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

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Frank........good to see your around      I appreciate the thought........but I'm still being careful.   one slip of the knife,  and it could become a scow     are you working on your build my friend?

[Timothy Wood]

Nice job with the planking!

 

Tin

[SkerryAmp]

Planking looks really really good Popeye!!  I have yet grasped the whole idea of planking and much of mine is faked with plenty of putty and sandpaper!!    Yours however,  very very nice!!

 

-Adam

[popeye the sailor]

mine ain't no walk in the park either...........most of my builds are painted.   the only one that is a wood grain hull is the Gothenborg,  and I second planked that one.   there's still a couple of flaws........if you look in the right places    to be able to single plank the Half Moon...I hope I can get it right      I still use the putty........one of these days,   I hope to attain the level that I see some of them done in.   work in progress     thanks Adam !

[mobbsie]

Just catching up Popeye, making very progress my friend, deck and hull planking look great.

 

mobbsie

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Mobbsie........I wish I had something to report to celebrate your return.   I hope to have the planking done soon.....then on to sanding

[rdsaplala]

Very smooth and clean planking work, Popeye, I love it

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Aldo,   it's a work in progress.  I really need to get her fully planked,  so I can see where I stand.  this kit is rather vague about a couple of aspects..........good that I see them now......but the areas in question have already been done.   no matter.......they're still making x-actor blades and drill bits!  LOL!

[popeye the sailor]

just a small update with this build......but first,  I want to show you sort of a review.

 

 

see anything odd here?  back when I did the bow rabbits,  I should have seen this.......like how far the first rib was to the rabbits themselves.    it might be hard to see,  but it equates to about 1/4 of an inch.

 

 

a more recent picture........what do you see?    you can clearly see the shortcoming with the first rib,  but what about the second rib.....it's off too.   since I have pre bent my planking,  the first rib is not that big a deal......leading off from the bow rabbit,  the contour is ocurring,  none the less.   but,  the further down I planked,  I found that the planks kept wanting to pull away from the second rib,  no matter how much I tapered. 

 

 

 

 

to remedy this,  I made up a pair of fillers to bring the line consistant with the keel.

 

 

 

 

this picture really shows how far off the first rib is.....it will get buried with no trouble at all.   these fillers {at least the starboard side at this time}  seem to do the trick.    the starboard side is done now.  once the port side is done,  I can do the final tweaking.

 

 

 

I did have to use a little filler,  it's ok though,  since the bottom below the waterline is to be painted a darker color.......although I have seen a red bottom.   I will do a bit more surfing to make sure of the color,  but none of this will be seen.

 

 

[riverboat]

nicely done Popeye.......

Frank

[Sjors]

Nice fix Popeye,

 

I see that the Half Moon is not only playing with Anja but with you also…...

Nice planking btw!

 

[Anja]

Hello Popeye,

 

Nicely done on the fix. Starboard side looks great.

 

Anja

[SkerryAmp]

Planking and fix worked out great!!

 

Really nice stuff!

 

 

-Adam

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up after holidays, Popeye!  Nicely done, mate!

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Sjors and Anja....I'd say it's a little of both........what would be considered a small design flaw by some,  and me,  with little experience with this type of hull.   no excuses.......just an assessment.   I will fix it though........no hull will be left behind 

 

thanks to you as well Frank,  Adam,  and John.......you folks are too kind     I have the starboard side done as you can see.......I really like how rounded it came out.   so far,  the port side is coming along well...the contour of the bow is matching perfectly.   hopefully,  I can get the planking finished soon.  

 

thanks again for the good word folks......I'm still having fun! 

[mtaylor]

Good catch and good fix, Popeye.  Another builder would have tossed the whole model at the point of "oops".  Planking is still looking great.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Mark.......When I got the kit,  it was duly noted that there were parts missing.........so it was orphaned from the get-go.  since all the major hull part are here.......heck,  I might do well to build it and have fun with it          I know what your saying though,  I'm hoping that someone who has built this kit before chimes in and tells me how their build went.  I'm interested to see if they found the same problem.

     the parts that are missing equals one complete part's panel,  so this tells me that someone got shorted with their kit.   the hull will come out,  but I'm finding the same problem with the port side,  so I'm thinking that the first two ribs are off in dementions towards the bottom of the hull.   the upper dementions are ok.......or I wouldn't have been able to plank the bulwarks and fore cabin.

 

 

 

I have three planks on her at this point,  and it's beginning to ocurr again......the plank wants to pull away from the rib.  I'm doing this without the use of joggers,  and with tapering the plank,  I can steer the planking as to where I want it to go.........I can achieve the curvature needed to follow the bow rabbit.  as long as I keep the start of the plank perpendicular to the rabbit,  I can compensate the run.  

 

nawwww!  I can't throw it out now.........what fun would that be?  true.......my inventory would look all the better for it......but I would end up feeling like I've forsaken it........a kit is a terrible thing to waste 

 

I'll whip this bad boy in shape!   I'm one of those thick headed yankees.......never could figure that out.......we are yankees.........but we have red sox........we're suppose to hate the yankees.  I'm not a sports fan.....I'm doing America's REAL past time right here!

 

 

[captainbob]

Popeye, 

 

It doesn't matter what color sox you wear, you're still doing a fine job.

 

Bob

[michael mott]

Nice work Popeye the hull looks pretty clean to me.

 

Michael

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Bob.......I'm bare foot'in it today!   when i was a kid.......it was hell keep'in shoes on me 

 

thanks Michael........just hoping I can get the port side the same as the starboard....so far.......so good 

[mobbsie]

Hi Popeye,

 

With your skills mate there aint nuthin you cant fix, you've made a great job so far.

 

You love and respond to a challenge so I have every confidence that this will just be another Popeye triumph.

 

Hang in there mate

 

mobbsie

[Jim Lad]

Popeye,

 

No wonder you're having problems - trying to model weari8ng red socks - it just won't work, mate.  Try changing to black socks or sandals!

 

Seriously though, I have absolutely no doubt that you'll end up with  a fine model.

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Mobbsie and John..........not much more to go,  I'm almost there  

[trippwj]

Carry on, Popeye - she is looking nice!  No doubts from me whether you can work your way through the challenges - with or without socks.

 

From one Swamp Yankee to annudder - HAVE FUN!!!

[popeye the sailor]

fist bump!

[augie]

Keep it up Popeye.......you're winning.

[realworkingsailor]

You're winning.

Now...... Where have I heard that before....

[popeye the sailor]

I didn't win the lottery............400-some odd million!......three winners!  what I coulda done with a cut of that!   I'll just keep trying.......one day my ship will come in

 

you probably heard it from some of my other builds Andy.........

Edited August 9, 2013 by popeye the sailor

[Børge]

Hi Popeye

 

Nice progress on the Half Moon, you make good fixes to.

 

Børge

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Borge..........looking forward in seeing you back in the workshop