Battle starship

Some times you have to let things 'cook'. Work on other projects and come back to it at a later time. By then you mind will have worked out what to do and see things in a fresh light.
 
Katsu-san,

you had very good reason not to give us an update.. Family comes first!!!
Good to hear your mother is ok now...

We know you are always busy.. :)
Don't overthink the design too much. Keep it simple ...

Best regards,
Jim

Thanks for the kind words, Jim-san.
" Keep it simple " That's a good words for me now.

katsu

Sometimes life gets in the way....Hope all is well with you and your family :thumbsup

Thanks Pcoz-san,
We are all fine now.

katsu

Katsu-san

"And a few days ago, I get back to my work shack and wasted whole 6 hours doing nothing but thinking.
I couldn't fix the design of the mid section. That was so painful."


This happened to me a few times over the last month, just stuck and couldn't seem to come up with anything.

But I decided that even if I'm just thinking its still progress, you have to have at lease a vague direction to move forward and if you go in the
wrong direction it can cause problems down the line.

So, don't be too hard on yourself mate

Thinking is still working

And as the old saying goes "The Death star wasn't built in a day"


Hope you mother is feeling better and the family are well.


Loving your progress

Gag-san

Thank you Gag-san,
I'm really relieved by your words.
I realized, as you say, you also had a hard time making something new.
You can take it so positive. That's one of the things makes you distinguished creator.

Death Star?? I thought it's Rome.... Never mined..:facepalm



Some times you have to let things 'cook'. Work on other projects and come back to it at a later time. By then you mind will have worked out what to do and see things in a fresh light.

Thanks for the good advice, Lear60man-san.
I'm too much stucked on the same thing.
May be I should think about the other part of the model.

Thank you very much my friends.
May be I can get over this somehow.
I had been facing this on each model I built.
And everytime you guys made me get up.

All the best,

katsu
 
I'm glad your family is doing well, or getting better.

Sometimes you have to wait for inspiration. We realize - despite some evidence to the contrary - that you're not a machine. Don't work on the ship just to be working on it - wait until you know what you need to do. We'll be here...
 
I'm glad your family is doing well, or getting better.

Sometimes you have to wait for inspiration. We realize - despite some evidence to the contrary - that you're not a machine. Don't work on the ship just to be working on it - wait until you know what you need to do. We'll be here...

Tom-san,
My friends,

It's a very small updates but here's what I got. Thanks to your advice.

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I'm sorry if that's something you've seen sometime before.
But I like it so far.

Katsu

Which one you prefer, Trump or Clinton?
 
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I don't know how it is where you live, Katsu-san, but in the U.S. you don't talk politics if you want to keep all your friends. ;)

Love what you're doing, as always. Great work.

-Rog
 
Speaking for myself, I never get tired of looking at your projects.

It's now reminding me of a cross between the Battlestar Galactica and the Walt Disney Concert Hall:

Link
 
I like it!!!



Jim.

Thanks, Jim-san!!

I don't know how it is where you live, Katsu-san, but in the U.S. you don't talk politics if you want to keep all your friends. ;)

Love what you're doing, as always. Great work.

-Rog
Indeed... same as here.:p

Thanks for the comment, Rogviler-san



Looks great as always.

And I'm so glad today is election day....so sick of all these political commercials.

Thanks, Michael-san.

Political commercials... that's something we don't have here.
And I was surprised for the consequences.


Speaking for myself, I never get tired of looking at your projects.

It's now reminding me of a cross between the Battlestar Galactica and the Walt Disney Concert Hall:

Link

Thank you always Tom-san.
That hall is incredible!


All the best, my friends,

Katsu
 
Hi, it's getting cold out here.

This time I designed and built a aft section.

Here's a large 5mm thick aluminum plate.
This will be a twin outer shell of the aft hull.

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Scribed the panel lines. It took many hours.

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This is the largest parts I made for the model.
Bending the 5 mm plate right on an exact measurement was A job.

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The white paper tape beside the model is the measurement to point out the place I should bend the sheet.

I had no time to make the other part of the aft section but now maybe you'll (I) see what am I going to build.


Oh, I've modify the brazier a few days ago.
I've salvage the thick wooden plate at the junk yard and used it.

Now it's the time to sit by the charcoal fire.

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Thank you very much for looking.

Katsu
 
Nice work on the ship - the twin hull is going to look great.

And I'm jealous of your brazier, and the weather that lets you use it...

Thank you,Tom-san

I'm thinking that the space between the twin hull would be good for the pier for the small ships.

In fact, it's rather warmer this winter. 50F in the morning and 59-62 F in the afternoon so far.
How is yours?

Your creativity and skill is always amazing and inspiring.

Thank you, Randy-san!

Katsu
 
Looking good sir ! I always enjoy watching your builds. You truly have a unique approach to your projects that are very inspiring.
 
Katsu-san

Amazing as always! I assume you are using 0.5 mm aluminum sheets and not actually 5 mm sheets. Doesn't look so thick as 5 mm in the pics. When I read 5 I was thinking, "dang, how is he going to bend such thick material?"

I'm loving this design. The whole ship looks more and more squid-like with each update. The second to last picture of the ship itself (before moving on to the brazier) strikes me especially as a robot squid. I love it. I imagine this ship terrorizing some space version of Captain Nemo.

And your brazier always impresses. What really impresses me is how you have a coal fired grill in the middle of a living room with pristine white carpet and there's not a trace of soot to be found. I see you have exhaustive attention to detail in every aspect of life. Commendable.

I look forward to further updates! Carry on.

--Alex
 
I like that plan!

Hey, thanks!



Starts a little colder, and climbs a little hotter. I doubt I'll get to see any snow this winter...

As an airline worker, I'm hoping no snow this winter.

Take care, Tom-san


Katsu-san

Amazing as always! I assume you are using 0.5 mm aluminum sheets and not actually 5 mm sheets. Doesn't look so thick as 5 mm in the pics. When I read 5 I was thinking, "dang, how is he going to bend such thick material?"

I'm loving this design. The whole ship looks more and more squid-like with each update. The second to last picture of the ship itself (before moving on to the brazier) strikes me especially as a robot squid. I love it. I imagine this ship terrorizing some space version of Captain Nemo.

And your brazier always impresses. What really impresses me is how you have a coal fired grill in the middle of a living room with pristine white carpet and there's not a trace of soot to be found. I see you have exhaustive attention to detail in every aspect of life. Commendable.

I look forward to further updates! Carry on.

--Alex

Thanks, Alex-san

Oh, it's my mistake. 0.5 mm of course.:p

Squid is the seafood one of our Japanese favorite to have but it seems you western people feel weird for its gum hose like texture.
So it's good for the bad guys ship.:D

And let me explain about the brazier we call it Naga-Hibachi.
The charcoal we use for this is the special one.
It's called Bincyou-tan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binchōtan

It's not the charcoal for the outdoor BBQ or something.
No smelling, No flames, No sparking and smoking.
It's often used by the Japanese cheff to grill the Japanese cuisine.
It slowly burns and burns very long time with a few pieces of it.

When you light this charcoal, Use this tool.
Put some charcoals in this fire starter pan and put it on a gas burner.
When it started to burn, put it on another pan and bring it to the fireplace.
It slowly burns for 4 to 6 hours. If you want to leave the place, put the ashes on the burning charcoal and bury it.
You dig it up on the next morning, it still burning.


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We Japanese didn't have a central heating system.
So we were doing this on the tatami-mat since long time ago.

I often put the dried squid on this charcoal grill and cook it.
I love it.:D

Thank you again, Alex-san!!

Katsu
 
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That's cool. I love learning about traditional technologies from various cultures. That hibachi is great.

And I do like fried calamari, though any time I've tried squid (or octopus) in a sushi restaurant, I haven't liked the texture. The tentacles are so rubbery it's weird for me. Though I do like the taste. It's really just a texture thing.

Carry on!

--Alex
 
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Wow, that's great. Sushi becomes very popular meal in US.
I love fired calamari too.

Nowadays, many Japanese are also having a hard time to chew and swallow those things like squid.

Then the good sushi chef here now slices a fillet of raw squid very thin. Maybe 1mm or so and stack it
and makes sushi out of it. You need a knife as sharp as Katana. I sometimes do this and cook sushi
by myself. I don't know why but this make it taste sweet and good texture.


Maybe I should put the movie up on some cooking web site or you tube.
I'm good at making a Nigiri-Sushi.:D

Oh, it's a lunch time here.

katsu
 
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