popeye the sailor

hello Julian, I left the pictures full size. if you need anything further, let me know. hope this helps

they look fine........the wings look great.

does this kit come with a stand?........noted the hole on the underbelly. very nice look'in model

serious masking going on..........look'in good

WOW! very nice.........makes me think 'game of thrones' very nice work! the village looks awesome

glad to hear all is OK.....home life first.......no rush

thanks all.......I should have an update soon. more painting going on at the moment.....and I've still been plank'in that hull. I also did a bit more with the Memphis Belle.......kind of a boo boo as well. I'll see what's in my camera in painting some of these parts, I normally do them on the sprue. this model has a number of sprue connections to the parts......equal injection for lessening the flow marks, I try to cut them down, by removing them from the equation in the critical areas, so that when the part is painted, these points won't be noticeable. this plastic is a bit hard to work with.....but it's coming along

I have the grab handle tool from Mission Models.....I did have a hold n fold, but I traded it away. to add to your question earlier, $20.00 and up.........the more you pay, the more it's worth. cheaper kits don't have a lot of detail that isn't molded to the parts........basically, they are easier to build. the higher priced kits have more detail......the parts count is much higher, and are more complex. cheaper kit are more apt to be inaccurate. I haven't paid much attention to it, but there are quite a few model manufacturers that I've never heard of.........stuck in my rut I suppose. it does pose the question concerning the viability of the hobby. at the time, I didn't see the hobby as a dying star.......and I still don't today. cockpit looks good.......love the wear marks on the floor

look'in good OC

good look'in diorama........more than meets the eye

....the resurgence of flower power very nice!

quite a bit of detail.......very real nice 'n grungy

the wood looked really good........but what you've done here looks better. it does keep with the overall look of the model

I'll post them today.........thanks for reminding me

WOW! I was shocked........we only went 1/4 of the block. he doesn't like to go down to the field anymore, so we've been going from one street to another...and back again. he acts like such a 'toughy', but if he gets leary of his surroundings, he'll lay down and won't go any further.......we end up going back the way we came. I got him to the point now, where we can go the entire city block. for some reason, this morning he didn't want to......we'll go later I'm still planking that second hull........one strake here.....one strake there. I'm almost done...so anyone following the Clotilda......please be patient. so where was I?????? the cockpit.......not much more. putting the frame together was a little tedious.......I wanted to make sure everything goes where they are supposed to. it's still a little tweaked in spots...if I had any of that thin rod, I'd try to reinforce the frame to bring the shape back. I'm not sure how it all fits together, so this would make it hard to judge. spreading the sides apart a little bit makes it easy to slide in. well.....gibbs is badgering me to go back out........opps.....the admiral just went out with him. I'm sure this will be the walk he didn't want to do earlier, so I'd better gt out there. I hope this isn't going to be what the day is like

another thing I was curious of, was the center wing root. there is only the flat shelf.....no slot for it to fit into. the top part of the body encases it, hugging the wing without too bad of a seam. there is nothing to guide it's location otherwise.......it's simply sandwiched between the body and the upper body cover. this is fortunate though.......this gives me a wide open bay in which to fit the cockpit. because of the body issue, and the insult of the heat fiasco, the fuselage halves had to be cemented together to correct the combined issues. I was glad to see that the floor of the cockpit doesn't rely on the bottom wing tunnel to sit on.......it cements to the internal cockpit frame. even if it didn't do that, it's nice to find that that an alternative can be done. the engine mount bracket was cemented to the firewall. trimming the flash off of it, one of the bars broke, reminding me that this plastic is brittle. it's fixed with little trouble. this plastic makes me recall of some of the real old car kits in the late 60's/early 70's........it wa a very cloudy plastic, and very hard too........AMT or MPC perhaps. I may need to cut off these pin marks. I though they there as locators, but so far nothing seems to go in either areas. the seat is assembled, and here are the side frames for the cockpit. they are a little bent and twisted........one bar is broken..........likely from the way the sprues were packed. I'm trying to be real careful with them, knowing how brittle the plastic is. I was looking on the site last night......play'in with the plane as I looked and typed. progress? you can see that I've pretty much cut out all of the root tunnel.......that's the wing root bar your seeing in there. it can be seen how adding the top fuselage part closes the huge opening. those two 'shelves' can be seen on top of the opening, on which the center wing root sits on. kinda weird.........but OK .....got to take gibbs out....I'll be back....

hello Craig...welcome and I hope I can do somewhere near your incredible work. I was looking through the instructions last night, and I noticed that they specify this model to have the Oberursel Ur II rotary engine. I read that it was used later in the production....learning that only 320 planes were built, I wondered when it took place. I've always know this plane to have used the LE Rhone engine, so it was interesting to me. since the first two were produced, and even the prototype, the Le Rhone was the power plant for this plane. the first two planes {102/17 & 103/17}.........all the way to {I would say} serial Number 212/17 { Lt. Kempf flew 213/17 im March 1918} came out with the change over. probably what led to this change over, was the fact that back then, they oil they used wasn't as refined , as we have today. castor oil was the lubricant, derived from castor beans from the Ricinus plant. Vegetable based and not very refined, was somewhat acidic, which may have been a detriment in it's intended use. it was likely not as thick either, an extremely light oil, near impossible to deter leakage, that was a constant problem. it's still used today......advancements have improved the quality, with the idea that it could become a solution for pollution. additives to it improved the viscosity to be used as the light oil it was intended for. but back then, they might have been better to have discovered canola or corn oil "OK, we'll just throw some land o lakes in the farm tractor and get mov'in! another thing I noticed, was there must have been a lull somewhere in the serial numbers. Ltn. Kempf's beint 213/17, Rittm. Richthofen's being 477/17 {both in March 1918}, Ltn. Jacob's was 450/17 {summer 1918}, and Ltn.Udet's was 586/17 {june 1918}....given the fact that only 320 were built...... they really jump around. the thought here is that this might be the way that they numbered their military aircraft at a given factory. the Fokker Dr 1 was built at the Fokker - Flugzeugwerke factory........I haven't checked, but there may have been others. the D VII for instance, was built at three different factories.........Albatros Flegzeugwerke {ALB}, Ostdeutsche Albatroswerke {OAW}, and the Fokker factory. as the planes rolled off the assembly line, they were given the number of the plane built at the facility. the second number {17}, may indicate the type of plane built........Dr 1's being conceived in 1917, the 17 {year} suffix was added to the serial number. curious, I checked out the Albatros D III, but their serial number designation wasn't too clear......if they did, theirs would look like 000/16. anyway.......enough with the lecture.......I'm beginning to lose gray matter I did quite a bit last night.......made a few changes, along with almost making a big mistake {and I'm even gonna show it to ya}. I started with a little painting. the machine were painted flat black, and the lightly gone over with gray. when I have the silver or aluminum out, I'll dry brush them along with what I'm doing. I should add locator pins on them to make adding easier {the other one have them}. I have some 'crosshairs' in the PE pack for the Hood that I will add as well. the engine was painted as well in the flat black, which I will dry brush later. the exhaust and wiring rings were painted in bronze {exhaust} and gray {wiring} might add more to them...... I worked with the bottom wing fit to the fuselage, since I ended up cutting out most of that root tunnel.......removing more of it and cleaning up the slot. the blemish doesn't look too bad, but it is still slightly detectable. I added more Ca to it and sanded it some more.....looks better, but it can still be seen to a degree. I may never totally get rid of it. adding the ailerons to the top wing, I made sure that the tiny slot would accept the actuation levers. I set it aside afterwards and removed all the parts not needed from my desk. coming back to the desk, I noticed something ws odd with the top wing............. thank god that the glue had not set long enough!........it could have been a nightmare! I quickly changed the port aileron.

thanks all happy to report that the fuselage is together and the blemish on the bottom is almost undetectable. I should add another layer of CA on it and then sand.......probably would make it look even better. no Carl.......I have no furniture in there yet......gonna have to build her a different way. this was the best way for me to get the fuselage together......got it matched up really good. I figure I can build the cockpit and then slide the whole she-bang in there, with the way the front area is so open. {just added more CA on the blemish}. nawww, admiral doesn't even flinch.......only holds her breath when I lose something. she even helps me look every now and again. just for fun, I tell her that I'd need to get another kit, so I can get the part I need. she knows me too well though.......she tells me to scratch build it! thanks Ken & EG.......the cooling cans are just a tiny bit on the larger side......they slid onto the end of the gun breech {round area where the barrel comes out} I started to do some meager painting. I'll have something tomorrow

yea....I like the swiss........I've never done one......but I'm partial to ken's choice. something about that camo that gets me hot I dunno.......I think your gonna have fun if your going swiss......the paint looks a bit complicated. really nice work I've got problems with the Dr 1........quick at putt'in the fires out though

I thought you'd be build'in the engine on the bench?! my brother tore his down in his living room.....he no longer has Linda for a wife looks sweet!

she look'in good EG........are you gonna put her in a case?

my ear was burning......what?!?!?!

sorry....couldn't help it. it is a cool figure though. great weathering.......looks like he just came out of a battle

I wasn't gonna go that far into it.......about the bomber...but OK?!?! I've been wanting to catch up on my friend Batman......watched every episode I think I have a small collection going.....still have the batmobile to decal and the Batwing to build. as for the H.S.K....that was the early form of twister you get right down to it.....we look at pictures of aircraft and armor...and most think that it's camo........little do they know don't know inslee.......if it's what I think it is.......I don't do sports......I model

I think Greg was starting to build this plane.......wonder if he's seen it?