Veszett Roka

10 hours ago, Kevin-the-lubber said:

BTW, proper film photography is apparently back in fashion though quite niche.

Really? I'd love it, because i still use my prehistoric Nikon F-501, and love it:

Sam, just come to mind, and found again: Kaap Skil museum, and their huge diorama with ~50 model ship and their crew.
Here is a pic of the diorama:

Very clean work Bill. I'm glad i can see the progress.

6 hours ago, Spooky spoon said:

By some miracle I managed to work the deck off with my knife without damaging anything.  I used lots of glue to secure the guns, and I'll let the glue cure overnight before I reattach the deck.  I am very pleased. 

 

Thats more skill than miracle. As Louie-Steven said, nice save.

3 hours ago, Baker said:

Such an old-fashioned seat of ease would have been much cheaper 😉

How would you install the upwards flushing with sea water?

Surely i'd dismantle the deck with a thin scalpel, just a little. I think the guns were glued themselves just below the opening, but a long bamboo stick can help tickling them out. I'd assume the glue is not too firm, since no pressure applied during the contact. I believe repairing the paint is easier than fabricate a new gun position.

19 hours ago, ccoyle said:

I have to admit that from a stand-off distance, it's looking pretty awesome.

Nah. It's f..kin awesome in any distance.

Welcome Sam. You might consider to go ta Amsterdam, relatively close to you and easy transportation. Scheepvaartmuseum is a must to see there, featuring many excellent models there.

Also, i've been in Lannan Model Ship Gallery in Boston where i saw (actually touch too) any of biggest model in my life. The owner Larry Lannan is a very friendly gentleman. 

Hi Bill,

Although the wheel is good in this form, you might try to solder a blob at the end of the copper wire. But before try this, you must remove the wire out, because the soldering heat will melt out the wheel.

Other thing i can think of the 'magic sculpt' epoxy putty, easy and cheap to order. But after all, i'd leave the wheel as is now.

13 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

 

Yes, I can do the simplest electroplating on my own at home.

Back to the searchlights. Aren't they painted on the real ship? I think everything on board exposed to salt sprays must be protected from corrosion any way. Well, nickel plating is good for it, but the searchlights i saw on other ships (actual museum ships) were all painted.

I've found this color photo, most probably a colorized one, so more fantasy than reality. This shows the searchlights on lower position as black (or gray?) and on mast mounded ones as ochre (possibly brass?)

1 hour ago, Valeriy V said:

But it is better to talk about politics in other forums. We're here to build ship models.  

Agree 120%. I was followed an other, russian modeling forum. I thought that the modelers are smarter than politicians. Well, on that forum the vehicles section flooded with Z trucks, and the comments are cheers the occupants, 'our heroes' and so forth.
To be honest, i found it disgusting, and i'm not a member anymore. Also, i have to tell you that in the shipmodels section no any politics occur.

6 hours ago, ccoyle said:

"Hey, I have a third hand vise, too!"

Third hand is for newbies. Professionals use their own two hands only. Chuck Norris builds models without hands.

Aahah, a BeoCenter 2300 You're a man! Listening it must be a pleasure when modeling.

19 minutes ago, Ian_Grant said:

That's a model??!! 😲😮

 

Fantastic looking rope!

 

Sorry Chuck for spreading lies ..... 🤐

13 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

Privet  Veszett Roka!

Yes, a simulated arc mechanism will be shown.

That gorgeous. Will be a challenging task in this scale, but knowing your works; not for you.

Privet Valeriy,

Will you imitate the spark mechanism inside?

Excellent work anyhow.

1 hour ago, Bill Hudson said:

Still developing the masts and bowsprit.  I feel I am reaching a point where I can move on to something else on the ship. The instructions and details are very minimum so I am winging it. 

Hi Bill,

I believe Marie C was a "general" ship of era and any ship's rigging would fit for her too, with more or less accuracy. I'd use respective parts of any barque, of course for 2 masts brigantine and omit the surplus masts.

12 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

According to the classification adopted in the Russian Imperial Navy and the Soviet Navy, this is a heavy combat searchlight.
It is designed for:
- intelligence and signaling
- illumination of the object when shooting
- target designation and blinding

Thanks Valeriy

Thats explain the dual purpose. I'd be curious how they blind the target, but rather talk of the topic beside a (couple of) beer in a tavern, not in Ras' thread.

4 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

This photo shows a spotlight with a mobile cart.

Did they use the searchlight for signalling too? Or reverse, did they use the signalling reflector as searchlight? This one looks too big for signalling, but the target scope and morse shutter handle suggest the opposite. Interesting!

On 3/27/2022 at 5:47 PM, reklein said:

That is just nuts. I'm sure someone has found a use for such tiny objects too. Maybe in the electronic industries for printed circuitry eh?

Unlikely. As an electronics engineer, i can tell they are way ahead of this size. Chip technology uses photo etching and/or metal steaming-vaporising to build the circuits. They are really in nanometer scale. Nowadays a semiconductor in a chip is 5 nm wide, and now trying to reach 2 nm, but due technical difficulties (not the size, but the intereference between neighboring transistors: electrons can travel between them) those chips are not yet reliable.

I bet diagnostic and precision instruments industry who can use this level of accuracy in printing.

Hi Mike,

please be aware, the wavefronts must be straight even on light sea:

On 3/15/2022 at 2:53 PM, Ian_Grant said:

Veszett, there are recent printings. Mine is a William Collins 2014 edition.

Hi Ian,

My copy just arrived from UK. Yummy! It is a Grafton 1981 paperback, but well preserved.

10 hours ago, Dearborn said:

Quick question about scale. (I'm real bad at math - it ain't my best friend here)

working with the scale of my model 1:78 - is that 1 inch to every 78 inches, or 1 foot to every 78 feet, or is that the same?

 

Hi John,

thats the same, and you're correct. If you measure an inch on the model, thats 78 inches on the real thing. Or, other words: a foot long model would be a 78 feet long boat in the reality. If you have a Bavaria 35 yacht which is exactly 35 feet long, its model will be 35/78=0.448 feet, so 5.378 inches in 1:78 scale.

If someone can give you the exact plate sizes, just divide them by 78 and you will get the scale size.

Very impressive Bill. Your Vic made me to want another one for myself, but my Pamir is stalled due other projects and i will finish her before start any other.

18 hours ago, ccoyle said:

 

Yes, sort of. In the screen capture below you can see that it's actually the lookout's binoculars that are held by the frame (which is slightly different in this image from the type provided in the kit). The lookout uses his hands on the frame to adjust elevation. The most commonly used US naval binoculars were 7x50s that weighed 2.7 lbs, so using one's hands to hold them at eye level for long periods would obviously be very fatiguing.

 

Those brackets purpose primarily the direction and elevation measurement. On the picture, you can see a bearing scale ahead of the crew, and on his left side you can see the elevation scale. With those scales the watchmen can give precise direction of incoming threats. Their binoculars were equipped with a very basic rangefinder in the right eyesight.