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Great work, Nenad !!!

 

Are those cigarettes 5 foot long ?? I sure hope you are not smoking a whole pack of those every day.

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   

nice work with the hatch!   the deck layout looks really good..........

Thanks Denis, I am glad you like it. Stil far away from your brilliant smooth surfaces

It starts to look like a ship's deck, Nenad. Very nice work on the companion way

 

P.s. those giant fingers look really fake

Thanks Carl. I dreamed about this fingers in my workshop .... scary ( if you have huge imagination, as I)

I don't know, Carl ... the detailing on them looks pretty good.

Hey Cap, you discovered my little secret about this giant fingers ....

Steve,

 

I'm missing all those scars, fresh cuts, and band-aids from creating all those fabulous tiny deck fittings

 

Sorry, Nenad, back to your log

You forget sneeze over desk, which acts as  twisters toward Florida to small parts ...

I like this it has a great charm to it.

 

The overall shot shows just how far you have come on this enjoyable journey.

 

Michael

Thanks Michael. Just to mention that your photos couple of years ago have significant merit for leading me to the "detailing devil`s road"

Just wow, Nenad.  Her majesty just keeps getting better and better.   

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.

Full deck. Amazing, Denis!

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

making great progress Nenad..........remember....no time limits or restraints. cute puppy!

Time ... time ... time

Where did you get that giant lighter ? Looks far to good for rough works!

 

The best thing is that I have found gigant cigarettes ! Look at next post ...

models are afraid of them....you know

But, modelers are not afraid!

Booby hatch, rough works

woooohoooo !!!!

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

Cats and dogs know when need to stop working and go do something fun.  Or at least that's the way it seems.

 

I love those hatches.   

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)

Nenad folding up the second canvas is a brilliant solution in my view. Getting ready to lay it out or folding it up ready to open the hatch, perfectly ambiguous but a good looking detail.

 

Michael

Thanks Michell. Just to remind that all of those of my "inventions" has purpose to draw attention from mistakes

pretty neat........different phases of operation      a great definition of the level of detail,  with as the degree of detail.   very good work Nenad!  

Thanks, Denis. Your works in details inspired me. Except number of builds

Great idea for the hatches. It took some time but I looked at every page of your build And learned alot. Very nice work.

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 ?

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

Nenad,

 

hatch with partial drawn back canvas, great detail  

 

Nils

Thank you Nils. I thought my model has a lot of details, until I started to follow your building logs

You always come out on top, Nenad. So do not complain about a slight colour difference

 

Tarpaulins will not have the same colour, since they get dirty, and will be replaced over time, but the chance they get changed simultaneously is small

I know that Carl, and that comfort me ...

very nice progress Nenad.........holds and canvas covers look great!   super job!  

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 

How do I miss this log ?

Amazing, as always

Looks realistic, Nenad, glad I could help.

You are always wellcome with your ideas, Jack !

Looking good! very realistic look to the canvas!

Thx Marc, that was a goal

Very well done, my friend.  I'm glad it worked for you.  

Keep on pushing me, Mark !

Nenad What a great job on the canvas, you must be very happy with the look.

 

Michael

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   

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

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

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 ?

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

A batten is commonly used in English " a long flat strip of squared timber or metal used to hold something in place or as a fastening against a wall."

 

So one " battens" off an  irregular wall before fitting internal boarding etc.

 

"Batten down the hatches" is used -  in UK English anyway  - as meaning to prepare for a rough period.

So on a vessel you would put the battens across the hatches to hold them firmly in place.

With "grating"ed hatches it was normal to cover first with a tarpaulin to waterproof

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 

Nenad,

 

You could use some plastic, and paint in in a beige weathered look. If you use cloth the weave of the material will probably be to course for the scale you build, as you wrote  ...

Thanks, Carl. I am not familiar with plastic, and I do not dare to experiment with molds and casting

Wrapping paper tissue (painted) might just be the right thing for canvas...  

 

When you find the answer to "how to extend a day".. let me know, will you?  Not enough hours at this time. 

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 !

Hatches were normally covered and battened down regardless of weather. Where better to store the tarps, and wedges than where they are used. Covering the ventilation grates on a warship might wait until water was expected on deck that would overflow the combings or heavy rain was expected and the awnings were not rigged.

jud

Thanks Jud for your input. You said it very clear so now I understand it at all

Kleenex brand facial tissue works to simulate canvas. Just saturate with diluted 50-50 white glue, fold the tissue to increase thickness, ten lay over hatch, form with fingers to fit hatch, then let try. Paint when dry. I use to use it to simulate tarps lashed on model tanks, half-tracks, etc.

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

Second (central) hatch done (almost)

Mighty look. When finis it, I'll use my magic wrand to enlarge her

Nice news, Denis. Builds can wait, family do not

Fantasting work on boats. One of steps un front of me. Can you put some close-ups ?

shouldn't be hard for you........you've had lots of practice   looking very good  

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

very nice hatches!  the last photo you have of the actual cutty has the canvas and the iron bars with their wedges that were used to "batten down the hatches"  I don't know if you've ever heard of that phrase, but that is what they are speaking of.   Really nice work on such a small scale!

 

Marc

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 

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

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

Very nice. Go on !

Nice work. Keep on. I like your style

My ( daughter's) cat likes opera ?!?!? When it shows idea to climb to workbench, I just turn Requiem, and it sleeps at once. What will be medicine for Bobtail when it comes, we'll see

Fore hatch, rough works