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

[popeye the sailor]

I was hoping to get these up before now.......    stuck with a moment to spare,  I did a little bit to the ship's boat.  some eye bolts need to be added to the hold,  as well as the remaining seats for the boat itself.

 

 

when this part of the assembly was done,   this is how it looked.

 

 

I want to add a little more to it,  so I went into the oars I made for the Susan A build.......I had made quite a few in order to come up with a couple of matching pairs.   sadly,  they look a bit too big........it's looking like I'll need to make them.

 

 

I'm glad I bought that package of small dowels.........they are smaller than the ones I used to make the other ones.  I have one that is close to where it needs to be.......more when I have the time 

 

[Burroak]

Popeye your doing a great job!

 

Greg

[NenadM]

Magic of wood. So called "wood force". Very strong with you.

[jct]

Looking good Pop...closing in on the big finish

[riverboat]

You are one busy little beaver!!!! ..... things are looking real good Denis...

Frank

[Omega1234]

Hey Denis

 

A really nice job on the dinghy!  I reckon the oars will really set the dinghy off nicely and give it that 'extra air of reality and atmosphere'.

 

All the best

 

Patrick 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks to you all for the kind comments....>fighting with a very slow computer right now<   Billing's has no reference to the making of oars, nor the rigging to lash it down with.....I'll try to wing it     I had assembled five oars,  the same way I did the larger ones.   the smaller dowels worked well.

 

 

I may have shown this earlier......one of them has started to be sanded to shape.  

 

 

now that they are all sanded to some kind of shape.....they need to lose that  'paddle'  look.   I did the first one.

 

 

....perhaps a bit more.....but the other soon had the same shape.   very hard to get them to look all the same

 

 

compared to the other set,  they look much smaller.   they probably should be scaled down a bit more,  but they are good enough for me.

 

 

they were stained after a little more sanding.........and four of them were cemented on the ship's boat.    the next thing to do,  is come up with a good way to lash her down.

 

[augie]

AHA!  The stain brings everything together.  Nice work, Popeye!

[NenadM]

Sweet! And sandy

[Moonbug]

Nicely done Popeye, well "winged"!  

 

- Bug

[Jim Lad]

Good job they were 'winged' and not 'whinged'!

 

John

[jct]

 

the next thing to do,  is come up with a good way to lash her down.

I would suggest small ropes :P :P

[popeye the sailor]

I like your sense of humor J............takes so much of the guess work out of it        thanks everyone for the good word and the likes.........I didn't get to go much further so far......errands,  don'tcha know      back to work at Wally  {Wal-Mart} for the weekend.   I'm working on a few ideas.......and the  'other' project is keeping me busy as well.   I think I nee to let the cat out of the bag soon........before it gets too big! 

[mtaylor]

Little boat looks great, Denis.   You have eyebolts underneath it.  Just run the lashing from one over to the other.. 2 lashings. 

[mobbsie]

Hi Denis,

 

I've been following along mate and it's all coming together really nicely, I do like your ships boat and the colour looks great.

 

With regard to the boats lashings may I be so bold as to show what I did to mine.

 

These are the boats from my Agamemnon, eyebolts are attached to the boat stands and rope passed over the top through a 2mm single block and then back on themselves.

 

Hope that helps mate.

 

 

 

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[popeye the sailor]

Thanks Gents........those boats look really sweet Mobbsie        yea.......I'm sure I have some 2 mm blocks around here somewhere.  with this era of ship,  I'm sure it's nothing too fancy

 

working this morn........I'll see what spare time I have this afternoon.

[popeye the sailor]

it's been a while..........the ship's boat has been on the table long enough.   I didn't have any 2 mm blocks on hand......just what they gave me in the kit.   I used what I had.   I had stained some rope  {thread} to give it some age.......didn't think that white lashings would look right.   it's done in rope and tackle.....one on each side,  in kind of a cris cross style.   I added a couple of cleats to the hold to tie the lashings off.  these first two pictures aren't that great.......I did this on my desk,  since there was no room at either table.

 

 

this is what I started off with........I made up more rope as I went along.    really have to build up my inventory of blocks.

 

 

one side done and tied off to the cleat.  after both sides were done,   a couple of rope coils were made to hide the end of the rigging at the cleat.

 

 

 

from here,  it was cemented on the main deck.   there is a little more that needs to be done,  and then the masts can be set in place.

 

 

 

 

[riverboat]

Looks real nice Denis.......... Did you finish the Goth??

 

Frank

[Jim Lad]

It'll take the crew a week to unlash that boat, mate!

 

John

[jct]

Looks good Pop...how close are you to the big finish

[popeye the sailor]

thanks for the kind word and the likes.  feels good not having to worry about the boat getting lost in the clutter   

 

thanks Frank.........sadly,  no on the Goth.....I still need to access the damage from her latest fall from the shelf a few weeks ago  {my doing}

 

thanks John.........I wanted something unique....and keeping in mind that techniques back then were not as refined as they are now-a-days 

 

thanks Brian........I could go on about the detail I've added......and the fact that some of it came from the Corel kit.  the ship's boat was actually plastic.....it got planked over.   I think Billing and Corel go hand in hand as far as quality goes.......and in the hands of folks who see more in a kit {like we do},  added detail is an absolute must     you and J are a tough act to follow 

 

thanks J.........I think I'm past the half way point........I think?!?!   chain plates.....masts,  yards,  rigging.........yea...it will be a while yet 

[Omega1234]

Nice work, Denis! Masting and rigging's next, I guess?

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Patrick..........very soon 

[Piet]

Looking really good Popeye Denis.  

 

Cheers,

[mobbsie]

Hi Denis,

 

Well done with the boat lashings mate, she could go round Cape Horn in a force 10 and that boat wouldn't move.  

 

H.M. is looking really very good, so neat and tidy.

 

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas mate and that 2016 brings nothing but Happiness, Health and Prosperity.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[popeye the sailor]

I'm finally in the process of getting caught up...........thanks all for the kind comments.   hoping to start on the chain plates soon.......ordered some parts to make it easier.   

 

hope you all had a great Christmas....{mine was really nice }..........and I wish you a very happy New Year  

[Bluebeard]

Hi Popeye

My name is Julian and Im also building an Imai 1/40 Half Moon.

Your log has been a great inspiration and very informative therefore saving me lots of headaches since this is my first big wooden model ship.

For many years I built and compete with lots of plastic models so it was time for me to take a big leap and tackle the wooden kits.

So I started with the Laughing Whale "Friendship Sloop" and the "Cat Boat".

After taking a bit of confidence is when I started to build my very old Imai Half Moon 1/40.

But.....in one of your post I could see the actual Billing Boats blueprints for this project. They look very informative for the rigging process.

Sadly my Imai instructions does not go that far, so here Im asking you if it would be possible to buy a set of this prints from you or if any of the fellow modelers could tell me where to get them from.

Thank You for you beautiful work with this model.

Sincerely,

Julian

[Jerry]

Hello Popeye..

Hope you are well.  Just thought I'd say hello and let you know that the admiral and I are okay.  It's been a long time since I posted anything on this site but when I received an email regarding Julien's post I wanted to send you our regards.

Best,
Jerry

[popeye the sailor]

hello Julien,   I looked in the Billing USA site...they have downloadable instructions on quite a few of their models.  unfortunately,  the Half Moon is not one of them.  I looked in the Billings Danmark site and found that it has been discontinued.  I will dig them out and see what can be done.

 

hello Jerry!    good of you to pop in!  glad to hear you and Charlene are doing well through all this.......we are also well.   so many have died........a very sad thing to happen in our world    anyway,  it's also good to know you still look in from time to time......very nice of you to think of me.....I appreciate it.

[Bluebeard]

On 4/25/2020 at 10:50 PM, popeye the sailor said:

hello Julien,   I looked in the Billing USA site...they have downloadable instructions on quite a few of their models.  unfortunately,  the Half Moon is not one of them.  I looked in the Billings Danmark site and found that it has been discontinued.  I will dig them out and see what can be done.

 

hello Jerry!    good of you to pop in!  glad to hear you and Charlene are doing well through all this.......we are also well.   so many have died........a very sad thing to happen in our world    anyway,  it's also good to know you still look in from time to time......very nice of you to think of me.....I appreciate it.

Thanks for the effort.

I will be anxiously waiting.

From the one picture of the plans you post, I can see lots of details I need.

I will post pictures of my model today when I learn how to do it.

Thanks a million.

Julian