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

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Piet..........I feel much better      thanks for think'in of me.

[Omega1234]

Hi Denis

 

Nice deck work...but then, I shouldn't be surprised, because your work's always top notch.

 

I'm glad that you're ok. I betcha you won't be having onion and garlic chips again?

 

The dingo boots story is a good one, too!

 

All the best and stay well.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Patrick........it feels good to be done with the deck.   as luck would have it,  I got my order from billing's today....another 50 strips of 0.7 x 5 mm Annegre.     oh.......I don't thing that the chips were the culprit.....besides,  I love the little buggers      

 

as mentioned,  I did a little bit yesterday.   this pertains to the decking around the helm room.   I want to do a sort of railing, but perhaps a bit differently than what I used to.   I have a few sheets of 1/8 flat stock,  that I want to use up......I don't use it too often.   I cut a strip of it a bit lower than the bow deck railing.   three pieces created this...

 

 

rounding the corners off and cementing it in place,  the structure deck now looks like this.

 

 

 

I really should have painted it before cementing it in place........but when I was done..........

 

 

taking some 1.8 x 4 mm strip stock,  I was able to cap it off.  the corners were rounded off as well.

 

 

 

with the structure in place on the boat.......it give a unique perspective.

 

 

a section was assembled to fill in the port side.  this will either be cemented to the fore deck,  or I'll wait till the structure is cemented in place permanently,  before it is put on.

 

 

 

I left a bit of rail sticking out of the last stanchion,  so it would mate up with the solid railing.   the attention now,  will turn to the starboard side,  where I have something a little different in mind.

 

 

[mtaylor]

You just keep the surprises coming, Denis.  Lovely work on that decking and railing.

[Omega1234]

I concur with Mark!

[Mirabell61]

Denis,

 

you did a good job on the deck planking...

 

Nils

[trippwj]

Looks sweet, Denis. I like the color on the deck.

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Denis

 

Deck looks pretty good, and the houses too!

Fine Job Done............

 

Regards

Gerhard

[popeye the sailor]

thank you all very much     sorry to say I haven't done much else........work pulls me away.  I have something in my head that will do nicely.........I just have to convert it into wood.   this rainy spell we've been under has got to come to an end....I hope it's soon.

 

thanks also to everyone who hit the like button  

[popeye the sailor]

Yippee!  the work week has ended!     I have been thinking about this all week end.   I got up at 5:30 this morning......I have some chores to do.   but,  before I do the drudgery,  I'm going to have some fun     taking a 1.8 x 8 mm strip,  I took some eyeball measurements,  and got to work on it.   the space I need to fill is here,  on the starboard side.

 

 

after cutting one side,  the other side was made.........the treads will be 1/2 inch.

 

 

the treads were then glued to one side of the stairs........later sanded so they will all be equal,  for when the other side is glued on.

 

 

the notch at the top will fit over the lip along the fore deck.   the rest of the ladder was assembled.......the railing wall on the left side will be this short piece.......enough to bring the ladder part more toward the center of the gap.   it was fitted in place at this time.......a little spot of CA was used to cement the wall to the side of the ladder.   any excess that sticks out past the wall,  will be cut off and sanded flush with the ladder.

 

 

the other side wall was cut and fitted at this time.   later,  after it was sanded and trimmed......the short deficit was filled in with square stock.......and that too was sanded flush and smooth.   the whole assembly was sanded,  and the cap rails were cut and glued on.    more sanding........

 

 

 

here you can see the parts that I'm  referring too.......they stick out past the walls.   this will be removed.

 

 

the excess was cut off.......and more sanding was done to flush out the stubbles.    the cap rails were rounded to take the edges off.

 

 

the rest of the railings need to be sanded a bit more to round them out as well.   fitting the assembly in place,  I can see that I will have to trim the structure railing a bit more,  but as a whole,  it all fits together quite well.   when I can do the color paint work,  then the structure and the walls can be cemented in place permanently.   still a bit more to do th the structure itself.

 

 

 

Edited May 10, 2016 by popeye the sailor

[Gerhardvienna]

Nice work Popeye!

 

Regards

Gerhard

[Omega1234]

Hi Denis

 

She's coming together very nicely.

 

Well done.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Gerhard and Patrick.......thanks also for the likes    I got a chance to do the primer work on the stairs.   

 

 

 

 

now that the railing is done,  I can pull the structure back off to do a few more things before the color goes on.   I want to get the cap railings on the bulwarks,  before the hull gets painted.   better weather is here........I should have more free time tomorrow.

[Kevin]

looking great

[popeye the sailor]

Thanks Kevin......and thanks for the likes every one  

[Jack12477]

Looks great Popeye

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Jack  

[captainbob]

She's really coming together and looking good.  But that's to be expected from such a fine builder. 

 

Bob

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Bob.......very kind of you.  there are many who are way better than me........I just like to have fun  

 

my keyboard died today.......developed  a bad case of sticky keys.    .........guess you can't drop an English muffin with marmalade on it..  cheap US crap!

            

[NenadM]

Lovely work Denis.

 

We have to be good to our keyboards, and to feed them from time to time. My keyboard likes coffee. Real coffyboard

 

Edited May 11, 2016 by Nenad

[edmay]

Nice work Denis, Edwin

[edmay]

Hi Denis glad your feeling better, the decking looks fab, nicely done,Edwin

[Piet]

Nicely done Popeye Denis, stairs look very functional.

 

Cheers,

[lambsbk]

Nice to see your progress Denis. The ladder looks terrific.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks everyone for the kind word.......I saw all the comments.  my goodness....thank a heap!   I wish I had an update for ya.......problem is,  it was so nice out today,  I got hung up doing yard work.  I should have more free time on my hands tomorrow.   thanks again!  

[Moonbug]

I've missed so much! I don't even know where to begin Popeye. Lovely work of course!

 

Though I have to say - I may have underestimated your level of obsession until I say the number of frames and hulls laying about! ;-)

 

-Bug

[popeye the sailor]

  ........that's only part of 'em bug.........I'm hopeless        I guess my inner child thinks I started too late in life......and it's trying to catch up.  either that,  or I'm too imaginative for my own good     the admiral doesn't mind though.......she likes the wooden ones better than the plastic kits i used to build.

       I have another six years and six months to go before I can retire..........I'll still have plenty to do when I get there  

 

thanks for look'in in and the good word!   so good to see you  

[popeye the sailor]

I am as well John.........I no sooner get caught up..........put my head to the table...........look again........and find I'm just as buried as I was before!   at the moment,  I'm play'in with a few ideas......and doing yard work  {UGH}.   nothing really to show for progress yet..........but if things go the way I want them to,  the results should be startling {best word I can think of for it}  

 

thanks for looking in and the good word!  

[popeye the sailor]

I can't believe I'm saying this..............I've sunk to a new level of lunacy.   after looking and dwelling on the tree boat at the point that it is,  I really can't see her as the Tree Boat.  everything I think of........anything I want to add........will take it further away from the subject.   it wants to be a fishing boat.....so be it.........*POOF!*...........you are a fishing boat.   sorry to do this.........I feel bad.   I just think that continuing with this hull........would be a terrible waste.  I sat there at my desk......pondering what the next move will be.   all I have now is an over grown party boat {the Jingle Belle}.  all is not lost though.....or is it?

 

after I had posted the last group of pictures,  I was musing........mulling over some options.   it all came down to this one option.......I would need another hull to replace it.   oh........before I get into this further,  the displaced Tree Boat will continue........I am NOT trashing it,  in any way,  shape,  or form.   it will become a fishing boat.......I have a name for her soon.

 

anyway.........I recalled the pictures I had posted a while ago.........errrrr...quite a while ago.   I'd love to know where these pictures were taken.....I got 'em off the internet.   there weren't than many.......mostly about the Rouse Simmons........lots of photos of boats with a tree stuck in the middle,  out in the open water.   this boat looks like a lobster boat........so to cut the chit chat short........that's what I went with.   I still have the plans for the Midwest Maine Lobster boat.  

 

 

 

so......I'm going to do what I probably should have done from the beginning.   I'm going to mod the bow a little...not so much of a tapered 'V'.   I decided to  cut a few corners to speed up the assembly.........all the best of intentions,  but not so great as an idea.   there are so many problems.........the stern bore the  brunt of it.   one look and you'll clearly see why I nicknamed the boat 'the Frankenstein boat'.   I gave the hull a longer cockpit deck........that meant that the stern transom was made narrower.   I even double walled it.   it didn't look right,  so I flipped them over {it's OK........you can laugh at any time}.   the result gave me a very odd looking stern.........I cobbled and filled in most of it.....I'll shape it later.   I'll  cover both sides with some flat stock after.........so it's not a total loss.   I have pictures.......not a complete blow by blow,  by enough to make your eyes water {I'd bust out crying too,  if it wasn't so funny}.  so if ya want to see 'em,  let me know....if not,  I'll introduce the boat when it looks more presentable.   but if you were the kid that enjoyed sticking pins in your sister's dolls........just say the word      

[usedtosail]

Of course we want to see them. This isn't a ship model site, its a ship modeling site  .

 

Really, I am interested in your surgical prowess, so to speak.