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  1. Piet
    Nice job on the paint Denis and sorry for the mishap. That new rug looks really nice, great pattern. Cheers,
  2. Piet
    Stunning - breath taking. A sure joy to the eye. Cheers,
  3. Piet
    Great seeing you back at it again Carl. Such a nice build and looking super good. Cheers,
  4. Piet
    Very nice progress OC. Cheers,
  5. Piet
    Thank you all for dropping in gents. I am still very engaged in Gwen's pathway with no time for a breather. I must really mow the lawn before the town's garden gestapo presents me with a citation It's almost completed, I'm now ready to fill the seams for the grout cement. But - - - the weatherman has rain forecast in the next few days so I need to wait for a drt day to do this. Gwen's first names are Gwenfra Evelyn, and no, she's a Dutch girl. Gwenfra is from Welsh origins due to her grand parents who were British. Long story but yeah, it's a nice name. Not common and especially Gwenfra. Thanks Patrick for the compliment. Let's hope I can do justice when adding a few swells and the frothy hull water with a curled bow wave. Yeah Sam, that crazy English language, It's so easy to be confused or confusing Thanks for explaining it to this hard headed Dutchman, understand it fully. Cheers,
  6. Piet
    Nice work OC. About your hardware dilemma - get some thin brass wire and make your own. Cheers,
  7. Piet
    Nice progress Denis, especially that curved transom, much better then just a horizontal one. Also good to see your added "stuff" to the model. Cheers,
  8. Piet
    Thank you Craig for your kind words. She didn't come out too bad and at arm's length she actually looks kinda nice. Thank you as well Johm for looking in and your kind comment. I have not been able to work on the diorama part this week. I am paving a rather large walk way around the garage and it's killing me. Legs hurt, hands hurt but I'm almost done. Just hope it wont rain for the next few days At least Gwen is happy with the way it looks and that's a big compliment - no what iff's and why not's. So, I'll be back working some more on the sea next week. Cheers,
  9. Piet
    Hi Denis, another build, wow. I love those fishing ships of yesteryear, true romance of the sea. A hard life though for those fishermen. It's looking real nice already. Cheers,
  10. Piet
    That cap is looking pretty good Marcus. Cheers,
  11. Piet
    @ Lawrence: Yeah, I was wondering where you are, orders from the admiral eh what. I'm looking forward joining you in the shipyard for the Oliver Cromwell build. Thanks for the kudos on the sea. @ Denis: Thank you too for your compliments and the observation on the guns. I'll check those tweaked barrels and see if I can untweak them without doing any damage. @ Sam: Regarding the tints breaking down, you mean that blue will fade? If so, then I hope it wont be next month Well, I can always put a coat of paint over it. Thanks for your input on the BJB product line and their support. As I said before, I have bookmarked it for future use. I have played around a little with the wave action and have come to the conclusion that I'll use the product made for it. It's a clear polyester gel that can be manipulated with a water - wet brush as it cures. Then accenting it with their highlighting product. The waves for the sea will be very small, more like long swells with here and there a small foamy break. Better to keep it as simple as possible. It'll be a while before I can get back to the build though. Now that re-shingling of our roof is completed I have to make Gwen's flagstone path from the driveway and around the garage back to the side door. I can only do this when we have a period of three days of no rain. Next week looks promising. Cheers,
  12. Piet
    Great looking sail Nils! Cheers,
  13. Piet
    Yep, I begin to see it Patrick, she'll be a beauty!
  14. Piet
    Thank you Carl for the input and yes, that's one of my tests I'll be doing. I bought some lighter blue acrylic artist paint and white at HobbyLobby. Have had no time to devote on the trials, maybe tomorrow. Good to see you here Sam and also my thanks for your input and generous offer. I visited the website you provided the URL to, impressive stuff. Kinda late in the game at this point though for the sea. Now I wish I had known the existence of the BJB store but I have it bookmarked. In addition to the acrylic paints I also bought a special white "stuff" for sea foam accents. Perhaps the same as acrylic white but hey, at this point I'll try anything that may give me the desired results. Thanks for the complement in the sea Sam and yes, as already mentioned before in this log, it's also my first time using polyester. So far I'm quite happy with the way it came out, just a tad too dark but then again with the tropical sun out in the early afternoon hours seawater does tend to be rather dark when looking down on it. I'll keep you in mind for my next diorama, that 1:3000 scale Young America, maybe 2 table spoons for the sea BTW, I peeked at your Enterprise build, impressive work Sam and blessings with your wedding. I did manage to make a new antenna assembly and installed it to "Java" this afternoon. Tomorrow I'll do some paint touch-ups on the hull where some of the poly sea stuff found its way to. After that I'll start with the testing of the waves. Cheers,
  15. Piet
    Beautiful work Doris. Cheers,
  16. Piet
    Lovely work as usual Dave. Enjoy the model show and share a few pics. Cheers,
  17. Piet
    I'm enjoying your work Nils, it's always a pleasure visiting with you. Cheers,
  18. Piet
    Beautifully done Mark - I have my apron on and cooking utensils in hand, I'm ready to cook baby Cheers,
  19. Piet
    I'm glad you got something going for on that thatch problem. I have been pondering on the same thing. I do plan to build a wip watermolen for my fishpond. I have tons of very long dead pine needles I could use. Just thinking right now mind you. First i thought that coconut husk might work but it's not straight enough. I guess that's why dodn't go for it either. Cheers,
  20. Piet
    Looks like you got the situation in hand Lou. Don't you love this tweaking here and there? Cheers,
  21. Piet
    Thank you everyone for your very kind words, its very much appreciated. I would have liked the "sea" a little lighter blue but it is what it is. It's primarily due to the cobalt blue under-painting. I purposely didn't mix a lot of blue coloring in the first layer of the "sea" to keep it more transparent. The second and final layer was just slightly darker and is hiding the lower hull quite well. Yes, Jan, your admonition is well taken, because at a 16 mile per hour wind there is not much of a chop, plus the fact that at this scale wave height is hardly measurable. Let's say that we have 2 feet waves that calculates out to 1.7 mm and with 3 feet waves it shows at a but over 3 mm. So, if I can muster it, I'll try to give the "sea" just a little more life with some random placed waves. I think that the froth action around the model will draw the attention more then waves. How to achieve that is also a concern. The stuff I bought for that purpose is clear end the blue "sea" will certainly shine through it, which I don't want. Frothy water is opaque and whitish looking. I'll have to experiment with how to achieve that. Perhaps tinting the "sea" in those areas white with an acrylic white wash that may give me the desired effect. Well, this morning I took the time to cement "Java" into the "sea." I then mixed some more blue tinted polyester and poured it into the gaps around the ship to fill it up. In doing this I inadvertently hit the port side antenna wires that broke off from the aft mast. So, I'll have to make a new one. I also put some of the blue poly on the lower part of the hull but that can be painted over. Fortunately there is a lot of frothy sea action there anyhow. Right now all this new poly is curing and I'll have to wait adding the wave making poly. First though I have buy some acrylic paints for just in case and fix the antenna. I'll wait with taking pictures after I have modeled the bow wave and some of the frothy stuff, oh yeah, testing first. No sense in making more pics, nothing has changed that's different, so I better safe some pixels Cheers,
  22. Piet
    Sorry for being AWOL Patrick but I had other pressing things to do. However, I I am, all caught up and pulling up a stump to watch this magnificent yacht take shape. Love the lines of this ship, you have chosen well. Cheers,
  23. Piet
    Looking really nice OC. Cheers,
  24. Piet
    Oh, I understand Lou. We did the same with a few others on the forum - I remember Sjors we did it to, more pictures Sjors. I finally managed to copy the pics I send via e-mail to myself to my desktop. My cellphone also managed to upload the pics to DropBox, which took a lot of time. In any case, I have all the pics now and just need to transfer them to my "Java" folder. Here is the test piece I made that made me decide to go ahead and pour the sea. The surface became automatically rough without any help on my part. The only problem I found is that it climbs up on the verticals. This should not be a problem with the actual pour because I'll have the model wrapped in cling film. A closeup of the stern during the second pour. The surface was still as smooth as glass when wet, the cling wrap is reflected in it. This caused me some concern with the process of making waves but it worked out okay as you'll see when it's cured. Bow view during the second pour, here you can really see how shiny and smooth the whet surface is. Oh yeah, I had to constantly pull the cling wrap up and out of the poly. Here we see the cured sea and the development of surface roughness. I did scrape the indications for the bow wave into it. I took the diorama outside in the shade to let the defused light shine through the poly, I'm rather pleased with the effect even though the sea appears a little dark.But I hope to dress it up with the added waves in lighter colors and some white. This shows the sea after the cure with the "Java" pulled out. It almost look like the side scan of the sea floor after the salvagers lifted her out. Here I placed "Java" back into the hole. The tapes on the sides are markers where I have to remove some of the sea alongside the hull. Photos of "java" at full speed show a long dip around the midsection of the hull and somewhat higher at the stern with somewhat of a rooster tail from the propellers.. A bonus is that the poly raised slightly above the sides. Another shot of "Java" steaming South at 29 knots with her starboard cannons in action against the JIN. Hope youns like it, it sure looks promising to me, keep fingers crossed. Cheers,
  25. Piet
    Hey Lou, #8 bulkhead doesn't seem too big a problem. There are two ways to tackle that. One, and possibly the easiest is widen the slot towards the discrepancy side and back fill the slot. The second one is to cut new bulkhead profiles and glue them to the errant side of the bulkhead, then fare it. You most likely figured that out already but just in case. Yeah, Mystic Seaport is rather busy and I'm glad they responded. They are helpful folks and like to help as much as they can. I'm sure you'll get to the shape of your hull as envision it Cheers,

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