popeye the sailor

puzzling.........mine aren't assembled like that........not even close. I think I should start my log, so you can see what they look like. do you know what the production date is for your kit?

I believe it was back in the 80's, that Ford had a problem with their truck line. trucks painted in Canada suffered from peeling paint on the hoods and roofs, due to the paint not adhering properly to the primer base coat. odd that those areas were the worst affected areas.

we sunk 'er huh..........must have sunk like a rock! I'm here my friend......interesting history

it's still on my 'to do' list.... after I cleaned up the main table, I put the rest of the parts together instead of the way I left them. I also found my package of small shrink tubes, rather than use those caps they supply. hope to put more progress on it soon.......it is to the point that I can put the light in it

they look fantastic OC.......you really have the knack of painting them! got some cool detail there!

coming along nicely! the village really looks superb............simply awesome!

you've made some great progress ..........looks more like it great job!

superb progress James.........beautiful model!

very nice updated pictures OC..........very nice!

oh....forgot to mention the tack line decorations........yours look nice I saw a log on the Corel kit that made me request their fittings of these tack decorations......it's in the log too

hi Tom......I finally caught up toy you still getting use to this new format.......sorry it took me so long. the whip staff is covered with a canopy.....there should be a diagram of it in the instructions. the bulwark posts look great......I made mine from odd cuts from the parts panels, sanded to fit along the inside. yours are very uniform......nice you didn't say if you had any paint bleed through........the colors I chose for mine are from the rebuild of the vessel. I worked with paint shop to make up the decals for the decorations. the red and white was prominent in the pictures, but a member on the site told me that those colors were seen as either a war ship, or a pirated ship.......he couldn't understand why I did them like that. you must be going by this picture a lot less red......reddish........ it's a very nice look, whatever the case....it's not really know how she was decorated back then...mostly theory. what I did for the paint work was to seal the areas to be painted.....if you didn't cement between the planking as you did it, is you can give the areas a couple coats of diluted white glue. this will get into the gaps and cracks and seal them when it dries. you can also use a flat lacquer. refer to my log to see more.....the diamond strips and such. they are images of playing card diamonds....copied to paint shop, replicated and joined together. one drawback with this model, is that the mast roots aren't that well done. I've made up some templates that will be used to set the rake when I get to the point of masting.......she's looking really good my friend. I'll try not to be such a stranger

did you feel the earth shake? I had to go back quite a ways to find this log........ I was cleaning the main table, where these projects were languishing...it was getting really dusty. I even found Gibb's hair on there! a while back.......you pick the month....any guess is a good guess, I had bought a couple of red marker pens...Jack had mentioned that three of the panes of glass was red colored. well.......I finally tried it out, and it worked great the pictures are a little blurry {my current light issue}, but there ya go............ perhaps I can get back to this one soon.......before another year slips away

when I first got the car.......the bracket for the left side traction bar had rotted out. my dad and I measured and welded a new box in there.....bolted up like a charm the right side went bad some time later......we just welded some metal in there to hold it. I lost the gas tank in it one winter morning......I had just filled it up. the last hurrah was getting pulled over in Derry N.H. by the police........the smoke was a little too much for them

superb car.......very sporty look to her very nice show rod!

you've made some great progress since I last looked in Kevin........your plans seem to be growing too you got bit!

there are quite a few places to find aftermarket....even some of the main stream outlets are beginning to stock it. S q u a d r o n . c o m - Squadron Savings Scalehobbyist.com: Model airplanes, ships, military vehicles and modeling supplies Gold Medal Models Home Page I got others..........the cockpit looks really good

agreed......it would be interesting how you lay the paint stellar look'in plane you have there!

I have an order that I'm waiting on.......the witcher, season 1, DVD........one of the admiral's Christmas presents. I ordered it back at the beginning of Nov.....heard nothing until the other day, when I sent an email to the guy asking if it had been shipped. took him a day, but he replied, supplying a tracking number and the date he mailed it. for now, it is in transit from N.Y.. I had another one......a conversion set for the B 25 {to replace the piece I lost}, that Lou had suggested to me. it was coming from China.......they cancelled the order and put the money back into my account, stating that they cannot ship due to covid, at this point in time. I tried to fins another place to get the part, but I wasn't successful. I'll look into when things get better I guess. I had a Ford Galaxy 500 convertible, when I was a young lad. the rag was pretty worn and the rear window was all cloudy and fogged. I had a bumper sticker on the back that said " don't laugh mister, your daughter might be in here!" it had a 289 with auto trans. the valve seals were worn, so it smoked a bit.......brought it back from the dead a couple of times

camo is look'in really good.......nice progress.

your really getting along with this model Greg..........some very fine workmanship the PE work is awesome!

nice progress Mike.........gonna be a cool display base

look'in forward to it...........wow! .....a two-fer

natural casing, brats and sausages are for me!.........bring on the onions and green peppers! ;) look'in in my friend!

sorry to hear as well......either you have a model that is of poor design, or one that is so ridiculous, that it becomes a chore to build. perhaps one day you'll bring it back out

I really didn't have the thought in mind Paul, but yes, it's Pearl Harbor's anniversary. I work on whatever comes to mind.......and believe me, I have plenty of active projects to think about it was some time ago.......too many situation comedies i've modified my watching to dramas she still loves her Popeye.......