giampieroricci

I resumed the setting up of the upper deck:

what an impressive job!

just one tiny note if I may: don't those hinges look slightly big?

47 minutes ago, druxey said:

Nicely spliced breeching line! I don't believe that it would have been tarred, though.

Should I use a lighter colour such as the one in this photo?

In the meantime, I am doing the manoeuvres for fixing the guns:

I finished the model base:

little step:

The fineness of all the details in this splendid work is something unimaginable! A true masterpiece!

little step

I am starting to prepare the support base for the model.
The idea is to make a kind of grating with three columns (probably brass) that will support the model.

On 2/25/2023 at 7:31 PM, Peanut6 said:

I have to ask, how did you make the piece shown in pic 1 and 2 of post 302?  I had a very similar part I had to bend for my Jolly Boat and it gave me fits.  I finally quit trying and just went the "Guna' have to be good enough, hope this works" approach.

Excuse me  Kev for only replying to you now!

I made it with this little jeeg selfmade:

What a masterpiece!!!

Outstanding work, Chuck!
I really like the shade of wood you are using.
What kind of wood is it?

Fantastic model!!

23 hours ago, druxey said:

Lovely as usual. Are you glad that there aren't 74 cannon and carriages to make?

🙂 I started work on the artillery in early December to make 14 complete guns (and I still have to make the hoists for manoeuvres)! I dread to think how long it would have taken me for a 74 guns!!!

Lengthy work on the cannon carriages:

On 2/15/2023 at 9:30 PM, ccoyle said:

 

I'm quite certain that Giampiero intended no slight by his comment. Speaking as one who is well acquainted with the difficulty of expressing nuanced opinions in a foreign language, I tend to give non-native English speakers a great deal of benefit of the doubt before reading motive into their messages.

I apologise, it was not my intention to criticise anyone. I just wanted to point out that the finish and the excellent work expressed deserved a better type of wood, the grain of which is too pronounced compared to the scale of the model, that's all!

Forgive me if sometimes I cannot express my concepts well, I do not know English perfectly, I help myself with a translator who does not always do his job well!

excellent work!
It's just a pity about those wood grains that are too obvious

work continues on gan barrels:

good job, Kevin!

On 1/3/2023 at 11:40 PM, Peanut6 said:

" , . . . if I can" says the man who has proved that he can do anything with such great skill and artistry to humble one and all.  I really enjoy your work, it is a wonder to behold.

you are too good to me!
As Socrates used to say, I know I don't know, and for every job I approach I never know if it will be acceptable or if I will have to start over again.

I see so many works on this forum that are truly unparalleled works of art and I am enraptured by the skills of so many of you, and I wonder: how do you do it?
it is true, sometimes I am amazed by what comes out of my hands, but rarely!

as innisfree said these are not rectangles: it is the circle of axes made from a small brass rod; later they will be burnished, if I can

12 hours ago, druxey said:

Lovely work as ever. What are the white rectangles? Ivory?

which rectangles?

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