popeye the sailor

I had some wild horses try to pull me away........but I wouldn't have any of that nice progress.........looks great at this stage of the assembly!

you've really embraced this project.......it shows greatly in your progress the tower is a work of art! love the wood accents.

my brother owns one........not sure if he shoots it on a regular basis. I think it's bow season up in these parts.

looking good Phil........looks real good on the stand did you add a 'guide tube' in the fuselage for the rod. I did it for the Wulfe Hound, so that when the attachment peg was inserted, it would add rigidity so it would retain the 'slant' I intended for it. I didn't go wide enough on the base though........there is the threat of it tipping over. I might make another with a larger base to cure the issue, but for now I've left it as is. the gaps look good......well done there great job on the cockpit!

seriously nice work well done Andy!

in French, my name is spelt Denise....by pronounced 'Denn'ie'........I used to get teased about it when I was younger. I might add that some even had the rifle discharge from the back end, into their faces.......it would ultimately explode. unlike modern firearms, the powder left significant ash in the breech..........it had to be cleaned out before the next round could be packed. modern firearms use shells, which prevents this build up. I have no doubt that premature firing did occur due to the adrenaline rush of battle.

there were a couple cars put out at that time that really didn't have a solid frame........they had more in the way of a uni-body frame. I recall a day when I was at the garage, that a young woman had bought a vega and brought it to us to inspect. it was sad for us to tell her that she bought a junker........the uni-frame was rotted severely. unrelated.........my brother in law owned a Mazda B2000 pick up { this was back in the 80's}. he drove it out of state every week to go to work. he brought it to us one Saturday for inspection.......it was my weekend off. my brother called me.........he had bad news about my brother in law's truck. I went to the garage........they had the truck up on the lift..........the body was up in the air, and the bed was on a diagonal slant to the floor. the frame had snapped in half! it's like I told my brother in law......it's a good thing it didn't happen while he was driving it

WOW! nice work on the windlass Richard

are those clutch bands...the circular parts with the gears? been a long time since I've seen a model that uses screws ..... I did a few car models in my day. the body must not weigh a lot.........imagine throwing a small block in there

cool! I never shot a musket before!

two squirrels on a treadmill..........unique looking engine the interior looks really good with those colors.........should look super in blue. you'll have to add some of that 'new car smell'

really nice job! the stenciling came out great they are gonna look super when assembled

I was looking at the instructions.........according to them, it's mounted to the floor. you may need to modify the ring.

checking in on your progress Yves........I must say that your armament looks stellar! so much detail.......agreed that the one you don't use, can easily stand as its own model! you've built quite a model........large scale subs are definitely the way to go !

really nice job on the sub assemblies Mike as I mentioned, the torpedo tube in my kit are wood dowels. I think I'll see what I got for brass tube.......if not, I will get some it's nice to get a glimpse of what I'm up against

I've done a few different brand kits, and so far I haven't found one with instructions that weren't vague, at best. I started with Billing's kits and have become quite accustomed to the Hieroglyphics. you'll find that dry fitting the parts will help you more. I recently bought my first Dumas kit, and I see that I'll be bouncing between a booklet of printed text and four huge diagram sheets. for some of the hulls I've built, I use the deck platform to space the bulkheads....does fairly well. do you have to cut off the bulwark posts after the bulwarks are planked?.........yea......they are prone to breakage looks like you'll have to switch over to some fava beans to go with that chianti .........hard to believe that you don't have any canned good hang'in around...........here's what I use:

not too bad....I've seen worse. just weight or tape it down........it will stay

looks really good did it come with a stand or are you making one?

second that one Mike

the keep looks very nice.....are you planning on opening the rest of the windows? the entire structure looks awesome

no.........but your all invited over........I'll cook something what that is, is the scribblings for a video game Diablo / Hellfire. this is the first game of Diablo, formatted for Windows 98 se. I haven't been able to play the game since I had to give up Windows XP {I ran it in compatibility mode}. I was mess'in 'round on the computer one day and did a search for patches or links.....the admiral found a forum thread on the game and passed it on to me. I had to make a few adjustments, and I was able to run it on windows 8 I love games where I can use a sword and bow.......the bow is good for some gorilla warfare. I love the Diablo series, but I also play the Gothic series and Divine Divinity. through the years, we've collected several different consoles.......NES, super NES.......and my favorite, Playstation....just a few of them. I have some old DOS games that I'd love to get into........but it's a pain to do all the command prompts just to get into the games. I was looking at the B 24 kit.......one thing I'm not too keen on. these models come with a stand.......to model them with the landing gear up is going to be a problem. I checked how the 'gear up' looks on the Liberator, and the wheel is exposed in the well, under the wing. only the wheel is shown, so there must be doors that cover the gear when in the up position. this is what the lower half of the wings look like I could eliminate the gear part and simply cement the wheels in the wells.........about the best solution there is and yes Egilman........I did a little digging......didn't have to go far........these kits, both of them, are likely older Revell kits. Buffalo Bill is fictitious....there was no plane named.......the number jives though. it was #2866 to roll out of the Ford plant back then.......42-73296. one variant, the PB4Y-2 didn't have the twin rudders......but a single horizontal fin. I haven't looked yet, but yes......it will be tough to find decals should I choose to change them. I may because the decal sheets are scant of other definitive markings. I may be able to get away with using 1:72.......if so, I have plenty of B 17 decals to look through

ok..........I bit the bullet! went to HobbyTown today and bought the kit! I recalled the kit being in a long squared cardboard box though.......this one is in a long flatish white cardboard box. it even has a production date on it....5/2/18. they must have sold it and replaced it with another. it just saved me from asking if it was a complete kit

smell the wood............it gets the wood bug deeply embedded so Panart is part of Mantua? I though they were a 'part work' company

as anyone will attest..........it is not a race to rush through a build like this would have been disastrous. the level of detail you've put into this model would have suffered greatly. I found your Venice passenger ship log........very nice subject!