Andrea Gail by Popeye the Sailor - 1:20 scale - Finished

[Sjors]

Popeye,

 

Is there more space on the ship where you can put some more things ???????

Unbelievable......

Your next build has to be  a model of a meter long.

I want to see what you are doing with that !

But please, keep on going and I enjoy !

 

Sjors

[NenadM]

Don't worry, Sjors, he will find space he need

[Jim Lad]

That's starting to look as complex as rigging a square rigger, Popeye!

 

John

[mtaylor]

Sweet work, Popeye.  That air horn is perfect.  As is everything else.

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Tom.......I know I have to jump sooner or later......but which one?  I'll be glad when I get caught up!   

 

Sjors and Nenad.......still more to add     adding the trawl rig now though really puts me to the test....gotta be careful now!

 

John......I don't know about that......rigging is a tougher act to follow 

 

Mark.......ya think so?   to me,  it looks like an automotive air cleaner         looks a bit bulky too.  I may change it to look more the part

 

I appreciate all the kind comments and the likes.....thank you  very much! 

Edited April 10, 2015 by popeye the sailor

[Piet]

An honest to goodness air horn I see!  I can hear it now - - braaaaaat - - braaaaaaaaast!  Great update Popeye, nice work on all the "stuff" you are adding.

 

Cheers, 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Piet.........I think though that I can do better with the air horn.  I think the body of it is too large       next update,  I'll have the revised horn.  I wish I had taken a picture of it in place......I think you'd agree    I saw the spotlight lying down in the package I had it in.......and it caught my eye.

 

 

thanks for the good word 

[popeye the sailor]

to continue with the progress of these sub assemblies,  I picked up where I left off with the aft lights.  the sanding was finished and the top was added.

 

 

the control panels were also refined a bit more.........an access panel was added to the back.

 

 

adding another sub assembly to the mix........the brace for the center of the first section of the trawl rig.

 

 

this will be fitted under the center frame,  by the vent.  going to be a pain to get it in there....just getting the measurements alone was tough.   it was time for the control panels to get a coat of primer.

 

 

the ladder had been secluded for the time being.......I've been painting the smaller parts in the hallway,  in a make-shift spray booth.   the ladder is in place now.

 

 

I may have to replace those cables,  if I keep hitting them.   I've already proven that they can be re rigged....or even adjusted at one end........I'll have to check it out and see.

 

 

here's a better picture of the antennas.......I painted them as well

 

 

this is where the brace part is supposed to go....

 

 

while I was doing this,  I pricked where I am to drill the holes.   I had fitted brass tabs in the bottom legs

 

 

darn thing broke on me........mad scramble to repair it.   going back to the aft lights.....two more parts were added to them.

     those little tube parts........I'm going to use both.  they were cut in half lengthwise.....half was cemented to the backs of the lights.  the other halfs will be cemented in place,  once the lights are in place on the top bar of the rig.

 

 

I found that the bottle of Billing's gloss white had died and turned to jelly.   I was lucky to find I still had some testor's kicking around.   it was kinda thick,  so I thinned it,  and gave the control panels a coat.   this will get them ready for the next process.   they are almost finished......better start making the fore deck reel panel.

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

just a couple of pictures I took....

 

 

 

[augie]

You just made my day, Popeye.  Thanks!

[popeye the sailor]

and very happy to do so    thank you my friend! 

[Omega1234]

Hi Dennis

 

Love the close-up shots and then that overall shot of the entire model. But, you know what? Regardless of whether you're looking up close, or far away... The ship looks brilliant, no matter what.

 

All the best

 

Patrick

[GLakie]

What Augie and Patrick said, plus add "excellent"!!!

[captainbob]

You just keep out doing yourself.  Great detail work.

 

Bob

[cog]

The frustrating part is when I would do something like this it would look cluttered and messy. You've accomplished a clean crisp look ... sometimes hobbies are so ... painful on the ego ...she's looking ravishing 'maître'

Edited April 10, 2015 by cog

[edmay]

OUTSTANDING,Edwin

[Jim Lad]

Thanks for the overall photos, Popeye - numero uno!

 

John

[mtaylor]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Piet]

Very, VERY nice indeed Popeye.

 

Cheers,

[popeye the sailor]

thank you every one for the kind comments and the likes.  I don't know what to say...I'm so humbles and appreciative    I can report that the shoe box that housed all of the parts for her....is gone.  everything left for her is on the table.  it's not to say though,  that the finish is near......just that there is still more to do.   more parts to fabricate,  as well as the added detail, I might find in the inventory.  Friday's update emptied the box.......I hope you enjoy 

[popeye the sailor]

the reels that I had placed at her stern,  were becoming a bother.   dry fitting parts and things.....I'd hit them with my arm of sleeve.......and it would push them out of alignment.   in the box was the netting I was going to use,  along with some tulle,  which I didn't need any longer.  what was salvageable,  I put it away........the rest I tossed {I have plenty,  and I know where to get more}.   I chose the green netting over the brown,  since that's what the kit would supply.   cutting it was a question for me also.......I though that a triangle would be best,  since I was to fold it into itself,  so it would fit the frame.  I made up the first one and cemented it in place.

 

 

 

I had thought of Kees,  and what he did with the bath netting sponge.   I had already bought a yard of this netting material,  so I went with it.  the piling kinda hides the scale of the mesh,  so it looks good.  I made up the other two.

 

 

 

the fore deck reel was put in place on the deck........I'm thinking what what I would use to rig it.   black thread......perhaps done with the silver and copper........or even the small size hemp thread.  I still need to plot out the rest of the fittings to do it.

 

 

the control; panel still need to be made for it.   sad that errands had to be run,  or I could have gone further.   the aft lights were the last aspect I tinkered with....besides painting that frame piece.   I added some tiny bars inside,  to simulate the florescent tubes,  and the insides  were painted silver.   they are not finished yet....still more to paint and add to them,  before they are cemented in place.

 

 

two more days.........and I will be on vacation.    I can't wait! 

[mtaylor]

Rock on, Popeye.   I guess I'm surprised by the concept of a green net but then, I'm not a fisherman in the ship sense.  Or any sense now that I think about it....

[michael mott]

Denis the details just keep adding to the overall effect which is superb.

 

Michael

[GLakie]

With your attention to details Dennis, she's going to absolutely be something to be marveled. Nice!

 

Cheers

[Jim Lad]

I agree with Michael - she's really looking the bees knees, Popeye!

 

John

[michael20]

My My. she sure is looking good Popeye. All those details are certainly adding up to a wonderful build. She is a work of art.

 

                 Happy Modeling,

                        Marty G.

[augie]

Great concept on the light boxes.

[cog]

You only need to blow her up to real size Popeye ... she could just take to sea fishing, and for certain bring back a full load

[Omega1234]

Hi Dennis

 

She's looking brilliant. I hope you're good at carving fish, because that's probably all that's left to do!

.

 

Cheers and happy vacation.

 

Patrick

[popeye the sailor]

thanks for the good word...and the likes!   I didn't try and see what the brown netting would have looked like.....Billing's is famous for green netting in their kits.

     there are a lot of those 3-D photos online.......even some using Legos.

 

...off on the second day, of my three day countdown.....waiting with baited breath.......... .........whoever thought up that phrase,  was ill.....