popeye the sailor
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you must be quite busy........haven't seen an update in a while now.......hope to see some soon. thanks for the good word Aldo, almost finished! {I'll take a peek in to see if I missed anything on Peg......fine looking build you got going on!
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there is one last sail to go on the ship. the sheet lines needed to be tied on. I have a new toy that helped me out a lot with this.......I even used it on the dead eyes. I hadn't done anything with the light boxes and lights. I used the window maker to fill in the lenses they are almost dried.....I can paint soon. the top sail was rigged in place......I added a couple more blocks......extras there's one I tied in for the lower sheet line almost all of the lines are now tied off and cemented.......the clothes pins are leaving. the blocks I removed earlier......I put them back and used them for the bottom sheet rigging. the only ones left now are for the jib.....I left those for later after the anchors are in place. put on the light boxes, and some rope coils, and that should finish this build!
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thanks Sherry........I recall that remedy too......don't know why I didn't think of it. I found a way around it, but I have no extra material.....I better not mess them up! I have some extra material from the AmericA......but the cloth is a different hue......go figure! thanks Adam! getting close towards finishing her now........in fact, I have an update! it starts off with the shrouds.......got them all terminated and tied. then the rigging......I rigged the throat halyards on the starboard side, and the peak halyards on the port side.
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glad your back Adam........sounds quite busy......hopefully things will calm down and you can stay the course yea....I get my list as well about this time......I think I have to mow again!
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I was wondering where you were............Jeeze....hope your mending well.
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glad your having fun!
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the aft rail looks great Kats! to be honest....didn't even notice that the bow rails weren't there.......they look super as well! very glad to hear that your up and about again......we {I} missed you a lot you need to remember that you may have added lines that weren't included in the kit diagrams. I do remember that a few were tied to the rails in the kit. I'm sure you'll come to a good solution for it.....you have so far! welcome back {no pun intended}.
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I know what you mean.........my weathering kinda stinks as well. it either comes out as a blotchy mess, or like I didn't touch anything up. I do it one day........get up the next morning......and fix it because I don't like it. there are some really good tutorials out there.
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thanks Sjors......if I do get the plans, I know who to go to. like the C.S.S. Alabama, the only way I know it, is with the sail and steam funnel....that's what makes it such a cool build. you get the best of both worlds. so, post your pictures........I'll just sit here and drool! as a side note: a package came in the mail to me the other day.........it was the stuff for my friend's ship, the Bluenose. he sent me the sail diagrams, and the material for them. he was hoping that a few folks would do them for him, but they backed out, I guess. I already have them drawn out on the sail material, but not without a flaw. the material was rolled up and banded with a thin strip of clear tape. I took it off.......didn't think too much of it.......but the more I ran the ruler over the material, the more the 'line' became apparent. I had this nice adheasive mark in the middle of the edge, of the largest sail! I tried thinner on a Q-tip......pink eraser......among a couple of other remedies, but to no avail.......the material is stained with the tape! I did come up with a remedy, so I could fit all eight sails in the material. lucky for me, there was enough material to do them all. I'm going to be doing a mini log for him, so he'll have some pictures to guide him in future builds. I might even ellect to do one at the Wharf.
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great job fitting out the masts.......the bow spirit looks really nice as well. doing a super job my friend!
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hope Sjors didn't settle on that bus!!! hard to get on the boat!
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I guess it depends what your going for. basically, weather is the gradual blending of two or more colors, while retaining the original color. this is done by blending in and highlighting certain aspects....edges, corners...ect. you might have done well to do this on a test piece, to see how it will look. doing it that way may have it taking on a patchwork-ish look. if it does......you can always thin down some copper paint and give it a coat, as a wash. it will uniform the color, and still allow the hues to show through. just a thought
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glad you found good resolve for the mast saga. the word colour is old english.........all through my young life, I was taught to spell it as color. bolstered by the Crayola people, and that darn peacock I used to see on TV, I've gone through my life spelling it without the 'U'. I looked in the dictionary, thinking that they might have it in there both ways....but no, it is spelt as 'color'. I forgot to mention that the Kodak people also had a hand in my up bringing.....you wouldn't think so, since they can't even spell their own name right {Kodac}. nice work with the mast though.......I'll try to refrain from using the word.......I'll use other words.....like: tint......shade.....and yes, even highlight
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well........they say never fly them near or around power wires.........guess that means tall ships as well....... looks like a trip to the shop is in order....LOL!
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what did you two settle on as 'the souvenier'.......the towel.....or the ashtray? welcome back!
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like just like in your pictures........nice work David!
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as I was looking at the earlier pictures, I thought about the brace work .......then, there they are.......such detail! phenominal work Paul!
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now....that's looking reall sweet! very nicely done!
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I'll be watching for the start
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I see the captain's made himself at home there!... your planking looks very nice
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that's what started me to do the build logs........and the origin of Wenzels Wharf. this is on word press.....but others are sub-divided into their own 'dry docks'. take the name of the ship and put the words dry dock after them...you should find them online. in our chatting back and fourth, he asked if I would do a build log for him on the Nordkap. I did........he also wanted to have a ship or two done for him. I told him I didn't think I had enough experience, but he should ask around on the site here......perhaps he could get a volenteer. he asked me again later on.......convinced me to do the Cux. after the Cux and the Nordkap was finished, he sent me the Regina to do.........it ended up becoming the Susan A. the build logs I sent him, he condensed them and posted them on their website. I have a copy of them I have the plans for the Wasa, the Danmark, the Half Moon, And the Gothenborg on CD. of course, I've saved all the instruction sheets. I'm trying to get the plans for the HMS. Warrior. I hope to do more for him in the future.......we still chat back and fourth. yepper......they're really good folk........so glad to have met him
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that's some sweet looking rigging Augie........fantastic work indeed! have fun with the 'in laws'......
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just a paragraph of how detailed and cool the build looked and that they would be passing the pictures around to their different depts. it's good that I wasn't expecting anything from it. kind of how I got to know Tom@ Billing USA........I had gotten the Nordkap and I was asking about the fittings kit for it. I got this huge e-mail of how he was concerned about me building a kit that was so old {over 20 years}, as my first kit. I even got to meet him in person last summer.........I built the Susan A for him, and he and his wife came by to pick it up. they are such wonderful folk....hope to see them again. still, it's nice to get a positive responce from the folks who make these kits
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thank for the good word and looking in Daniel. this is the second ship of my experiment, seeing if I could replicate hulls, using the parts panels from kits. with the M&M build......I would say it was a success. I'd still be working on this one, if it wasn't for the build explosion. I guess it's my problem.......I see so many builds I want to do.....I go nutz I'm hoping to take advantage of the dwindled builds....perhaps pull this one out from time to time and put some work into it......even if it's just to install what I already have assembled. thanks!
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