Cutty Sark by NenadM

[mtaylor]

Again : little children eat milk. Grown children eat your liver

 

I'll bet that our parents said that about us.    :D   So, did you roll over and go back to sleep or listen to Her Majesty calling you? 

[rfolsom]

Hmm, Yes, I didn't expect to see a post from you yet, as your time is 8 hours ahead of mine, and figured you were still sleeping....

 

Makes sense now...

 

Good Morning, BTW..

 

(Nenad says:  "Good Morning, my %$*&, Bob!")

[NenadM]

Good Morning Bob ( rest of message is written with hidden letters )

Edited July 24, 2014 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

I'll bet that our parents said that about us.    :D   So, did you roll over and go back to sleep or listen to Her Majesty calling you? 

 

Still watching Caps Lock signs above numbers on keyboard ... making my morning "nes coffee" ... and ... what else when whole house is sleeping like lambs ... start to work in office

Edited July 24, 2014 by Nenad M

[SawdustDave]

Just joining your build Nenad... Enjoying very much. However, your copper plated hull.... As good as it looks, I am having flashbacks to my own experiences with copper plating. I swore.... Never again! But now, years later, when I look at them, I am very pleased.

Nice work.

Dave

[NenadM]

Thank you for joining, Dave

 

I have just visited your web, and I am impressed !!!

 

Your tips, comments, suggestions and any of your experience you want to share are more than welcome !!!

 

Where were you when I started with my mess over a year ago ? Even it is my second wooden model, after pause of 30 years, I can say it is my first, and i think from time to time, too big bite ... but I love challenges and often tell myself two sentences in a row and with repeating in different combinations :  "You can do it !" ... "You idiot" ..."You idiot" ..."You idiot" ..."You can do it !" ... "You idiot" ... "You can do it !" ... "You idiot" ... "You idiot" ... etc etc

 

As you probably noticed in my log, I like to talk with me and myself ...

See you arround
 

[popeye the sailor]

for all the head banging Nenad, your doing a great job! I take solace in the fact, that so far, the only coppering I've had to do, has been painting detailed plastic

 

so.......did you take hothead to work?

[SawdustDave]

I think we have all been there, and yet, I also think that is the one common trait all "Modelers" share the most. Moments of complete frustration followed by renewed complete resolve. Walk away, think about it....think about it some more....then dive back in and give it another go.

In between all this, try to keep the Admiral happy, play a little golf with friends, sip a nice wine, and listen to some great music.

What more could an old man ask for?

Dave

[NenadM]

for all the head banging Nenad, your doing a great job! I take solace in the fact, that so far, the only coppering I've had to do, has been painting detailed plastic

 

so.......did you take hothead to work?

 

Thank you Denis.

 

No, I did not drive him (40 km from our home, on another side of Belgrade). Whole my/his life I learned him (or try to learn him) that he must eat alone whole soup he cook up. I may feel sorry for him, but this is his job, not mine, his earned money, not mine. Fortunately everything (exept my sleep) finished just fine, he call his boss and get day off, and call to continue working, so tomorow at 05:00 we will see what will happen

 

But, there is one life truth : when kids are in focus, never say "never". Parenthood is strange and wired thing in our lifes, and sometimes we all do things we never think that we will do ...

 

 

I think we have all been there, and yet, I also think that is the one common trait all "Modelers" share the most. Moments of complete frustration followed by renewed complete resolve. Walk away, think about it....think about it some more....then dive back in and give it another go.

In between all this, try to keep the Admiral happy, play a little golf with friends, sip a nice wine, and listen to some great music.

What more could an old man ask for?

Dave

 

You are right, Dave. This is really great hobby ( if we do not end up to Shipacholic state and place).

 

As a colaterall of earlier sport life, I drink alcohol very rarley, rather nescofiee. There are many funny events about that ... This evening after long working day ( started by wellknown reason at 06:00 ended at 18:00) I made my nes, activated Bramss first clavir concerto in D, and continued installing last made reserves of plates. And little more progress was done. And Admiral was happy when I joined her in front of TV ( with laptop on my knees   )

 

 

Next job is to make another set of 200-400-600 plates to continue torture

Edited July 24, 2014 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

3 long hours Mr.C.Chaplin ("Modern Times" ) was doing idiotic without brain job making next 1000 plates ...

 

Edited July 25, 2014 by Nenad M

[rfolsom]

Admiral broght by sunflower seeds..Can't do any work.   Egads

[SawdustDave]

But think about the positive side Nenad. You can rest well at night with the assurance that your Cutty Sark hull will be forever safe from sea worms.

Work on my friend.

Dave

[NenadM]

 ,,, You can rest well at night ...

 

After 500-700 plates glued, I think I shall dream about plates plates plates ...  ( Today Admiral told something about painting rooms ... I didn`t hear that ...    ... but my first association was ... plating rooms with something riveted ...)

 

Here is present stage of plating. I think one or two days to the end

 

[SawdustDave]

We've seen a lot of copper plated hulls....even attempted a few myself. This is a very good one mate.

Dave

[NenadM]

Thank you, Dave, your support is important to me. I see/know where I made mistakes, but I think them will not be visible without magnifier and myself to point on them

[NenadM]

To add something. Considering future dimensions and looking of plates, I noticed, particulary if I wanted them to be visible with also visible rivets, that I had to enlarge them a little bit, and try to make "soft" little rivets, hardly visible from distance. In that stage I decided to leave a bit "scale approach" , and then rise question of measure and taste. Major task: lines, separated plates, rivets to be present, but only as "underline", not dominate.

I think I succeed

I do not know am I described this clear to understand, but I am writing on cellphone without Google Translate tool, and my English is ... Tarzan English

Edited July 28, 2014 by Nenad M

[dgbot]

You did a splendid job Nenad.  As far as I am concerned.

David B

[mtaylor]

I agree with the others... splendid job.  And your Tarzan English is excellent. 

[Piet]

Hot diggedy chetah Nenad, or should I call you Tarzal Nenad  .  Your plating is looking really nice.

 

Cheers,

[mtaylor]

Hot diggedy chetah Nenad, or should I call you Tarzal Nenad  .  Your plating is looking really nice.

 

Cheers,

 

I'm waiting for that famous yell as he swings from tree to tree on a vine.

[rfolsom]

I'm sure the yell will be heard across Belgrade when plating is done....

 

Fabulous work, Nenad!

 

~Bob

[juleslucas]

This looks amazing, also super quick comparing with your pre-calculation.

 

Congrats.

 

Gyula

[NenadM]

How Tarzan got his yell ?

 

Try Google

Edited July 29, 2014 by Nenad M

[NenadM]

BTW, thinking about further scroll works on stern and bow, and analyzing pictures, C-plans etc etc, I concluded that I must learn how to use Photoshop or Corel or something similar to make drawings with layers ... MSWord is not adequate for this ... Years and years I run of this, but it seems time has come to learn something new ... 

 

I am not computer idiot, (started long ago with ZX Spectrum and MS Works), but until now I just go around it, if it is possible ... and without precise drawing on 1mm millimeter network on first layer, pictures on second, it seem not to be done precise ...

[NenadM]

And this will be Mission impossible !!!! I think Even Mr. Cruise could not help

 

Look at next picture. Picture talk alone

 

Question for all : How to do that not to seem as yellow spot (stain, blot, fleck, smudge -whatever) 

 

Any idea ???

 

[dgbot]

We have faith in you Nenad.  You have proven you can work magic.

David B

Edited July 28, 2014 by dgbot

[NenadM]

Actualy, David, reading your post, I remembered your card work and cutting details smaller than 1mm, and idea comes ... So, even copy paper has some thickness enough to seem as 3D, maybe this is solution: Laser print on paper, cut under magnifier, paint under magnifier and glue on place, them fix paint on whole glued drawing under magnifier

Some tests has to be done

Edited July 28, 2014 by Nenad M

[mtaylor]

You might have a look at Chuck's longboat, etc. kit builds.  The friezes are printed on paper, then cut out and glued on.  At your scale, I think this might work very well.

[dgbot]

Nenad, in doing miniatures I have seen modelers use paper to simulate many things depending on the papers thickness.  Including plating, and several metal parts. It seems like a good idea.  It cannot hurt to experiment a little.

David B

[NenadM]

Thx, friends. I ll sure do that

 

I just did ... Chuk`s work always leave me without any text ...

 

This is something I must thik about ... and try ... and experiment ... when time comes

 

Just have looked "Maleficent" ... and Tarzan scream is delayed for a while

Edited July 28, 2014 by Nenad M