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Ok, holiday trip is over, and I am slowly returning to my normal life-line. Trip to South Serbia was very interesting, and here is short report DEVIL`S TOWN Rare natural phenomenon. It consists of 202 stone figures that emerged long and patient work of nature. Devil's Town was the best-placed European candidate in its category, one of 77 candidates for the seven world wonders of nature, but even more important as the race was down to the last vote that ended in the summer of 2010. According to local legend, it is the petrified wedding, where people on the orders of the devil, and decided to get married at all costs born brother and sister. To prevent this, God intervened, the force that they have been turned to stone and left to testify that no sin will go unpunished Approach road is through "magic" forest, with trees which likes as they are just dropped from Harry Poter movie On locality, there are several old medieval mines, and extremely acidic water springs of water. One of this springs is called Devil`s spring, with almost red water. When you touch spring, bubbles comes out, and legend says that you disturbe devil who is sleeping under ... LAZARICA CHURCH in Prolom Spa Center near Ancient legend: Preparing for historical battle on Kosovo Field 1389. year, A part of Serbian army gathered there to get Holy Communion. And as army goes around the church in ceremony, plum trees followed moving of army, and from that time, trees rise wired. Later, after Kosovo Battle, on plum trees appeared faces of Serbian king lazar who died in battle and his wife Milica. Nice legend, but considering photos, it seems that man helps a little Just to mention that R.R.Martin is not first who operate with face-trees KURSUMLIJA - MONASTERY AND BASILICA Reconstructed monastery from XII century, one of the oldest and the first. By legend, here is a grave of Serbian hero knight Milosh Obilich, who on Kosovo battle sneaked in Turkish army, approached to the Sultan`s tent, and killed Osmanli sultan Murat. Considering meaning and importance of Obilic`s legend for Serbian people, and that I first time in my life heared for his grave here, I do not believe in this, but it is nice legend for tourists Near town there are ruins of Byzantine basilica, poorly cigned and without any table with data ...... ????? PROLOM BANJA Little but famous spa center where we were stationed. Set in the forest canyon, beautiful nature, with well known mineral "Prolom water". Beautiful little church on a top of a rock, connected with spa with nice stone bridge over canyon There is a lot more, but to write about all I have seen, just excess from theme of this forum Sorry for a little bathering, but I think this is something valuable for share

Hello Ivan, and thanks for your interesting. It is a realy great honour that modeler as you is interested for my ... "work". Considering this is forum where english language is used, I answered you in a PM

Just to say hello to you all from my trip to Devil's town More photos and interesting local ancient stories follow this days

Just a long lasting dressage, Joe. As I said before, during socialism, western stuff including all kind of materials tools and many little things just there was on market in former Yugoslavia. Then followed period 1990-2000 when Serbia was hitted with wars and international sanctions, also nothing to bye. So, if we want something bad, we must to learn to improvise and to use what we have Thanks Mark. Macro shots do not show this ... Thanks Dave. Learn from masters It`s a long way to that. To much works, and many tricky works I have no idea how to do it for now (masts, yards, sails, ropes, knots, metal works)

Compass is done With a little glas... This time, working ants didn't help me. There were another workers They showed wired sense for jokes, and made compass to look like them! I think I can live with it!

Happy birthday Dave !!!

Yes Dave, i have electric mower for grass with 2KW power, also a little weed eater, but still there are places where weed eater can not work ( too close to flowers) so you have to get down on your knee and pick up/cut weed by hands. Here is photos of central yard alpinetum and you can see weed eater can nor pass there, if you want to keep there ground covering flowers Before pray to Garden God And after Also you can see how it looks inside one of several longitudinal "flower alley". Place for praying, also Also on next pictures you can notice that every alley is over 1m wide, louded with different stuff on almost every inch On the left side is part of very old and very wild climbing rose

Try to imagine, Mark: Here is my source of pleasure, and at the same time, sometimes ... parcel is 40m x 17m, all under grass except pawn and car paths, and except surface occupied with plants. It is old ortho-photo, some details miss, but mainly, all is here. Almost ... I can not itemize all kind of flowers, clambering, and decorative grass etc Admiral planted here and there and everywhere Dots colored red are position of roses, small ones, grown as a trees, or climbing one, wit all kind of thorns you can imagine I do not complain I like it very much Mainly

Thanks all for likes and support Working in garden today I was very "clever" ... Working gloves goes to hell, and I had brain storm idea to cut fingers of gloves and to get something as Rambo/Lara Kroft wear ... usefull for job as grass cutting and similar Then roses (10 different and hudge) comes to line to make something nice from wild bushes they become... and I was very lazy to walk to garage 20 m away to pick up a brand new pair of working gloves ... Working almost 3 hours ... Result ... My fingers were needled and cutted couple of hundread times which I didn't feel or notice as something serious ... Then evening comes, and every, even a try to do something with fingers tonight is very painfull, even to manipulate with TV remote ...and I am forced to pause with compass. Grounded by myself. What a "brilliant" mind I have. Idiot, lesson learned. Until next clever day, and next smart idea. Story of my life. Why I just can not simply walk on "elephant path"?

Wow, Bruce! School example how to make perfect model!

I think it will be a piece of brass wire 1mm thick, just to simulate them. Glass is bothering me ...

Thank you, Bruce, for your nice words First I decided to redo entrance to under deck space, mixing present look with nice detail from Lou's pictures. Planking surface of entrabce was ... ok ... Interesting ... Devil do not sleep, and I felt I'll get no peace tonight until I try to make compass Today is obviously the day of mixed design, so my compas will be something between ... Carved by hands from rounded wooden molding, and sanded until I died to get nice smoth "metal" surface Still not finished

Considering I am blind as a chicken at night, and drive after daylight only if I must, I had never thinking about any kind of night vision.

Thanks, your explanation sounds very logical and reasonably. lantern ... can you even imagine only one light dot in front of wheel in dark and stormy night in XIX century ??????

Preparing for Compass Max 9mm kigh, and max 6 mm in greatest dia. Considering I am dummy for metal works, I am not sure about details i can present in that scale. Probably I`ll make some form only to "looks like" a compass. But, let us playing arround Interesting detail. On C-plans, enlarging compas details, which are presented pretty poor, it can be seen it looks like a compass presented on lou`s photos. On other side, comparing present stage and Lou`s photos, we can notice a change in compass design. Lou`s photo And present stage Do anybody know a reason for design changes, particularly CS did not sail after period Lou`s photos were taken? And do anybody know what are names and purpose of details marked with "?". It will be interesting to know for us, people living couple of hundreds - thousands miles from sea. Maybe there is answer

I just have to leave something to my brother`s wife collection

A few details more Notice that there is a difference between present stage and when Lou made his photos I chose Lou's , it seems more real. Obviously, this is deck entrance to underdeck rudder mechanism space. On present stage, it is not clear what is this on photos. There are some photos on net when tourists use it as a chair! And here is what I did today Hatch 8x8 mm. "on place" testing Hmmm Hatch is ok, but another piece has to be remade. I am not satisfied with result ( i did it fast, and of course, sides are not equial, and it is a bit overscaled)

Better question is : How many plans do you have in your head ?

Thank you Denis. Is there any way to borrow me your fingers ? Even for a month ? Or two ?

Thanks George. Four hours for both of them Thank you Gerhard. I think a first one is a bit dirty, with hoops too wide Hello Piet. I hope so. There are another interesting stories in my family ... for instance, about my grandfather, may I say, kind a cowboy when he was young, even he was a doctor of medicine, crossing Albania by foot with Serbian army and another refuges when he was only sixteen, running away from enemy, when Austro-Hungary occupied Serbia in WW1, graduated on Sorbonne University after WW1 ... but not that story, another one ... gambling story ... Thanks for nice words. It is a kind of amazing discovery when you become aware that those little attachments can do so precise stuff Yes, them are finished. Now only a few details left on aft deck , and I can move to main deck, to fight with dead-eyes, and ... boats ... four of them ... and a nice and tricky metal pumps etc etc ... just to mention, nice fences on fore and aft deck I left for later, after setting up masts, considering I am pretty clumsy with my arms when I am concentrated and impatient on one particular little detail with fingers... maybe in mean time I learn metal works ?

I pull up the chair, and beer, and popcorns ...

You have nerves ! Do you notice that 0,5mm can be a bit thicker or a bit thiner than a exactly 0,5mm?

I just can not believe! Must try !

Your log is realy great tutorial when, one day, I take my chance with silver soldering. You just showed that nothing is impossible

Extraordinary work! My buckets only can hide in a mouse hole