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Posted

Hurrah Doris, great to see you and your fabulous models back again. Your handling of colours when weathering or producing the right tone is that of a first class artist.

Ian M.

 

Current build: HMS Unicorn  (1748) - Corel Kit

 

Advice from my Grandfather to me. The only people who don't make mistakes are those who stand back and watch. The trick is not to repeat the error. 

Posted

yepper! no doubt about it........I REALLY need to rethink how I do my masts! beautiful work Doris.....each piece, so nicely done. truly wonderful work of art!

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted

Hello dear friends,
I am very honored and pleased, thank you warmly for all your posts and praise. That is a great motivation and a feedback to me, I will try to keep the level of my work to be worthy of your words. Let me express my gratitude to you all, dear friends, I appreciate your support a lot.

I also find here at MSW plenty of inspirational and outstanding work and enjoy watching, how you make your models. This also helps me to improve own work. I am still learning and try to make things better. Thank you very much for sharing.

 

  On 8/8/2014 at 8:21 AM, jct said:

outstanding...I too am glad to see you have returned, I have missed your updates on your Royal Caroline, may I ask how you got the flag to drape so naturally, is it paper as well?

J

 The flag is made of a very thin cloth - batiste. Before shaping I gently overspray both sides with flat clear varnish ( use Tamiya spray TS-80) and during drying I shape the flag by my hands and fingers. It is useful to use warm air, the shaping goes faster.

Doris

Current build:

HMS Royal Katherine 1664 from card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted
  On 8/8/2014 at 2:59 PM, Floyd Kershner said:

Doris!! You are back! You really should travel to Hawaii and see the Missouri in person. It is amazing to stand on her decks under those huge guns. But what is even better to me is your RC. Your seizings are perfect!

Oh yes, I can imagine it, Missouri is a majestic battleship. I wanted to try assemble some plastic ships from Tamiya, it was a good relaxation and something new and interesting for me. But I have to say, that sailing ships are at the first place for me.

 

And swimming with dolphins...? That was a wonderful experience, I love these beautiful and clever animals. But I would have one wish - swimming with the dolphins in the wild nature. I prefer freedom for animals.

 

Today I have finished other small handmade parts - cleats, pins and some details for rigging. Soon I am going to start with shrouds.

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Have a great time and enjoy the pics.

Kind regards,

Doris

Doris

Current build:

HMS Royal Katherine 1664 from card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted

Can I ask what wood you used for the belaying pins? And are they scratch. In other words did you make them or buy them?

Current Builds - 18th Century Longboat, MS Syren

Completed Builds - MS Bluenose, Panart BatteStation Cross section, Endevour J Boat Half Hull, Windego Half Hull, R/C T37 Breezing Along, R/C Victoria 32, SolCat 18

On the shelf - Panart San Felipe, Euromodel Ajax, C.Mamoli America, 

 

Its a sailor's Life for me! :10_1_10:

Posted

Thank you for your comments, dear friends!

 

  On 8/8/2014 at 6:41 PM, maurino said:

Hello Doris, great job, as always !!! I downloaded every single picture of your model, it is a veritable encyclopedia of ship modeling !!!
Mauro

That is a great honor for me, your words are much appreciated.

 

  On 8/8/2014 at 8:57 PM, Floyd Kershner said:

Can I ask what wood you used for the belaying pins? And are they scratch. In other words did you make them or buy them?

I made them from walnut wood. Here is a video, the pins are completely handmade:

Doris

Current build:

HMS Royal Katherine 1664 from card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted

Thanks for the tutorial Doris and here I thought these pins were made in one piece.  Hmmm, something to think about for when I have to make belaying pins for my VOC ship.  I'll have to try both ways and see which one works bet for me.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

Posted

It is great to see more updates of your fabulous work Doris :)  :) Your build serves as a reminder to me just how far I still have to go with my Royal Caroline before she is anyway near completion :huh:  :huh:

 

Kind Regards

 

Nigel

Currently working on Royal Caroline

Posted

Hello dear friends,

I feel so honored and pleased reading your posts. Thank you very much for you kind words and support, that is a great motivation for me and also a commitment to continue with my work as best as I can.

 

  On 8/8/2014 at 11:19 PM, Piet said:

Thanks for the tutorial Doris and here I thought these pins were made in one piece.  Hmmm, something to think about for when I have to make belaying pins for my VOC ship.  I'll have to try both ways and see which one works bet for me.

 

Cheers,

 Well, for me it is easier to make pins from two parts, cause I have no lathe or other suitable tools , that can facilitate the work. First I was a bit afraid of their strength, but it is O.K. After gluing into the plank the pins are very strong.

 

 

  On 8/9/2014 at 6:26 AM, Blue Ensign said:

It's always such a pleasure to see your updates Doris, and I love your little 'how to' videos.

 

B.E.

I am glad, you like it. In future I am going to make other videos "how to do" . I believe, this is a better than description using words.

 

 

 

Well dear friends, during this weekend I have decided to remake a grating on the bow, cause the first version did not match reality at all. I found a lot of perfect inspiration here at MSW, so I try to improved my model. Here are the pics from process:

 

This is a previous version (I have to say that I did not like it)... :(

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And this is a sketch of how I wanted to do:

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So I have started with disassembling, I use debonder and must be very careful and patient....

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And here you can see left side almost finished:

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Done:

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Doris

Current build:

HMS Royal Katherine 1664 from card

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I decided to add on the bow also the seats of ease, I found inspiration also here:

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As my opinion the bow grating looks better now. I know that the bars should be embedded into slots, but at this stage of progress with many delicate details around it was very difficult to remake the grating and make it accurate.

 

Best regards,

Doris

Doris

Current build:

HMS Royal Katherine 1664 from card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted

Beautiful rebuild on that grating, Doris.  I think it looks great.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

Doris,

Your Caroline is inspiring.

I want to linger, just a little while longer with your beautiful Caroline.......

Dee Dee

 

 

Current Build

 - Glad Tidings -MS  

Completed Builds

 - Dragon - Corel - One design International Class Yacht

 - Sloup Coquillier / Shell Fish Sloop - Corel - Based on 'Bergere de Domremy / Shepherdess from Domremy

 - Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack - Scratch build based on drawings from Chapelle's book "American Small Sailing Craft" 

On the Shelf

 - Gretel-Mamoli     - Emma C. Berry-MS    - Chesapeake Bay Pilot Boat, Semi-scratch 

 

 

Find yourself hoping you never reach your destination

 

Posted

I would never have been able to tell that you reworked the bow grating Doris, a great testament to your skill and attention to detail is evident in the final result.

 

michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

Anything you can imagine is possible, when you put your mind to it.

Posted
Posted

such a tight space........amazing the way you redid it :) very nicely done!

I yam wot I yam!

finished builds:
Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue
Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions
M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller
Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build

Billing T78 Norden

 

in dry dock:
Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20
Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required
Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400
Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch

Posted

I just found this log & I am absolutely AMAZED! I keep looking back over & over! I have never built from stock but this really makes me want to try. Incredibly beautiful detail!

Jesse Lee

 Current build: Syren : Kit- Model Shipways

 

Side project: HMS Bounty - Revel -(plastic)

On hold: Pre-owned, unfinished Mayflower (wood)

 

Past builds: Scottish Maid - AL- 1:50, USS North Carolina Battleship -1/350  (plastic),   Andromede - Dikar (wood),   Yatch Atlantic - 14" (wood),   Pirate Ship - 1:72 (plastic),   Custom built wood Brig from scratch - ?(3/4" =1'),   4 small scratch builds (wood),   Vietnamese fishing boat (wood)   & a Ship in a bottle

 

 

 

 

 

Posted

Hello dear friends,

thank you warmly for your comments and kind words, I am very pleased and honored reading all the posts you wrote to me. That is a great motivation and feedback for my work.

 

This week I have started to make shrouds, all ropes are hand plaited on ropewalk and I try to make the rigging in a better way and more realistic than on my previous models.
All the ropes are also improved by weathering and impregnated.
Here you can see the result:

 

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Best regards

Doris

Doris

Current build:

HMS Royal Katherine 1664 from card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted

Wow! What an enjoyable time i have had reading your modelling masterclass. Half my time was spent staring in awe as the build progressed the rest was spent giggling with delight. You are such an incredibly talented craftswoman Doris. I bow to you.

Tony

Regards, Algie

 

AKA Tony

Posted

Jealousy, envy, ego breaking need I continue?  Your work is superb.  One of these days I hope to be in the same class.  If you were in the states and could come to WI  you would win best of show, modelers choice, and judges choice.  What more can I say?

David B

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