popeye the sailor
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great job on the cannons........they look awesome!
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great progress Alex........planked over, it will look very nice. very clean and well done
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truly superb! you have such an eye for detail.......so glad your back!
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good to see your back at the table Bob.......so far looking good
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darn it........I posted but forgot to hit the post button again! the decking looks great! did you do anything for the calking? what you could do, is go over it with a med colored stain........wipe it off as soon as you apply it....all you want to do is bring out the plank lines. you could also striate it with a gray wash {thinned down med to light gray. it's going to pop anyway when you go to seal it. however you do it.....it looks great!
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Nice job on them......I didn't doubt you for an instant! be careful...it's a good thing you didn't pull a muscle in your gluetious maximus....you'd really be in a bind!
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fantastic work Mobbsie! that's quite a bit of progress....if you get right down to it. the hammock netting looks great........may have bothered your eyes........but I see it as some really nice eye candy. very nice!
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what do you have the rigging tied to?..........I'm sure it not perminant.......if it were, you would have done the dead eyes / lanyards. is this something your going to add at a later time? .....very nice hammock set up......your little doirama looks great!
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no.......no giving up Robbyn. so far, the only scratch has been for the deck platforms. the hull is planked now......just some shaping left to do. I may do the top cap rails and rub rails before it's painted and stained. the inner bulwarks also need to be sanded. I'm sure there will be a few more bumps in the road.......but it wouldn't be an interesting build, if there weren't thanks for the good word, and I'm keeping an eye out for that link.........congradulations, may you have many happy years together.
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so let me get this into perspective.........you keep them in a fenced in community.......can't be your back yard {I've seen it}, because you don't have any sub housing near by. they have a bigger one called jim, teaching them to smoke a pipe......some may have taken the bait, because they're bumping into the fence......disoriented elves can be dangerous......watch out. were they brought into your country without being checked for any illnesses? bearded mites?........mushroom spores? {they love to hang around fungus}. you need to be careful. take care of that cold.....if that's what you have......did a doctor tell you that? could be confused with spotted mushroom fever...no known cure, you know........there's no telling where these buggers have been. when they come over, set up a triage so they can be properly disinfected. is your name not Bruce? no...it's Michael...... that's going to cause a bit of confusion,......mind if we call you Bruce to keep it clear
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you BRAT!!!! you saw RUSH.....and didn't tell me! I envy you!!! {they are on my wish list} the aft section looks great with the railings...the rigging detail is going to make this stand out. you've done such a great job with this project....I hope you find good resolve when it's finished I have been speaking to will.......e'mails back and fourth. hopefully he will take my advice and start a build log.
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make sure the home is secure before you do.......do what you need to do........then you'll be able to continue your build, on an even keel. I'll look forward to your updates.....
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awesome............very nice work ron!
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I never knew that Guillow's produced ship kits.......I built a few of their plane kits back in the day. is there any sort of dating on the box, or instructions? I'll have to do some digging when I get home tonight......looking up stuff like this is really neat! LOL! the only first observation I could make with this kit, would be to be very careful with sanding.......try not to use too rough a grit. great find!
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good news........hope you had lots of fun
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thanks Borge..........looking forward in seeing you back in the workshop
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did you just change your avatar? must be getting ready for the fall season
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noooo........I think you have the right build......this will set you up for that REAL build that's in the back of your mind. push the limit......your handling it quite well. the woolings look very good. now there are some that will step the mast after the lower shrouds are complete. the masts are done in sequence....lower stays, and such. makes it easier to do the shroud lines........are you going to go this route, or complete the entire mast tree....like I did with my Goth? sometimes I wish I had gone the other route, but I have just started on the shrouds.........the only problem I've had is that the first shroud line is a bit thicker than all the rest. your kit is at 1:50.......with mine, which is 1:100 {I wish it was bigger}, I stained some of the f-72 thread with India Ink for the main standing rigging. for the rest of the smaller thread, I went to the craft store {jeweler's dept} and found some black beading thread that will work quite well. the one on the left is a bit thicker, so I may use that one for the shrouds.....there wasn't a selection when I first saw them......there are three different sizes. the one thing that I'm not too crazy about with the Billing's thread, is the fuzz factor. I have bees wax, but I have seen what it looks like, should the need arrise that the rigging needs to be corrected a few times.......it can become a mess. so I perfer not to use it if I can get away with it. there are a lot of different threads out there today........many better alternatives. nice paint Phil.......keep chipping away.......looking great!
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I didn't win the lottery............400-some odd million!......three winners! what I coulda done with a cut of that! I'll just keep trying.......one day my ship will come in you probably heard it from some of my other builds Andy.........
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it's as I mentioned........only one model can be worked on at a time. I started this a long time ago. I used to have a berthing shelf on the wall near the table, where I would put the ship I was working on to clear the kitchen table. when I started the hobby back up.......up went the shelf again {we had moved since then}. when we moved here there is a hallway that only goes to our front door. it's closed off, so it is a dead space......no dust. it's a perfect place to store the ones in progress I just threw up the two bottom shelves....I'm going to lower them to accept masted ships. we only go out there to get the mail.
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very nice set-up is that a K.O.A. ? I remember taking a trip to Tennessee back in my Fla days....married to my first wife. we stayed at one of these.........at one part of it, there was a cliff.......looking out, you could see the entire valley, so cool! I don't see your ship on the table ..........must not be playtime yet
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to get a bite.......or to get bitten.........isn't outdoor life great! 100 more........and I can sit with you and Sjors
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now..........THAT looks georgious! I love the way the rudder came out.......fantastic workmanship! the copper seams fit really well
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to add what others have said...........that's why scratch building is so much fun........the add-ons and after thoughts! of course it looks rough.........you'll show us the sense of it all when your finished! you've got a great subject to do this to........your having fun......and that's what it's all about!
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