Ferit

Have a great holiday.

Ferit,

Yes, enjoy your time away. Try to not think about your build (:-)

Ferit,

Have good holiday. You will probably have better weather than I have at the moment (a lot of Mancunian rain). 

See you when you return and if you back, I hope you had a GRAND Vacation.

 

I love your chains and plan to attempt using something similar for the DSotM. The bent wires the swift recommended really leaves alot to be desired. Plus since I stole the double caprail idea from your Berlin........

 

Beautiful work, but then thats always the cases and nothings new there. You have such a gift for the fine art of detail, just viewing your log makes me try harder.

Ferit, have a pleasant vacation. When you return, tell us about your experience.

Ian major, send some of that rain to Idaho. We have been burning up from forest fires, due to the extreme hot weather.

 

Montani semper liberi  Happy modeling to all and every one of you.

  Crackers      :mellow:   

Hi Ferit,

 

From me also have a good holiday and sunny weather.

And when you are back, please an update ( with pictures ) from your model !

I just love to see the model growing.

Hi Ferit

Have a good holiday buddy,as it happens I go on holiday next week as well  

Kind Regards Nigel

Finally I'm back home... 

Thank you all of you for your best wishes... who had written them and who had just thought about...

Keith, in addition, thank you for the nice comment about the build...

I have tried time to time to stay connected to MSW through the phone during the vacation...

It's not easy to follow entirely all Logs to which I have affinity...

It was done superficially... Now I think that I should have time to catch up...

And Sjors, now is the time to upload some photos from the vacation. But there should be, not updated Berlin's but somewhere some boats in the photos...  

And Nigel, have a great trip, you too...

Salute Augie,

Fantastic ship, very nice start...

Sure this will be the most famous build log...

Already 11th page...

89 pages remaining...

Ahoy Andy...  

I leave for a week to go to take a vacation...

Wish to see you soon, MSW...

Great work Ferit. I admire your modeling skills.

 

Montani semper liberi  Happy modeling to all and every one of you

    Crackers      

Thank you Crackers,

You are so generous and so kind...

Hi Ferit,

 

I've looked at contemporary models and many of the drawings of ship of the period by the Van de Velde's and they all seem to have enclosed  channels.

 

The great authority on the subject is Dr R.C. Anderson who writes in his book The Rigging of Ships In the days of the Spritsail Topmast 1600 - 1720. - Deadeyes in the period 1650 - 1720 (and afterwards) were set in slots on the outer edge of the channels and covering strips were nailed over them.

 

This appears to answer your question, but if you like the look of the exposed strops, then you could leave them off for demonstration purposes. Afterall they were only battens nailed on the edge of the channel.

 

Regards,

 

B.E.

Thank you B.E.,

It's a privilege for me to be informed by definite know-how...

Is it possible that they are same, who knows and who doesn't?!...

Even though your nice comment through my affection to leave the channels with open slots, I decided now to enclose them... Otherwise it will be too strange, inaccurate... There are already enough unsuitabilities... One more plus, furthermore a major one will be not the last straw but straw bale that breaks the camel's back...

Thank you again...

Ferit, I've been holding back comments for fear of repetition, but she's going from strength to strength and looking fantastic.  On your question, I think these would always been closed.  If you do that, I bet you can still see some of the detail you've put into them.

Thank you Jason,

For the thought and the knowledge... And the encouragement at the final... All three, they are precious...

I noted them with a red thick tip pen...

Looking wonderful Ferit, love those shots of the Mizen top.

 

B.E.

Thank you B.E.,

It's a pleasure to receive such a nice comment...

From the very knowledgeable modeller, I would like to learn if it should be obligatory or accurate to close the channels.

I could say that I don't want to close them because I like the open view of the chainplates with the rope encircled...

Thank you already for your interest...

Beautiful work, Ferit.  Your pictures give the impression that it's the real thing and not a model.

Thank you Mark, this encouragement from a high degree craftsman means a lot for me...

Ferit,

 

Brilliant as usual !!

 

R/  Michael

Michael,

Your kindness as usual !!!...   

Amazing skills to get those details so clean Ferit!

 

 

/Matti

Thank you Matti,

I liked your new publicity logo... It's your skill of painting and photography technics that is amazing... Also of builduing, of course...

Simply amazing Ferit   Beautifully clean work mate

Kind Regards Nigel

Thank you Nigel,

One day, I could try to imitate to approach to the 25 % of your carving skill... I really want it...     

Hi Ferit,

 

As usual great work.

Those thin black ropes are they for keeping the deadeyes at the right position?

If so, good idea !

Thank you Sjors,

Yes, you are right, the black ones are there to keep the deadeyes fixed temporary in their position...

Deadeyes for foremast...

Very nice work!...

Ferit, very nice build. I have been to Istanbul, and really enjoyed the city....it is dynamic, and one of my favorite cities in the world.

Many thanks John, for dropping in, nice comments for my build and my city. You are right I feel every day that the city is alive, vivid, like an organic living being...

It's a pleasure to hear your full recovery Sjors,

... to see your ratlines accurately and neatly done...

This is Andy who makes 100th page of every Commodore...

I believe he awaits now  the 99th of Popeye the Sailor...

I got accustomed to your habitual details and nice works, Hamilton...

Looks exceptional!...

Super nice!...

Fantastico!...

A lot of updates...

The scratch is always preferable for me...

And the stack and the pumps were made really very nicely...

Very very clean and nice...

All of us wait for your full restoration and full rennovation...

You are always welcome here Hamilton... 

Like a original ship being under construction, the workers are waiting just outside of the range of the photos...

"- If you finished taking photos Sir, we must go on working!..."

I love your accurate skill Ferit. That's looking very nice

Thank you Juergen, after seeing your build and skill, your words mean a lot...