Bitao

To be continued。。。

Continuing the slow progress so far...

11 hours ago, giampieroricci said:

is it possible to have more details of that beautiful stove?

10 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 Bitao, the stove is a beauty but then the entire model is magnificent.

5 hours ago, tlevine said:

I agree.  Please show us more of the stove.

Thank you for enjoying it. The detailed image of the finished stove is on page two. The main body of the furnace is milled by repeatedly clamping the whole brass. To make it more beautiful, the other parts are spliced and joined without glue and welding. Unfortunately, due to my habits and routines, I rarely take photos of the process, especially when it’s complicated by hand. Because it distracts me, it leads to serious mistakes, and it reduces my productivity. I’ve been making changes since everyone mentioned it in the comments, but I’ve had to adapt. After all, it was a tricky business for me to take pictures at the same time (scrap and oil from the metalworking process need to be disposed of) . I have an idea now: The pump in the drawing of the ship is just a wooden box, and from the basic structure I learned on the forum, I want to make it more elaborate, showing the details of the inner chain. However, I am not sure if this structure is correct, after all, the drawings do not have this part of the details, the shape is based on other people’s pictures, the size data needs to be calculated by myself, the small scale, processing will be more difficult. But I am willing to try, after all, we are trying to do every job well, this is also a common aspiration. So I’m going to show you how this process works. And I appreciate your valuable input, so I can make improvements. Thank you!

The picture below is what I found in the forum and copied out. As a reference for follow-up production.

In order to show every detail, try to take pictures of every step. Although also has some flaws or the insufficiency, but overall thought that still quite satisfied. Thank you for your support and likes.

 Finish laying this part of the beam and finish painting the lower layer. The next step will be the outfitting construction of this part.

It looks great! It’s really good work.

Finish laying the rear cross member.

21 hours ago, No Idea said:

bitao - such perfection mate 👍  One day - maybe one day,  I'll get somewhere near this kind of quality of ship building.  Your work is so inspiring! 

Knowing what I know about your production, you can do it! Except for metal work and sculpting, which requires a certain amount of skill, the construction of the hull is made up of basic work and is relatively easy. With the right basic approach, I think everyone should be able to do it. In particular, to achieve a variety of interface seamless, in the eyes of many people it is easy to be ignored.

21 hours ago, garyshipwright said:

Bitao have a question for you . Was wondering how you go about  cutting the notches in to your beams and carling's? Very outstanding build you have and enjoy visiting and seeing how your coming along on her.  Clearly shows the talent behind the building so keep up the very detail work.  Brings a smile to my face ever time I see your update's. Gary

Thank you for your attention, Gary shipwright. In fact, cutting the notches is not difficult, I use milling cutter and hand carving knife to clean. Prior to this step, accurate positioning is very important, usually I use a single side beam as the baseline, spacing in line with the drawing, and marked with a pencil. To ensure seamless joints, the notch width is usually slightly smaller than the plug width, about-0.05--0.08 mm. Joints require only a small amount of force to enter, and can not be deformed, making them stable even without glue.  Because my English is very limited, do not know this expression you can understand my meaning?

On 4/30/2022 at 5:52 PM, allanyed said:

Bitao,

The hammock battens were to secure the crew's hammocks for sleeping.   There is are a couple drawings of the hammock arrangements on the RMG Collections site.   https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-86594     https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-86584

Keep up the great work!

Allan

Thank you very much for the diagram, which gave me an intuitive understanding of it. I always thought it was some kind of handrail. . .

Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for your like. This part of the outfitting process is slow but I think it is the most obvious part of the internal structure; it also determines the exact positioning of the upper part. So I had to be very careful about what I did. At the moment, the progress is relatively smooth, follow-up will be relatively easy.

12 hours ago, allanyed said:

Continuing to be a very very lovely work.  The inclusion of the hammock battens is a great extra touch not often seen in the build logs.

 

Allan

To tell you the truth, there is so little information available on this subject in China that I don’t know what it is used for. Only adhere to the drawings of the graphics and size to be processed out. Whether it is correct or not depends on the drawing and my understanding.

16 hours ago, Thistle17 said:

I should not be surprised by your response but I am. 

Joe 

Thanks, Joe. There’s no doubt that fixing it will take more time and effort than building it. That’s why I have so many scrapped parts and even the whole thing. While many of my works are unblemished in the eyes of others and require a slightly lower price, it seems to me that I would rather be completely destroyed in my own hands than let a defective piece of work get out. In my own production career, adhere to a standard has not changed, perhaps I am more demanding place. I’ve been trying to live up to that standard. . .

22 hours ago, Thistle17 said:

You deserve all the continued praise for your work is no surprise. Bitao it did get me thinking about the long term and your legacy. Have you thought about what to do with your works? Where will they go/ certainly to somewhere where they will be cherised.

Joe

Thank you, Joe. Of the more than 200 models (made of metal and plastic) made over the past 20 years, only 24 of the most satisfying pieces have been sold to collectors, and I have destroyed the rest. After all, my studio has too many tools to store and too little space. Due to the complexity and time-consuming nature of the equipment and process, there are only two possibilities for future sailboat models: 1) if a suitable price is available for sale, and 2) if the price is below the psychological level, all the pieces will be destroyed in the future.

Mid-deck is half-done.

Thank you for your like. Because of the domestic express delivery restrictions during the epidemic period, it was difficult to preorder processing etchings, so the use of copper skin splicing method to produce reinforced corner codes, which delayed a lot of time, but also increased the difficulty; and a large number of hand-to-hand production is required, progress is slow.

Moving forward, though much slower...

Finally, it’s back on the inside.....

Since it’s your first POF build, it looks pretty good to me! Unless you’re a genius, no one can be perfect in the beginning. Mistakes are the most valuable asset at this stage, and they often leave a deeper impression. Also accumulated improved experience for the follow-up works. Don’t worry about it. Just keep going.

@BANYAN@allanyed：

Thank you for the compliment and  lIke. This ropeway is the final version of my most stable three-ply winding machine, complete with a wrap and reel (the fourth blurred image in the background) . Because my main goal right now is to build the hull, and once I get to a certain level, I’ll focus on the ropes.

Hello, everyone. Once this section is complete, the internal build will continue. The pulley rings are made of thin-walled copper tubes: 1.5 mm outside and 0.9 mm inside. However, it was found to be too large to be disposed of (part x of the figure) after being machined into a concave outer circle. It was finished with a diameter of 1.2 mm and an inner diameter of 0.7 mm copper tube.

16 hours ago, archjofo said:

Fantastic work !

Thanks, Johann. Your excellent work and relentless attention to detail are my role models and goals.

17 hours ago, garyshipwright said:

Bitao, that is one outstanding build you have going. She is looking great and ship shape. Look forward to your next update. Gary

Thank you, Gary. I hope every great person in this room inspires us to do better.

I thought I was on the wrong set and I was in the furniture room. . . amazing!