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

[Omega1234]

Hi Denis

 

I'm catching up on your last couple of updates and wow, she's really coming along beautifully.

 

What's more, after seeing your photos of the lit cabin, I think two words immediately came to mind - magical and whimsical. The Windows just add to the overall effect.

 

Beautiful!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[captainbob]

Denis, You wont fine Future in the stores. I think Pledge bought out Future years ago but modelers still refer to it as Future.  The ten year old bottle of Pledge I have says, "Pledge with Future shine.  Premium floor finish.  Long lasting shine tough acrylic protection."   The back label says it is a tough acrylic finish that contains no wax.

 

I use it both as a sanding sealer and as a finish protector. 

 

Bob

[Moonbug]

Loving the door knockers!

 

- Bug

[NenadM]

You are playing with a fire, Denis ! Be carefull. Verrrrry nice work, my friend

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Patrick.......I was hoping that it bring words like those to mind.  after all........'tis the season     thanks for the good word!

 

thanks for the head's up Bob......I didn't know that.   I bought this other stuff.......did a test with it this morning.   the ingredients says that it has a plasticizer in it......sounds like it's right up my alley      thanks for the good word as well  

 

thanks Bug........they were a quick thought.  kinda neat......a sort of scrooge / marley thing    definitely worth adding into the build.   good to have them finally where they should be......before they get lost or something.  thanks to you as well  

 

no worries Nenad......it's a synthetic fire      thanks!

Edited February 4, 2016 by popeye the sailor

[slow2cool]

Bob is right you won't find it as future. I also have a old bottle, and found a new one at Ace Hardware. What you will look for is acrylic finish.

I also use it for a sealer, primer, and finish. I find it 101 uses for it. Also great for putting on photoetch parts. Never thought about making windows out it until I saw your log.

[Piet]

Very nice progress Popeye Denis, drip edges on the roof, no gutters though .  Then the door handles and knockers, wowsie babe, they do look like antique bronze, very classy.

Paint job on the hull came out really nice too.

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Piet...you might say I thought of you when I did the doors.   I pre drilled all my holes.......sanded any drill leaving from both sides of the 'brass plate'.   ......didn't solder though.....figured it would be too hot    I'm glad you like 'em........makes me smile     thanks for the good word.

 

I did things rather quickly last night.......never got a picture of the door in place,  in normal lighting.

 

 

I finished the last set of port 'badge' windows....

 

 

.....took 'em down stairs and got them painted right away......then I got the bottle of that stuff I bought and read the label.....

 

 

never knew that about the future......guess they should have changed the name to  'the past'  {'once upon a time' probably wouldn't have fit on the label}.   I saw this stuff ......it will even shine stone......might be great for the man cave {ba-dum-bump!}.  I poured some on a piece of plastic wrap and spread it out....took 1/2 to an hour to fully dry.  then again,  it may have been too thick....but that's me though......always lay'in it on too thick     kind of a change of pace...not watching paint dry....but errrrrrrr, {between you 'n me}  just as boring.           wanna watch with me...........OK!

 

 

OH!  I forgot.........I dry fitted the windows before I took 'em to be painted.........

 

 

anyway.......after they were painted {this time for real}......the window film was cemented on.....I'm not going to change the windows......I'm going to paint this stuff on the back of them.

 

 

 

I even took out the part of the front window,  that I colored,  and put in some new film.

 

 

when I painted the floor shine on......{I was informed,  it is not  'stuff'.......it has a name},  I put the windows face down on the plastic wrap.   after I done a couple more,  I noticed that the film on the ones I had done,  were looking like they were beginning to sag.  so,  I flipped them over and lightly blotted the film onto the plastic wrap.   this should straighten them out.  so now they are all done......they need to dry

 

 

I should add that the ingredients of this floor shine....doesn't have any wax either......it has what they call a plasticizer.  it also activated the white glue.......it was seeping through a little....so it was good that I flipped them over.

 

the big test will be tomorrow........

 

 

 

 

[GLakie]

The windows look great Dennis, and I hope the wax works the way you expect. 

[edmay]

Hello Denis ,Your words of warmth are sincerly appreciated by the Admiral,also mentioned your nice lighted cabin and the neatness of your paint job,we are sure you are an inspiration to others as to your "off the grid so to speak" ideas and the execution of them,nicely done .many thanks Edwin.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks slow2cool.......I know my plastic modeling friends use it as well.   I've never used it......     I'm pretty sure though that future or an equivalent,  could be used for window maker.   I've used that product too........put out by Testor's.   we'll see how this works out.  thanks for looking in   

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Ed and urmilla  {I hope I spelt your name right}....you just keep watch'in.   just a little more to go,  and I'll hopefully be dress'in 'er up.   you'll think it's Christmas in July!      thanks for look'in in and the good word!  

 

thanks George......got my fingers crossed!  

[riverboat]

Beautiful !! work Denis.... love those doors and windows... looks real cool when it's lit up....... are you going to lease or move in yourself

 

frank

[mtaylor]

Sweet work, Denis.  I'm waiting with you to see how the glazing turns out.

Edited February 5, 2016 by mtaylor

[popeye the sailor]

hey there Frank!   thanks a lot..........   lease...........I dunno........can ya sing?            B.Y.O.O.    {bring your own otterman}  

 

thanks Mark   flipped them back over this morning.......they stuck to the plastic wrap,  but peeled right off with no trouble.   I'm giving them more time to cure........look really shiny      I started the siding shingle work ........gonna be a bit slower than I thought.   tell ya when I do the update  

[popeye the sailor]

I got a bit more done today......wasn't sure what I wanted to do first.   I settled on some shingle work......finally do something with all that mahogany I chopped up.  setting up the ruler again,  lines were drawn on the strips.......I used 10 mm as a guide,  but they are different widths.   they will give the appearance of separation lines between the shingles.

 

 

this isn't all of them......just enough to start off with.   for the next step in preparing them,  I took a razor blade and cut triangles out at the ends of the lines.

 

 

 

I started with the starboard wall........cutting one of the bare strips into narrower strips.  these strips I will line the bottom of the wall 'field',  in between the trim.   then the first shingle strip is cut and placed,  it will act as a backing for the triangle cutouts,  and won't show any white.

 

 

I kept the stagger of visible shingles @ 8 mm....don't know why I chose it.........seemed like a good increment.   as they climbed up the wall,  they presented a problem.   originally I was going to make them from basswood...individual shingles, and I was going to taper the thickness.   but,  I used the mahogany instead,  and I didn't taper them.  now the shingles wanted to jut out from the wall.  to cure that,  I cut short lengths of odd pieces of planking,  and clamped them,  in an effort to make them lay flat on each other.  as you can see,  the triangle cutouts are also staggered.

 

 

the windows got shuffled around while this was going on......first on my desk.....later on the main table.  I examined them at that point and flipped them over.   they came free from the plastic wrap easily......now they can get some air,  if they need it.   they're very shiny  

 

 

finally,  the wall was done and had time to dry........I could remove all the clamping stuff.   the 8 mm spacing was good all the way up.

 

 

 

three walls left.........that's not counting the roof

[Omega1234]

Now, that's nice, Denis. Really, really nice!

[GLakie]

The mahogany shingles add a nice touch! 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Patrick George and Ed      I started in the stern wall.......I can only do a few before they get too unruly and I have to clamp them.   when the walls are done,  I'll either give them a coat of flat lacquer,  or I have some poly urethane.   that should bring out more of the color  thanks for the good word!

[mtaylor]

Super nice, Popeye.  I like the plain wood for this.

[UpstateNY]

Great stuff Popeye...love the mahogany shingles! 

 

Cheers,

 

Nigel.

[mobbsie]

Hi Denis,

 

Here I am again, popping up to check that you haven't gone completely of the rails and I must say I have no need to worry.

 

There's far too much progress to mention all at once but I have to say that the windows, lights, shingles, paintwork and drip rail all look absolutely great.

 

I wonder just how the warming cabin effects the boats stability though.

 

I do have a suggestion for the roof, have you thought about putting Solar Panels on, might work. Just a thought.

 

Be Good

 

mobbsie

[michael mott]

Nice, now one doesn't see shingles on too many small vessels, on the small roofs of the galleries on the sterns of some of the big three masters yes, but Denis you are breaking new ground here.

 

Michael

[captainbob]

A warming house on the deck of a boat.  Is this what you call a Houseboat?

 

Bob

[Jim Lad]

Your shingles really look first class Popeye!  What's the next surprise in store for us?

 

John

[popeye the sailor]

thanks to everyone for the kind comments....and to those that hit the like button.   I tried to keep fantasy and probability in balance...it's obvious that I've strayed more towards the fantasy side of things.  still......quite a bit can be done to make it all come together.   to try and reclaim the probability aspect,  I would need to do some reconstruction.   ........a thought just came to me  

 

I agree with you..........the height is the factor here........keep everything else,  but ditch the height thing.   .....and I've thought up just the thing  

[mtaylor]

As Scooby would say: "Rut Row"    

Edited February 7, 2016 by mtaylor

[Piet]

Hey Denis, glad you thought of me drilling your great looking antique door handles, at least you didn't break a drill bit like i did  

Here iI learned something new, using floor finishing stuff to make glass.  Who would have ever thunk that, amazing.

Shingles look fantastic too, where will your imagination go next?  And now you are thinking again.  Whenever you start thinking  we get hit with another surprise.  Different roof maybe?

 

Cheers,  

[cog]

Pfff, had to catch up ... felt like running after a freight train at full speed ... my your creativity is making overtime ... fabulous ideas, and realistaion of them ...  glad you took wooden shingles, and not ceramic tiles ... those might be a tad heavy

 

Cheers

[popeye the sailor]

interesting conversation with the admiral last night........I told her about part of the idea that I thought up........and she actually tried to get me to keep the roof.   

 

yes Piet.......a different take on the roof might put her back on the road to probability.   the height alone is the problem....kinda thought that myself after I made it.   I'll have to play with it to see how it will work      thanks for the good word!

 

thanks again for all your nice comments.....and for the likes!   next couple of days are going to be busy for me.......hope to have an update soon