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    Boats - preparing I realized that there are 3 types of boats : Captain`s GIG, Jolly Boat, and two life boats, all three different in details It could be interesting if anybody can explain their usage and names (Jud ?) At first, I had to re-scale drawings from C-plans sheet No 3 where details of boats are drown by Mr.Campbell to scale " 1/4" to 1 feet" to my already re-scaled plans where at the sheet No 1 I have their dimensions at 100% zoom level as on my model " 1/4" to 1 feet" - completely incomprehensible for us who have learned the metric measurement system Then I measured main dimensions and make a notes for myself, and here is what I have got in Adobe Illustrator Little beasts !!!! I have a hunch it will wreck my nerves ...
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    Fortunately, those are regular Winston 100`s cigarettes. Unfortunately, I am smoking almost 2 packs per day. Almost two years I was out of control for food and cigarettes, and this autumn I decided to keep healthy life, which I succeed with food, but not with cigarrets Thanks Denis, I am glad you like it. Stil far away from your brilliant smooth surfaces Thanks Carl. I dreamed about this fingers in my workshop .... scary ( if you have huge imagination, as I) Hey Cap, you discovered my little secret about this giant fingers .... You forget sneeze over desk, which acts as twisters toward Florida to small parts ... Thanks Michael. Just to mention that your photos couple of years ago have significant merit for leading me to the "detailing devil`s road" Thanks Mark. When I was at the beginning, looking another`s logs on this stage, I was thinking I will never reach this point, adn I will never be able to make something like that. Bit by bit, step by step, mistake by mistake, and here we are ... learning curve in practice.
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    Full deck. Amazing, Denis!
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    Half-product Product on gigant cigarettes And on gigant fingers And temporary on place New look and feeling of main deck. Noting is glued for now
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    Time ... time ... time The best thing is that I have found gigant cigarettes ! Look at next post ... But, modelers are not afraid!
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    Booby hatch, rough works
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    woooohoooo !!!!
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    Couple of days I was ( and still I am) covered and over-loaded with office stuff, and with non-planed non-office stuff ( 2+1 dentist visit etc etc )and has no time even to answer to replies. She (CS) is crying on Her shelf asking for third hatch. I`ll see if I can leave office later today ( now it is 17:30h and it is Saturday evening, and I am still in office !!!) to fulfill Her wish Thanks Mark. For a few weeks, a new "reminder-girl" will come to her new home. Princess and me were going to see her and to meet with Her (less than a month old, Princess is holding Her) and Her mother ( a large gray shaved mass laying in front of Princess on second photo) Her name will be: Rhea, by the name of Mother of Zeus (Ancient Greek mythology) Thanks Michell. Just to remind that all of those of my "inventions" has purpose to draw attention from mistakes Thanks, Denis. Your works in details inspired me. Except number of builds Thanks Dave. I watch your build careful and with great interest Yes, reading my build log ... it takes some time, because I work slow, had many returns and re-do stuff, and like to write. Also, I think my mistakes can be usefull for someone not to go in wrong direction, and didn `t kill posts with mistakes. But, 176 pages till now ... even I have a problem to find some particular photo or post I wish to refer to in discussion. And I am just halfway to end, approaching slowly to "masting" "yarding", sails and rigging ... maybe it will finish as a book "Diary of beginner in ship-modeling" or so, but - who wants to read it and bye it ?
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    Adrian, The Prince of Persia, decided to occupy my workspace in office during I go down for tea, and I had to leave office. He is stronger than me Will he fall down? I'll hear it So, I was forced to go to shipyard to finish another hatch This time, canvas is packed Booby hatch left
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    Thank you Nils. I thought my model has a lot of details, until I started to follow your building logs I know that Carl, and that comfort me ... Thanks Denis aka Popeye ... so ... since you are Popeye, maybe you will be interested in receipt for SPINACH MOUSSAKA ON LEEK I posted in "What do you cook today" Something is happening here ... I do not know or can not discover reason ... every 2-3 days I got a new case ... so, I am pretty buried over head with tons of papers, working almost whole day including last 3-4 weekends ... Fortunately or unfortunately, on October 1st starting strike of employees in judicial authorities, so I hope to treat some order in my life and my activities
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    How do I miss this log ? Amazing, as always
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    You are always wellcome with your ideas, Jack ! Thx Marc, that was a goal Keep on pushing me, Mark ! Thx Michael. I am satisfied with result, which is above my expectations when I started applying acrylic layers. Second time I run in my "impatience mod". As you can see on upper pictures, I did not paint both hatches simultaneously, and they have different hue. I hardly corrected this. And again ... instead to make both canvas together, I made only one and color it as it is. And having in mind that I get this color using more than 10 layers of diluted and mixed white, brown, blue yellow and black acrylic, it is almost impossible to get equal color on another canvas. What to do ? Another canvas will be bent and coupled, and laid on hatch with belonging rope ... On this way, difference in shade and hue will not be visible, I hope
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    Jud, you are quite right, my friend There are some old b/w clips on Youtube with sail ships on rough weather E.g And if you look careful you can see this in right down corner of photo Considering my idea is to make model with all sails on, it means nice calm weather, and it seems logic hatches to be partialy temporary uncovered (somebody is doing something with them), because I want to show their structure and construction Thanks for your support and explanation
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    Copy paper and toilet paper Ok, idea is not mine, thanks to Jack12477 and MTaylor to push me in this direction We were discussing how to make canvas for hatches in small scale Mark mentioned, and ... Base is made from regular 80g copy paper on which is glued with deluted white glue, one layer from 3-layer regular toilet roll paper, to imitate rough structure Rest is playing with very thin layers of acrylic colors
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    First hatch half covered with canvas Canvas are made from regular copy paper as base, with one layer from toilet 3-layer paper glued with diluted white glue. Thin layer of acrylic colors over to get this weathered look Great thanks Mark and Jack for bright idea! Can it pass ?
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    At first I want to thank everyone who hit like button and who participate in my experiments. Couple of hard fulfilled busy days after me, and one lazy day ( yesterday) with resting, cooking experiments, swimming pool and nice chat with Princess who had hard day, not much time to answer Thanks Spy. I have some difficulties with English specific words, so maybe I made mistake, mainly caused with G-translate I use. For instance, when I type serbian word "cirada", which literally means "special waterproof sheet" usually seen on trucks covering opened cargo space , I get several suggestions: canvas/linen/panel, and when I redirect dictionary to get closer meaning, I got ... chaos But, i think I understand what you mean. Mainly, there is dilemma about using battens across on type of hatch as presented on C-plans I made. There are not on C-plans, and in this scale - is there any point for them ? Particularly if I plan canvas opened to half. For example, something similar I made when I was making deck entrance below steering wheel from 0,5mm wide paper strip colored with gold acrylic, as on pictures below Similar dimensions as hatches, and there could be two longitudinal very narrow battens by hatch A bit of time to rethink is needed Thanks, Carl. I am not familiar with plastic, and I do not dare to experiment with molds and casting Ha! Mark, how do you read my mind from another side of planet about paper solution ? If I find a way to extend a day, I`ll probably get a Nobel`s prize ... , so you will know it ! Working hard on that solution ! Thanks Jud for your input. You said it very clear so now I understand it at all Thanks Jack. Facial kleenex, or any multilayer paper ( e.g. toilet) was exactly I thought about after Mark`s post. Some experiments has to be made, and some playing, also
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    Second (central) hatch done (almost)
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    Mighty look. When finis it, I'll use my magic wrand to enlarge her
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    Nice news, Denis. Builds can wait, family do not
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    How to extend a day ?

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      Returning in "normal" life after almost two years of different kind of difficulties, finding again that day is too short for everything you plan or intend or have to do. Weeks pass very very quickly, you are in Friday again just after Monday. Year passed away, and another, and another one, and suddenly you are 57 years old, kids become mature over night

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    Fantasting work on boats. One of steps un front of me. Can you put some close-ups ?
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    Thanks Denis. Interesting thing is learning curve, which I was reading of on MSW, but not conscious about it`s full meaning until i started making this little things which makes crowd on all decks. With every one of them, my limits moved forward one step. And my ambitions, too. Just amazing Ambitions run faster than my limits. Just for now, I hope Thanks Marc. No, I didn`t hear that phrase before, but I understand it`s point. I am considering possibility to make canvas, to "batten" them to half and to left both hatches semi-covered, allowing coverings to be seen. Main problem I see for now is - what material to use for canvas - Any cloth I can imagine is too thick and too rough for this job in my scale, and there is a risk to look like covering with mattress or with concrete block. Do not forget that hatch has outside dimensions 26 mm x 22 mm. I have enough time to consider this until I make another hatch
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    I am not sure for now, Carl. Maybe I leave them to visualy underline their metal structure. I am afraid if I blacken them, they will look as black dots in this scale
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    Fore hatch - done I was playing with acrylic to get "weathered" look And of course, luck of patience and luck of thinking again. I forgot that I have two of them to make, and that both have to be equal or similar color. Now, it will be very dificult to hit right color for another. Not boring with me

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