Holiday Harbor by popeye the sailor - 1:20 scale - multi build

[Piet]

That's a very nice looking bow Popeye!

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

I was going to mention that Kees!   here I am fighting with it........then the admiral calls telling me she's taking Gibbs to the field!  so I had to leave the bow as it was till I got back    that's when I remembered the jig I made......    I had to use CA to glue them on.....I was picking it off my fingers as we walked    thanks for the good word! 

 

thanks for the like and kind comments.......didn't get to do much yesterday,  so i'll  have to move it today    

[Mirabell61]

Looks very  good so far Popeye,

 

are the other 2 hulls staggered in Status process, or are you pacing foreward with the first one alone ?

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

that's a very interesting question Nils.....I've had some time to think about them as I've been doing this.   this boat won't be here much longer.......it's getting closer towards having to give the build her name.......far apart of the subject,  she will splinter off on a subject of her own.  as for the other two......I switched them.  I know.....some are scratching their head....."How can he tell them apart?"  it easy.......I flip'em over!     

 

the hull that already has the deck platform set in place....will become the Jingle Belle {the caroler's boat}.   the pilot house will be in the forward position......mid ship will have benches,  most likely a tree in the center...and of course,  I'll need to find carolers of proper scale.

    aft....will be a small cabin {I'm thinking shingles}, with perhaps a pitched roof and chimney.  plenty of detail....and perhaps lighting {I'll have to do some brainstorming,  since I closed the deck in.

 

the other hull is going to be very different........it will not have the fore deck,  I'm going to cut out all the extra wood and do full length bulwarks.  the pilot house will be forward,  but it will not be a full structure.....open concept.   there will be an aft house {office},  based much the same way.   I need to look into the tree wrapping table,  to see what it looks like,  as well as all the tools that a tree salesman would need.   I am thinking on planking the decks on both boats......they are not work boats,  so.....what the heck.

 

well.......that's enough daydreaming.......if I put too much into them......I'll never get'em done!      then again,  that's what I said about the M&M boat.............about five months later  

[captainbob]

Ah, the ideas are comming.

 

Bob

[themadchemist]

spinach scented smoke boils out of Popeye's ears as the old thinker is a ticking away..... do I detect the scent of scotch pine and the low sound of caroling in the distance.......

 

You know this will be good however it turns out

[Mirabell61]

Popeye,

 

you got me, and probably others as well, quite confused, but never the less were curious what comes out after all, everything that floats has its home here at NMSW

 

Nils

[themadchemist]

Nils, if your confused then you are "on course".  

As we all are (Popeye included), that's part of the fun, it's also probably why early sailors took to the sea, just to see what was out there....

 

With Popeye he attempts to cross that point of no return, and always succeeds.

 

Both of you 2 have broken new ground with your inventive and beautiful Builds. Nils and his interestingly cut away Peggy. Of course we know what to call her, don't we.

 

all we have here is Moe Curly and metamorphosis-Larry to go on....    

[Cap'n Rat Fink]

HEY POPEYE,

  GOOD TO SEE EVERTHING IS GOING WELL. NICE BUILD YOU GOT GOING ON HERE DENIS. I BE WORRIED IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE BUILD GOING ON BUDDY. TRYING TO GET BACK INTO IT.

 

YOUR FRIEND

MARIO

[popeye the sailor]

MARIO!!!  so glad to see you {via text}       I was thinking of you the other day.  I hope you continue to follow along........and it would be super to see a project in the future!

 

Keith,  Nils,  and Bob.........I recently found a really cool article on this boat.......if there was a clue I could give you,  this would be it.  the name of the boat,  before given the name of the subject,  was  "Miss Penny".   I saw pictures of her in 1991......she had bulwark 'shields' that went almost to the transom.......don't think I'll be doing them though

 

I did a bit of work on the built Thursday........I made and installed those  'extensions' I mentioned earlier.

 

 

 

I still need to blend them in.  perhaps I can decant some primer  to paint them after wards.  I also trimmed and installed the fore deck support {stanchion}

 

 

thanks to all who posted and hit the like button

[popeye the sailor]

Friday got a bit more lively......I need to get the pilot house fleshed out,  so I can better gauge the apparatus for the booms {cranes}....I'll get the terminology down....sooner or later 

 

it starts with the base....

 

 

it has a curved front wall,  but I gave it a bit of a twist,  with the side walls.....it will have an angled face.

 

 

the back wall is going to have a framed in door.......hence the larger opening.   you'll see a lot of pencil marks......after it is assembled,  they can be sanded out or erased.

 

 

when assembled, it looks like this.....

 

 

 

on the back wall,  there is a housing for the stack....it will have a louvered vent in it.  here are the parts and the door insert.

 

 

I put the darn thing together.......but forgot to cut out the vent.

 

 

it's OK....very easy to do it at this time.......it was assembled onto the back wall.

 

 

 

[Piet]

Wow, you have been busy Popeye.  That's beginning to look real nice!

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Piet.....there's more to show.  I try and put the rest of it up in the morning.  I'm being shooed off to bed....3:30 Am comes quick!

 

thanks Omega for the likes 

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Popeye!

 

John

[Omega1234]

Hi Popeye. I think the pieces are all starting to fall into place.

 

Looks great and the hull looks especially nice.

 

Well done and all the best!

[Vivian Galad]

Really nice to see they growing

[Sjors]

Popeye,

 

When I'm watching your post and I was looking at the pictures, Anja was walking by and she take a look and said.....that must be from Popeye       

Even on the style she recognised your way of building   

But it looks good again !

 

Sjors

[kiwiron]

Looking good Popeye don't forget your beauty sleep,to late for me to worry about.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks for the kind comments and the likes....and a special thanks to Anja!      sorry for not getting this up earlier { like this morning}.....I got side tracked      before I knew it,  it was time to go to work......all I can say is.........one more day 

 

here is the rest of Friday's update.......I took stock of some of the dowel I have on hand.   this is the bamboo dowel........the real long one is basswood......I think.

 

 

in drawing the windows out on the fascia part.......I wasn't quite sure it would work out.  truth is.......it didn't.

 

 

doing the dry fit to see what I would have to do...........I heard a snap.....and saw that the door opening had broken.   it was easy enough to repair.......to  strengthen it up,  a piece of strip stock was run along the upper edge.

 

 

having the front fascia at a slant is a bit tougher......the curvature changes.   get the measurements for the main curvature........then toss'em,  because they don't apply further up.  once the new marks were made {without breaking anything else}  the new curvatures were traced out with the compass.

 

 

then the windows were marked and cut out

 

 

the curvature at the base could have been used to cut off the extra material.......but I wasn't taking any chances.......I'll make a template and mark it later.

 

 

the jig was made and the extra was marked out.

 

[popeye the sailor]

I has done the cutting,  but I hadn't taken any pictures of it.   the windows still need to be evened out,  and the top edge needs to be sanded down.....but the pilot house is now roughed out.

 

 

 

 

it's late.......gents and ladies.  the admiral has called  'lights out'.   have a good evening 

[Jim Lad]

Good work, Popeye - can't wait to see the interior!

 

John

[themadchemist]

That shurfine box cutter really gives prospective of how small the pilot house is.

 

That thing brings back memories, I worked in a little mom'n'pop grocery in the 80's that had shurfine. Wow that was long ago, and I may even have some of those buggers still buried somewhere. Every time I see it, it causes flashbacks of long ago, Tammy and I got married while I worked there.

 

I've never consider using a box cutter rather than an exacto type knife, broken blades have to be cheaper to replace and you can flip them when broken.... HUM...tmc scratches his head.....

[trippwj]

Good morning, Denis.  Things are looking mighty fine on there - as always!  Somehow it seems so obvious when I see you create these odd shaped pieces - as for me, I guess my mind just doesn't work the same way - I sit there scratching my head over much more mundane pieces that aren't clear from the plans. 

 

Carry on, my good man - looking forward to the next episode!

 

Regards -

[Piet]

That's really looking very nice Popeye, like a wheelhouse should.

 

Cheers,

[edmay]

Very nice carpentry Admiral,becoming more ship shape by the day.Edwin

[captainbob]

Good job getting the line of the windows right.

 

Bob

[popeye the sailor]

thanks everyone for the good word and the likes!  it was a toss up.......but I didn't like the snow plow look here {come to a point in the center}   from the looks of the leaves and the raw damp feel outside.......we might see that crap sooner that we would like 

 

I did get a little done.........the bow has been lowered {now I can see the center line in the road }  and I did two attempts at making the ice maker.   the first one.......awww,  I'll save the drivel for the update.......you'll see

 

Keith:   yes,  the box cutter works very well,  if your like me and don't have a saw.   I'm very good at cutting straight lines on flat stock. I have quite a few......if you can't find yours,  let me know......I'll send ya one 

 

BOB:    that was a pain!  due to the angled front,  the fascia edges along the sides are angled as well to compensate........that's what changes the arch vectors.  bisecting the fascia into two quadrants was the only way to keep it sane.  I think it's about time I introduced you all to her.......what say ye?

[edmay]

Hello Denis, concurring what Bob said,it must have been quite the challenge to get all the angles just right, the cabin looks like it belongs there, a perfect fit,nicely done ,Edwin.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Ed.......it will look even more worth the effort,  once I get 'er cleaned up    thanks for the good word!

[riverboat]

Real nice! work on the pilot house Denis.. look'n forward to the rest of this  " Holiday Harbor multi build".

frank