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  1. KORTES
    As I had to work under a constant supervision, I forgot to post photos at the time. Although the process of lath bending has been highlighted many times, I would still like to share my experience. I think it could come in handy in the process of covering of the overhang and taffrail. I tried different modes, but decided to use the one that consists in bending the steam-treated plank on the pattern. This complicates the process a bit, making it more time-consuming, but when setting in place, the further work is much more comfortable. The lath I used is no less than 1,5mm thick, if it’s thick it can be refined using marking gage.
  2. KORTES
    Yes, you're right, the bunny was my partner in the building process. So I can say I was working under his supervision. Concerning the caulking - I was using the plastic tape. I posted the process in the theme Friech Boeir Yacht SPERWER by Kortes - 1:30 scale on the page
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    Deck covering. Material – pear tree.
  4. KORTES
    Before covering, I have made some elements. Anchor bitt – material – pear tree.
  5. KORTES
    Yes it is. I’m very touched by your attention to my work.
  6. KORTES
    For a try, I oil- coated it without adding any wax.
  7. KORTES
    After that inner components of quarter boat.
  8. KORTES
    After that – frame and covering. Material – pear tree and black hornbeam.
  9. KORTES
    Until I haven’t gotten around to make the hull, - I have made a quarter boat. The technology is standard . Firstly I have constructed a mold.
  10. KORTES
    Keel, sternpost and control blade.
  11. KORTES
    After taking measuring, I had to fix the outlines in certain places, glue some extra laths, and then finished up with rat-file. In this case asp was a good choice – the wood is not too siftproof and can be nicely processed with sandpaper.
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    The covering was made out of the asp laths 1.3:12 mm in two layers, afterwards retouched by sand paper, and then I proceeded with the deck.
  14. KORTES
    Filling of the hull.
  15. KORTES
    Workpieces were cut with the help of hand fret saw, afterwards were retouched by grinder.
  16. KORTES
    Dear Colleagues, please let me present my first model made from the ground-up – the model of French military schooner «La Jacinthe». From the drafts of the monography Jean Boudriot. I used pear tree and painted hornbeam. Scale 1:42 Technical characteristics of the model: length 895 mm, width 285 mm, height 670 mm. In the process of building I have used as example the works of Dmitriy Shevelev and Slavyan Snarlev. I finished my work on the 23 of September 2016. I had a photo report of the work, I decided to post it, maybe it could useful to someone. My best regards, Alexander.
  17. KORTES
    Before starting to work on the rigging, I had to make some preparatives, for example temporary dust prtoction.
  18. KORTES
    Dear Keith, thank you very much.
  19. KORTES
    I fully agree with the opinion of my colleagues, - jewelry work. The example of outstanding mastery. My best regards.
  20. KORTES
    In the period of going from carpentry to rigging work - I built a stand, while it's still easy to manipulate the hull.
  21. KORTES
    I assembled and installed zwaard.
  22. KORTES
    The next step. Inserting the block into the shell of the block. Marking and drilling a hole for the “axis of a sheave”. After that - the shell is taken off and the profile of the shell is being formed, using the same mini-drill and broaching file. The next step - making the axis of the sheaves from the wire 0,8mm, this is easy. After that blackening of the shell of the block and assembling. I ve done it like that. I hope my explanation is comprehensible. If there are questions I’d be glad to help.
  23. KORTES
    After that the shell of the block is being soldered to the end of the hook. I used the the clamp as seen above. After the soldering, the extending points of the ends are cut off with broaching file and mini-drill. On this stage I also made the final shape of the hook using the same equipment. On some blocks, apart from the hook it was necessary to solder “half-circle”. It is also bent separately and soldered to the end of the block.
  24. KORTES
    The making. Unfortunately, I didn't document all the steps, so i’ll try to explain in words. I made blocks of the required form. Cut the stripes of brass of the required width. Adjust the shell of a block individually, using each block as a pattern, which guarantees push fit after soldering. Hooks are bent separately out of the wire 1,0 mm. After the bending, we cut the end with a thin saw used for metal works. and make the shape on which will be soldered the ends of the shell of the block.
  25. KORTES
    Greetings, my dear colleagues. Thank you very much for the evaluation of my work. I’ll try to answer the questions about the making of blocks. I used pear tree , brass wire 0,8 and 1,0 mm. Thickness of brass - 0,3 mm. I would like to point out that the technology is based on the hand- making of each block, because each block has a different shape and size. Since there are not many blocks on the yacht, I didn't make up any mechanical method of production. Blocks were made ith the immitation of the sheaves. I know from experience that on the blocks that are equipped with cable, block sheaves are not seen.

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