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

[Hubac's Historian]

Sorry, Druxey, I just read your comment more carefully, in which you basically answered my question.  Thanks for that.

Edited March 29, 2018 by Hubac'sHistorian

[CKNavy]

Doris,

 

I'm quite new to this forum and the art of ship building. I just found your build log and read through every ones posts up to now. I am very interested in following along with your build as what I see so far is amazing. Keep up the good work.

 

CK

[mtaylor]

[michael mott]

What a joy it is to follow your work Doris. The video showing how you artfully created such a complex shape with the most simple tools. You clearly demonstrate A great skill that can only come with a tremendous amount of practice. You do make it look so easy and we all know it is not.

 

Michael

[Omega1234]

Hi Doris

 

I’m very late to the party, but, Oh...My...Lord...I’m speechless!!!!

 

You, Doris, are not only a modeller, but you’re an artist and a magician, all rolled into one.

 

Simply amazing.

 

Cheers. 

 

Patrick

[amateur]

It was not until your video that I realized the size of the model. It is far larger than I imagined.

 

(and like all the others: I am still amazed by what you can make out of sculpting material. my own ability in that field ends with marble sized, almost round balls  )

 

Jan

 

[John Allen]

Doris,

Masterful,and very impressive. I might have missed it what is your sculpting medium- wood, clay or something else. The details are fantastic at that scale.

[popeye the sailor]

such amazing progress.........one can see that you enjoy sculpting      very beautiful work......the stern is a work of art!   I'm sure there's more to be added.

[Piet]

Indeed very beautiful work Doris. I'm speechless.

 

Cheers,

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends, 
I am pleased you rate my work so nicely. Thank you very much for your praise. That is a great honour for me.

 

Hubac'sHistorian: Thank you for your recommendation for an interesting book and comment. Yes, I already know this book from Captain KL, who also recommended it on Czech Modelforum:
http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=255#p2091317

 

There is also a beautiful video with 3D reconstruction of the HMS Anne:

 

Well, the stern section on my model is not finished yet and there are no reinforcement inside the hull and stern section. The quarter and poop deck are also only free laid at this time. After finishing the shape/arc in the upper part of stern will be improved to the real appearance.

Your observation is really great and thank you for the notice.

 

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Oh yes, I like sculpting and making high level of details as possible.....

 

Now I had more free time, so I created other decoration on the stern section. 

 

There are already more than fifty pieces of decoration  (mainly caryatideson) on  the model. I suppose, I will need more than 1000 pieces for this ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DORIS]

I also decided to make another modification, because I was not satisfied with a design of leadlights at all. They did not correspond to reality and there were also significant mistakes with axial symmetry. All these leadlights were carefully removed and replaced by new ones. I followed expert advice by Captain KL (Kpt.KL) who helps me to move the model to greater historical accuracy. You can find his comments and very useful information on Czech Modelforum:
http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=345#p2100497

http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=345#p2100586

 

 

 

 

Edited April 3, 2018 by DORIS

[DORIS]

Other pics with new leadlights:

 

[DORIS]

And here is the model placed among my other card sailing ships. Probably the Royal Katherine will be exposed together with my currently best card model  - Sovereign of the Seas. 

 

I love this room in our house; we call it a "harbor", cause you can see more than 40 ship models there.

http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=114818&start=75#p2074117

 

Enjoy the pics.

 

Best regards,

Doris

 

Edited April 3, 2018 by DORIS

[Amalio]

I surrender at your feet, Doris.
It is something impressive

[Mirabell61]

Fantastic Doris,

 

40 ships !..... how do you keep the dust off ?

 

Nils

[John Allen]

Doris,

Carvings are exceptional what material do use wood, clay, wood composite.

 

Thanks

[druxey]

I did actually notice the original leaded lights were not quite right, but decided not to mention it. I'm so glad someone else did and that the new ones are so much better! Nicely re-done, Doris.

[amateur]

Hi Doris,

 

That was very a good change you made!

The new windows do look far better than the old ones.

 

Jan

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends,
thank you very much for your comments and praise. I do appreciate it a lot.

 

On 3. 4. 2018 at 9:19 AM, montañes said:

I surrender at your feet, Doris.
It is something impressive

I also admire your work, Amalio, it's amazing and I find there a great inspiration. Thank you.

 

On 3. 4. 2018 at 9:58 AM, Mirabell61 said:

Fantastic Doris,

 

40 ships !..... how do you keep the dust off ?

 

Nils

 

Well, people often ask me about this......  In fact, there is not a problem with dust in this room, cause there is limited movement of persons - we usually sit in the armchairs, listen to music and enjoy the beauty of the ships.... Some of them are illuminated which creates a special atmosphere in the dark. Only once in a few years I pull the models out and gently clean them using a soft brush...

 

On 3. 4. 2018 at 12:26 PM, John Allen said:

Doris,

Carvings are exceptional what material do use wood, clay, wood composite.

 

Thanks

The carvings are made of clay/mass and after finishing are baked in oven.
A lot of information is available also in my older build log - Royal Caroline or here:

 

http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=183&t=85813

 

On 3. 4. 2018 at 3:13 PM, druxey said:

I did actually notice the original leaded lights were not quite right, but decided not to mention it. I'm so glad someone else did and that the new ones are so much better! Nicely re-done, Doris.

I do appreciate when people point out the mistakes in my work. I show my work publicly because I'm interested in people's opinions and have no problem with constructive criticism. So do not hesitate and please tell me, if you notice some mistakes. I would like to improve my work and create more realistic models. I am also interested about infromation about real ships. I enjoy making models as well as education.

 

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The leaded lights are completely replaced, here you can see original ones which remained after the repairs:

[DORIS]

Yesterday I created other pieces of decoration on stern according to a model of Saint Michael (1669).

http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/65963.html

The sculptures are more detailed in comparison with decoration on my older ship models.

 

 

[DORIS]

On 3. 4. 2018 at 4:48 PM, amateur said:

Hi Doris,

 

That was very a good change you made!

The new windows do look far better than the old ones.

 

Jan

 

Thank you, Jan, I am also glad, I decided to change them. Nobody is perfect, but I try to do things better if possible.

[druxey]

Those term sculptures are beautiful!

[michael mott]

Good morning Doris, reviewing your model is a great way to be inspired at the beginning of my day. Your attitude about replacing parts that can be improved is exemplary, great work replaced by excellent work, because you know it can be improved after receiving more knowledge.

You do set a very high bar indeed.

 

Michael

[SJSoane]

I will add to the other comments the same compliment: those sculptures are beautifully done!

 

Mark

[popeye the sailor]

always amazed with the modeling you do....     your sculpting is so perfect!

[DORIS]

Hello dear friends,

 

I am pleased, you like my sculpting and work on the Royal Katherine. Thank you very much for your comments and kind words.

 

On 5. 4. 2018 at 3:14 PM, michael mott said:

Good morning Doris, reviewing your model is a great way to be inspired at the beginning of my day. Your attitude about replacing parts that can be improved is exemplary, great work replaced by excellent work, because you know it can be improved after receiving more knowledge.

You do set a very high bar indeed.

 

Michael

 

Dear Michael, 

I do appreciate your praise, thank you.

The possibility of improvement is very important for me in my life and also in my hobbies. It is a great motivation to search better technologies and progresses or utilization of various methods from other fields. For example I do the "detailing" for many years - this represents a high level of precise care of real cars (especially their paint/varnish) and I use my own technology = a special waxes prepared exactly according to the type and condition of the paint. This allows me to achieve perfect  and durable results in a gentle way, and it si also environmentally friendly, cause I can use only clean water without a shampoo to wash the car. And these waxes I use on my models as well to achieve better finish and more realistic look. For example the wooden part of hull planking on the Royal Katherine model was gently polished by such wax and thanks to that the wooden imitation looks so naturally.

Even while building models, I'm still learning and improving my abilities to make the results worth it.

 

I have finished other pieces of decoration on the stern and QG on starboard. Now I am searching for an optimal location of the decks and floors on stern cabins. I would like to make it according to real English ships from that period but I must admit this is not easy at all.....  I have already received a lot of useful and professional  infromation about this matter from my advisor Kpt.KL. He also describes the position of decks on real 17th-century ships on Czech Modelforum, cause many people there are very interested in realistic building of ship models as well.

 

https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=177&t=110763&start=375#p2104504

 

 

 

 

[DORIS]

Current status

Have a great time and enjoy the pics.

Edited April 16, 2018 by DORIS

[albert]

Fantastic work Doris, bravissima.

[archjofo]

Hello Doris,
the tiny sculptures are gorgeous.
The way you make them is unique and very artful.
I am deeply impressed.

[Amalio]

It is very difficult to get a stern with so many golds to have such an elegant result.
Perfect Doris