Cutty Sark by Nenad

[omarcs]

My condolences, my friend.
 
Omar

[CaptainSteve]

Sorry to hear of your sad news, Nenad.

[popeye the sailor]

my condolences my friend  

[NenadM]

Thank you very much, dear friends for your support, very significant to me in this days ... many bad memories returned, and I am now in ... let`s say ... pretty shaked and jumbled situation in my head ... and in my office. I lose my Admiral and her parents in less than a three years. I lose my mother, Admiral and her mother, and a dog in last 9 months ... and just I said to my father (90 years old) that he has to wait with his final trip min next 6 months ... In this situation, I just have to make jokes, even a black one, to save my brain clear and healthy

 

Important is that kids are strong and they are well, Princess just have got next extension of the employment contract maybe to next two years, Hothead passed his three winter exams, and continued preparing next exam working on project of primary school which looks like a flower (?!?!?) and preparing to move his bike to Novi Sad town where his faculty of Architecture is ... everything gets in line  ... except me ... and I hope only I can see this. So, I must urgently consolidate myself, and strongly decided that consolidation period must start yesterday, as in office ( I reduced work to scheduled Court sessions and only urgent things last two weeks) and in my social life, emotional statement etc etc.

 

As usual, for this kind of problems, main is "work therapy". First part - remains and chaos in office and my overloaded office work table, second - home yard (spring  has just begin, and there is a lot of work to clean from winter remains, to cut grass, cut two old and ill trees, fix fence before get a new Husky puppy at home, etc etc etc), close openings on attic I left during carpenter ants session before year and half, service my old car, service my eyes ( left eye, which was better all my life suddenly weakened a bit) service my teeth dentures, get my first full medical health check ( I am 57 years old and think it is a last time to do it, particular because I lived in continuous stress last year), keep my swimming  practice, do something with cigarette overdose, reconstruct office to make room for 35-37 meter of books ... so much to count and write ...

 

And of course, to keep on with my build

 

So, show must go on, and Nenad is back in the saddle, riding life to it`s meaning

 

Thank you to you all, again

 

Nenad

Edited March 10, 2016 by Nenad

[GLakie]

For sure a lot to absorb all at once Nenad. All I can say is get back into what's normal for you at your own pace. No point in rushing into anything! 

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Nenad

 

Good to see you in the saddle again, but ride slow! Nothing more than your own recreaction is important at this time, dont you worry about modeling, we`re waiting till your strong enough to go on!

 

Best wishes

Gerhard

[popeye the sailor]

I wish you well Nenad.

[ScottRC]

Ah Nenad, they say life is a box of chocolates, and when we get our age, we look into a box full with many empty wrappers with just memories of enjoying the sweet chocolate.  You are still fortunate, beautiful kids, a job, and your love of working with your hands and mind.  I know how you feel, I lost parents, and although I have my wife, I have lost my child.  Worse of it, it does seem to all come at once.  But we get over it, the doldrums of life will again open up to some warm prevailing winds and we can sit down and enjoy building a sailing ship to take us to our thoughts and dreams and away from reality for awhile.  Scott

[Piet]

Good to see you back Nenad and happy to hear of the great support of your children.  Yes, stress is not good for the heath of our bodies and mind, exercise is one way to relieve most of it and then other activities to keep the mind focused on job and hobby.

Keep well my friend and keep strong.

 

Cheers,

[mtaylor]

Just be good to yourself, Nenad.  Everything else will fall into place.  

[SawdustDave]

That's the spirit Nenad.

Life goes on, and all we can do is make the best of what precious little time we all have here on earth. In a blink of the eye, it's all over.

 

As for me personally, when my time comes, I plan to be completely warn out from being as active as I possibly can be for as long as God blesses me with the strength and good health to do so.

[NenadM]

It seems I am still drowned and stuck in office jobs and job remains from last couple weeks ... but it also seems everything returns to line slowly ... Hothead go back to his study, Princess works double shifts, I am jumping cross downtown at afternoon, and had endurance test for extension of my back  how long it can be peaceful in office chair the rest of day, and when evening comes, usually it is to late to go to workshop. But I hope to arrange it all in next few days ... maybe even tonight ... next three days I am not planing to go to downtown, only to be in office mistreating my PC and my mind ... but ... probably "uncle" Myrphy wit his laws will appear as always ... when you expect peaceful day, something jumped in, and turn you into the chaos, and opposite - when you did not like to rise and shine having in mind chaos that is waiting for you, all clears in couple of hours ... we`ll see

 

 

For sure a lot to absorb all at once Nenad. All I can say is get back into what's normal for you at your own pace. No point in rushing into anything! 

 

Have you heard about new cartoon, George ? "Sponge Nenad" 

 

Hi Nenad

 

Good to see you in the saddle again, but ride slow! Nothing more than your own recreaction is important at this time, dont you worry about modeling, we`re waiting till your strong enough to go on!

 

Best wishes

Gerhard

 

Hello George, my life problem is - I just didn`t learn how to ride slow. I just can not stand still when there is any problem in front of me to resolve. But, I seriously talk with myself about this approach

 

I wish you well Nenad.

 

Thanks Denis. So do I

 

Ah Nenad, they say life is a box of chocolates, and when we get our age, we look into a box full with many empty wrappers with just memories of enjoying the sweet chocolate.  You are still fortunate, beautiful kids, a job, and your love of working with your hands and mind.  I know how you feel, I lost parents, and although I have my wife, I have lost my child.  Worse of it, it does seem to all come at once.  But we get over it, the doldrums of life will again open up to some warm prevailing winds and we can sit down and enjoy building a sailing ship to take us to our thoughts and dreams and away from reality for awhile.  Scott

 

No comment needed. You have got my PM. And your post filled my batteries to the 95%

 

Good to see you back Nenad and happy to hear of the great support of your children.  Yes, stress is not good for the heath of our bodies and mind, exercise is one way to relieve most of it and then other activities to keep the mind focused on job and hobby.

Keep well my friend and keep strong.

 

Cheers,

 

First move done, Piet - I bought cigarettes lower with nicotine and tar

 

 

Just be good to yourself, Nenad.  Everything else will fall into place.  

 

Mark, that is exactly what I am saying to myself every morning

 

That's the spirit Nenad.
Life goes on, and all we can do is make the best of what precious little time we all have here on earth. In a blink of the eye, it's all over.

As for me personally, when my time comes, I plan to be completely warn out from being as active as I possibly can be for as long as God blesses me with the strength and good health to do so.

 

Thanks Dave. Life energy is main thing in our lives, and i feel it comes back 

Edited March 16, 2016 by Nenad

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Nenad

 

Good to hear from you! Just sort out things you need to do, then you MAY need to do, and things you LIKE to do. Then you will see, what to do next. And Uncle Murphy will not appear !

 

The best to you

Gerhard

[NenadM]

Hi Nenad

 

Good to hear from you! Just sort out things you need to do, then you MAY need to do, and things you LIKE to do. Then you will see, what to do next. And Uncle Murphy will not appear !

 

The best to you

Gerhard

 

 

Hi Gerhard

 

As I ( maybe)  wrote earlier, there is a great life truth: There are not boys and girls, man and woman. There are only SMALL AND GROWN WOMAN and LITTLE AND BIG BOYS ... which means on some way ... we ( BIG BOYS) like to play all our lives. It is not important is it some kind of Game of Thrones, different kind of company, power, job or money "games", our endless hobby list, avoiding home-works, football, baseball or similar most important events, pub meetings etc etc Playing is common factor of almost all our activity

 

So, order of "need to"  "may need to" and "like to" is ... ok, just debatable ...

 

Why are we from time to time on MSW during office time ?

 

Just kidding ... but there is some truth in this, yes?

Edited March 16, 2016 by Nenad

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi again Nenad

 

Office Time? Not for me, I`m retired because of my nearly devastated hip joints. 

But YES, there is some truth in your words, I agree!

 

Regards

Gerhard

[samson]

Hi Nenad

my simpathis as well. 

Edited March 17, 2016 by samson

[NenadM]

Thanks Samson, the great builder of competitive sail ship. I am following your build with great interest

 

Hey, Gerhard, please try to keep your bones attached to you , you`ll still need them ! 

 

And time for return to ship yard returns.

 

Next is wheel box, so I use Adobe Illustrator to define all structural parts as well, and to prepare myself for another micro work

 

Pretty small beast

 

 

Hmmmm

 

Back end of box is a bit lower than front end

 

And there are some hinges upward ....

 

And just discovered.... I am kind of idiot ... I did not saved old AI drawings I made in AI format ... maybe it could be useful for somebody ... 

Edited March 17, 2016 by Nenad

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi my friend!

 

The most difficult things to do at the steering box will be the hinges, if you want to keep them moveable. You can see how i made such small things here http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/12842-sms-danzig-1851-by-gerhardvienna-radio-150-scale/?p=393467 .

I know you can do that!

 

Regards

Gerhard

[NenadM]

Not precize enough ... let's do it again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I found mistake in Campbell's plans: lenght of stearing box on sheet No 1 is not equial on both places where box is drawn

Edited March 19, 2016 by Nenad

[samson]

Nice tabel  a good faundasion for a strong wellhouse, im schure.

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Nenad

 

I would use thin plywood for that table, and some harder wood, maybe oak,  for the legs. As it seems, you used balsa wood, this is maybe a bit too weak for such things, just my experience. At this small size harder wood is a lot better to grind into shape. Even the box for the steering rod will be easier to build from that.

 

Regards

Gerhard

 

PS.: Good to see you "on the road" again  

[NenadM]

It is lime tree 2x2 mm thined, Gerhard, not balsa. Balsa is soft, and weak, and it is imposible to work with balsa with 2x2 strips thined to less than 1mm, making 18x8x5 mm table with lehs, supporting mouldings etc. I have tried with oak strips 1x1 mm, but on that dimensions, oak is just to much brittleness. Evening will be smarter than a noon ...

 

First I have to finish "Yuka war". See beast in left part of picture? That is only half of jungle. 5 knights with 100 hands each holding sharp sword, with legs deeeeep in ground, ready to attack me even when I approach. (remember this, Mark?)

 

I must call Daenerys Targaryen with Drogon to help me ...

 

 

 

At the half time ... after Dance of Dragons and 2,5h of digging, digging digging...

 

 

Final Drogon flame to light my cigarret, and ... Oh, boy, every bone and muscul are in pain ... Beer dpes not help ... going inside to make dinner (Cezar salad) for me and Princess, and to take a little rest before shipyard

Edited March 20, 2016 by Nenad

[mtaylor]

I see you did battle with the Evil Green Knighst.  And won!!!!   Hard work, indeed, Nenad.  Rest, refresh...  feel good in the victory.

[NenadM]

Holly tooth-picks and bamboo again, and new constructuion approach

 

 

 

Main problem was how to fix table legs to be strong. I drilled holes for toothpicks all throught, cut and glue toothpick's pieces with CA, add extra wood inside do get strong structure, and start sanding with self made micro pils to get squared profile of legs

 

Also with micro pils thined width of understructure

 

 

Slowly and easy, and desired form appears after a while

 

 

At the end, put veneer strips arround, fill gasps with putty, thinned veneet and fine sanded all

 

At the very end, sand (no cut!) leg's lenght to 5,5mm front and 4,5mm aft , and thined table surface to 0,5mm

 

And this is it. Better, I suppose

 

 

Edited March 20, 2016 by Nenad

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi Nenad

THIS is it! Lots better than before, will fit well to your steering wheel.

 

Regards

Gerhard

[NenadM]

I see you did battle with the Evil Green Knighst. And won!!!! Hard work, indeed, Nenad. Rest, refresh... feel good in the victory.

I was so tired, Mark, that I missed my swimming excersize today. As you already know, this beast has roots to another side of planet, and it is almost imposible to kill it forever. God "bless" friend who gives it as present to my Admiral. When grows, totaly out of control. Wild thing

Edited March 20, 2016 by Nenad

[NenadM]

Hi Nenad

THIS is it! Lots better than before, will fit well to your steering wheel.

 

Regards

Gerhard

Thanks Gerhard. Still a box to make, and to see how table, box and wheel match to each other

[NenadM]

Nice tabel a good faundasion for a strong wellhouse, im schure.

Thanks for your comment, Samson. Ver 2 is better, and strong enough because it has bamboo legs

[mtaylor]

I'm just a amazed at what you've done on Her Majesty, Nenad.   I'm looking forward to seeing this piece in place.

[Piet]

Wow, that's small!  Nice work Nenad, I can hardly wait till it's all finished and on the ship.

 

Cheers,