Hyposphagma

Hey Igor. Wow, another ship. You are building so fast. The steam ship is a nice choice. I guess it has the same name as your wife and I bet the ship will be as beautiful as she is and vice versa. :-) I saw you killed your wooden ruler for the hull? Ran out of wood? I am scared about your house. Don't break important parts of it and use for ship building ok? Looking forward to see this build proceeding and will watch it for sure. Harry

Very nice bottle with very naturalistic looking sea. The ship will look wonderful in it when finished. I prepare my sea always outside of the bottle. I use a piece of thin cardboard or 0.3 mm polystyrol that I fit to the bottle and model the sea on it. After finishing the sea the whole thing can be rolled easily after smoothing the plasticine a little with a hairdryer. Apply some glue inside of the bottle. Then push the whole sea thru the neck and glue it inside of the bottle. The cardboard or polystyrol can be painted blue underneath before. After the glue dried i just put some plasticine around the edges and the sea looks like it has been modeled inside of the bottle. Then the ship can be added and modeled into its place. For me it saves a lot of time with the same result.

hey Blakiston. Your Flying Fish looks great but we want more pictures of it! :-) I am currently building her sister ship the Flying Cloud, but in 1:200 as a kit bash of an old Heller plastic kit. So far I only used the both hull parts and scratched the rest. During my research I found an instruction book of a kit of your ship. If you still need building instructions let me know, I will email it to you then. Regards, Harry

Hey Igor. Congratulation. This became a really nice ship. I am not really sure, but I think I like it most of all the ships you posted so far. The proportions, the different woods, everything fits and looks nicely. When looking at it I get into mood to stop my current project of a 1:200 Flying Cloud and build a mini boat for bottling again. Lets see. Looking forward to see yours bottled. Regards. Harry

I use surgical scissors. All types with curved ends, 90 degrees curved ends and micro scissors are provided. Even scissors with > 30 cm length and tiny blades. Esp. the ones for vascular surgery are very fine but most of them are horrible expensive when bought new. I always have an eye on ebay and sometimes a cheap one can be shot. Overall the quality of those scissors esp. from Aesculap guarantees a tool for lifetime.

Hey Patrick, instead of aluminum paint or the Alclad metal finish i would suggest BMF (Bare metal foil). The car modelers use them for imitating metal and chrome. It can be used like flat gold. It is self adhesive and comes in different colors. Here is a link: http://www.bare-metal.com/bare-metal-foil.html

Hi Carl. Just found your log. Your Hannah came out nicely. I built her too. And because it was fun I bought the Amati Golden Yacht too which is a little more detailed than the Hannah. But same principle and fun to build too. If you are interested you will find both bottles and more in the gallery in my profile here in MSW. I saw that you glued the stand already inside the bottle. Because I was scared not being able to sit the Hannah straight on that 4 pins i soldered two little brass "V" on the front and aft pin to make the landing area for the ship bigger. It worked out pretty well. If you want to do the same: Just one hit with a screwdriver under the stand and it will come out again. Then you can clean it easily too. Best is acetone to remove CA. Wishing you luck with the bottling process. Take your time and don't rush. It is no rocket science. The result will make you happy. Harry

Hey Steven, I just found your build log about the "Flying Fish". It is amazing to see how many battles you are fighting at the same time. I will follow your log from now on because i am sure that after all your "testing" and "practicing" the outcome will be something special. I just started to build the "Flying Cloud". So my current work is not that far from yours. The source of my build is an old "Heller" plastic kit in 1:200. My scale is somewhat smaller than yours so i won't add that many details or will have more problems to do so. My build is only in the beginning. I completely sanded the hull parts with all the carved details. The upper hull of the Flying Cloud is ebony. I planked that part with 0,5x1 mm maple veneer stripes and will paint them black with ebony wood paint. The underwater part of the hull i coppered with Tiffany copper strips. The wales and the keel I replaced with wood parts. Next part will be the planking of the bulwarks and the decks. Unfortunately i didn't find plans of the Flying Cloud so far. But I guess she is similar to the Flying Fish so I can follow the examples of her in the net, esp. the rigging. I found this manual to download. I guess it is from the Mamoli Kit of the Flying Fish: http://www.historicships.com/TALLSHIPS/Model%20Shipways/Flying%20Fish/Flying%20Fish%20ms2018%20Manual.pdf You can d/l and see if it is of any use for you. So long, looking forward to see your progress. Harry Edit: By the way. I use Japan paper for my sails. After cutting and gluing the leek lines I put them on a pillow to form and paint them with a mixture of wood glue and water. After drying I spray them with matt white color. After they are dry u can shape them with a hairdryer. The paper gets quite stabile with the glue and color. Any pencil details and weathering can be added. Its cheap and gives a nice result. And you avoid sewing ;-) You can check the paper sails on my Santa Maria in my gallery here in MSW.

I prefer UHU HART which hardens quickly (in about 30 seconds). If something went wrong a small amount of fresh applied glue softens the prior portion again a little and allows corrections. It does not put moisture on the cardboard and even big parts don´t shrink or bend too much. It hardens the edges. If gaps remain i normally close them with CA later. http://www.amazon.de/UHU-HART-TUBE-35-45510/dp/B000KSQSHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422792080&sr=8-1&keywords=uhu-hart

This is one of the models, that make me feel very very small........

In human those cells are called "macrophage" cause they are able to eat big things. As far as I know they are the biggest blood cells in human. If u regard Dafi`s Victory as a living thing the resemblance really fits. The ship has flesh and bones. Great work man!

Sorry, I posted the link "just in case". Harry

I don`t know if someone here mentioned it before. But Autodesk offers a free 3 years license for AutoCAD 2014 for students and teachers. I managed to download a MAC version as university teacher and must say: the program really is a weapon. It takes long to understand the functions especially as a Neewby but its definitely fun to work with it. I just constructed a stand for a sports yacht and guess what? i built it following my own plans. Nothing special but made me proud a little. Here is the link to the download process: http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/all

Hey Jaydee. I would suggest again that u give it a try with decal softener. Maybe you have some spare decals on your sheet that u can use for practise. Soak the decal with the softener and then try to transfer it on a shiny glossy surface onto your model with a cotton stick. Fix them with clear spray varnish or hair spray. The oldest decals i used were from the early 70ies and it worked. Good luck again.

I followed your build for a longer time also. It became a standard for my planned build of the "Flying Cloud" Clipper that i want to develop from the Heller kit. Thank you and congrats. Harry

Johann! Guten Abend and congratulations for nearly finishing your little slice of your Creole. It was a great piece of practice for your ship. But so much more it is an outstanding model by itself. You set the standard again. Warm regards. Harry

Selamat pagi to you dear Zyxuz. I just followed up with your wonderful built and same time i got sad to read about your dad and happy that he is better and could leave hospital. And very good you a re not a frequent traveller to Beijing. What a tragedy. My thoughts are with your family and with the families of MH 370 as well. All the best for you. Hope you will get time and free mind to go on with your unicorn. regards Harry

Revell and other manufacturers provide decal softener. http://www.revell.de/produkte/farben-kleber-co/sonstiges-zubehoer/id/39693.html Unfortunately i have no English or American source for that but i am sure u will find. If you manage to separate your decals from the paper i can advice to stick them on parts that you have sprayed with glossy clear varnish before and after to avoid the glitter effects of the edges of the decals. Hope i could help

Wonderful work on every single carronade, Johann. I am sure in your nightstand you have one that is 100% functional! ;-)

I kindly refer to my Santa Maria here in the forum. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/886-santa-maria-by-hyposphagma-revell-plastic-scale-196/?hl=%2Bsanta+%2Bmaria Or maybe this site helps more. :-) http://www.uschivdr.com

Congratulations on completing a very beautiful Santa Maria! Harry

Hello Richard. I just clicked the "follow button" of your log. Your doing a very nice work and I`m looking forward to see how she developes. I never heard of that kit before. Is it still actual? How much was it? I built the Thermopylae years ago in 1:200 as a plastic kit from Revell and I still like looking at her. My next project will be the "Flying Cloud". The more i am looking forward to follow your build to get some Clipper-specific ideas. :-) Harry

Hey ZyXuz, i don`t know if this machines from Austria are available in SEA but they are worth a look: http://www.thecooltool.com/index_e.php Have a nice day. Harry

Hey ZyXuz. My compliments for finishing your ship and a big congrats on how she turned out. She is a real beauty. Very clean and nice build. I still would love to see her on one of the Cornwallis cannons. ;-) I am sure she will be a treasure in your home. Thanks for sharing your build with us. Harry

Ah ok. Thanks for explaining. :-) Greets Harry