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    You are welcome, Richmond. Hello Mark, I am pleased reading your words, thank you very much. I enjoy making realistic models of various things - sailing ships and sport cars are my favourite objects. That is so nice, I am glad I can bring people pleasure and joy. Thank you for your kind words, Richard, they are much appreciated. ************ I've finished the chairs (also made an improvement with their design) and other accessories for the great cabin, they are still without paint - I am going to paint them after finishing all pieces of furniture. Best regards
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    Dear friends, first I would like to thank you all for your wishes and I also wish you a successful and healthy New Year 2019, many modelling and personal achievements. BTW, here is also a card model ( scratch build) of my Nissan😎: We bought this car nearly 8 years old and it was damaged and neglected. It has been repaired and serves us reliably for nearly 20 years. I believe, it will run for many next years. Oh yes, these ITC models come probably from the 60s of the last century. Exceptionally they will appear at auction or ebay, but it is not easy to find new/undamaged or complete kit for a good price. I've made some improvements and added various accessories to achieve better results. Some of them are available in our country: https://www.hismodel.com/ Now I am working on another kit of the Yacht Corsair ii and gonna to make complete rigging with sails. https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=114818&p=2177922#p2176328 Best regards
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    Very impressive and accurate work. I always enjoy new pics from your progress. Best regards and a Happy New Year
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    Happy New Year to you all on MSW Kind regards
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    Dear friends, I am grateful for your words and feedback, thank you very much. Hello Siggi, no problem, just arrive. I like to take care about cars from my clients.😉 Well, and that's just the beginning, look forward to continuing. Hello Michael, exactly, sometimes I would need even more than 48 hours in the day to manage all my activities (home duties, garden, cars, sports, riding, ship modeling, playing the piano,....., and mainly my husband 😊). Thank you Rob, I am pleased you like it. I really enjoy this kind of work on ship models. It's exactly what you imagine.👍 I use a medium-thick CA adhesive/industrial quality. http://www.airbrushcentrum.com/Vterinove-lepidlo-Bolt-stredni-142-g Hello Patrick, I have already posted here some tutorials, you can browse them. I believe, you can find answers to your questions there. Video tutorial - 9 parts how to do: https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=183&t=85813#p1613874 Best regards
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    Thank you druxey. Oh yes, the car runs like a new, it is very reliable. Kind regards
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    Hello dear friends, I am honored reading your praise and kind words. Thank you all very much also for your support and "likes", are much appreciated. Hello Mark, exactly, it's also my target to add something special to my models and make them more impressive. I am pleased, you like it. Hello Piet, You are welcome, I feel happy I can share my work here and bring inspiration to other people. Dear Patrick, I'm rather a technical type of person, I also like "playing" with real cars - also do some easier repairs or renovation and make various LED lighting on them. Fast cars are also my favourite hobby. My 27 years old Nissan Primera (I love this car and have renovated it completely): Previous look of the engine bay: Current look: More pics: http://www.mazdaclub.cz/vozidlo/mazda-ne-mazda-9004 Life has taught me a lot, I grew up without my father and there was no guy in the family. So I had to make plenty of "male" work. Now it is useful to have such abilities.....😃 I also wish you a successful New Year 2019 and good luck, health and satisfaction. ************************************************************* I have started to make furniture, meanwhile it is without final painting. It is made mostly from modeling clay and card covered with foils. The chair is assembeld from 28 parts. Soon I will bring more. Just enjoy. Here you can find plenty of useful information about real furniture and interior equipment from that period: https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=750#p2174897 Best regards, Doris
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    Hello Rob and Mark, Thank you very much. I'm flattered and do appreciate your kind words. The lighting is one of my most favourite supplements in ship models and brings opportunity to see everything in the interior. I like sitting in our living room and watching illuminated ship models as if I were in the night port. I use gold paint from automotive spray. I have already mentioned this earlier in my log. This is product I use: I enjoy watching how the model looks more and more like the real Royal Katherine on Vale's painting, and it's even more impressive with the illumination. The jump into "the unknown", which I started to implement in spring of 2017, despite considerable uncertainty, is beginning to change in reality. Here are some current pics also for your enjoyment: Kind regards
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    This is a great pleasure to watch your work, Siggi. Not only beautiful but also very educational. Thank you for sharing. Merry Christmas and all the best in New Year 2019, Doris
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    Dear friends, I am pleased you like my work and thank you for your support and "likes". Thank you Druxey and Albert, your words mean a lot for me. Thank you Rob, oh yes, this larger scale brings much more opportunities for making fine details. I also enjoy building ship models in smaller scales. The sails - if you mean these ones on steam-sailing ship Napoleon in my post above, that is my new technique and I applied it first time. In fact it is quite easy to achieve such result. The sailis are made of thin fabric - I used an old shirt from my husband, and dipped it in stong black tea with starch. The stripes are easily drawn by micro-pencil (I use softer pencil/graphite) and ruler. The reinforcement on edges is achieved by sticking another layer of fabric. Finally, the sails are over-sprayed with a flat clear varnish (I also use here my favourite Tamiya spray TS-80) and during drying are shaped. Weathering is achieved with a special fine powder - the product of Tamiya - weathering master. When I do other sails for my next model, I'll take some pics and post here a tutorial. ************************************************************************************************** Today I completely remade the wiring in the model and added another circuit for lanterns on quarterdeck. Here is a LED wiring diagram that I used - in my model there are five parallel circuits - four in stern and one under the forecastle. Best regards
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    Today I continued with last bulkhead in the great cabin, as usually I used card and self-adhesive foils. The back side of bulkhead is reinforced with wooden beams. A view over windows into the cabin: Have a great time and enjoy the pics.
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    Hello dear friends and thank you very much for your comments and kind words. Thank you Nick, I am pleased you like my work. Hello EJ, I do appreciate your opinion, I am honored. Thank you very much. I try to make my models to look like wooden and also to be very solid and durable. I have been developing this technique for many years and I still find new opportunities for improvement. The work with these foils is neat and quite easy, brings a huge range of use. Hello Rob, Exactly, layering of multiple colors brings very nice and fine details. I like making models from various materials, the work is more interesting and varied, but I really care about the result - realistic look and historical accuracy are a priority for me. Thank you dear Paul, I do appreciate your praise a lot. These modern ships from WW2 are plastic of course - Tamiya models in a scale 1/350. I have plenty of other plastic ships as well. In recent years, I have built mostly rare kits, here are some of them: Napoleon Imai, 1/150 https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=118521&start=45#p2156374 Yacht Corsair II https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=114818&start=30#p2047159 Schooner Yacht Atlantic (the model had a broken hull in half) https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=114818#p2039059 https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=114818&start=45#p2052325 Best regards, Doris
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    Hello Rob, that is right - in smaller scales is more difficult to achieve such details, but there is always a way how to make it perfect. These self-adhesive vinyl foils have the advantage that they can be repeatedly glued to the surface and modified. They also have excellent flexibility and they can copy different shapes thanks to a considerable bending potential. It is always necessary to use warm air - it softens them and improves adhesion. Here are other examples, what is possible to achieve with this material. You do not need any special tools, only fine sharp knife, a ruller and tweezers. And plenty of patience of course..... 😁 *outer side of the walls covered by foils: *placed and sticked in the model * rear part of the cabin after complete modification Enjoy the pics and have a grat time.
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    Excellent start, Albert. I will follow your build with pleasure. Your workmanship is magnificent and a great inspiration for many people. Best regards
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    Beautiful carvings, your work is very inspirational and neat. Thank you for sharing wit us. Best regards, Doris
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    Hello dear friends, I am pleased you like my technique. Thank you very much for your comments. In the next days I am going to post other examples of using this material and believe, it will be intersting for you. Hello Dave, These are wooden beams - they give greater solidity to the card wall. TS-80 is a flat clear varnish determined for plastic models. It also adheres to the foil surface perfectly and quickly dries. Here is a link for this product: https://www.google.com/search?q=tamiya+ts-80+flat+clear&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjL3Jb4-KjfAhWLLVAKHfhzBioQ_AUIDigB&biw=1366&bih=657 Hello Rob, In fact, it is possible to cut extremely thin strips (almost as a hair) from the foil and bond them to the smooth surface quite easily. I'll show you soon how to do. I believe you will be able to use it in smaller scales as well. Thank you for your support and trust. In fact I have already thought about writing such book. Plenty of my techniques and pics from process are diffused on various logs and forums and it is not easy to find them. It will depend on interest of people, in our country the modellers are used to making wooden or plastic models of sailing ships. Anyway, I'll think about it. Dear Karl, Thank you and I also wish you happy and merry Christmas. Best regards, Doris
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    Hello dear friends, thank you for your support and "likes", I am glad you enjoy my work. Today I am bringing another tutorial how I use self-adhesive foils and achieve wooden-looking parts in interior of the ship. Here is the first step - the wall is after impregnation covered by self adhesive foil with wooden-looking grain. * cutting out places for gluing wooden beams - the foil tapes have to be removed using a sharp knife *And here are added wooden beams: * the surface is over-sprayed with Tamiya TS-80 flat clear to achieve better adhesion of another layer of foils * cutting foil strips using only Tamiya fine cutter and a ruler: *sticking and cutting strips on the surface: * here is the result before over-spraying - again clear flat TS-80/Tamiya * and here after drying: *and another layer of foil strips: *again over-sprayed (TS-80) and heated: The final result: Kind regards and have a great time, Doris
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    Hello dear Johann, your words mean a lot for me, I am really honored and do appreciate your praise. I also admire your gorgeous work and perfect workmanship, that is a great inspiration for me and many people. Thank you very much. Hello dear friend, If you want to marry me, you will need a huge amount of courage cause I'm a pretty devil and do not understand how my husband has managed to endure with me more than 18 years.😄 Just a joke, I know. I am going to post plenty of my techniques for people here and I am sure, that will help you and show, how to do. And I will be also grateful for ideas, how to improve the work and do things in a better way. In fact I am still learning and looking for new ways, how to improve my work. ******************************** I continue with interior and wooden lining of the walls - of course I make it using self adhesive foils laid on more layers. I will also post some pics from process soon, how I did it. Best regards
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    Dear friends, I am very pleased you like my models, I do appreciate your kind words and "likes". Sovereign of the Seas and Royal Katherine will be anchored side by side, after finishing the RK. Here are some pics from our home port and illuminated ships: Best regards, Doris
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    Hello Radek, thank you very much for your praise, I am honoured. Sovereign of the Seas is my favourite ship and her model is the most precious for me. This was my first scratch build of sailing ship. These schematics for Royal Katherine lighting I did by myself. It was quite easy. There will be five separate circuits - each with 3 or two pieces of LED. Now it is connected only provisionally. I am looking forward to your model and wish you a lot of success and enjoyment during the build. Best regards, Doris
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    Hello dear friends, I have just started with interior of a great cabin, at this moment it looks rather untidy but during next weeks it will be fully equipped and nice. Here are some actual pics, how the "change" begins.... The last gunports on main deck (before quarter galleries) will be closed and the space between them will serve for electrical wiring.
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    Hello Rob, No problem, I would like to explain anything, only my English is not very good and sometimes is a bit difficult to understand. Plenty of various modifications and structural elements I try to do accroding to museum models and paintings/drawings from that period. I am also very grateful for help and professional advice to the top expert and experienced naval captain from our country - Kpt.KL. I have already written about him in some of my previous posts. For example you can read through his professional research about Sovereign of the Seas (1637). https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=183&t=46754 Several years ago I built a model of this ship (also a scratch build out of card) according to his advice and research, and achieve one of the most realistic results. Here are some pics of my model:
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    Beautiful ship and the lighting looks superb. I like the neatness of your work. Best regards
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    And here you have some pics, how it looks on my model: The angle of bowsprit is possible to modificate yet.
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    Hello Rob, thank you for the pictures and description, the term "foot" is not known to me, so I was confused what do you really ask. I know only the term "stem" from literature a hull description in English. 😉Well as I have already written above, I will follow the model of HMS Prince or Saint Michael - their bowsprit is located beside the stem and its end is in the centerline. It is not possible to place bowsprit on the stem in this case, on some pictures of various ships from that period you can see sculptures on the top of stem. Here are some pics of HMS Prince 1670: Other ships with this similar design and position of bowsprit: Sovereign of the seas: Sheldon´s model: Naseby: Best regards

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