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Moin Eberhard, i dont have the capability /machinery to make these. Those are photo etched stanchions from Saemann. very good quality and service.

cheers sascha

Thank you for your comments 😀, a short update:

to distract me from the „colour no more available“ subject, i made two searchlight platforms and more vents. Also finally the linoleum decking is finished. The small puzzle pieces take the most time. 
cheers sascha 

Soon ready to sail💪

Just a small update (not much time to buil) .deck torpedo tubes were made (no machines, so couldnt make gears etc). Spent time figuring out were the big vent goes (middle of picture) as model plan with which i started the build is very different from builders plans which i got some months ago. Also funnels are painted. As you can see, the colour is different. Shame, because its the ssme brand&code but they must have changed the recipe… annoying for work going forward (eg touch up, corrections). But this will be „crew re-painted on board“😎. 
cheers sascha

Well Valeriy, 

your work ist certainly interesting and absolutely AMAZING,… but helpful ? 🤪 you are light years away from where i am. 
phantastic to watch but „a little difficult“ to emulate 😎. 
cheers 

sascha

Good to hear from you Valeriy. Outstanding work (as usual)👍🏻😎

sascha

Thanks for your comments. The upper bridge/flooring is done as well. Of course all fittings still missing😎. But dinner awaits.
cheers sascha

Thanks for your comments. New lower bridge with supports is finished. The assembly was a bit nerve wrecking with the thin supports and angled deck, but it the end it worked.

cheers sascha

😎 Valeriy,.. the sailor is to scale. He‘s my building inspector. Macro shots sadly show all deficencies… but here is a close up with him and the 15cm (6“ for our imperial friends). The curious black one is guarding the shipyard - Stanislav.

Hi all, the past months i had quite some work to do, so not much shipbuilding. Also study of the original builders plans revealed more differences to the model plan i started with. Long story short, i had to re-start with the entire bridge structure (lenght,width, position of supports, upper bridge has addtl deck level, steel girders for support, etc). Some photographs…

still work inprogress, loosely arranged for pics.

Again a little catch-up. Steel cables holding the mast i found to be wrong in my plan. Were drawn as passing the bridge structure, but that would have them blocking the LoS of the 6 in gun. Photo study showed they pass through the bridge…took courage and care to drill the holes without wrecking it. (Mast is just temporary for angle). Also started on the ammunition rails. 
cheers sascha

🤪..yes. By the same logic playing the piano is easy:  simply push the key with your finger - and voila - sound 😎

Да , ты всё понял. Спасибо. 
and the construction of the plaform is your „usual“ soldering magic 👍🏻😎

very impressive.

С.

Как ты построил платформу в мачте?

извини грамматика 😎

саша

Privjet Valeriy, can you share a picture of how you built the platforms ? 
cools stuff. Regards sascha

Thanks for your comments guys. A bit of update: didnt like the capstans, so made new ones (brass/wood) plus the chain deflectors .

Lashing chains (? English?) are now also there. Bit of work that as it required to remove the studs from the first two links of the anchor chain and then threading the lashing chain through it and finally getting small shackles through to fix it to the eye on deck. Will need to touch up some paint as it took uncounted tries.

some progress on the bridge with some interior „decoration“, glass for the windows. Built the 3m rangefinder and made my first piece of railing/handrail. 
latest were the first bollards plus fairleads (rollers still missing) .

Hello Wefalck, same purpose, different design (i think). manual operation though.

Thanks for your comments Guys. Sorry for the delay, didnt check this page…

wefalck, of course. I only wanted to try and see how it looks attached to something. will post a picture .

Martin, thank you. I saw your Scharnhorst pelican hooks and tried to copy 😀. 

 

Thanks for your comments guys.

Jan, still the same tools 😎. Jewellers saw, file and drill. As for the studded chain: my name is not Valery😬 and i dont know how to spell soldering - so no way me making that. That was bought. 
greetings sascha

The linoleum on the forecastle deck is finished - its the smaller pieces that take forever. Other than that not much visible progress as its small parts now. Cheers sascha

Thanks for step-by-step Lecrenb. Wondering why you make the frames in halves, but will keep watching/reading. Look forward to more. 👍🏻
 

Thanks for the interest guys😀

mikegr, through a tip i found a company that delivers (mostly) precision cut wood in 1m lenght. So these are 1.5x1mm pear. Planks then cut to 6cm lenght (knife), caulking applied w black crayon. 
 
Valeriy, no worries j hope. Outside is fiberglass/epoxy over wooden frame, and inside just painted epoxy. Some areas in bow and stern reinforced with fiberglass. wood is btw balsa on (too thick as you mentioned😎) plywood frames.

greetings 

sascha

Thank you for your likes guys 🙇‍♂️. 
Valeriy, the answer is simple and no sophisticated background: i‘ve always built with wood and some brass as i didnt know different. Only learned last year that a company like evergreen exists 😬. With brass i can only do basics since soldering is rocket science for me and no machinery (lathe or mill). Jeweler‘s saw and drill currently. But all - i hope - wooden surfaces inside or out are treated with epoxy or similar so i hope that this works. The wooden decking has a triple cover of clear paint (dont know the exact english term) so that should suffice for occasionally getting wet (not sunk😎). 
Watching builds here and on a german forum shows me how much more there is to learn. 
cheers 

sascha

Just a quick update. More work on the superstructure and then start to work on the trim. Some weights are fixed in the hull, as its tricky to grt to some parts. But anx „ses trials“ will have to wait until 2022. 

regards sascha

Privjet Valery - always a pleasure to watch you phantastic work.

regards sascha