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,
 

Beautifully done Mark - I have my apron on and cooking utensils in hand, I'm ready to cook baby
 
Cheers,

Great looking sail Nils!
 
Cheers,

I'm enjoying your work Nils, it's always a pleasure visiting with you.
 
Cheers,
 

Lovely work as usual Dave. Enjoy the model show and share a few pics.
 
Cheers,

Beautiful work Doris.
 
Cheers,

Beautifully done Mark - I have my apron on and cooking utensils in hand, I'm ready to cook baby
 
Cheers,

Great looking sail Nils!
 
Cheers,

I'm enjoying your work Nils, it's always a pleasure visiting with you.
 
Cheers,
 

Yep, I begin to see it Patrick, she'll be a beauty!
 
 

Great looking sail Nils!
 
Cheers,

Beautiful work Doris.
 
Cheers,

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,
 

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,
 

Hi Betaqdave,
 
One thing I know for sure, these strips are not part of a kit, for the simple reason that Doris does not use any kits, it is all scratch build from drawing and paintings 
 
Jan

Wow, so glad that I saw this thread. Beautiful and inspiring work.

Thanks to everyone for comments and likes.
 
Thanks, Druxey.  That first post doesn't seem that long ago.
 
Andy. perhaps what keeps me out of the corner is knowing that I would get no sympathy whatever.
 
Cog, with my eyesight I can't distinguish every detail, but I like knowing it is there.
 
Rob, I wish my time management was better.  Perhaps the 4 1/2 years on this model would be less.  Right now I am averaging about 2 hours per day.
 
Thank you Peter.  The high contrast photos accentuate detail - even unwanted detail.  The biggest issue with work like this is clipping off the excess ends neatly.
 
Ed

Maybe the attached refined photos will help you to visualize the ratline details

They look great Mark.  How did you make the tops to the stove?  Are those metal?  Wood?

Captains Gig mounted....
This morning I completed the temporary mounting of all three davit launches.  She's pretty much ready for the road trip.
Note:  I spent most of the day yesterday building a weatherproof cargo box for the back of my pickumup truck.  After the near disaster I had a couple of years ago, I assure you this box will not blow out the back on the highway..... no matter how fast I drive.  I did a road test this morning up to 90 mph.  Solid as a rock.

   

Hey Nils you continue to amaze me, not only are you the Brass Meister now I can add the Sail Meister to your Resume'
Looks like your pooch wants in on the action?

Update:
 
after advisement for the machine use, here the first sail (cotton cloth) is under way and half done. I`m satisfied with the results so far...
 
Nils

the machine speed is controlled per foot pedal
 

Ronny is watching the strange things his master is doing here in the dining room....
 

this is the folded diagonal reinforcement stripe I made an upfront trial for folding with paper first. This was one of the difficult sequences for me, but now the seams are in straight line. parallel, and it worked out as it should...
 
 

Hi Mike,
many thanks,
I agree and share your opinion relating to the model "coming alive" better.....
 
Nils

Great start Nils - so happy that you are adding sails, they make a model come alive in my opinion.

Many thanks Denis and Piet,
 
in the moment its running a bit slower than usual, due to many things to be done for house and garden. Yesterday I changed the winterwheels of my car back to wheels with summer tyres, but I still hope to get the sails sewn this week....
 
Nils