Half Moon by popeye the sailor - Billing Boats - 1:40 scale kit

[patrickmil]

Popeye, that paint is outstanding! I'm definitely eager to see this with the decals.

[Jim Lad]

Flash as a rat with a gold tooth, Popeye!

 

John

[themadchemist]

Well the seizures have subsided and thought I'd comment.

 

Seriously though, it's amazing what a difference the trim makes. She's really going to POP with the diamonds and circles. Great job as always Popeye.

 

So here's an odd question. In reading Laughtons book Old Ship Figure-heads and Stern he talks about that of the ships of the 1400 and 1500's, many had painted sails. I've found this quite intriguing and wondered was this common on ships of differing countries and styles.

 

from Laughton (pg 9)

It was the era of painted sails, of the royal badges painted on the Kings ships, sometimes all over them, of private ships painted in the colours of the owners, and of a gorgeous display of flags of all kinds, banners, standards, streamers, penoncelles, according to the nature of the ship, her ownership and her employment.

 

As the Half Maen was sailed into New York Harbour in 1609 was she built in the late 1500's and with her colours it makes me wonder if she would have been adored so, with painted sails.

 

Just wanted to feed your creativity monster Popeye 

[newbuilder101]

I haven't looked in since yesterday and today the ship's almost done!      Well......maybe not, but you are progressing at lightening speed and she is looking excellent!

[themadchemist]

Don't know if you all have seen this but here are some interesting pic's of the replica.

 

http://www.newnetherland.org/ship.html

 

Here's an interesting quote also:

She was strangely old-fashioned in appearance, riding high in the water like the flat-bottomed boats the Dutch used on their insland waterway, the Zuider Zee. Her poop and fo'c'sle were higher than those of comparable English vessels, and her three masts looked perilously thin. Hudson's first reaction when he saw her was that she would be difficult to handle. 'I'm afraid' he complained ...'that she'll prove clumsy in foul weather."

Noel B. Gerson, Passage to the West: The Great Voyages of Henry Hudson.

 

from: https://shipwiki.wikispaces.com/Half+Moon

[riverboat]

Man, that looks real nice!! Popeye

[realworkingsailor]

Nice colours Popeye! I kind of get your log in fits and starts (kind of like catching episodes 1,6 and 12 of a tv season, but less hard to follow ).

 

Great job nonetheless

 

Andy

[michael mott]

Keith said

 

Well the seizures have subsided and thought I'd comment.

Made me laugh out loud!

 

Denis the colours are vibrant, you are doing a great job on this. It is interesting how different eras had their different colour schemes, I wonder what the 20th century one will be when looking back in a couple of hundred years.

 

Michael

[Sjors]

Popeye,

 

Very nice paint job !

The only thing.....I don't know if this also count for the USA but in Holland, those red and white stripes means...Do not enter !

So nobody can go on board at your Half Moon ??????

But I love it !

 

[popeye the sailor]

oh boy.....  sorry for the quick exit yesterday,  but I seemed to have picked up some sort of malware.......ad pop-ups all over the place!

     the admiral installed a program she has on her computer to combat it.....and of course the shot over my bow,  that I should dump XP.

 

Now for the catch up.

 

thanks Patrick.......I hope to get to the decal soon.  I need to finish up on the other side,  and then it on to the transom.  I need to get new ink jet cartridges first.   thanks for the good word

 

thanks John.......not too sure if the original ship was done this way,  but it sure makes for an interesting model     thanks for the good word!

 

thanks Keith......I wish that was the case.   I don't think it had a crest on any of the sails.   I'm dying to try the idea on a large scale....I have done flags at this time.   I do know that it is possible to pass sail cloth through a printer.  it's something to shoot for in the future.

     I have read that particular article about Henry Hudson,  and that website is the same one that I gleaned a couple of pictures from, among others that I have visited.   did you see that one I posted from National Geographic?  I thought it was pretty cool.  thanks for the good word,  my friend!

 

thank you very much Sherry.......still more to go before I get to mast her.   I am rather hampered at the moment......can't use the cellar for airbrushing  {bottom paint & clear coat},  so I don't have a timeline for it yet.   for now,  just do as much as I can........I think 90% of the parts have already been assembled in some way or another.   pretty awesome,  if you think about it    thanks for the good word!

 

thanks Frank!

 

thanks Andy........always a pleasure to see you pop in every now and again    thanks for the good word!

 

thanks Michael........I guess that the next generation would have a much easier time with their modeling......they'll have pictures to fall back on.   we have to rely on historians and written text to imagine how these ships were adorned......even then we have to wade through all of the conjecture and points of view.   all 'n all.......I think we do a fine job of it   thanks for the good word!

 

I didn't know that Sjors...     in our country......yes,  it could be construed as a word of caution,   but it's OK on this ship......it's a barber shop!   thanks for the good word,  my friend! 

[captainbob]

Fine job on the piant.  It will be fun watching the decals go on.

 

Bob

[Ferit]

It's very nice Popeye, I realized her accuracy especially after the link in Keith's topic...

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Bob and Ferit.   I got ink cartridges     I'm almost done with the starboard side....just have the trail boards to do.   I have a set of the diamonds printed.......and I find out that I'm out of bonder.....crap!   I'll have to go and get some tomorrow.....then perhaps,  i"ll be able to show you that bit of progress.

 

so.....yes,  the starboard side is done.......started with the rails.....

 

 

...and then the striped trim

 

 

I made one set of decals......still need the bonder to seal them up.  I might have to make an even smaller set......I think these are still too large.

 

 

still need to make up the circles......I did the trail boards

 

 

now.....both sides are finished.

 

[augie]

Smiling over here.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Augie 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Geoff    for an kit with missing pieces,  it's been a lot of fun.  thanks for the good word and looking in 

 

 

I look at so many builds here.......it's hard to see them all.   I skimmed through your logs....... I was glad to see how quickly you picked things up.  now I see your doing two builds......the more you do,  the more you'll learn.   your doing very well........keep up the good work!

[DSiemens]

Beautiful work Popeye!  I would love to work with a decal machine like that.  There's so many details you can achieve with decals.  Sjors I don't see any do not enter signs.  Maybe they just mean use caution while boarding so you don't miss your step.  

Edited March 28, 2014 by DSiemens

[Jim Lad]

Great work, Popeye!

 

John

[mtaylor]

Sweet work, Popeye.

[Sjors]

I want to get a hair cut do i have to make an appointment for that Popeye ?????

But fantastic work you are doing !

 

[NenadM]

What a collection of clamps ... and models ...

 

I like Her

 

... I suppose during working you listened in background "Half-moonlight sonata" from L.W.Beethoven  or a half of "moonlight sonata" first or second part

 

Nenad

[patrickmil]

That's a very sharp looking Half Moon Popeye!!!

[Børge]

That is exellent work my friend.

Wery Nicely done

 

Børge

[popeye the sailor]

thanks John,  Mark and Patrick 

 

I think the ship's barber is out at the moment Sjors.....but I could do it!  I have attachments for my clippers!     ......and for that traditional stooge's haircut........I can use a bowl! :D    appreciate the good word!

 

I do listen to classical music from time to time........I was thinking more of the songs like  "sunglasses at night"....or "cheap sunglasses"

     thanks for the good word Nenad! 

 

decal makers are nice things to have Daniel......I wish I had one when I was into modeling cars.   although it makes it easy to create the fancy designs on ships,  it still doesn't come close to those who are really good with a brush.  the first thing to do,   is to figure out whether a particular aspect is painted on.....or carved.  to be honest......I don't know if I can carve .....I should try it.  I'll keep it in mind when I do get the updated version   icky-may

 

thank you Borge.........good to see you here!  did you see the glare all the way to Norway? :D   thanks for the good word!

[popeye the sailor]

thank you very much Lawrence.   i've done a bit of work on the circles and lines........I having to make them using paint shop....need to figure out how to make the design look thicker.....I'll show you what I have so far.   thanks for the good word.

[popeye the sailor]

I had begun on the transom this past Friday.   still some more to go before it will be complete.   I'm going to lean more toward the Billing diagram with it,  instead of the picture I've shown you......I like the added detail it brings to the build.   first,  I added the decorative molding that encases the transom......then the 'brim' at the top of it.

 

 

 

on the back rail,  I added a piece of the striped stripping and the ornament on the top

 

 

now,  as I mentioned,  I created the circles and lines on paint shop.   the one that is included in this computer is bare boned......can't do too much with it.   I have downloaded paint shop 10.....I just need to install it,  and I'll see how much more I can do.

 

 

after importing the scanned copy of this design into the decal maker,  I ran off a sheet.......but I think the image needs to be beefed up a little.......it may be hard to see.

 

 

if this was the decal itself,  you would not see all this white,  but it will fit something like this on the ship

 

 

there are other parts that will adorn the transom.........two crests,  the moon,  the stars,   and the logo for the East India company.  the stars are going to be interesting.......they are the studs that I found in the paper craft dept, at Hobby Lobby.   I still want to go back and buy those other stars I saw......I will be sure to show them when I do.  for some of the folks that have ship star decorations.......they will find these quite useful.   anyway.......I painted all of these parts.

 

 

the Billing diagram shows that there are four gun ports....two on the transom,  and two just below the counter.   these I have to make from scratch....they are missing in the kit.   they are 10 mm squares of basswood......for the hardware,  I'm using dark mahogany stripping......they are in the beginning phase.

 

 

the mahogany was painted flat black........two of them will be painted blue,  and the other two will be stained the color of the hull.......there's still more to do to them 

 

[patrickmil]

Lookin' good Popeye! Very anxious to see the decals in place.

[Sjors]

Great job again Popeye !

 

[Jim Lad]

Like the 'gingerbread work', Popeye!

 

John

[jct]

Hey Popeye,

The details are really coming together, nice work on the stern decorations, are they styrene?