HMS ROYAL KATHERINE 1664 by Doris - 1/55 - CARD

[Mirabell61]

Doris,

 

breathtaking artwork, your beautiful ornamentation is wunderbar !!

 

Nils

Edited November 5, 2018 by Mirabell61

[RdK]

Splendid as always, Doris!

 

And an inspiration to try out 'carving' - or rather modelling - for myself! Thank you so much for showing what is possible!

 

Looking forward to seeing more! :)

 

Rgds,

Radek

 

[GRAVIOU Francis]

Doris ton travail est toujours aussi fin et soigné dans les détails. Le résultat est magnifique. Je te souhaite bon courage pour la suite et aussi que tout se passe bien pour toi.

Amitiés 

Francis

 

I added a translaton:  Doris your work is always fine and neat in detail. The result is magnificent. I wish you good luck for the future and also that everything is going well for you.

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends,

I do appreciate your comments and wishes, thank you all very much. I am pleased you like my work.

 

On 11/4/2018 at 8:57 PM, SJSoane said:

Beautiful work, Doris. I apologize if I missed it earlier in your post, but are you making negative moulds into which you press the clay? If so, are you carving those from wood?

 

Mark

Every piece of decoration is handmade, there are not used any moulds, cause I prefer to create each one as an original. 

 

On 11/5/2018 at 3:46 AM, Dziadeczek said:

Doris, I would like very much to see your sculpting tools. A couple of pics, please, if possible?

No problem, here are my secondary tools:

And here the  main ones 😊:

 

[DORIS]

I have decided to modify the position of fore mast and move it  bit forward, to achieve more realistic result according to real ships from this period. 

 

Here you can see previous position of fore mast:

After adjustment:

 

Kind regards,

Doris

Edited November 6, 2018 by DORIS

[albert]

You have the golden hands of my dear Doris, your work is wonderful, a greeting from Italy.
 

[druxey]

The fore mast looks 'right' now. Good call.

[flying_dutchman2]

One word. 

IMPRESSIVE 

 

It is amazing what you accomplish with card. 

 

Marcus 

[archjofo]

Hello Doris,

admirable performance!

[michael mott]

Stunning work Doris, I was grinning from ear to ear when you showed the secondary tools first, and then the main ones, and it is so clear that you love this work.

I hope that the things in life that are harder for you, become easier. Be well!

 

Regards Michael

[BETAQDAVE]

On 7/10/2018 at 1:04 PM, DORIS said:

Well, I modified and improved the statue of horse (head, neck and other details). I must say, I am much more satisfied with the result now.

    Doris, while you do have some good sculpting technique, I feel that you must have more than that.  You seem to have a very artistic flair when it comes to making these figures.  Did you ever have any formal artistic schooling or is this a skill that you come by naturally? 

    In either case you are very accomplished at it.  While your ship models themselves are excellent, your skill at sculpting is really exceptional!   Personally, I have had a bit of art schooling, but it is more of the two dimensional variety, while your work in three dimensions is another thing entirely.  I think one has to have some natural talent to see and shape things in 3 rather than 2 dimensions.  Sadly I don't, but none the less I can see by your work that you do.

    Keep up the good work, I really enjoy seeing your progress on your ship, as I'm sure the rest of us at MSW would agree.

[EdT]

I am catching up, again, Doris.  Thank you for posting these magnificent pictures of your work.  The sculpting is beyond any words I could offer.  Just amazing.

 

Ed

[popeye the sailor]

it always a treat when I poke my head in the scratch build forum and I see an update from you and your fabulous ship    your work is so amazing and always brings a smile to my face.......I even show the admiral your work.   darned if she doesn't say........."so,  what's the matter with you!"        I could never emulate such beautiful work.........your pieces are so delicately made     I am though.........hard pressed where you put the shield in post #380?!?!?!   you said "bow decorations"...............where did you put it?  

 

I hope you are well and your problems are light {or on the mend......you had been ill a while ago}.    

[Richmond]

Similarly to Popeye I printed off the pictures from one of your builds of the cabin, with all the tables chairs, cabinets and table decorations and showed them to my work colleagues and they looked at those photographs in pure disbelief especially as I told them it was made out of card.  I now have those photographs on my workshop wall, in the hope they can give me inspiration.

 

 

[Hubac's Historian]

Life challenges have done nothing to diminish your talents, Doris.  As always, the work is superb, and I really appreciate your willingness to make alterations for authenticity, as your understanding of the ship evolves.  Your efforts are what this site is all about, and we are all beneficiaries.

 

Here's to better days ahead

Edited November 10, 2018 by Hubac's Historian

[DORIS]

Dear friends,
I am very pleased with your comments and appreciate your words and "likes" a lot. That is a great honour for me. Thank you all very much, my friends.

 

Life challenges are sometimes very hard and bring a lot of cruel moments, but I believe, everything has its reason and will give us experience to be stronger in future.
Thank you for your wishes and support. I believe it will be better.

 

On 11/6/2018 at 11:28 PM, BETAQDAVE said:

    Doris, while you do have some good sculpting technique, I feel that you must have more than that.  You seem to have a very artistic flair when it comes to making these figures.  Did you ever have any formal artistic schooling or is this a skill that you come by naturally? 

    In either case you are very accomplished at it.  While your ship models themselves are excellent, your skill at sculpting is really exceptional!   Personally, I have had a bit of art schooling, but it is more of the two dimensional variety, while your work in three dimensions is another thing entirely.  I think one has to have some natural talent to see and shape things in 3 rather than 2 dimensions.  Sadly I don't, but none the less I can see by your work that you do.

    Keep up the good work, I really enjoy seeing your progress on your ship, as I'm sure the rest of us at MSW would agree.

I have these skills naturally. I wanted to study at artistic school, but unfortunately I did not get occasion and my family hadn´t money for this. 
Despite this I have raised my skills and still continue. Nobody is perfect but the most important is to want to learn and look for new ways, how to improve. 
I enjoy to create beauty and share with my family and friends.

 

On 11/7/2018 at 11:18 PM, popeye the sailor said:

.........  I am though.........hard pressed where you put the shield in post #380?!?!?!   you said "bow decorations"...............where did you put it?  

 

 

In fact I often create several extra pieces of decoration and after harden I decide what will look better on final result. The shield could be placed at the horseman, but finally I did not use it. I already have a lot of similar ornaments I did not use for the model.

 

On 11/8/2018 at 12:06 AM, Richmond said:

Similarly to Popeye I printed off the pictures from one of your builds of the cabin, with all the tables chairs, cabinets and table decorations and showed them to my work colleagues and they looked at those photographs in pure disbelief especially as I told them it was made out of card.  I now have those photographs on my workshop wall, in the hope they can give me inspiration.

 

 

That´s a very nice surprise for me, thank you for your appreciation. I have also found here on MSW plenty of great inspiration and admire what people here are able to create.

 

 

On 11/10/2018 at 3:19 AM, Hubac's Historian said:

Life challenges have done nothing to diminish your talents, Doris.  As always, the work is superb, and I really appreciate your willingness to make alterations for authenticity, as your understanding of the ship evolves.  Your efforts are what this site is all about, and we are all beneficiaries.

 

Here's to better days ahead

 

 

 

Your words mean a lot for me. The historical authenticity of the model is very important for me and gives the work greater value. I mostly do not build the models according to commercial plans, but prefer to follow historical resources and verified information based on archaeological findings, admiralty models and paintings and engravings from that period. 

As I have written here, I am very grateful to cooperate with a top expert and experienced naval Captain (Kpt.KL) who helps me and my colleagues on Czech forum to achieve more realistic performance of ship models. His advice is very professional and brings many priceless and interesting information about real ships, their construction and history. 

 

I believe, his comments and advice can be very useful also for you. Here are some links; it is in Czech language, so you can use Google translator, but plenty of links and pictures can also help to understand:

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=630#p2160401

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=645#p2160711

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=645#p2160843

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=112832&start=90#p2159765

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=112832&start=105#p2159849

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=112832&start=105#p2161069

 

Best regards, 

Doris

[DORIS]

And now, what's new on model....

Plenty of other pieces of desoration were added on the model and I decided to imitate treenails and iron bolts on planking. 

 

 

Edited November 11, 2018 by DORIS

[DORIS]

Current photos

Please enjoy the pics and have a great time.

Kind regards

[marktiedens]

Amazing - I just can`t stop looking at your beautiful work!.  Thank you for sharing.

 

Mark

[Baker]

As always very beautiful work. The tree nails are very realistic

[druxey]

Good question, Dirk. The English also made repairs and replacements easier by through-bolts that were forelocked. How early this practice began, I'm not sure. 

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends, 
that is a great honour for me reading your praise and kind words. Thank you very much.

 

On 11/12/2018 at 10:16 AM, Dubz said:

Hello Doris,

your work is outstanding! One question, you have these thicker bolts directly beside the gunports (these are for the gun breeching rope inside) afaik this were a french technique not an english one. Is it verified for the Royal Katherine?

cheers,

Dirk

Hello Dirk,
I suppose it is O.K. on Royal Katherine cause I saw these bolt for example in plans and drawings of HMS LENOX 1678 (she is also the Restoration warship) and there are such bolts beside the gunports:

Edited November 30, 2018 by DORIS

[DORIS]

In the past weeks I continued with decoration. I really enjoy this work. At this moment there are more than 700 gilded pieces of decoration on the model.

 

Here are new pics:

 

[DORIS]

These ornaments are very fine and their thickness does not exceed 0.5mm...

[DORIS]

And finally the rest of the ornaments for the starboard...

[DORIS]

And here I made a rudder according to similar ships from that period - it is completely made of card.

[DORIS]

Almost finished rudder...

[DORIS]

And here I continue with bolts and treenails on the port. I have a nice feathered friend, although he sometimes likes pulling out the metal bolts.....😊

 

 

 

[michael mott]

Hello Doris, thanks for the new update, I have a question about how you handle such fine delicate parts and how you attach them to the model. After you have made the fine parts and they are "Baked" then I am assuming that then you paint them.  But after that then you show us them on a new sheet and then on the model. Can you share some information about the way you handle these last two steps?

 

And I forgot to say that the work in simply amazing.

 

Michael 

[DORIS]

And my favourite work again - the decoration of course....😍