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popeye the sailor
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Wow! she looks great sitting on deck should it be facing with the deck lines though and not diagonally? envisioning the deck lines escape me.......I may be thinking of something else. but other than some of the suggestions given, I wouldn't change a thing.........congratz on a model well done! unrelated: have you seen the movie Midway? great carrier shots in it. -
made a tiny bit of progress yesterday....I worked on the second hull. added some deck beams for the fore deck... also drilled the anchor hawse holes. I used eyelets to trim them out started to work on the cabins......haven't gotten too far on them. should have them for the next update.
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Jens has a well detailed log...there are a few others too you might want to look at
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I wonder how petrified wood burns?......or does it? so far......yes, sails are in the plan. haven't used the sewing machine for some time though....might need another reminder where the gears are by the way.......did you use a lot of the original wood for your model? I seem to detect a problem occurring with the second hull. I should get the Agilis log going......I can better explain it there. thanks Richard
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Victoria is looking fantastic Pat.....such great metal work!
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congratz Rob.......your finished you've put so much into her.......the detail is through the roof. I've built the Cutty twice now....but I never in my wildest dreams, could detail one out like you've done. I agree....it's quite a feat to do what you did here. if you can do the same with the Glory of the Seas, it will be an enormous accomplishment! this log is first choice for anyone to follow!
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nice looking chassis and drive train looks very good!
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the Clotilda was built in 1855........her service span was very short - 1860. I book marked the site.......the name sounds familiar....I wonder if it was the old forum site by that name. I recall getting an email.....the owner either was very sick or he passed on. it's been a while since I last looked into any of those sites. I also belong to Ship Model Builder. I belonged to other sites, but I dropped them due to various reasons and I reside here. I have Peterson's book as well.......there is a whole chapter on the top sail schooner. couldn't hurt to have a rigging sheet though thanks for the link!
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WOW! she's looking very nice great job on the sails and rigging....the mizzen came out great as well! not much more to go ........super nice!
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looks great Michael it's hard to get them all to face forward.......I think they look fine.
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yes J....I've seen those pictures........did you read the name plate on the mural? they spelt her name as Clotilde........if you do a search with this spelling, you get pretty much the same results. the deck will be lefty in this color...no changes there. I even have enough for the other deck they have her as a schooner, but I think I'll go the extra mile with a top sail schooner......I like the look I want to do sails.......she'll have about ten sails. the hard part is that I don't have any plans for them, so I will have to ballpark the shape and size and go with it. you are right though........there aren't any real pictures of her. as for the other hull......I'll use as much of the 'old oak' as I can. she will certainly have armor plating I want to use as much of the original wood as I can. that pine wood....looks to be 1 mm thick.....I'd like to use that on a ship that I won't paint.......gonna be some radical wood grain I'll just use emery cloth egilman..........the stuff they use on dry wall. it won't clog
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all you'd need is an orange and a bunch of golf tees..............not much to the imagination someone's idea of poking fun?
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hello Richard.......I finally got to finish looking through your log......simply amazing! the detail you've put into your ship is awesome....I never knew how the rudder mechanism looked........now that's 'in depth'! she's a fine looking ship and definitely a 'go to' log for anyone building her. awesome build!
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she's a sweet look'in ship Mustafa..........very precise and neat. superbly done!
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coming up with something awesome takes time.........got some pretty neat results there
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the detail your adding to this one Greg is superb.......but then again...you've pushed the envelope on every ship you build. she's look'en nasty.....
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I wouldn't know how to use one is the thread treated with diluted glue before it comes off?
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yea J.........since the Clotilda was built in 1855, I'm thinking that the Bluenose windlass would be too modern. I may need to scratch build it....I'll look around though and see what I can get. the old time windlass was a locking pawl set up. when locked, the bar could be move to another hole.....manually operated. I will move it out from under the fore deck to make it more functional. I tried to find pictures of it, but so far have hit a blank. I've also been looking for a rigging plan. I have trying very hard to get caught up with all the logs I view.......it's a very daunting task when the table calls. so I have been bouncing around from computer to table. the deck planking commenced.......first filling out the starboard side. I also cut out the main mast hole then it was the port side's turn.....in the beginning, I didn't think I liked the color.....but now that it's complete, I've sort of cozied up to it. gave it a light sanding. the simulated calking was done with a Faber-Castell Pitt artist pen. the trimming wasn't too bad......I may even have enough for the second ship. I added another planking strake to her today as well. so there are three strakes on both sides......the supplied planking from the kit is very hard to work with. from what I've done of it, the sanding is going to be tough too. what can I say........it's petrified wood!
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rigging looks very nice.........coming along really good!
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so....aren't we getting a little bold now..........already kit bashing huh your use to the process now.........you can expand a little. it's good to get comfy with your hobby....love what your doing with the place
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my-t fine look'in model Phil........the camo looks awesome. I'm used to seeing the rudder fin markings on the rudder though.......usually there is a rectangular set of bars on the fin area.
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Mantua Model 1:12 Norman Catapult
popeye the sailor replied to jagdmirage's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
catapult or cannon.........anything that lobs projectiles.....I'm in -
engine looks superb
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