Zitat von DORIS im Beitrag #64Thank you very much for your kind words and compliments, that is a great honour for me and appreciate a lot your support.
I think I'll turn on the Press Gang. The crew is urgently required on my Royal Caroline. What was the address again ....... The Press Gang finally needs a target port
Very very good
Grüße
Robert
Und wenn mich dann die Arbeitswut packt,....setze ich mich ganz still in eine Ecke und warte bis der Anfall vorüber ist.
In der Werft: Knochenmodell "Royal Caroline" 1749 M 1: 50 Spantmodell Engl. 74 Kanonenschiff 1781 M 1: 50 nach M. Stalkartt
It's simply stunning work, don't know what can I add to former comments. Have followed you build on MSW since it's begin, and now enjoying them here. WOW!
I don't know the the right words to describe this wonderful and fantastic work!!! I enjoy it so much
Regards Joachim
Schöne Grüße Joachim
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Dear friends, thank you for all your comments, your words mean a lot for me and are most appreciated. I also thank you very much for the great inspiration that you bring in your building logs/threads, I browse the pics and tutorials with a pleasure and can learn new things.
The work on Caroline continued with main cabin, where I finished all side windows. Glass sheets are made of a clear DVD or CD pad. Window frames are made of paper and glued precisely on both sides of the glass (the glass is put without bonding).
I have started with interior of main cabin, I made a base of wall panels (combination of paper and wooden look foils). Soon I am going to start with decoration of the hull, so there are added roofs above quarter galleries.
The work continues with decoration in the main cabin and preparation the hull for decoration/sculpting. There is added first decorative strip made of modeling clay and wooden hems.
Assembling the window frames and decorative strips
Now the hull is ready for sculpting and I have to say, that I am looking forward to this phase from the beginning of the build. That is the main reason, why I have choosen Royal Caroline yacht.
I have just begun to work on the decoration, shape the strips from modeling clay (so far only for the port) and also improve some details at the model to reach more authentic look of the original. To convert 2D images into 3D model decorations and sculptures I will proceed according to various materials and pics, for example according to the Dutch yacht Utrecht:
Technology how to make these moldings from modeling clay
Preparation - first I make a thin roller. The best tool for this job is a finger and smooth paper, it is necessary to roll modeling clay very gently .... Thickness of this roller is approximately 1.5 mm for these ornaments.
Carefully transfer onto the wax paper, where the roller remains stick.
Immediately it starts making patterns, I use various tools (tweezers, pens, micro pencil ets.), until the modeling clay is soft and shapeable.
The edges should be slightly flattened - flat surface of tweezers usually helps:
And further pattern, this time using the tip of pencil:
Finished, now the decorations go to the oven...
It is very important to keep tools as cool as possible, otherwise the modeling clay is sticky to them. I let the tools soaked in ice water all the time.
Here you can see tutorial, how I created the decoration beside the windows:
Everything is assembled from thin rollers. The modeling clay was rolled again by my finger on a smooth paper.
I used tweezers to shape bottom side of the ornament. After that the modeling clay was gently transferred onto wax paper where I continued to shape the ornament. I shaped top of the ornament again using the tweezers and prepared another roller - much thinner than the original. I carefully glued it into place with tweezers and remove overlaps. Bonding areas were smoothed by a tip of pen. On all these ornaments are added tiny beads, which I shaped between my fingers (size of the beads is from 0.5 to 1.5 mm). Using tweezers I placed them onto ornament and slightly improved their shape.
All 12 ornaments completed and ready for baking:
After baking the ornaments were gilded, and later placed into model and improved by patina.
how cool ist that.............stick the Tools in Icewater
Hello dear Robert, oh yes, I dip the tools in a very cold water to shape the clay well. It is easier to make these decoration during winter. Best regards Doris