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  1. KORTES
    I have finished with the leading end on the deck.
  2. KORTES
    It is time to change the building berth to the stand.
  3. KORTES
    I have ink painted it and covered with 2 layers of tung oil.
  4. KORTES
    I have made a stand. I would like to point out that it had to be done before installing the riggings and mast-and-sparts. Adjusting the profile of the stand with a finished model is very hard. Material - pear tree.
  5. KORTES
    Your work is gorgeous I admire your craftsmanship a lot. My best regards, Alexander.
  6. KORTES
    While working on the installation of riggings, I made the flag and pennant. Taking my wife’s advice I bought a rayon of three different colors, instead of using the dye, luckily it’s not the British flag, so I glued the rayons together, just like the sails. I made it in two variations.
  7. KORTES
    Thank you very much, Gary.
  8. KORTES
    Thank you very much. Pear blocks.
  9. KORTES
    My greetings, dear Gary Your work doesnt cease to amaze. And the detalizaiting is just "killing". The window make one worrying about the crew - would it be injured by the shards of glass. My best regards, Alexander.
  10. KORTES
    Greeting, dear colleagues, i have made a parrel truck, installed a mainsail, and arranged mast balls on the deck.
  11. KORTES
    While the topmast was drying out, I made a cat-block.
  12. KORTES
    Тhank you very much .
  13. KORTES
    Wonderful work.
  14. KORTES
    I have gone back to square one.
  15. KORTES
    After consideration, I decided to glue using PVA glue. For several reasons - cyanoacrylate glue, even gel, binds very fastly, and I was afraid that the pin will be fastened sooner than it enters fully, on its full depth. The second reason is that once the cyanoacrylate glue is binded is gets very fragile and the junction may crack even at a slight bend. PVA glue is more flexible even after drying, and if there are few gashes on the pin it will hold tightly and more so as the binding time is long enough it allows to put the piece right in place. There’s only one thing bothering me - how much time does it take to bind inside the wood? Perhaps it would be better if i heat up the place where the pin is set? My best regards.
  16. KORTES
    I made a device for the axial drilling. I’ve managed to maintain a coaxial alignment. A pin is made from a nail.
  17. KORTES
    There was a small rounded cut in this palce, so that when painting the line dividing the colors was clearly difined.
  18. KORTES
    My hand had accidentaly got caught on the assembled fore-tompast stay. The outrigger remained in place , but the topmast didn't..
  19. KORTES
    It's an unbearable loss. An outstanding Master and enthusiast passed away.
  20. KORTES
    Its good that I have made the topmast dismountable, just like on a real schooner. I haven't had any problems with the dismantlement. The knot has been disassembled.
  21. KORTES
    Now I understand the captain who loses the mast on the final stage of the regatta. Probably every modelist faces this kind of fail.
  22. KORTES
    Wonderful work .
  23. KORTES
    Tung oil.
  24. KORTES
    And I also had to wind up the threads so they would match the scale, using the tool for winding cable.
  25. KORTES
    Greetings, dear Jan When I was working on the La Jacinthe, I was following the principle - all that I could make myself, was made by myself. The blocks were not an exception, so as the required number wasn't high, I made them myself. The exception were only 10 pieces of 2mm, that were too many to be made, so I had to buy them.

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