Syborn by popeye the sailor - FINISHED - 1:33 - trawler

[NenadM]

Very nice work with fine, and, I dare to say, brave soldering with soldering points so close

 

Z-train ? A new hobby sticks it`s face ? Oh, boy, you`ll never stop. And you`ll definitely need bigger house- apartment

 

And the way to extend your day to min 72h

Edited September 1, 2016 by Nenad

[BANYAN]

Well that the 'ants pants' mate; looks good - ...........and a bel;ated happy birthday.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[captainbob]

_{Nice looking ladder.  It really makes the mast.}

 

_Bob

[Sjors]

I give it up.......

Unbelievable that ladder.

It looks if you buy it in a toy store.....

I think I will have lessons from you for the soldering......

 

Sjors

[popeye the sailor]

thanks for the kind comments      also for the likes as well.   the third strap makes the ladder look more complete......there was quite a gap after the second one I put on.

 

a Z scale train Nenad is the smallest you will ever see a train at.   the whole set up would sit nicely on my desk.   I would say that four cars,  side by side,   would fit nicely in a cigarette pack.   unfortunately......I don't own one......I do have a G scale for around our Christmas tree though.   it is another hobby that I would love to get into........but I think that after a while,  the admiral would shut me down.   the expansion would drive her crazy   :D  

 

I don't know Sjors........I'm still learning too.  it's not too hard though....the only thing I really need to watch,  is not to gob on the solder  

 

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[popeye the sailor]

the mast is close to being done.   seeing how other folks assemble their masts  {Kees}.....I saw a lot of good aspects ,  that normally I wouldn't do.   .........a lot of neglected detail  

 

thanks for the belated birthday wish Pat.......and yes Patrick......I had a great day yesterday     it was further emphasized by reading all the PM's and posts I got.....I have such great friends in the community,  and many of them  

 

After putting on that third strap.....I began to set up for adding the railing around the top.   silly me had put everything away,  and I had to set things right back up at my desk.  did I actually think I was going to get away that easily?   I was simply going to use CA to assemble the railing.......but in looking at the ladder,  the railing should be a piece of cake.   more practice time too    the good thing was I didn't need the board.....yea!!!!!  I don't have to reach for the back of my desk for the mouse!!!

 

I have some one rail 15 mm stanchions.....might look too open up there,  so I went for the three rail 15 mm stanchions.   the holes were pre drilled,  so I'd know how many I needed.   I still have the aft section to do.   the first part:

 

 

here's what the ladder looks like with the three straps.

 

 

I used the vise to bend the railings to do the second part of it.   it was used again to do the third part,  which has three partitions {across the front}.  it needed to be curved to follow the shape of the top.   the railing was soldered in place on the top.......I had messed it up at one point,  making an adjustment.  I wasn't going to have it happen again.

 

 

 

during this task......two of the light brackets became loose.   I tried to be extra careful.   it was at this time that my older son and his four kids came over......so work ground to a halt!   it was a nice visit.......my oldest grandson,   Chase,  stuck to me like glue.  he loves the boats.......especially the lobster boat I was very watchful that they didn't get too cozy with the table......being real poor at being child proof.   soon,  it was time to say good bye.......{they got to have ice cream and cake too}........and with that,  I got back to work.   the fourth and fifth sections were done.

 

 

it was trim and file the ends of the railing {s} at the ladder........and it was then cemented in place.   the mast was placed on deck to see how it looked.

 

 

 

.....and then the camera died.   so,  while it is being recharged.......I'll be thinking of what to do next.

 

 

[cog]

A masterpiece Dennis, whilst thinking on what to do next, you might give it a coat of primer ... it's getting chilly at night

[rwiederrich]

Fantastic work Dennis.....I have a small oxi torch I use for small soldering and I also use a hand torch (used in my dental lab) for soldering chrome steel wire.

 

I never attempted such a large solder job...you did very well...looks sweeeet.

 

Rob

[popeye the sailor]

thanks for the kind comments and the likes       progress continues slow,  but the mast is almost complete.......which I'm pretty happy about  

 

almost ready to do that Carl,  but in doing that,  I found that I needed to revamp the hold.   I got that done,  but I might repaint the top part.....the light gray I used for the bulwarks had dried up,  so I used a flat white instead.   I got some ghost gray.......it might be close.   I'm sure that the next time you see the mast,   it should be painted and cemented in place....I hope.   I want to do the anchor winch / fore deck.......at odds on how I want to set it up.

 

thanks Rob.......I have both means......but I though the flame method might set off the fire alarm.  I also soldered the railing on the mast,  so the flame might have caused a bit of an issue     this has been more soldering than I have ever done.....and I liked it  

[mtaylor]

Now that is a fine looking mast and ladder.   The railing is the icing on the cake, so to speak.  I can't wait to see what's next.

[Jim Lad]

Now that is one very special piece of work, mate!

 

John

[Omega1234]

Hi Denis

 

Very, very nice! I reckon soldering is another one of those masterful skills that you can add to your CV...along with all the others that you already have.

 

Great job.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited September 3, 2016 by Omega1234

[trippwj]

Wow, Denis - just wow!  That metal work looks great, and really brings that mast to life. 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks everyone for the kind comments....and for the likes as well.   of all the ladder experiments I've tried.......I am very happy to have tried to do this again    I'm sure there is a better method out there........but I'm just as satisfied with the way I did it.   now to expand on it  

 

I did some work to the gallows.......I won't scrap them as previously thought.....I'll just cut them down some so they look more to scale.  the hold had been modified and is in place on the deck.....I just need to change the color of the cover.   I'm back at work..two more days to go......perhaps I can post something before then  

[Piet]

Happy belated birthday Dennis and very nice work on the ladder and railing.

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

thanks a lot piet.........I had a wonderful day!  

 

I found that I had these pictures of the hold and what I did to it.    with the changes the mast made,  it was impossible to leave it the way I originally made it.   it needed a little modification......

 

 

I had to give it a bottom,  to make it strong enough for the operation.........I pretty much cut the top off and leveled it out.

 

 

the top was an oversize square of flat stock.........cemented in a box frame to assemble it to the hold,  and then cement on some molding around it.   I painted it flat white.......but I'm thinking better of it......the inner bulwarks and bulkheads are a light gray.   I may change it.

 

 

[edmay]

A great step up ,very neatly done, brilliant Edwin

[cog]

That ladder comes out wonderful, Denis. Don't try to draw the attention away from it 

[BANYAN]

Looking a real treat for the eyes Denis; great work bashing this build.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Omega1234]

Hi Denis

 

Bit by bit, Syborn's coming to life. The ladder's looking great, as does the work you've done on the hold.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing what's next on your list. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's gonna look fantastic.

 

All the best!

 

Patrick

[NenadM]

How, to hell, you get so perfect surfaces?

[cog]

 

How, to hell, you get so perfect surfaces?

 

Photoshop ...??????????????

[popeye the sailor]

thanks to everyone for the kind word,  and for those who hit the like button.   besides a few eye bolts here and there......the mast is pretty much done.   now I can give it a coat of paint.......make 'er pretty,  and then cement it into place.  well.......I haven't cemented it in just yet.....but,  I did give it a coat of paint.   as for the hold.........it can stay white.

 

 

 

 

I was thinking of some smaller reels.........rigging the booms....etc.   I have these small spools.......they might do the trick with a little modification.

 

 

here's where it gets funny..........I stuck 'em on my dremel,  using a wooden dowel that they fit really snug on.......

 

 

turn the dremel on...........and boy!.....do those things go flying!  I had the admiral ducking for cover!       after a couple of times.......I saw that it wasn't going to fly {figuratively speaking,  of course}........so I swapped the dowel over to a brass rod about the same diameter.  there was too much free play,  so I used scotch tape to take up the slack and make them fit snugly on the shaft.  

I should mention why in the world,  I would want to do this.    the center part of the spool isn't very deep....to wrap thread around it would fill the indention and leave nothing for another layer of thread.   the spool would look over full and run over the sides.    to make the depth a bit deeper,  I can layer the thread and it will look a lot better.........like I have done to this first one.

 

 

I made a couple of others........I dunno.......they look kinda sloppy.   painted,  in a rack....wound with thread....some of the weird stuff might not be seen.  up against a bulkhead or bulwark......might deter from them even more.......   we'll see what else I can come up with  

 

 

thank again all........I'll post more as things develop  

 

 

 

 

[Sjors]

Popeye,

 

I don't believe you anymore when you are telling us that you make all of this.

The toy store is around the corner ?????  

Just kidding my friend !

 

Very nice !

 

Sjors

[BANYAN]

Those reels are looking good mate; nice adaption.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[popeye the sailor]

thank you for the likes and kind comments.   I'm going to try a few other idea I have about these reels.........I been off the radar for a few days {work and such},  but I hope to get back to it tomorrow,  along with another aspect.   the mast needs to be out for it......once done,  I can finally glue it into place.

 

thanks Sjors and Pat      it's amazing what can be found in a craft store.   really neat to find stuff from other types of hobbies,  that can be applied to our hobby.   I just gotta get some of those fancy toys one of these days.     for the time being though......I guess I'll have to rely on sandpaper and razor blades.........and a little imagination  

 

thanks for look'in in ......I hope to have more soon  

[popeye the sailor]

in order to get any further with the masting,   there is one thing that needs to be addressed.   I have been looking at different windlass configurations.....but none of them suited the parts I have on hand.   the shape of the fore deck also plays a part too.   rather than look further and aggravate myself with this any more........I took a look at the Nordkap windlass and do that........they are the same parts.   first thing to do,  is to enlarge the holes in the hull.

 

 

the windlass was cemented in place and the first pair of hawse holes were drilled.

 

 

I use a piece of wire to snake the chain up through the holes..........hook the chain and drag it on through.

 

 

the chain was ran through the holes

 

 

the eyelets are from that box I found a while back........I had sorted some out and bottled them.   these are the smallest ones I have.   the anchors are what is left of the Nordkap booty.

 

 

the anchors were attached to the chain and pulled up into place.  darn thing won't sit up there like I want them to......oh well!

 

 

 

the eyelets were painted black and cemented in place.

 

 

two more holes were drilled behind the windlass and done in the same manner..........the chains were dropped in and set so the anchors won't move.........windlass assembly done.   I may add a lever and a few other tid-bits.  

 

 

should I make any more progress,  I'll be sure to post it     thanks for look'in in!

[Omega1234]

Very nice and detailed work, there, Denis!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[popeye the sailor]

thanks for the kind comments and the likes     I'm in the process of adding the parts I've already made to the fore deck.  from there,  I think the aft deck needs some more added to it......and I've been assessing the gallows as well.  I made one around 12/32 nds shorter,  and that seems to look much better.

     I'm going to need some of those metal pulleys once again,  but they need to be smaller.......I have some 4 mm pulley reels that will work nicely I think  

 

hope to have more to show soon  

[Mirabell61]

Very nice work Denis,

 

I specialy like the access-ladder with its support framework and grating to the forecastle, integrated into the railing...

 

Nils