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« Reply #325 on: April 04, 2012, 06:05:45 am » |
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How you make those beams look so convincingly rusty is beyond me...watching this whole project unfold is amazing.
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“Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself."
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« Reply #326 on: April 04, 2012, 09:16:46 pm » |
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Thank you for the compliments my friends. Last night I sat down at the computer to post more progress pictures. At that moment I got a call from my daughter. She was at the hospital and ready to deliver my third grandchild. So off to the hospital to see my brand new granddaughter. Wonderful !! Now back to our regularly scheduled program. Yesterdays progress. I painted the inside of the main hatch acrylic metallic copper. This is the base color.  Then I added some enamel metallic copper.  Then I added the brown and patina. Before I post the pictures, let me say I had some reservations about the inside wall color. I originally wanted to paint the inside walls as aged copper with corrosion. But I decided against it because that would have made the inside of the room very dark. After finishing the door I thought it looked so cool that I again thought I should have done the walls in corroded copper. But oh well, I still think it would have been too dark. Here is the results of the weathering on the inside of the hatch.        |
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Gadgeteer, Contraptionist, and Inventor, FVSS
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Master Tinkerer
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Herr Döktor, and friend.
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« Reply #327 on: April 04, 2012, 09:19:24 pm » |
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Excellent weathering! And congratulations to you and your family, clearly making things runs down the generations!  |
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Capt. H. Viscount
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Oooh, that's grand that is...what is it?
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« Reply #328 on: April 04, 2012, 10:18:40 pm » |
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OUCH!...Sorry, just hit my head whilst falling backward off my chair in sheer dumfoundedness!
Brilliantly excellent work sir, and many congratulations to you and your family!
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Well sir, if that's your attitude I'm not interested in your water tank!
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« Reply #329 on: April 05, 2012, 12:17:22 am » |
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Oh. My. Gawd! That is amazingly done sir! So ah....when will this unveiling party be!? |
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« Reply #330 on: April 05, 2012, 05:49:39 am » |
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Congratulations on your granddaughter.
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Capt. Dirigible
Rogue Ætherlord
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« Reply #331 on: April 05, 2012, 11:24:15 am » |
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That door paint job/weathering/aging is incredibly convincing. Hard to believe it's just a plain wooden door under all that!
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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi
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« Reply #332 on: April 05, 2012, 11:31:21 am » |
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Should I perchance win the National or European Lottery this weekend I'm of a mind to offer you a very well paid job overseeing the total transformation of my house in similar style. Or maybe one of the other houses I'll have. |
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« Reply #333 on: April 06, 2012, 12:17:57 am » |
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clearly making things runs down the generations! not to mention the bulkheads, hatches, pipes,etc. Look forward to the thread on the making of the crib - in the shape of a Kraken  |
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To quote Mister Williams
Honi soit qui
mal y pense,
Fait vos jeux,
reconnaissance,
Hammersmith Palais de Danse,
Badinage,
ma Crêpe Suzette.
Double entendre,
restaurant,
Jacques Cousteau,
Yves St Laurent,
Où est la plume de ma tante?
C'est la vie,
ma Crêpe Suzette.
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« Reply #334 on: April 06, 2012, 12:21:00 am » |
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clearly making things runs down the generations! not to mention the bulkheads, hatches, pipes,etc. Look forward to the thread on the making of the crib - in the shape of a Kraken Ooooh, a Kraken Krib! |
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« Reply #335 on: April 06, 2012, 01:05:12 am » |
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I think that I would be far too scared to come and visit you. That is such a worn-out room it might sink under my weight!!
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« Reply #337 on: April 06, 2012, 12:15:25 pm » |
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Glad to be a tiny part of such a magnificent project.
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« Reply #339 on: April 07, 2012, 09:03:47 am » |
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Mightily impressive. Have you decided what you are going to de with the floor yet?
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There is no such thing as useless knowledge, just dull ways to obtain it.
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« Reply #340 on: April 07, 2012, 12:40:31 pm » |
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Nice video. Really brings the whole room together. Fantastic!
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« Reply #341 on: April 07, 2012, 03:22:19 pm » |
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Mightily impressive. Have you decided what you are going to de with the floor yet?
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merely
Swab
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« Reply #342 on: April 07, 2012, 03:51:17 pm » |
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I have followed this project with interest - a charming and innovative one. May I just suggest that you consider videoing it at night? I am sure some are curious about how those wonderful caged lights look, and the transparent fish. The floor you propose will doubtless look wonderful.
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« Reply #343 on: April 07, 2012, 05:19:59 pm » |
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Thanks for the video. Awesome project!
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No, no no, a thousand times no. Its pronounced - lah-BOHR-ah-tor-ee
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« Reply #344 on: April 07, 2012, 08:06:51 pm » |
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Was that your little doggie left outside waiting to come in? Poor little chap.
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« Reply #345 on: April 07, 2012, 10:02:20 pm » |
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Was that your little doggie left outside waiting to come in? Poor little chap.
Yes, a Yorkshire Terrier. (I guess from Yorkshire England.. LOL) I did not want him following me around while I did the video. If you know the Yorkshire Terrier, you'll know that they must be in control of and a part of all activities that go on in the home. |
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« Reply #346 on: April 08, 2012, 02:01:28 am » |
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Superb - thanks for posting the link to the video. Really good to get a feel for the room. You have done a splendid job!
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« Reply #347 on: April 08, 2012, 04:10:42 am » |
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Brilliant walk around - it really let me get to grips with the way everything you've crafted fits together.
Absolutely brilliant - hats off to you sir.
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« Reply #348 on: April 08, 2012, 06:04:23 am » |
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Thank you so much for the compliments. It keeps me going. I'm getting close to the end of this project and I'm getting somewhat impatient. I want to see it done. Today I worked on a special detail that I am keeping a secret. It is a surprise for the end. Hey, I get to keep one suprise for the end don't I ? Here is a detail I added a few days ago. I found this old pressure gauge a few months ago in an antique store. It cost me $30. It's brass and it already had some real blue-green patina !!!   Here it is after I weathered the copper fittings.    |
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« Reply #349 on: April 08, 2012, 07:06:05 am » |
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Super video! Cute doggie too!
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