Vladimir_Wairoa

You got PM Luis. V.

Very nice on rigging there Mike. keep up.

Luis, I could arrange that for you i guess. Vlad how is everyone doing?

Rob, have you received it havent you? Wow that was quick. I didnt expect it to arrive in time. Thanks for sharing and im glad bulkheads actually fit because I didnt see them myself in real, only here. So I can slip comfortably into chair and watch you progress. please remeasure carefully back cabin length and fcastle length and so on...:) im glad you braced bulkheads and fixed them. much luck with it . V.

ta daaaa im now holding in my hands our stag hound coutouts. 2 sets. sending it fastest/but relatively cheap way to US tomorrow. Rob has all the details. no need to reimburse. this is courtesy of friendship/ and your generosity by sending me books etc... although no real friendship can be bought by money , anyway Vladimir

Fingers crossed they will

These were one of thoughest things to make for me - in 1:72. ! smaller ? no thanks :)) wow

@Rob, Rich, voice from distance or Hades . well covid is over thankfully. ...Folks I have finally some positive update (at least for Rob), as per info I am to receive cut stag hound molds by start of next week. it will be poplar layered wood by 5 mm thickness. so I am immediately sending both to Rob. I suppose it is ok. I hope waiting was worth for you as soon as you received it. His workmanship is good standard so all pieces should match nicely. I cant wait. Vlad. @Rich, I went "briefly" so far thru your Article. My goodness how many pages ! :)) would it be published as standalone book? wonderful stuff indeed.

apreciated Druxey, thank you.

Good day. There has been some progress on Legyptienne after half year of pause. daunting task of planking is left for rainy days, and got little fed up with monotonous work so ling time ago i did some peculiar wood deck installments, not yet completed with metal parts. small windlass. this work begs for kind of lathe due to round profile or all parts..Its quite easy with laser cut parts or master some lathe/mill , but I dont have lathe so handwork here with some lathe mimic - wood stuck into drill hole ...:))) I tried to imirate original and should have made collars wooden ( it would be nicef i guess but I did it with paper mimicking iron collar... There are very small wheels half inserted at the bottom of item with rounded collar going inside those. Its very peculiar. i tried to mimic that as well which was brutal . original was aparently made out of one piece and cardlved detail is so delicate, it must have been work of absolute master . its beyond words... first I made I made 8 same parts glued together so those made circle with inner round hole and I catefully "lathed" those by drill spinning and some sanding in speed applied to establish base shape. Then I precarved eight "teeth" and also at the bottom I made half wheels glyed and rounded tiny halfsticks from one wheel to another. not completely satisfied but it will do i guess after I "got" into bottom of it , Big twin windlss was little easier to make at least half part of it. I still have one to go. so first i divided rounded stick itno 8 parts and cut 8 same notches. tried to be precise.Its very easy make oval from circle :). than cut 8 angled timbers glued around and sanded outer part into circle .. thers is no machine precision but it doesnt matter here, it will be covered with cap carving out notches...and holes for "wheels" with bars holes and wheels squeezed in... ...thanl you for looking in ..:) V. Štítok_36517885091 (2).pdf

If i was only to keep up. Glorious work on portico Rob. Ingenious craft on your scale. bravo. V.

Rich, we already adjusted Crothers bow to our outline drawing if you remember. Necessary corrections have been made. I follow your progress guys about portico etc...by the way brilliant sketching as usually...

good day. finally good news. My suspicion turn out true. it was distorted pic indeed. How could I have not thought of that? I wated so much time by doing useless things. it matches waterways and ship perfectly now after scanning at all levels having bulwark height correct etc...There curves are just more completed from Cornelius model... Please give me few days guys to make out bulkheads. all should be finished this week. Meanwhile I need to mentally recover from reading book about Vietnam war and Nixon America. it was soo gut punching and hearth wrenching that will take me at least one day to recover from impact...:) meanwhile, scan pic aligned provided. it will go fast from here now have good end of weekend. V.

Very nice on that bow Jared. lovely.

Thank you for flattering words Rich, all but I must remind im just intermediate ! POB modeler with many chalenges to face ...:)) but untill we like the journey who cares

Hi Rich, thank you for stopping by. I avent been here for some time, but catched up with your message, ive sent you pics and email as well. good luck with article, I look forward to it tremendously. and thank you for commenting on legyptienne. im happy you like it so far. Being in touch. Vlad

wonderfull progress sir.

Thanks Mark.

Thank you my friend.

Hello, its lovely work indeed, very enjoyable and beautiful colorless rendering of ship.

nice work on nice ship

phoenix raises from the ash This is first time i have priviledge to build from boxwood at will and Im quite perplexed how beautiful this wood is not for carving only but for bending as well. its pure joy to work with and I am delighted how helpful this is. So I finished starboard side from wells up. Sharp eye wipll spot my usual sinful things as unnecessary repairs. It was constant pressure on me whether planks would meet upper end correctly, so there it is. After brute thorough sanding boxwood colors out almost white. im not sure what final treatment to use for it. tung oil? one can spot not advanced fancy modeling here as cutouts around gunports... its quite obvious how this shape differ from english tradition shapes, being fattest at the prow thinning slender aft. and how shallow is foreship curvature. I like most enter of forecaatle opening up outwards of deck providing splash protection. its really modern cathedral of ships. as far as moldings, according compendium, streak between double molding between gunwales and channel strip can be black or yellowˇ I tried to leave it natural not sure if permanently. maybe later on i will paint it black so it will provide one color up down molding shape. so far i like it this way too. well there will be longer because as I have worked franatically in this and my fingers need rest. thank you for looking in and any comment etcetera.... I dont like looking at bare skeleton, finally this long passage is behind me and part of boat is coming up. there is now other side to be done. same work same challenge. and now million dollar question. treenail or not :))) ://// hm hm. i guess i will do. i never tried it before. outward strake shape is my favorite one. better view.... damn there she goes... upper deck gunwales closer. most important curvature of entire ship. 2 mm thick strakes ...and holes before fairing. . I like idea bowsprit hole is just underneath front small deck...so so but 4 mm molding just fitted. barely but...will work on it later. on the aft side its "just there". curvatures... overall... bowsprit support simple doors opening with one ugly seam moldings are quite substantial gunport sill detail

lovely

thank you. Will see after fairing though, how those turns out. There will be some sanding off I presume. My plan is to reinforce skeleton a bit more with balsa wood and treenail planks with brass but im not there yet. these preparations are crucial. tokorrow i d like to continue assemblinh all bulkheads and start fairing. cheers.