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I am currently researching methods of making sails from paper (since any cloth would be much to heavy for this small scale) for my 1:96 MS Phantom.  To date I have experimented with several different methods, but am not entirely satisfied with the results. 
    As I was looking at your "harbor", I realized that quite a few of your ships have sails.  Since I assume that you make your sails with some type of paper and that you are a very skilled at modeler in this medium, I wondered if you have any info available for the method that you use.    

As intricate as your models are, and the fact that you have so many of them, how do you manage to keep them all from collecting dust? Is this room off limits from your feathered friends? (We only have one bird and he can put out a lot of dander, especially when he is molting .)

I was just reviewing the Royal Caroline build log and came across the picture of the parrot on its back and the ensuing comment and thought I could maybe add some insight as to the birds' peculiar behavior.  We had a parakeet awhile ago who would do the same thing but was generally just looking for some attention or wanted to play. 
    Here he is with his favorite toy.  He could spin it around, throw it away, chase it down and repeat several times. (Maybe he was in a circus in a previous life?)  

 
 
 
 

I am currently researching methods of making sails from paper (since any cloth would be much to heavy for this small scale) for my 1:96 MS Phantom.  To date I have experimented with several different methods, but am not entirely satisfied with the results. 
    As I was looking at your "harbor", I realized that quite a few of your ships have sails.  Since I assume that you make your sails with some type of paper and that you are a very skilled at modeler in this medium, I wondered if you have any info available for the method that you use.    

As intricate as your models are, and the fact that you have so many of them, how do you manage to keep them all from collecting dust? Is this room off limits from your feathered friends? (We only have one bird and he can put out a lot of dander, especially when he is molting .)

I am currently researching methods of making sails from paper (since any cloth would be much to heavy for this small scale) for my 1:96 MS Phantom.  To date I have experimented with several different methods, but am not entirely satisfied with the results. 
    As I was looking at your "harbor", I realized that quite a few of your ships have sails.  Since I assume that you make your sails with some type of paper and that you are a very skilled at modeler in this medium, I wondered if you have any info available for the method that you use.    

I was just reviewing the Royal Caroline build log and came across the picture of the parrot on its back and the ensuing comment and thought I could maybe add some insight as to the birds' peculiar behavior.  We had a parakeet awhile ago who would do the same thing but was generally just looking for some attention or wanted to play. 
    Here he is with his favorite toy.  He could spin it around, throw it away, chase it down and repeat several times. (Maybe he was in a circus in a previous life?)  

 
 
 
 

As intricate as your models are, and the fact that you have so many of them, how do you manage to keep them all from collecting dust? Is this room off limits from your feathered friends? (We only have one bird and he can put out a lot of dander, especially when he is molting .)

Just... what?   More than amazing and stunning.  I'm printing those last ones out and will hang a couple in the workshop for inspiration.   

Hi Doris,
 
I agree with you that the Vale painting is of little help in discerning the details of the tafferal.  As ever though, you have done a masterful job of filling in the blanks.  Magnificent!!

Beautifully realized and very convincing, Doris! Well done.

If I had a ship that beautiful I would never let it leave the harbor. Imagine what one cannon ball could do to those delicate structures!

Almost completed:

 

Hello dear friends,
thank you all for your feedback, praise and "likes", I am pleased reading your words and feeling your great support. I do apprecite it a lot.
I agree with you, the challenge of doing things again and better keeps our work more interesting. I want to improve my abilities and build more realistic ship models and I am sure, that without obstacles it is not possible.
Yesterday I almost finished decoration on the stern - taffrail.
This part of stern ornamentation was the most difficult. On Vale´s  painting I was not able to recognize details on that area, those ornaments are uneven and asymmetric, so I decided to create my own unique desing and using typical patterns and ornamentation from that period - for example cherubies, stylized statues of fish and seahorses....
The decoration was unique on each ship, so my design does not copy any of them.
Please enjoy the pics:
 

 

Doris.
Your work is amazing. You set a standard most of us could only dream of.
Just brilliant.
Tim

Every time I see your model, it becomes more and more clear that Katherine is a very elegant ship in her lines and appearance. I like her very much.
 
Jan

Doris.
I think you have extraordinary talents. A master craftswoman at work.
I stand amazed.
How delightful you work is to all of us.
Tim.

Excellent work! Doris! For you there is no impossible! I hesitate to ask, and who stands at the stove and prepares lunch?

Your artistry leaves me speechless, Doris.
 
Ed

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

It is very difficult to get a stern with so many golds to have such an elegant result.
Perfect Doris

Hello Doris,
the tiny sculptures are gorgeous.
The way you make them is unique and very artful.
I am deeply impressed.

Fantastic work Doris, bravissima.

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Have a great time and enjoy the pics.

Hello dear friends,
 
I am pleased, you like my sculpting and work on the Royal Katherine. Thank you very much for your comments and kind words.
 

 
Dear Michael, 
I do appreciate your praise, thank you.
The possibility of improvement is very important for me in my life and also in my hobbies. It is a great motivation to search better technologies and progresses or utilization of various methods from other fields. For example I do the "detailing" for many years - this represents a high level of precise care of real cars (especially their paint/varnish) and I use my own technology = a special waxes prepared exactly according to the type and condition of the paint. This allows me to achieve perfect  and durable results in a gentle way, and it si also environmentally friendly, cause I can use only clean water without a shampoo to wash the car. And these waxes I use on my models as well to achieve better finish and more realistic look. For example the wooden part of hull planking on the Royal Katherine model was gently polished by such wax and thanks to that the wooden imitation looks so naturally.
Even while building models, I'm still learning and improving my abilities to make the results worth it.
 
I have finished other pieces of decoration on the stern and QG on starboard. Now I am searching for an optimal location of the decks and floors on stern cabins. I would like to make it according to real English ships from that period but I must admit this is not easy at all.....  I have already received a lot of useful and professional  infromation about this matter from my advisor Kpt.KL. He also describes the position of decks on real 17th-century ships on Czech Modelforum, cause many people there are very interested in realistic building of ship models as well.
 
https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=375#p2104504