popeye the sailor

Is she fat, or elegant ? Merchant ship or one of the fastest sail tall ship ever? Depends of point or angle of view.

Oh, cell phone again, and I forget ...

Picture come latter ...
 

Hi Popeye,
 
Hav'nt looked in for a while mate and boy have you ever made progress, she's looking the part now.
 
I hope your enjoying her as much as your other builds, new set of challenges and all that.
 
Keep it up mate.
 
mobbsie

Here's a couple of more

I think your transom is quite pretty Andy.........shake that rudder for me one time.....big boy  ..................
 
couldn't help but throw something in for fun!     you did a super job Andy......can't wait to see you back at it.   the contour of the hull is quite pleasing.......you definitely took advantage of it.  

never second guess yourself.   the deck planking looks good,  and your always going to see something better,  or get new ideas after a step is completed.   save them for your next build.   then of course,  you can always do what I do......start a second build to try the ideas out.   but then you'll face what I have .......a bunch of builds in the works.....Hee.....Hee.   learn as you go,  my friend

your work is superb Doris.........I'm still in the process of getting back all the builds I was watching.   ohhhhhh,  I went back quite a few pages......your work is so beautiful     it astounds me how crisp and clean your art work is........love your work!

if the glove fits.........wonder what the other best dressed boats are wearing these days        simply superb!

never second guess yourself.   the deck planking looks good,  and your always going to see something better,  or get new ideas after a step is completed.   save them for your next build.   then of course,  you can always do what I do......start a second build to try the ideas out.   but then you'll face what I have .......a bunch of builds in the works.....Hee.....Hee.   learn as you go,  my friend

Ohhkay then...........
 
 
**backs away slowly**

Mark that might be true but I am sure that there are lots of details that you builders of fully rigged ships add that I would not.
 
John thanks for that.
 
Russ thanks, your own restoration work and attention to detail and research have given me inspiration.
 
Druxey you are absolutely right the hard knocks of being a working boat will no doubt take its toll.
 
 
Andy Busted! I told Gulliver it would be found out one day.
 
Greg thank you.
The proof will be in the pudding as they say.
 
 
Jaerschen, thanks Like everyone here I am always looking to do a better job on the next piece.
 
 
Jay and Sherry thanks you for those kind words.
 
Last night and today I did a little bit of woodwork on the gaff.
 
I had already planed up the spar and so the jaws were cut out of a piece of Apple wood that I have had kicking around for a while now. I started to fret it out with the coping saw and discovered that it was tougher than cutting brass, so I dragged out the scroll saw(I don't really like using it )and put in a brand new blade and still struggled with the apple.
 
Then a lot of work with a coarse sanding stick to rough shape them. then planed a couple of flats on the sides of the spar and glued on the apple rough shapes.
 

 
After the jaws had glued overnight I set about doing the final shaping, using some small carving chisels and the #11 blade
 

 
A couple of hours later I did some final sanding and then a good rub down with some fine steel wool, and a coat of golden oak polyurethane.
 

 

 

 
Next I need to cut the slot for the Tumbler and fit the throat halliard attachment and the parrel beads. I will use Lignum vitae for the beads, I also need to add the through bolts for securing the jaws to the spar..  I am torn whether to add the leather over the jaws because I like the look of the apple. But some fine leather stitched might look pretty as well.
 
Perhaps I will do an experiment with some leather on a bit of scrap and see how it looks.
 
Michael 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Andy, thanks I did a little experiment this evening.
 
Russ I am going to use Lignum Vitae parrel beads on a line.
 
The experiment looks promising, I think that i prefer the light colour leather better. it was from an old wallet.
 

 
The light leather was sewn in situ but I used way too heavy a thread, the dark leather from a ladies leather dress (Great source for very fine thin leather) I picked up at a second hand store some time ago for $10 to make some leather seats for a model coach, was sewn off the wood like a finger for a glove.
 
If I decide to add the leather I might glue it on first then I can create a neat seam. and also add some tacks along the side of the spar.
 
Michael

Agg! Not here too!

Thanks Aldo.
 
I hope to be home in a couple of weeks or so and get back to work on her soon...
 
Andy

Yup...
 
Better "scratch" that itch now... 
 
Andy

Hi Guys & Girls,
 
Thank you very much for all the kind remarks you've made, it's really nice to get positive feedback.
 
Progress continues, so far all the profile rails are fitted, the rudder is now a permanent fitment and painting the hull has commenced.
 
I don't have any pics just yet but as soon as I do I'll post em.
 
Be Good.
 
mobbsie

superb job there Mobbsie!   another aspect of this great hobby under your belt 

.....I had to look at it again.....{giggle!}.....oh blimey!.....I'm tickled pink! {thank god it's not pastel!}
 
Sjors wasn't happy with the transom face
he made another to take it's place
the picture shows he did not fail
now to make the balcony rail

HOLY SMOKES.  I had to go back 3 pages to see how THIS got started.  One of the usual suspects.  And now we've gone completely to the dogs.
 
OK, it's gonna take me two days to stop laughing enough to get back to the rigging.  Then we'll see about photos.

Thanks,just hanging the rope for the upper shrouds deadeyes.Just finnished doing some odd rigging off the mast while i can get to them easily.It was good to get the futtocks done putting some more tension on the shrouds to make the rats easier.

ohhhhh!  I am in envy!   you have shrouds and futtocks!   looking great,  my friend!

what I have on my desk top is this....
 

 
here's what I'm going to try and get it to look like......I'm not going to be able to do all the lines,  but it's kind of a goal.   I did a bit of rigging earlier in the build.....per the plans,  and I din't like it
 

 
this is not tied to an eye bolt.....they start from holes drilled into the stem......so I did.

 
this hurt me a lot more than the model........if I botch this up,  I'll have a very nasty bow.  the bottom pair of bobstays {I think that's what they are called} are in place ......there are two more on the sides
 

 

 

I did a bit more with the planking.......here are just a few random pictures of her so far.
 

 

 

 

 
in one of the pictures,  you can see the turn of the chine { I believe it's the correct term}.   I don't believe this is the way it's supposed to go.   I think I need to sand these to more of a contoured curve shape.
 
 
more as I go.........

Good idea on the desk top Popeye.  I did the same thing on my work computer.  Stared at the Bounty rigging for a month between financial statements.  Totally helped though.  I'm sure you'll get the rigging down nicely.    

Chuck's blocks might suit you... and it's not so much that you have to follow the book by the letter, but like you said, get some idea of how the lines should run. It sure helped me a lot, and will help me even more in the future.
 
Andy

Just a small bit of progress but took a while.Next onto the upper shrouds.