giampieroricci

The belfry: technical implementation tests:

Final version in ebony wood:

23 hours ago, allanyed said:

Giampiero

I would love to see your model in person one day.  I hope to see Tiziano's model of Euryalus the next time we are in Florence and it would be a thrill to see your model of Pegasus if you are not too far from Naples as we will there in 2025.    BEAUTIFUL WORK!!

Allan

that would be wonderful! We will be able to organise a meeting, perhaps together with Tiziano!

steps.....

On 5/5/2024 at 12:44 PM, marsalv said:

Hi giampierorcci,

I really admire your work and I often look for inspiration in it for my construction. I was interested in your evaluation of the participation in the championships organized by the Naviga organization (I personally saw your L'Amarante model at the championships in Croatia). I agree with you about the part about judging the models by the judges. But what I fundamentally disagree with is the rest. Of course, I can only speak for the participants from the Czech Republic - none of us are professional modelers and no one profits from this activity. And because building models costs us a lot of time and money, we like to "show off" our models at these events. I also disagree with your condemnation of the use of CNC machines, the same would have to apply to the use of normal electrical equipment instead of hand saws, manual drills, etc. Modeling technology is evolving and I know from my own experience that making a top model from a plan even with the use of CNC is not at all that easy matter as it seems at first sight. I personally would not be able to make such beautiful carvings by hand like you. So should I give up my hobby or look for an alternative?

You are right, progress goes on, but don't you think it would at least be a good idea to differentiate the various categories, perhaps creating one for CNC models, avoiding penalising handmade models from the outset?
In Croatia, if you remember correctly, there was a judge who evaluated the models exclusively with his little ruler: it was not important to him how the model looked but only whether the measurements were right according to the drawings, nothing else! Does that seem possible to you?

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Thank you friends! You are too good to me! Your appreciations are a great stimulus for me to do the best I can because on this forum I have admired and continue to admire great works by true craftsmen and masters!

11 hours ago, dvm27 said:

Love your approach to the swivel hardware.

 

I hope your model ends up in one of the prestigious European competitions. It has Gold Medal written all over it.

I had the opportunity to take part in a European championship a few years ago with my 'Amarante' and, frankly, I realised that these types of competitions, at least in Europe, are completely distorted by rampant hypocrisy, inept judges who don't even know the basics of naval architecture, and verdicts already written before they even begin! By now, the most important federations (French, Belgian, German) snub these competitions while they are very committed to non-competitive events (such as the next international meeting to be held in Evian), leaving the competitions to the Eastern European countries whose participants for the most part are professional modellers who profit from their works, which are perfect because they are for the most part made in 3D technique and CNC machines, against which even the best manual artist cannot compete!

Therefore, at least until this stagnant situation can be changed, my Pegasus will not take medals! 🙂

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more....

The swivel gun mounts:

chesstree, fenders and the entry steps:

The channels:

well done!!!

The bow structure is finally finished. Some details are missing, which I will do later

54 minutes ago, hdrinker said:

Beautifully done! Did you do the rails with a scraper or knife? I found the former produced more irregularities than the #11 blade. 

I used the vertical milling machine, very carefully, to set the shape which I then finished manually with a small chisel

I finally fixed the bow structure:

22 hours ago, Moonbug said:

Beautiful work as always Giampiero.  A couple posts ago regarding working on the headwords there are a couple small chisels in the picture - can you tell me what brand those are?

https://www.amazon.it/Veritas-Pezzi-Miniatura-Scalpelli-506867/dp/B01MQYA2TI

this set of little chisels, once sharpened, is fantastic!

some steps forward:

everything is still only provisionally resting, I haven't fixed anything yet

On 3/14/2024 at 4:25 PM, Chuck said:

 

So I am so close to listing the first two chapters folks.   Maybe Sunday or Monday.  I have one test shipment going out to get an idea of shipping across the country.  Once I know that I will list the remaining sets I have made for sale on the site.

 

I have one favor to ask....Please read below.

 

I am NOT limiting production so no need to jump on this.  In fact if you are not ready to start a build log and start building immediately I would ask that you wait for the next batch of chapter sets.  Seriously asking here.  If you are currently working on a model and are several months or even a year away from starting Speedwell,  It would suck for these to sit on a shelf.  Especially when I know of at least ten guys who are waiting patiently to begin building Speedwell right now.  I know some of you are more than a year away from starting so please dont buy from this batch.  I will be making more consistently for the next few months before I start even thinking about making chapter 3 parts.  There will be plenty of opportunity.  Let the guys ready to start building get first crack at these please.

 

Also if I havent mentioned it....this will be a big model.   If you plan on rigging her it will be 52" long or thereabouts.....and about 40" tall.   The hull unrigged is 32" long.   So keep this in mind.  Remember its a 3/8" scale model.  A big girl.....

 

The chapter sets will come with printed plans.   Sheets one and two with the first chapter of parts.   The remaining will come with the chapter sets when needed.  Here are a few just to give you an idea.

 

 

hi Chuck!
Would it be possible to buy just the drawings?
Is a monograph planned?

fantastic!!!

I continue with the structures of the head:

fantastic work!!

I removed and redid the two lower cheeks: a friend and great modeller pointed out to me their incorrect positioning, which diverged too much from the upper cheek!

Sometimes the most obvious mistakes are right under your nose but you can't see them!

I started work on the bow structure:

The 1 port lid:

2 hours ago, Mike Y said:

Amazing workshop, writing down a lot of ideas

Love your dust collection system! Do you have some central vaccuum that all hoses connect to, or are you using something portable? For example that hose next to the Dremel drill press seems to be connected to nowhere..

Thank you all for your appreciation!

The dust extraction system is centralised and I use one of these very powerful central vacuum units:

that hose next to the Dremel drill press has a connecting tube under the table that can be glimpsed under the electrical sockets and plugs into one of the wall sokets. The large suction jointed arm is also plugged into a wall socket and I generally use it when using the thickness planer. The central suction unit is operated by a remote control