Belco

hello

I hope to arrive in time with the help.
A few years ago my wife gave me the DB250 lathe that I complemented with the three jaw chuck and the drill chuck.
The lathe has allowed work with masts and other tasks.
Years ago I built a chess set with vaporized beech wood with 30 x 100 millimeter pieces (I've been looking for a working prototype but it's lost in the infinity of my small warehouse).
I have also made cannons like the one in the photo in aluminum, this is the first one made, I have been able to make them smaller and have even made one 120 mm long for an artillery post that I gave away and of course wooden cannons that are conveniently painted almost perfect.
I consider it to be a good purchase and the result is worth the expense.

Regards

Belco

That blade is a razor blade from a classic machine, I think it's very soft for cutting wood.

Try to replace it if possible with a carpet cutter blade or similar.

The blade in the image measures 39 x 18.4 mm. The measurements of a razor blade are 43 x 22 mm. 

Salutacions

Belco

Hello Phil

In reference to your post about bamboo skewer chopsticks,

I have used bamboo chopsticks on several occasions to make very small pieces.

Now I don't have any model to take a photo of, but the hardness of the fiber allows me to make pieces 0.8-1 mm thick and even some hinges composed of 3 square pieces of 1.5 mm on each side and perforated in center.

I think that although it is of vulgar origin, it is a great help.

You can find information on Spanish shipbuilding at the following link:

https://independent.academia.edu/CayetanoHormaecheaArenaza

It is the work of some well-known Spanish modelers.

The problem is the language, but there are web pages capable of translating a PDF for you

Regards

Hi!

In the public library of the Nautical Faculty of Barcelona, there is a curious book, Modern ships of war by Edward J. Reed and Edward Simpson published in 1888.

It talks about the "modern" warships of that time, of the naval forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, and and some notes of Italy, Germany, Turkish and Austrian navies.

And a chapter on the construction of great guns.

The book is under public access.

In the same library there are more old books in Catalan, French and castilian related to the navy and with public access.

https://upcommons.upc.edu/handle/2099.4/1538

Regards

Belko

Try here, it is a German store where they sell spare parts for Proxxon.

https://www.fluidonline.de/en/search?query=proxxon db250&page=2

They have the collets you need at €7.99 each.

But it is cheaper to buy the 3-jaw chuck(€40.99) and the spindle 12.99) that allow you to handle larger diameters.

Regards
Belco

I have found this pdf with the assembly instructions for the Newport, in which the abbreviations you need appear with their translation into English and French.
It is a company that sells models in the Czech Republic.

https://www.astramodel.cz/manualy/mamoli/KR-21750.pdf

I hope it's useful

Regards

Belko

I use a cheap soldering iron (from a German supermarket chain) with an aluminum piece that used to be the center of a rubber roller, I have two of these pieces each a different diameter and it works very well, it rarely burns the wood.

It's not sophisticated, but it does the job.

Belco

The new Artesania Latina has made available to modelers the instructions for some of its old discontinued boats, among them is the Santa Maria, you can download plans and instructions at this link:

https://artesanialatina.net/es/instrucciones-antiguas/473-maqueta-de-barco-en-madera-carabela-santa-maria-guia-22411-8421426224115.html

Regards

Belco

Yes, you can find similar models in model airplane stores or Amazon.

Try searching for it by: rc plane covering iron

Regards

Belco

I can assume that currently they have placed the ropes to give the public an idea of how it should be. 

Putting thick and opaque rugs would take away the "charm" of the visit.

 The presence of eyes at the end of each rope should be to give them weight to prevent the usual air in the area from causing the ropes to fly.

Belco

Hi Bob

Indeed, that curtain of ropes was used in a certain way to prevent the entry of the attackers' shots, as well as to prevent sparks and particles generated by the cannon's firing from entering causing a fire.
You can see an interesting article about the Great Siege Tunnels on wikipedia.
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_Tunnels

Regards

Belco

HI

Artesania Latina was a company that began many years ago in Barcelona, after a while it moved to a town in Cantabria (province of Spain) until its disappearance.

So he seems an Andalusian businessman who has admired his products since he was a child and has bought the brand through the company EXCELLENCE MODEL KITS S.L.U in Aznalcazar, a town in the province of Seville (Spain).

At the moment the web page seems like a reconstruction of the old one, still unfinished.

Hopefully in their new journey they improve in quality and design.

In the following link there is a video of the new owner of the brand, in subtitles you can read in English

https://youtu.be/IGYFW6jp2LA

Salutacions

Belco

Hi

You can find a lot of information  searching in Google Turtle Ship in Korean:

거북선

You need to use google translate.

Regards

Belco

Planes of Santa Maria, there are as many as authors. At that time in Spain no plans were made, and were built according to the intuition of the "master of ax."
I put two images, one from the Museu Maritim de Barcelona a plan prepared at the beginning of the last century and a plan of an Italian author.

I hope you will be helpful.
 

Regards
 

Belco

A distributor of Seville (Spain), sells strips edged in darker wood, for example, ayous  edged in black lime.
Or strips slotted to insert a dark thread simulating caulking.
 

This can provide new ideas for caulking.

The web address is:
http://www.modelwood.net/tienda/cubiertas-calafateadas/

Belco

Hi loupy45

There had read your post until now, unfortunately in Barcelona there are very few shops dedicated to ship modeling, most prefer RC cars and planes.
One is Palau, which is on the street Pelai, 34, Tel. +34 93 317 36 78, near Plaza Catalunya, just in center town-

The website is: www.palauhobby.net
 

It is interesting to get in touch with them before coming to the city to see if they have availability to email: slot@palauhobby.com
I hope I have been late

Belo

Hello:

I do not buy it, because I have no place to put it, but you can see some pictures and size on the official website of Occre, are only in Castilian (Spanish) but you can translate it with Google.

http://www.occre.com/herramientas/mueble-taller-portatil.html#!prettyPhoto

With pictures, you can get an idea of the size and if practical.

regards

Belco

I see the English wiki, in Catalan or castilian Wiki,  the word Chi is not present. Thanks for the info.

In the future, I think build one of the ships.

Belco

Hi:

Sorry for my English of Google.

I visit an exhibition in the Museum Maritim Barcelona over the Admiral Zheng He and the Discover Ships, and I could buy a book that related the  Admiral travels.( Els Grans Viatges de Zheng He by Dolors Folch, in Catalan, Castilian and English).

According to several experts on the subject, there is not a good conversion of the boats measures, shipyards of Longjiang where build the ships, classified in "Liao", so there are boats of 2000, 400, 200, 150, 100 "Liao" and such a boat of 2000 Liao, makes 200 chi long, 37 wide and 13 chi draft, (1 Chi is a Chinese foot), but the poblem is how many long is a chi?

Another inconvenient was the death of Emperor Yongle and the prevailing Confucianism, which is not considered interesting nothing out of china, ensured that everything related to the fleet was lost, the ships were scrapped, the Admiral diaries lost  and everything related to the Discover Ship into the realm of legend and stories.

Saludos

Belco

You can use tin as shown in the link below:

http://gabierschimeriques.free.fr/modelisme/canon.htm

In the articles section, there is a process of construction in resin:

http://modelshipworldforum.com/ship-model-casting-and-resin-techniques.php

In fimo or sculpey is very difficult to finish all equals.

Belco

Jewelry (bijouterie)

Construction of lanterns and ornaments.

Belco

Cans of soda.

Are soldered easily.

Belco

If you search in google for the name of the files, you casually find in Russian and Turkish forums.

1022_sheet_1_model.pdf

1022_sheet_2_model.pdf

1056_sheet_1_model.pdf

1056_sheet_2_model.pdf

Sadly, without citing the source of files

Belco

FANS

Parts of a cheap fan, bought in a Chinese bazaar, can simulate ornamentation.

Belco