ancre La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette

[archjofo]

@Hubac's Historian

Thanks for the nice comment !

 

[archjofo]

Hello,

here is now a second attempt for this block type.
I imitated the discs by leaving wood material in the middle.

[archjofo]

Hello,

at the 3rd attempt I made a real brass disc with a diameter of 1.7 mm and a thickness of 0.5 mm and inserted it into the block.
Compared to the imitated disks, the difference is only marginal and does not justify the additional effort. 
I will probably make the "fake block".

[shipman]

Shame on you.......you've just let down the OCD element here. Sometimes too much is never enough. Me thinks you've made the right decision with the blocks.

[Dowmer]

Johann, I agree, probably not work all the work, but still amazing that you are able to fabricate such small working details with such scale appearance. Well done. 

[Peta_V]

When the line is in you can't tel if There is real shave. Save your effort for other.... Visible.... Items! Your model is.......... OH my god so welllllllll made! Congrats mate 

[Jorge Diaz O]

wow...Perfec,sir.

[Ponto]

... 1.7 mm x .5mm  sheaves???.....that is simply astonishing. How in the world is one even able to apply the groove to the perimeter of the sheave?

[archjofo]

Hi,
thanks for your nice comments. And to all the others also a thank you for the many Likes.

Today I show step by step how I made these blocks.
The pictures speak for themselves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mbp521]

Such precision work. Simply amazing. 
 

-Brian

[rtropp]

Great work.  I'm going to give it a try.  Can you tell me where you got the patterns for the blocks?

 

Thanks,

Richard

[Ronald-V]

Amazing work on the blocks! 😮 

[archjofo]

@mbp521

@mugje

@rtropp

Hello,

thank you very much for your positive comments.
And thank you all for the many LIKES.
That motivates me a lot.

 

"Great work.  I'm going to give it a try.  Can you tell me where you got the patterns for the blocks?"

Hello, Richard,

for this special type of block, which is only attached to the shrouds, there are corresponding drawings in the Atlas du Génie Maritime on plate no. 212. 
Do you know the Atlas du Génie Maritime ?
This is a collection of technical construction drawings of the French Navy from the 19th century. 
Here the corresponding plate no. 212:

 

[archjofo]

@Ponto

 

".. 1.7 mm x .5mm  sheaves???.....that is simply astonishing. How in the world is one even able to apply the groove to the perimeter of the sheave?"

 

Excuse me, 
unfortunately I did not see your question and therefore did not answer it.
But in the meantime I have posted a series of pictures for the production of these blocks. Maybe you have already seen them.
The groove is simply made with a needle file.
 

[garyshipwright]

Hi Johann. Thank you  for the how to post on making those tiny blocks  and your work still leaves me on the speechless side. I took a look at the reference you gave on the  Atlas du Génie Maritime and think am going to hang on to that one. Do you know off hand if they have published the Atlas in book form since then? Could be a good one to get. Only item I have that comes close to this is the Encyclopedie Methodique Marine, 3 vols set and 1 vol of plates. Thank you. Gary

[archjofo]

Hi, Gary,
thank you for your interest in my work.
Unfortunately, I cannot tell you if the Atlas du Génie Maritime has been published as a book.

[wefalck]

The 'Atlas' was never published as a book as such. In fact, it was a collection of loose lithographs that was being added to from time to time. No one institution seems to have a complete collection. The French Service Historique de la Defence (SHD) in Vincennes/Paris has one pretty complete collection. The Musée de la Marine in Paris too. However the Musée des Arts et Metiers in Paris has a collection that has some sheets that are not in the other collections. The Universit of Genoa in Italy also has a quite comprehensive collection: https://duilioship.unige.it/

There is also a collection of thumbnails of it on http://www.shipmodell.com/index_files/0PLAN_ATLAS1.html

 

[garyshipwright]

Thanks Johann and wefalck for the information and links. Will take  a look. Gary

[archjofo]

Hello,

in the meantime I have made the 1 and 2-disc blocks, the special kind. 
So now a total of 30 pieces of this special block type are finished.
As a reminder: it is a kind of guiding block which was fixed in the shrouds. In French these blocks are called "Moques de conduits".
A kind of fairleads, but with discs. 

 

 

[Dowmer]

Nicely made Johann.  The attention to detail is marvelous, especially your splice around the Fairleads or "Moques de conduits".

 

By the way, the disks you refer to are called “sheaves” in English. 

[archjofo]

@Dowmer

Sorry, I will use the correct expression in the future.

Many thanks for the hint.

[Dowmer]

No criticism, just trying to help teach like you are teaching all of us what can be accomplished in beautiful scale details. Keep it up 😃

[shipman]

I just love your little fella 'Jaques' with the dubiously scaled measuring stick. He has biceps bigger than his waist....he must be the French version of 'Popeye'. The real one.

I continue to drool at your work, but justify that because it is natural at my age.

[archjofo]

Hello,

the first of these blocks was attached to the main shrouds. 
As an aid I used a wooden strip which was covered with a double-sided adhesive tape.
Nevertheless it is a very difficult job to tie up these tiny pieces with Japanese silk yarn.

 

 

[Dziadeczek]

Splendid!

Why not glueing them to the shrouds with, say, a drop of white glue to keep them there, and then wrapping them around the shrouds with a thread?

[archjofo]

@Dziadeczek

Thanks for your appreciation.
I have already thought about that. No matter how cleanly you handle the glue, there is always a residue and you might see that.
My philosophy in model making is, only as much glue as absolutely necessary. 

[wefalck]

I prefer fast-drying solvent-based lacquer (zapon lacquer, as used to protect brass and silver from tarnishing) for this purposes. It is basically invisible and can be loosened with a drop of acetone, if needed. It can also applied in small quantities with a fine brush.

[archjofo]

Hello, Eberhard,
I really have to try that.

[archjofo]

Today I once again felt the need to create a scene in the style of a historical postcard on the battery deck of the French corvette. The "Second Maitre" is from the book "La Marine" from 1843 after an illustration by Morel-Fatio.

[wefalck]

The photographer must have come through

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Tunnel)