popeye the sailor

thanks Bob........had some pressing thing to do yesterday........but I'll get the whip crack'in today no Augie.......just the brass wire that was supplied in the kit. I haven't had to add anything....it's a super kit. it even looks like there's enough sail material........not sure....I have to map them out. I'll have an update soon. thanks for the good word.

thanks Frank........the cap rails aren't exact, but there again, there are a few things that aren't that I failed to catch. one of these days, I'll be able to get those dead eyes........hopefully by then, I will have caught up some. thanks for the good word, my friend.

glad you made it back.......I'll be looking........

Thanks Augie.......sorry I didn't see your post.......I believe the blue is called 'grabber blue' the same color as the Nordkap. thanks Anja......yea, not too much left....but enough to confuse the bejebers out of me, trying to remember what I did...thanks for the good word. thanks as well Mark...yep, before you know it.....it will all be back up. I kinda had to post most of it......too much little stuff, but I did leave out some of them...... there will be more progress soon. thanks for the good word.

WOW Augie! glad you were able to put her to right! sad to hear you had to do some back peddling there! look at it this way.....at least she didn't hit the floor {perish the thought}.......but your back on track now, and that's all that counts! great save!

superb job so far Frank.......completely done like this, it's going to look swell!

5 - 18 - 2012 another session.......more assorted add ons......more fittings were added to the deck.

5 - 9 - 2012 the filler was made for the balcony the kit kit supplied a single pair of bobstays......the actual ship has two pairs. I made the extra pair. the kit also did not show where the the anchor holes were to be.....from looking at the main drawing and the pictures, I figured out where they were to be. I made up the anchor rope by staining it first, and then painting on diluted white glue. the anchor ropw was cut into two equal lengths and then knotted on one end. the kit supplied two hawse grommets for the holes. after they were threaded onto the ropes, they were cemented in place.

thanks for looking in Bob........I know it's crazy......but I'm used to it by now. compared to others here at MSW, I'm still a relative newbie.......I think I've only been doing these about four years now {I lost track}. I've started the logs......I can just pick them up later. thanks for the good word.......and not to worry, I can only work on one build at any given moment 4 - 13 - 2012 I forgot what I was doing between the time frame.......but I brought the Gothenborg back out. 4 - 19 - 2012 I did some small detail work at this time, adding a little something here and there. there is the gap between the aft deck and the balcony, I decided to make a locker that will span the width of the aft deck. I will need to make a slight change in the curvature of the balcony to hide this as well. I did a bit more with the bow spirit as well. I cleaned up the chain plates....prep for paint I added extra wood to the fore chain plates, so I could put more of a curvature to match the hull.

I started to work on the rudder: ....and a little work on the life boats as well I thought to show the life boats covered with tarps. they will be lashed down later within the rack assembly. ..........I was having problems at this time. I had read the article about the Gundalow.......since reading it, I was finding it very hard to concentrate on the Gothenborg. in fact, you can see glimpses of the hull frame in some of the pictures. thoughts and ideas about the Gundalow would not let me go.....the pull finally made me table the Gothenborg........she laid dormant for a while............... 1 - 27 - 2012 with the build of the Gundalow finally finished........the cover can be removed from the Gothenborg and work can continue. it was short lived though......other ideas came to mind........and with the mind still weakened from the Gundalow......off the beaten path I went.

8 - 25 - 2012 in this session, I did a host of different aspects. I'll lable them as I go. bow spirit: deck add ons: mast assembly and paint: then the masts were painted:

it's not too bad Mario......my focus is on two builds at the moment......but every once in a while, I'll think of something for one of the other builds, and then I'll work on that. but, if I just get my butt in gear......I probably can get these two out of the way sooner. thanks for the good word! I'll work on putting a bit more up here......and then I'll do some building 8 - 12 - 2011 I did more work on the balcony: then I finished the windows when I did the balcony face.

I did come across another picture of a finished build....this is from the box itself. the first one box art

8 - 8 - 2011 the aft deck was finally cemented in place. I added a bit more detail to it before this was done. More work was done to the bow as well. I wasn't too crazy with the anchors, but decided to assemble them to see what they will look like. the bow rail was also put into the developement mode too. here are the pictures of the bow stem repair. holes were drilled and brass rod was installed to strengthen the repair. more was added to the rack.....it's starting to take shape. I do have to shorten the stanchions though, it is too high.

hi Mobbsie........glad to see you here! I'm getting more in.......hope to have it complete soon. I do have a few other ideas that I can do before I can get those elusive deadeyes....but it would be better if I focused on other builds and get them out of the way. you can get closer.......Sjors won't bite 8 - 2 - 2011 it was time to get the inner bulwarks in place. I painted up some thin strip, and comensed to doing them. spent a minute on the rack then worked on the top rails. there was a bit more done to the stern quarters as well.

I forgot I had these pictures of the styrene molding that I have. a lot of folks use evergreen {I think that's the name of it}........we have this type in my neck of the woods......plastruct. should I ever get involved with model train.......I will go nuts! 7 - 22 - 2011 here is more prep that I had done to the balcony and arch. I was also prepping everything up for the window installation. then the windows went in the figurehead was cemented in place at this time. more rail work was done as well.

hello Augie......I saw Sjors......but sadly, not you........but I see you now! I was wondering how I can see postings while I am in process......I see how I can do it now....so cool! this is really not a big build, at 1:100 scale, it's kinda small, compared to your build. I'm still going to cram in as much as I can. thanks for the good word. as you saw in that photo.......they added in the rack as well. makes me wonder why the kit doesn't include it.......it also shows that the Gothenborg has only one set of side windows. this also makes me wonder why the kit shows two sets. there are other small oddities in here as well....I correct them as I see them. for this though, I am too late.......the discrepancy is done. 7 - 22 - 2011 this bit of progress shows some of the hull detail and molding that I added. I still have more to do with the stern......I still haven't gotten to it yet. then I got some paint on her I saw the rudder sock in the pictures and I thought it would be a good bit of detail to add in. I made a tube from some sail material, and cemented it in place. for the balcony cap, I thought to assemble it to the lower face of the stern and cement it on as a whole. before the cap can be cemented in place though, the window cello needs to be installed first. the bow.......all pieced back together and stained I added more surface to the aft deck as well........the reason for this, is due to the alterations I made to the stern section.

7 - 19 - 2011 here is the repair I did on the bow stem. it doesn't show how I did it, but just that it was repaired and the cosmedic assembly of it. hello Sjors........yes, I'm almost at the mid point of what I've done on this build. she's not finished, still a ways to go yet. this poor girl.......thanks for looking in......the progress continues. before the bow was repaired......I had shown what the kit build looks like. note the stern quarter windows, and how they are blinded off.......I hate that I have a couple of other pictures of finished builds......none of them show these windows opened up, so this build will be unique.

next was the bottom hull paint prep: then it was painted: I did give it a second coat:

the last photo is a shot of a molded milled strip of basswood. I also have an old Ambroid train kit, the B&M snow plow, and the wood, although pretty old, is really neat. I have been on the lookout for this type of milled wood, but in the meantime, have settled on styrene to fill in the gaps. 7 - 15 - 2011 after the upper planking was finished, the bottom hull planking was done next.

here is more progress on the rack then I went and did more to the stern ......then back to the upper planking

here is the beginnings of the second planking.......the upper section first.......... I remember this picture vividly........in doing the second planking, I needed to plank in that space at the bow. I left it open because I wasn't sure how the bow spirit fit in. I had to hold the strip in place by hand, there was no way to pin it. Since I knew that I ws going to be stuck like this for a while, I put some music on........Simon & Garfunkle. I got into the music....fooling around, I started to sort of dance to the music........the admiral came in, and she clearly thought I went nuts!

here are pictures, laying the new keel. I also started the progress for the rack concept. I had done some work to the stern......but the progress was mixed with the second planking that I had started to do.......I will show this bit first. quite a bit of work was done to get the stern to look like this. it was on to the second planking.

I had to finish planking the stern stem as well then I did more with the sterm quarters again.......after what I had done earlier, had dried. these are the parts that will not be used. the upper section:

with the second planking, I needed to add to the keel. I did not go all of the way up at the bow.....I started about half way dwon and back to the stern stem I did more with the stern quarters, painting and fleshing out the outer walls. I had to have this done, before the second planking could be done. I put the lower quarter outer wall on with a dab of cement to see what this will look like. I like how open it looks inside. to make the side walls was a task as well. with how I did the alteration, I had to add wood to them and shape them to fit