Cutty Sark by Nenad

[Sailor1234567890]

Looking good Nenad.

[NenadM]

Thank you Sailor. I'm still here, but this days I had not time for Her ... room painting, traveling to see Hothead, fight with seek cat and vet, some meetings, help some friends, usual family stuff, and when evening comes I am or tired or doing something else. I hope next week will come in regular way

Attorney strike still lasts, last money almost disappear ... Alternative resources slowly get in focus ...

Edited December 17, 2014 by Nenad M

[rfolsom]

Well understood, My Friend;  I just walked by my CS tonight, she's sitting proudly, and started wiping the dust off of her deck.  It's too late at night to start working on her right now, but hopefully tomorrow and can get going and back into the game.

 

By the way, You know I have other builds, but I haven't been working on them either. 

 

The Cutty is still my Main Build.

 

As always, congrats to Princess and Hothead, and I hope everything will turn out to your advantage with the strike, and best wishes to you and your family..

 

Bob

Edited December 14, 2014 by rfolsom

[NenadM]

Ten days out from shipyard, it is time to continue ...

Not jet, it seems .... Main working light from shipyard is still in Hothead's room where Admiral spread her artistic ideas on walls (my job was to prepare, line up, and level wall surfaces, her is the rest) ... so there is opportunity to watch old Pink Floyd concerts on Youtube, or "Hannibal Lecter", or something, hardly waiting to come back to painting hull. Must bye one 200W bulb for shipyard

Bob, I am carefully and regulary with inpatience following all your three builds, collecting ideas and inspiration, admiring to your precise work

Edited December 17, 2014 by Nenad M

[keelhauled]

Nenad,

 

I love keeping up with your build and your creativity.

Hope the strike ends soon.  I know it will cut into your ship building time, but I am sure that it causes unnecessary stress for you.

 

I wish all the best for you and your family for the holiday!

 

Marc 

[NenadM]

Nenad,

 

I love keeping up with your build and your creativity.

Hope the strike ends soon. I know it will cut into your ship building time, but I am sure that it causes unnecessary stress for you.

 

I wish all the best for you and your family for the holiday!

 

Marc

 

Thank you Marc for your suppoting and nice words.

 

I think on weekend chaos with Hothead's room will finaly go to end, and I can return to Her. I hope strike ends soon, too, but this will not affect to my hobby. I wish this situation, but that wish is not real. More poor clients than before = less job for attorney ... but there were hard times couple of times in years ago ( wars, hiperinflation, bombing 1999) and we survived. We will jump over thic crises again, I hope. This will be hard and slow ...

 

So, main attack to my free time this days is Admiral's full head of ideas what I can/have to/could do. I understand Her, it is not easy, after 30 years of working in full speed, to do - nothing - except everyday home little jobs. Booring and meaningless way of life for two hiperactive people. That is hardest part. Money problems are present, but this is main problem. In period of life when you are in full strenght and when your expert knowlidge and working potencials are on top, your day pass in waiting for something to happen. Nobody who is with his head, do not repaint rooms in winter, on december !!! But we MUST do something.

 

And my poor CS is colateral damage

 

It will be better. It has to be better !!!!

 

I wish to you and your family and to all followers of my log all the best for hollidays

Edited December 23, 2014 by Nenad M

[rfolsom]

Family first, my Friend; and a break from the build; and your break from the build coupled with your career pressures will be just what the doctor ordered.

 

My Best Wishes to You, and All of Yours,  Always..

 

Your Friend;

 

~Bob

[NenadM]

Back to work again, continuing with make-up

I realized that, in some way, I have to pass both longitude sides twice, to correctly paint up and down edge of every strip/molding

And here arise something what told me that make-up can not be finished until I do some deck works first. Considering to photos, teak color of dead-eye and nail holders, wooden surrounding of white panels and main rail is - exactly the same. And also both rounded longitudinal rails. Not to forget inside of fore and aft deck

So, make-up will be focused to black surface, white square rail and final look of stern decoration, then I have to jump on deck first to fight with holders, and to come back to rounded rails when start finishing holders, white panels and main rail

In mean time, to fight with stern decoration (little more yellow tone ?)

And here is Her tonight look

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

On this FB page appears some old photos of Her I didn't have seen before (Ferriera time)

Pay attention to stern - there is no decoration at all, only name of ship

https://m.facebook.com/cutty.sark.replica

Edited December 23, 2014 by Nenad M

[CaptainSteve]

There is an English word to describe Her look tonight, Nenad ...

That word is BODACIOUS !!!

 

(It means better than great)

 

Very nice work, indeed !!

 

[mtaylor]

What CaptainSteve said.  I couldn't have said it better.

[rfolsom]

Good to see your work on Her again;  I'll have to get started back with the rails;  also, I need to affix the freeing port lids..

 

Your work is excellent.

 

~Bob

[NenadM]

Make-up of right side of Her started tonight after pretty zig-zaging day going here and there doing this and that, what all at the evening you just can not remember ... day passed, evening comes, peace felt down to all, and I continue to work.

She was silent, carefully watching what I did



Hour and a half ... enough for today ... I discovered that thin paintbrushes with acrylic paints have very short lifetime

Look at this:



This little curve on same top of paintbrush makes huge problems during work !!!! Straight look of painted line sometimes depends of 1/4 mm ... this curve gives to brush it's own will, to leave paint on places where brush wants, not on places where I want !!!

I gave up using cheap Chinese brushes long time ago, and by them in specialized artist shops, paying a lot, because I noticed this earlier. Usually and often I really take proper care of all my brushes of any kind, wash them often during work and dry them, change water often, clean cloth is always on my knee to be close, pick up paint only with top of brush, do not let paint to dry on brush in anyway, but, after couple of months using them, this just happened. I think during painting I spent more time in preparing drop of paint and cleaning brush than in direct painting

Reason - unknown. I suppose there is some chemistry in acrylic which reacts with natural hairs from paintbrush, and hairs curved by time. If you look carefully on second picture, you can notice a pair of hairs which just start going somewhere

What to do? Any "sharping" or cutting hairs on that dimensions, simply do not work, and things become even worst. I tried this, and only result is - bluffly brush, complete unusable.

Just I have to bye a new one

Edited December 23, 2014 by Nenad M

[Lou van Wijhe]

Nenad,

 

Part of your brush problem may be caused by the fast drying time of acrylic paints. You might try using an acrylic drying retarder, ask your art-shop (or mix it yourself...).

 

I admire your work!

 

Happy New Year,

Lou

[klimi]

Nice sheating done, i had a lot work on house, where i removed. I really like your interval of uploading comets and photos especialy

[NenadM]

Tonight I put all Pink Floyd albums (I have them all) to re-listen on phone, and continue with make-up

No pictures today

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

@Lou

Thank for nice words. I can not wait for your progress !

@Pavel

Wish you to have more time for your build. And more time for MSW

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

Make-up continues, slowly and carefull

Main works on make-up finished, little but significant corrections stil stayed to be done



Little details to shape. It seems as never ending story. Correct one point, mess another, fix it but mess third ...

Before



And after



I added a bit more yellow tone to the gold color on stern decoration, and it looks much better

Slowly going to the end of this stage

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[keelhauled]

Nenad,

 

As to your brush problems-

The acrylic additive helps.  But I've found Kolinsky Sable to be the best answer.  I use these in my part-time profession, when I'm painting commissioned oil portraits.  I use these brushes to paint the eyes, nose and mouth.  Although I use these brushes for oil painting, they work fine with acrylics. Just make sure that you don't paint for more than a few minutes with the acrylics before rinsing the brush.  Also never dip more than the tip into the paint (very important). The fibers are from the tip of the weasel's tail and naturally all curve towards each other forming a sharp tip.  The finest brushes come from Russia.  They are very expensive in the US, but worth the price if you really need a brush that stays sharp and doesn't have brush lines.

 

Also Never, Never, cut natural brush hairs.  Each hair comes to a microscopic point which allows them to form a point in unison. If you trim the brush they will never come to that point again.  If you have issues, clean the brush thoroughly with soapy water, by placing the soap in the palm of your hand with water flowing over the soap and move the brush over the soap like if it were paint and you were trying to load your brush.  Then remove the soap and move the brush over the palm of your hand as if you were trying to paint it.  Do this many times.  Whatever you do, don't hold the brush upside down and squirt water into it - this drives wet paint up into the barrel of the brush and ruins it as well as weakens the glue and swells the wood handle.  After the brush is clean you can put baby oil in the palm of your hand and allow the brush to soak it up.  This will help if your brush needs natural oils back into the   bristles (you can also use hair conditioner).  This method will also work with dried paint on the brush.  I've recovered paint brushes with both dried oil and acrylic paints.

 

Marc

[GLakie]

Been quietly watching from the side-lines Nenad, if you don't mind. The Cutty Sark was my first sailing ship model, and even though it was just the Revell plastic kit, at 3 feet long, she was a thing of beauty when done, complete with sails. Yours is going to be even more beautiful being built of wood. I'm enjoying watching her progress, so keep up the great work. 

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas 

[NenadM]

Thank you Marc, very helpful

Unfortunately, most of this I learned in harder way, because before CS I never worked with acrylic.

Now, I wash and clean brush every minute, use only tip of color on very top of brush, and at the moment when prepared acrylic on plate start to dry, wash it and use fresh one.

As I am stubborn, couple of thin brushes stayed at night in water can vertical ( !?!?! #$$@$$$) and I have learned my lesson

BTW, a boy with pink bike is home for winter vacation to prepare his exams in next 7-10 says, over winter holidays when university is not working. So, home is full

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

Been quietly watching from the side-lines Nenad, if you don't mind. The Cutty Sark was my first sailing ship model, and even though it was just the Revell plastic kit, at 3 feet long, she was a thing of beauty when done, complete with sails. Yours is going to be even more beautiful being built of wood. I'm enjoying watching her progress, so keep up the great work.

 

 

 

Cheers and Merry Christmas

 

Hey George, big hello and wellcome to theatre, to my comedy mixed with tragedy and exciteing episodes

 

Yes, She is something the most beautifull what, in my oppinion, ever appeared on sea surface. There are not (known by me) pictures of Her with stunt sails spreades, but ... I can imagine ... woow ... what a appearance !!!!

 

And that is my idea - whole sails spreaded

 

I have seen one Revel unfinished model, and noticed hudge problem with thin and fragile mast and spars. A bit more fastened rope than it have to be = breakage !!! How do you resolved this?

 

I expect similar problem with wood, and I am little scary about that, even I am far away from that stage

 

Thank you for your nice words and support

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[GLakie]

Hi Nenad:

 

What I found with those plastic masts and spars was needed a very carefully balancing act when it came to tensioning the rigging lines because of the fragile nature of the plastic. I spent well over a year and more than just a few repairs to spars and bowsprit before success. And even then, having to paint watered-down PVA on the lines to shrink them in places. Only took 4 months to assemble her, and all the rest of the time was rigging. Wood will be much easier to rig since there is a little less flexibility. All I could find as far as pictures of her under sail with the stunsl's  was a painting, but I got one of her as she sits now with sails furled also.

 

Cheers 

 

[edmay]

Hello Nenad,Tis time to fill the house with family,happy holidays, good wishes to your son on upcoming exams,I raise my glass to you all,Cheers, Edwin

[NenadM]

Thank you George, isn't She a real beauty ? /without a beast /

Thank you very much, Edwin, this is exactly idea for next few days. I am raising a glass of Shumadia tea to you too !!!!

Working on a model ... not mine ... helping Hothead with his card model of cubistic building for his exam - invent, draw in CAD and make it by cards ... not nnecessary he is doing fine, but nice evening to talk about everything (with Shumadia tea).I show him some brilliant card models from MSW (Doris, Dgbot etc) and (..he he..) told him he has a chance to be good ship modeler ... he said : "Dad, I am not crazy enough as you are ... Do what I have to, and that is it. You work two years and do almost nothing ..."

What to say ? He will grow one day ... and maybe discover dark side. His will, his happiness his decision, I respect that

Her Majesty is jealous ....

Outside first weak snow this year with red meteo alarm ? Quite, peace, only -1℃ without wind. Why ?

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[popeye the sailor]

glad to hear you got to spend the Holiday with your whole family.........kids can make you shake your head at times,  but they are always at an arms embrace    I have in my hallway......the second Revell Cutty I've built.   she waits for me.......a survivor of a move across the city, for me to repair her rigging and add the rest of it.   like the first one I did,  I will add the studding sails,  and make her just as grand as the first one.   I plan to do the same with the United States.........they add so much more 'body' to the ship.

 

the weight of plastic sails is really no different that cloth ones {plastic kit as opposed to a wood build}.   I think wood is a bit more sturdy that plastic though.......I think the yards will hold up better.  as long as the rigging is kept as close to 'zero' as possible,  you should have little trouble.     35 sails Nenad..........think of the fun you will have!   

[NenadM]

.... I have in my hallway......the second Revell Cutty I've built.   she waits for me.......

 

 

Ha, Denis, it seems that building of Cutty Sark is contagious

 

Happy hollidays, my friend

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[popeye the sailor]

the kit can still be found.......even though it's been out of production fore some time now.  I think Revell is missing the boat for not producing that series of kits.   there were several in the series,  all at 1:96 scale.  only the Connie,   is the only one produced at this time.

[NenadM]

Denis, it seems you try to member me in your multi-building club !!!

I'll be honored, but ... if I can return 35-40 years ago in time, when I tried myself in plastic kits, and if on that time in Former Yugoslavia you can bye/order/import anything across border, then could be great chances to know about Revel and their kits and there could probaly be greater chance to find and make this challenge build of CS. Unfortunately, my today building seem to me to be large enough to start another ... "Only" 9 years to retirement (if attorneys ever retire ?) And then ... who knows ?

Edited January 13, 2015 by Nenad M

[popeye the sailor]

Heaven forbid!!!!!!!!!   I would never wish my affliction on anyone         I'm an undeniable certifiable