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Piet
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Piet got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
Great progress Tim and thanks for the tip on the Bondo Glazing and Spot putty. Have done my share of body filling, cars as well as on aircraft but this stuff was not available then. Hey, I'm talking 40 years plus ago.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from FrankWouts in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello Doris,
What a magnificent piece of art you are creating! I am literally feasting my eyes, again and again.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from BETAQDAVE in SS Stephen Hopkins by schooner - FINISHED - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - Liberty Ship
Hello Tim, count me in as well. My first technical schooling was to become a ship's machinist and was certificated in the various trades needed on board merchant ships. Switched over to my real love, aircraft maintenance and engineering and piloting.
My father served in the Royal Navy (Netherlands) but was killed in action during the battle of the Java Sea against the Japanese Imperial navy.
One of my planned builds is a model of a Dutch merchant ship of the KPM (Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij or Royal Packet Company). My wife's father retired as the captain of that ship in 1952, the MS Musi. He was also Lieutenant Commander in the Dutch Royal Navy and captured by the JIN at sea and made a POW.
Needles to say my interest in your project is of the highest rank.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from cog in SPERWER by KORTES - FINISHED - 1:30 scale - Friescheboeier Yacht
Very impressive work Kortes.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from popeye the sailor in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello Doris,
What a magnificent piece of art you are creating! I am literally feasting my eyes, again and again.
Cheers,
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Piet got a reaction from mtaylor in SPERWER by KORTES - FINISHED - 1:30 scale - Friescheboeier Yacht
Very impressive work Kortes.
Cheers,
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Piet reacted to toms10 in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello Doris,
I just came across this build and I am speechless. I don't think this can be called a model anymore. I am thinking more like a piece of art. Your talent and attention to detail is on a level all its own. Thank you for sharing your methods and giving us something to aspire to.
Tom
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Piet reacted to paulsutcliffe in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Or more commonly known as fenders, I only know this as I have just fitted steps, fenders and chesstrees to my Sirius 😀
Beautiful work Doris, something to aspire too
Regards
Paul
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Piet reacted to Hubac's Historian in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
In English, those pieces are known as skids.
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Well, each piece is assembled and glued together from three accurate parts made out of card and sprayed/painted with body- filler (usually used for cars) and brown colour. After drying and fine grinding it is wrapped with three separate pieces of foil. It is necessary to warm the surface to provide sufficient adhesion. In the end I use thinned brown colours and matt clear varnish (Tamiya TS-80) to improve the final look.
Best regards,
Doris
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Piet reacted to BETAQDAVE in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
That is one fiddly piece of trim to make! Not only does it have to follow the double curve of the hull, but also had to have notches cut to match. Did you wrap it with three separate pieces of foil or just one? If it was one piece, how did you avoid having the foil on the two sides bunch up when making the foil go over the curved surface of the trim?
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello dear friends,
thank you for your comments and "likes", I am pleased you like my work.
That's right as well. Card/paper is my main building material for making models since I was 6 years old.
I like sharing my techniques with people and I am glad to help. Everything needs time and experience, my first decorations were not very good, but I continued and did not give up. And finally I found the ways, how to do things better and have to say, there are always possibilities to improve.
I wish you great success and pleasure in making models and decorating them.
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Today I continued with other details on the hull - there are three external ribs ( I do not know, how to name it in English), I made them out of card and finished with self adhesive foils and thinned paint. At this moment there are completed on port.
Kind regards,
Doris
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Piet reacted to EJ_L in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Beautiful work Doris! I wish I would have learned your technique with clay prior to carving my decorations from wood on Soleil Royal as I think I would have been more successful using that medium instead of wood. I think I will attempt your way on Royal Louis when it is time as you have been a great source of inspiration and the results speak for themselves.
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Piet reacted to BETAQDAVE in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Of course, all of us do realize that paper is merely a by product of wood anyway, right?
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
These stairs are made of wood, some parts on the model are wooden mainly for greater solidity, but I try to use paper as most as possible.
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Hello Albert and thank you very much for your praise.
Would you like to go on board of the Royal Katherine?
No problem, here you have some stairs😎:
Best regards
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Me too.😊
I have just finished the entry port on the other side, here is the result. Enjoy the pics and have a great time.
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Piet reacted to Ab Hoving in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Still learning every day :-)).
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Dear friends,
thank you all very much for your kind words and comments I am pleased and appreciated your support a lot.
Hello Greg,
the right remark. Of course I am going to add two doors on that bulkhead at marked places:
Yes, I would like to build a larger French ship probably from 17th century as my future project.Their decoration and design are beautiful so this is a great challenge for me. I admire your current project Le Soleil Royal, it is a superb inspiration and pleasure to watch.
Well I am not sure with several things that I apply on the model, but suppose the entry ports could be on both sides of this ship. On Vale´s painting you can see the entry port on the starboard, so it is also O.K. on my model. On museum models of similar English ships from that period I can see the entry ports usually only on the port side ( therefore I also made it there on my RK) , but it is often missing on the starboard.
And here on this model of the warship 90-94 guns from 1670 you can see entry ports on both sides so I believe it is also right on my model:
http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/66333.html
Kind regards,
Doris
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Piet reacted to Ab Hoving in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Are you sure there are entrance ports on both sides of the ship? I'm not an expert on English ships, but as far as I know the starboard side has always been the side where high-ranked people were welcomed.
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Piet reacted to Hubac's Historian in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Doris - have you ever considered applying your ornamental talents to a French ship? Any projects you are kicking around for the future?
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Piet reacted to dvm27 in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
You are truly an artist, Doris. Just noticed those elegant scarph joints in the wales.
Also love the work on your beakhead bulkhead. Will there be doors eventually to allow passage?
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Piet reacted to michael mott in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Doris....What Druxey said!!
Michael
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Piet reacted to druxey in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Brilliant, as usual, Doris!
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Piet reacted to DORIS in HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD
Thank you dear friends, I am pleased you like my work.
Dirk: In fact it is quite easy cause I usually try to find the easiest way how to manage the process and achieve better result. I have no special tools, so I don't even have other options.
Yes, of course, I am going to roll my own cannons using card. The process will be documented and I will post my tutorials here. I like to share my technologies with you. I also find here a lot of beautiful inspiration that helps me a lot.
Kind regards,
Doris
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