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.

BLOCKS.

By trial and error, I made a certain number of blocks, I think I would have enough for a complete set of rigging. The most difficult part for me turned out to be metal shell of a block.  
In the end, I made them using 1.0 mm wire with further refinement.

Thank you very much, my dear colleagues for Your interesting messages.

I  think it's related to the length of the giek, and, I think, the tribute to tradition has also played its part

My best regards.

Dear Michael,

It's with great interest and admiration that i studied Your report of assembling. Your outstanding culture of work performance and virtuoso mastery of metal processing equipment commands deep respect. I wish You strong health and inspiration in Your future work.

My best regards, Alexander.

I would like to ask, please, if anybody could tell me why flagpole has such form? Is this a tribute to tradition or is there any other reason?

My best regards.

5 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 This is museum stuff right here! And I'm not talking some little Podunk museum, I'm talking a "national" transportation museum. 

Dear Keith Black,

Thank you very much  for such a high evaluation of my work.

7 hours ago, Griphos said:

 

 

This is just incredible work!  Quite inspiring, both in terms of the quality of work, and the level of detail. Your ingenuity and creativity in methods and materials has taught me a great deal.

 

i have a rather generic question that I hope won’t derail the topic. I’m particularly impressed with your metal work, something that is a mystery to me. Some I can tell is formed from brass sheet and rod and soldered and filed to shape. Some appears to be cut from thicker sheet stock, perhaps by hand, and filed to shape. But some appears to be turned. I’m wondering how you learned your metal fabrication methods. Is there a good resource book that teaches techniques specifically for scale ship models? Perhaps particularly for the lathe?  

 

I had a Taig lathe a number of years ago but never did really learn how to use it and eventually sold it. 

My greetings Griphos,I'm very glad that my experience and some of the technologies seem interesting to You.

Regarding the work wwith metal, honorable Wefalck is right, the skills come with experience. I haven't read any literature on this subject. Nowadays, in the internet era we can learn the theoretical part from many resources, and the experience will be gained only with practice, we dont have to be afraid of difficult work and be prepared that probably some components would have to be redone several times - it's the only way to gain experience. And one more point, a big equipment stock makes the work considerably easier, but doesn't guarantee high-quality result. The more advanced the instrument is - the more practice it requires. Whereas the absence of equipment stock requires  non-standard solutions in the working process.

My best regards.

Over the past period, I attached the predator, installed a flagpole. So far everything is removable, so that there is no difficulty in installing the rigging.

As always, outstanding. Valeriy, your work is always truly admirable. 

My best regards, Alexander.

16 hours ago, michael mott said:

Kortes, Your workmanship continues to delight me and i have to agree with Dave's assessments of your skills.

 

Michael

Dear Michael,

It's a great pleasure to hear it from You.

My best regards.

18 hours ago, BETAQDAVE said:

    Kortes, you seem to have a very high level of skill in just about every phase of ship modeling with very limited tools and materials. You have a lot of ingenuity in using everything from paper clips and shoestrings to staples and rubber bands to clamp some very uniquely shaped parts.   At the same time, you seem able to convert everyday products like nails and plastic strips into just about any part that you need for your project.

      You remind me a lot of my paternal grandfather, who back in the Depression era of the 30’s, could make or modify his own tools, work with whatever materials were at hand, was self-taught in wood carving, and could turn it all into some unique pieces of sculpture, furniture, or in some cases both.  Here is just one case in point.  This was a mantle he made for his fireplace back in 1932 that I inherited from him and remounted as a support for a pass-thru countertop in our home.

    I, (and probably my grandfather if he was still around), would just like to salute you for your outstanding workmanship on this very unique and complex project of yours!   I'm sure that many of our fellow MSW members would agree with me on that!

 

 

Dear Dave,

I'm very touched by Your words and such a high evaluation of my skills. The work of Your grandfather is a real masterpiece, work of the Master, I would  his hand with a profound respect. To my mind, its the best thing, when the works of our ancestors live in our homes, delight our eyes and the eyes of our guests, I think it's the best reward and the best  remembrance that any Master would wish for. 

In my turn I have to say that my father was an example for me, who had built a house, that i grew up in, with his own hands, mastered a lot of skills and professions, all of his works had an outstandingly high quality, and has left many paintings which decorate my home and homes of my relatives.

I think if we come in our skills just a bit closer to what our ancestors could do, it would be good.

My best regards.

20 hours ago, amateur said:

Those are very nice birds!

 

I like your attention to the very small details.

just a question: you showed us a drawing in your fist post, but that drawing does not have this level of detail (at least not in the versions I know)

Where did you get all the additional detail: from an other drawing, or did you just eyeball those on the basis of pictures??

 

Jan

I have found some more photos of this figurine in the internet,  taken from different angles, which i used as my guide, and, of course, the photos of the real hawks. 

The bird, as all the other decoration, was cut from the pear tree. Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to find a boxtree in the region whre I live. 

I will be using the second version. The first one is a bit bigger than it has to be.

Greetings, my dear colleagues and friends. Thank you very much for such a high evaluation of my work. I'll try to answer the questions.

After receiving some critics from my friends – the second  and ,probably, the last version.

Fitting.

Afterwards, putting some paint in certain places and coating with oil.

Final decoration element.

Carving, I tried to make a hawk.

Thank you very much.

Spars is almost finished.

Bootshaken and Scwertgabel.

Kluiverbom.

The mast is in the transportation position.

But this is just for the report, after the final assembling and installation of the rigging I 'm not planning on putting the mast in the transportation position, so this function will be left for the soul, so to say.

My greetings dear Geert.

Thank you so much for your attention to my work and your help.

My best regards.

It is with a great interst that I studied Your presentation. It's a very high-quality, masterly work! I have found many intersting methods and technologies. Thank you very much for sharing your experience. Wishing You inspiration in Your further work.

My best regards.  

Gaffel.