popeye the sailor

here you are glad to see Louie back on the table .

fabulous looking model Greg........come to expect nothing but the best from you very nice!

had a customer at the garage that had one......fiberglass body. he was forever having the fenders repaired.......would crack by the headlights from vibration and stress

thanks.........

'77 stingray...........nice

look'in really good KP

you got both sides........was there one for the doors? good to see some headway her

it looks like the kit......I do believe I saw that one, but the one I saw was out of stock { new item}. at least it's a correct model........the only two that got the F1 was Voss and wolff.......Werner Voss got 103/17. he died less than a month later. the kit I have has an MSRP of around $60.00....so the site listed........I didn't pay that much for it from OMKs. I did bookmark the military model site.......there is information on becoming a distributor.......should I ever retire, I'd like to look into something like that. might be something good.......I even have a name picked out.........'Mantel Models' pipe dream............. the Roden kits are good to a point. they are molded well, but the hardness of the plastic and the varied thickness can be a bother. the absence of locator tabs is another bother, wondering if the part is in the proper place. more was done yesterday......the assembly is going fairly well with the cockpit.......trying not to break the darn thing. I started to do some painting as it was assembled. I looked in my odds and ends to see if I had anything to reinforce the frame........I didn't think of it at the time, but I do have some Plastruct thin stuff kick'in 'round. where I can reinforce it, it will never be seen, so that's a good thing. I also did some small parts painting. the props were painted in a wood color and allowed to dry. looking at the cockpit frame.....say a lot about the comfort in flying one of these planes. pilots found it hard to see down the runway, sitting in such an upward angle. it was fairly cramped in the cockpit as well, almost to the point of claustrophobia. head trauma was common during a bad landing........even worse in a crash........the machine gun breeches were situated so close to the pilot, that a good jolt would cause them to headbutt them. I added a couple of things here......one addition was to the compass. I looked on the decal sheet, but there no face to give it some detail. one of the first decal sheets I printed, was a sheet of dials and gauges for light Balsa aircraft......Cessna's and such. I dug it out of the inventory. I should locate it in my files and do another one...perhaps when I get a new ink cartridge. finding the suitable correct size, it was cut out and applied. more painting was done to the frame. there really isn't a color chart for painting this........what there is...sure, what there isn't...I'm just going with what looks logical. came to the seat.......no color suggested, except that where the pilot sits should be red leather. I went a little bit further here and cut out a piece of leather that I bought for the stage coach model..........glued that in for the seat padding. I have to have at least one blooper in my session........somewhere sometimes it's minor and not worth mentioning.......and other time, just to show that I'm human. I painted the cabane and interplane struts, accenting the brackets with flat steel. if I was building Richthofen's plane, it would have been alright......but I'm building Kempf's plane and the color for his is gray. ....guess I'll be changing the color. even if I changed my mind.......I would have to change the color of the cowl. Kempf's is black, while Richthofen's cowl is red.......already painted the cowl flat black I painted the undersides of the wings while I was play'in a computer game.......a little hack 'n slash was in order the session ended with accenting the props with some darker brown and flat steel. looking at the kit box that CW posted, the prop on the left would be used for the F1........I'll be using the prop on the right. hope you have fun with the kit Craig......if you really want a clunky kit.......look for a HobbyCraft kit. you won't believe the thickness of the plastic. builds into quite the paperweight

I have more progress on the Memphis Belle. as mentioned earlier......checking in the camera, there were pictures I was looking at the wing vents wondering what I could do with them...the answer was nothing that could be seen after the wing is assembled. since all that would be seen would be black vastness, I opted to do nothing.....not even adding the two caps for the center ones. the throats were painted flat black, and then cemented in place on the bottom wing halves. before this happened, the outer surface was painted in light ghost gray. so, here came the boo boo.....the upper wing halves. I thought that I would lightly brush on a second coat to freshen them up. as they sat around, they developed sheened skuff marks and a couple tiny paint dings. when using an airbrush to paint flats, unlike gloss paints, the surface can obtain a grainy finish. rubbing the surface with a cloth or your fingers, will remove the grainy aspect and produce this very faint sheen. this is what I'm referring to. the mistake came, when I took the bottle of thinned paint {for the airbrush}, and put it back onto the bottle of paint I poured it from. this paint is some of the paint from the Lou collection. I worked very quickly, brushing from one end of the wing to the other, setting them aside. when dry, I was going to assemble the wings. checking to see if they were dry, I was saddened to see that the under coat in spots, had lifted and wrinkled........the stabilizer fins were worse. the likely cause for this is simple......too much thinner not much to say at this point.........I'll never learn.......what could have been a good thing, turned out horribly wrong. I waited for them to fully dry, and all I had to do, was rub them with an old face cloth to remove all the loose paint. light sanding took off pretty much the rest. so, all I had left, I could clean up with thinner. they are repainted now and back to square one. as for the flaps, ailerons, elevators, and rudder halves, they are fine........tops and bottoms have been painted.......light ghost gray and Bomber tan. next will be the fuselage..........and I can assemble the wings. on a happy note, I finally got the e-mail that the wheels have been shipped.......I ordered them on the 28th of April. they said that they would ship by the 30th, but not getting the notification on that date, I figured they were on corvid time. good to know my hunch was right. so I should have another update for you soon.

the ailerons with the two rib curvature was present on the first prototype.........the F1's on had the single rib curvature. it's a big question why they even have them in the kit. speaking of that........there is a card in the box, which you fill out, it goes to a place here in the states......Texas. in all actuality, they are a distributor for Squadron models.....just look'in to get feedback from the kit purchase. I looked through the model listing.....1:32, and I saw a kit for a Fokker F1. this is strange, since there were only two F1's built........I like to build obscure models........but yea, that would be obscure {and I thought building a V4 would be cool}. I rigged the Hobbycraft model.......it's a 1:32 scale model. I would have to drill all the holes for the cables........the only other bit of rigging is at the landing gear. got more done today.......have to change the color on the interplane struts and cabane struts....... either that, or I'd be doing Richthofen's plane {and then I'd have to change the color of the cowl} I'll try to get the pictures up later.

have you started a log for her?

good to see your up and runn'in again look'in forward to see how you make the sails.

let the fun begin good for you!

oh god Pat........I was shocked to find that I last worked on this ship in 2015! it's been up above my main table all this time. naturally, it's still on my to do list, as they all are......currently, I've been lurking 'round the miscellaneous models forum, and the slave ship Clotilda. don't put your seat away though.......usually when my cage gets shaken, the model sometimes resumes. appreciate ya look'in in

I usually give them a jot of CA......but if the rod fits tight enough......you can get away with it railings look nice!

it hardly ever is Kevin.......just one {kinda} important bit of detail they seem to leave out

hello Bill......every kit manufacturer is different. I was building this model along side another building the Corel kit. one difference between our kits, was that Billings doesn't supply the decorations for the tack line sheaves. Corel sent them to me for free I'm sure Bluejacket will help you......haven't heard a discouraging word about them

that's quite a jungle you have there. ...an even bigger feat to get all the sails on......looking fantastic!

from what I've seen Jan........what you folks do with these models is way over my head and daunting enough. your update looks very good

is that the proper rake for the mast? I see you have it shimmed. if not, then perhaps adjusting the length of those two braces for the gallows will allow the mast collar to sit flush. if the rake is correct, and seeing that adjusting the collar itself looks impossible, perhaps closing up the three sides will enable it to appear flush with the deck. your progress continues to look really good

nice work on the gear work. Micro Mark sells an assortment bag of watch gears and stuff........craft stores also sell wooden and metal gears as well, but some of them are too large { I have an assortment in my inventory}. the detail your adding to the model is astounding.......I just mention this to give an easier alternative

they make a glue for fabric. when I make sails, after they are cut out, I atomize them with diluted white glue. after they are sewn, I get them damp of repeat the process and lay them on a rolled up towel to billow them out.

sorry I'm a bit late......catching up on all the logs I follow is a daunting task {we have a very prolific bunch of modelers here}. I would imagine that this vessel is lanteen rigged. if I'm correct, the yards would be in the lowered position and the sails would be 'gathered' on the yards. they would be removed when at port, where they can be repaired if needed. sounds logical the sails came out super........you had to make another yard too. I recently lost a part too.......the first one that I have no idea where it went. it isn't the fact that I had to order another set of wheels {bomber}, but the idea that there may be a black hole in our computer room

very nice progress Mustafa.......the rigging looks superb fantastic model

looks fantastic Greg.........another of your superb renditions the guns..........the netting is awesome.......something rarely seen on a model!