popeye the sailor
-
Posts
15,981 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Gallery
Events
Everything posted by popeye the sailor
-
looking sweet Michael.....congrats on your appointment! -
I knew I had this build in my watch list...........just an echo to the fine job your doing with her. don't know if you saw my offer........you want sails, I'd be happy to make them for you. no fee.........just a smile will do!
- 97 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- Willie L Bennett
- SkipJack
- (and 2 more)
-
see........looks good, don't it...........now get the poly on it........that will bring out the grain. it's a good idea to do it for another reason..dust and stuff will stick to the stain and tung oil and make it tougher to clean. with a seal coat on it, clean up will be a lot easier. great job Adam!
-
I think the rule of thumb for the dead eye lanyards is 2 1/2 times the size of the dead eye itself.......I read that somewhere. looking good Sjors
-
thanks Augie thanks Mark..............this hobby is sure amazing, isn't it. thanks Sjors and Anja.. yup, this is the surprise. it will be very interesting comparing the corel kit with the Billing's kit. I'm going to be following the plans....they look good, but I will also be looking at pictures I may find of her. it will be a good build.....thanks again welcome aboard Wayne..........thanks! thanks Patrick.......well, I have a reputation to uphold I can do a little rigging.........make a little sawdust........do some more rigging, you know, always something to do. I will adjust my signature........thanks for the good word
-
no...not rushing too much John.......sanded down the anchors last night.....took a little of the thickness down. made a few rope coils....not happy with them....i'll get'em though thanks Daniel for the good word......the ship, back in 1863, was at the naval academy in Newport, R.I. and used as a training ship. thanks as well Mobbsie. I didn't get to see Frank's post.......guess it was enough to alert the constable. boys will be boys hi there Frank! are you working on your build ? I'm almost ready to get on with the Gothenborg.....from what I hear, your back to your old self again! whoooooohooooooo!
-
I do have a bit of an update. the lights and boxes are painted........waiting to be cemented onth the shrouds. the flag was also raised.......I'll shape it later
-
I know John........my inability to keep one's hands out of the box........I am guilty.......I am sooooooooo guilty. I'll be doing the Gothenborg, which is very close to her rigging stage. this will make for a good companion, planking the hull and decks, while I do the rigging I have one other card to play as well..........you've seen it John, remember
-
thank you Augie and John for your vote of confidence. roll the bones............darn! they STILL tell me nothing! I got back to 'er........now, to make heads or tails of the deck platforms. I was simply going to plank over the ribs, but staggering the planks every "1" didn't impress me. I did run into my first chigger.....in handling the frame, I broke the thin bridge along the top of the bow stem. I fixed it and put the cast off back in to protect it. you can see the supports for the joices I put in there. the deck platforms I have are fitted in place. the main deck platform is supposed to be in two sections.......I did it as a single piece. after marking out the bulwark posts, lines were drawn and the notches were cut out. there is a rounded section of decking that is to go at the bow. it is to be level with the main deck. I got to this section of decking the following day.....in between working on the AmericA {all of this was, for that matter}..........the upper mizzen deck I'm going to add in small pieces of square stock under where the bulwark posts are {underneath} to support the platforms, when the frame is fared. they need to be flush to the inner walls, come time for planking. this puts the build up to speed......I can update as I go along. enjoy!
-
what is missing probably amounts to a complete parts panel. the kit also was to come with a build slip, but the only parts in there for it was the slip rail. I put it together....... the keel parts were cemented together. I got the instructions........I can get some insight as to what the parts are to look like. this is so cool! I miss the smell of wood.........after the hull is painted on any kit that I've done, there is only limited wood fabrication to do......the small parts and fittings for the deck and mast. even with the rigging, which I love to do, can become tedious. this is probably the main reason why I amass builds the way I do...... not because I'm in the habit of not finishing a kit, but that I miss the construction part of it...... making sawdust. this kit couldn't have come to me at a more opportune time........it will make for a perfect companion, for the kit I plan on finishing next. well......anyway......... the build slip came out of the closet. I had punched out all the cast off from the bow stem. I had already dry fitted and tested the parts.....a nice fit. the build went on. I added short pieces of 3/16 square stock in between the ribs to aide in locking them in. the hull frame assembly continued. before the transom rib was cemented in place, the deck joices were slid in place. I went all the way forward to rib #6, and all the way back to rib #13 {strange way to number parts}. the transom rib finishes off the frame assembly. I will be adding short strips under both ends of the joices for support. there are the bow rabbits that still need to be cemented in place.
-
I came in possession of this kit quite by surprise. the box was fairly intact, with only minor damage on one of the side panels. along with it, were a few assorted bundles of planking and a package of different size dowels. one of the bundles was for this kit........ I added it to the kit.......to the bundle of planking that was already in there.......I guess I'll have more than enough. doing a complete inspection of the contents, I found that I was missing a good deal of parts. I took pictures of the contents, after I removed the hull parts........they, at least, are all there. I contemplated renaming the ship, but it would be hard to do, since most of the ships that I know of, all sport these tops {crows nests}. some of the deck platforms, most of the crows nest parts, the cannon port lids, and some of the deck fittings {wood}, is a pretty good tally of what's missing. I see I'll be doing a good deal of scratch work. the bones are all there......I think I can make it work
-
take your time Sjors
-
just to see someone smile, is enough for me......no fee.......just an offer. there are thing that I still cannot do.........besides, I get my spinach wholesale! AK-k-k-k-k-k!
- 377 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- america
- billing boats
- (and 1 more)
-
sometimes, the contrast of woods is quite nice.......it's all in how you do it
-
I'd be willing to do them for you.........send me the stuff
- 377 replies
-
- 1
-
-
- america
- billing boats
- (and 1 more)
-
with the job I do.......cuts and knucklebusting is common.......I do try to be safe. the admiral and I have been together long enough, that when I don't get back to it, right after a zinger.......she knows it's bad. I thank my lucky stars, that hasn't happened yet one time I drilled a hole in the meaty part of the palm of my hand.........she was right there when I pulled it out. sometimes, we can be right, for all the dumb reasons. no typo........I've just gained a new level of common sense. glad your mending well
-
as the cook once said......stir the pot slowly.........you don't want to spoil the broth 450
- 377 replies
-
- 2
-
-
- america
- billing boats
- (and 1 more)
-
so true.......if it's a mistake, it's best to deal with it a.s.a.p. {hopefully, before the glue sets}
-
hope you brought plenty of spam!
-
Thanks Anja for the good word did a little today......not too much left to do. a funny thing happened while you were away.....I came in posession of something that'll make you smile { I hope}. I will post it soon
-
I'm sure that there are other ship of the same construction with slightly different configuration..........as you say, there's always another ship on the horizon
-
that's an expression I use AK-k-k-k-k-k! perhaps you forgot to put a pin in..........or maybe........gremlins ya hate'em right!!........well, I do myself!!! quick fix.........problem solved......no harm, no foul! looking great. I gotta get better at making chain plates....I like the way you did it. more rigging.............more!!! I love it!
-
OUCH!!! yea, sad to hear my friend glad to hear that is all that happened. back in the day, I was used to running the big saws in the mill {cabinet shop}. I was used to grabbing any thin piece of wood for push sticks. some of the guys would take the guides off, but they would come back in to find them back on.......I'm no fool! I'm sure the admiral was pleased with you. mend up, my friend.....you'll be back in the saddle in no time back in my day, working with open faced routers........I developed a great 'pull back' reflex.........especially when routing the edges off of 4" X 4" blocks of wood. as soon as that #%@! wood took a fly.......my hands were in the sky!
-
remember......beauty is on the outside.......whatever is inside is hush-hush!
Our Emblem ®
