

that is one SWEET anchor ........and the ship's not bad either! nice job with how you did that........looks wicked cool!

right.......planking for the deck is only about 0.7 x 3 x 550mm.....this is what I'm going to use. it's the lighter Annegre, but you can also get the mahogany.......won't even have to stain it. I've already cut the sections for the gun deck, and I used 1/16 x 1/16 around all the grate holes. once planked and sanded...it will bring them down to where they should be. I did miscalculate though......I need to get more! a lot of naval ship builders have been doing their deck in wood for a while now........they look beautiful! don't think I recognize the name, sorry about that.

it's probably just the way the wood took it. sometimes I'll go through the planking to make sure a darker one didn't slip in there. although, there are times I wished I hadn't...........some decks come out looking pretty good. yours is no exception.......it won't hurt it if you do that. once everythings on the deck, it should blend right in..............I like it

I can see how you spent your birthday! wonderful work my friend! it looks super!

hey Augie.......if yers bored.....yas kin come over ta my house an' play with one o' mine.......plenty o' beer in da fridge :) looks superb Augie.....she's gonna look great in the new case

Bummer........no more eating greasy stuff in the living room! may she come back to you safe prop heads and shafts look good......look forward in seeing the porpulsion system in this bad girl!

back at it in fine style, eh..........the booms and rigging looks great! simply superb looking build John!

still the ground work so far........can't wait to get some color on her.... thanks for looking in aldo!

thanks Aldo........I was a lazy putz yesterday.........but today, I play catch up!

ha...ha....just wait for the time you tell her that you forgot something. I was doing the M&M fun ship for her. here on the site, folks were throwing ideas at me left and right. one suggested windshield wipers.......why not?........the windows are large enough. I told her about it, and she got mad......she thought I was dragging it out...........she got even madder when she saw me making them!. when I was finished, she stood right there as I put it on the shelf.........every once in a while I tease her about doing something more to it, but all I get is the evil eye. yea.......I wish I had gotten a thermopylae kit when I had the chance. a friend of mine in Honolulu has three Cutty kits......one of them come from the very first run {no sails}. there is also a museum production kit {special edition} out there, that is pretty old too...late 60's. you can tell........long skinny box with a father and son building it as the box art.....no sails for that one either. early kits of the series had white sail sheets......later ones from the 70's had beige colored sails. I have seen many bash works done on the Connie......there's some really nice stuff out there, as well as here in this thread. you would think that when they retooled the molds for the Connie, they would have added some of the missing detail. I'm sure they got feedback from builders. I am quite certain that they've retooled the molds a couple of times by now. the United states kit is a spin-off from the connie......sadly they omitted a few aspects.......I intend to put them in. for this second time of the build, I'm going to use wood....for the decks and the masts. I will change even the dead eyes and rigging over to wood blocks.......should be cool when I finally can get rolling on her no crappy lines in the decks for me! we need to get together and tell Revell thay they are fools for NOT bringing them back!

I thought of that John.......it's insuring that they butt up against the bulwarks, that concerns me. when I do the stain work, I'll try it out. great minds think alike....huh? although, if I had a great mind, I wouldn't have done it this way in the first place.......LOL!

best wishes for a happy birthday Mobbsie..........wonderful work on your build....looks great!

I really don't think they were either Alex......I guess we'll have to rely on the law of probability

no verne....I'm just saying plastic kits can be rather vague with some of the more intricate detail.....this is the reason why I not a big replica fan. it's very hard to build something that is even close to the real ship.......manufacturers can only do so much as well. you are correct......the original molds for this kit, were made in the later part of the fifties. kits to follow were: Cutty Sark thermopylae U.S.S. United States C.S.S. Alabama U.S.S.Kersarge spanish Galleon ....not exactly in this order.....but this was a series that Revell put out. sadly, the Constitution was the only kit to live on. back in the day, I built plastic as my main medium...........for the last few years though, I made the jump to wood. I still revere this series of kits, to be the finest of all I've had the pleasure to do. since making the jump, I have refined my thoughts on kits in general.......generic would be a better description. they have enough of a challenge for the average modeler, but enough of an 'open end' for the modeler that desires to add to their builds, the detail and functionality that will make their build stand out. for example......the rigging for the cannons, which has been left out.....all they show is the breech ropes. in the connie kit, they have the stern quarters......but in the United states, these parts are omitted......the locator holes are still there for them.....wonder why I built the Connie a long time ago........love to get another, but the admuiral doesn't want me to do any more plastic LOL! I have the United States in the closet....she knows it getting built.....I didn't get it for nothing. this will be my second time doing this ship. I also have the Cutty, which is my second time as well. I built the Alabama too....sadly, the rest of these kits are becoming rare. when I got this kit, I paid $89.00 for it........I last saw it online for over $250.00! please don't think I'm upset or anything.......I just find it sad that Revell gets a bad rap on these kits.......I've built some that were far worse!

is it possible to regulate the voltage with LED lights....like a dimmer?

"I sure do Barney........those natives are really getting restless!" {yabba dabba doo}

the gunports look very nice Mark.........got some sweet looking progress going on there!

looks great Walter........sounds like you have some great plans for her

that's a big puzzle........and a huge room to match! very nice!

thanks Shawn! hope to make more progress it it this week

if the model, whether it be plastic or wood, was to depict a certain time period in it's service, and the builder intends to build it in a later {or earlier} time period, then it is enevitable that there will be discrepancies.

sorry to hear about the spirit boom.......did that happen in the move? you could drill a hole in the centers and install a brass rod, but it would probably be best to simply replace the entire part. you'll fix it......I know you can do it. if you can move your whole family from arkansas to Maine.......you can move mountains!

thanks for that bit of information Alex.........clearly shows my lack of knowledge of these types of ships, and how plans can be incorrect. while I am staining the hull, I will look into correcting this.........this seems to be too big of a discrepancy to leave.