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| Slobodan |
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  Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | Before starting a new model, I decided to make a complete remake of my very first model which I have built as 13y old kid. After 47 years on the shelf several apartment moving, weathering, dust, and years of service heavily damaged the precious old model of Ragusian Nave (15th century Ragusian carrack) in 1:100 scale Pieces are broken and lost, all the rigging started to falling apart due to the thread and ropes rotting, paint here and there falls off etc etc. The old beauty is worn - torn retired ship. Now I am going to completely restore and re-make it to bring him an old glory. What is interesting for this model- almost half a century ago, when I was a kid, there were no sophisticated tools to make it, no kit completes, no shops where you could buy materials, parts, there were nothing. I built it as a kid from the piece of solid wood, cut of out of the log, using knife, ax, a few chisels, hand saw, razor blades, hand operated manual drill, and a hand scroll saw. Plans... - I got a few photocopies of hand-drawn sketches with very partial measures and not much details... and of course no descriptions nor instructions.             | ||
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| Slobodan |
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | Process of restoring / reconstruction slowly advancing. Since it was an old solid hull model I made cut-outs in the solid wood to create false quarterdeck and false bow castle decks so the windows could be not a simulation but really openings to the "inside" All decks are done masts were made new ( old one suffered some cracks) and started to build grid-like stern castle bulwarks and rails. I am using walnut veneer (these ships in Ragusa at that time were made mostly from oak, walnut and beech wood. Therefore the "dark" look of these carracks come from.      | ||
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| Slobodan |
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | Restoration of the old model continues. walnut planking finished, hull "tared" below the waterline, decks are finished (except bow castle deck)       | ||
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| NovaStorm |
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 Registered Member #5618 Joined: Sat Sep 22 2018, 02:33pmPosts: 492 | Your doing a stellar job! | ||
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| jacknastyface2 |
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 Registered Member #5239 Joined: Sat Apr 21 2018, 05:29pmPosts: 823 | Slobodan, I think you had some salt water in your veins if you did that nave at the age of 13. I remember seeing many a model similar to that when growing up----let's see---when would that be----forget it ---years ago! You have a flair for restoring. Well done. Keith. | ||
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| aew |
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Arthur  Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 3019 | I'm with Keith, that was quite an achievement for a 13 year old! Nothing I did at that age has survived! (Probably just as well.) | ||
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| Slobodan |
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | Thank you guys, I really appreciate your comments | ||
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| Registered Member #4425 Joined: Wed May 07 2014, 03:37pmPosts: 344 | Another set of photos showing the progress in restoration:                | ||
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| ToddM |
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 Registered Member #4538 Joined: Wed Dec 10 2014, 05:47pmPosts: 244 | I love what you are doing to restore this old model and I am sure it is bringing you lots of good memories fro when you were a kid. I have an old model I did about 20 years ago that I am thinking of reworking too. Your rework looks great and I have to say that I loved the look of your model before the rework too. It was very whimsical looking and the sails were amazing. Todd | ||
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