MONTAÑES by Amalio

[Amalio]

Ja ja ja . Thank you very much.

[DORIS]

Excellent craftsmanship. An admirable quality of work, pleasure to look at it.
My respect!

Doris

[Amalio]

Thank you very much Doris.

It is the whole honor for me.

[Amalio]

[Sailor1234567890]

Simply amazing. How are Spanish 74s different from French or English ones? I can't seem to find much information about them anywhere. I think I read somewhere that they are often of a better quality but in what ways? Your work is stunning, looking forward to seeing more of it.

[vossiewulf]

10 hours ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

Simply amazing. How are Spanish 74s different from French or English ones? I can't seem to find much information about them anywhere. I think I read somewhere that they are often of a better quality but in what ways? Your work is stunning, looking forward to seeing more of it.

Short answer:

 

English 74s were the smallest of the three but most strongly built, intended to last many years in service and they did for the most part. They were also the slowest-sailing of the three.

 

French 74s were generally the largest of the three, and the best sailers, but lightly built and did not last long in service.

 

Spanish 74s were arguably the best, being larger than the usually too-small British 74s, almost as good sailers as the French, and were built reasonably strongly out of the best woods- teak and mahogany that were very resistant to rot and imparted great strength without the need for the heavy scantlings of British 74s.

[Sailor1234567890]

Exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.

[Amalio]

Thank you very much Doris.

[8sillones]

I like the detail of the contratrancaniles.
Usa you milling machine?

Ja.ja

[Amalio]

Thank you very much Doris.

[Amalio]

Thank you very much Doris.

[aviaamator]

Fine!

[vossiewulf]

No idea how you keep the grate glue joints invisible when you flex it like that. I'm going to have to buy a Spanish thesaurus, I've run out of English superlatives.

[Amalio]

[vossiewulf]

Ok after that capstan I'm back to thinking we need to check for alien DNA. That's really not easy to make and it's completely perfect. 

[albert]

Great beautiful work Amalio.

[Amalio]

Thank you very much.

[Mirabell61]

Excellent and skilled handcraft work Amalio,

you sure know what you`re doing there !!

 

Nils

[tasmanian]

Impressive work Amalio , congratulations

[toms10]

Amalio,

Your craftsmanship is at a level all its own.  The only problem I see is THERE IS NO ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT! Thanks for showing us the possibilities of ship modeling.

Tom

[dvm27]

When I was little, my Dad would take me to see professional model train exhibits. Then I would return home to my puny train layout and take stock. Sometimes I would think why bother, but other times I would be inspired to do my darndest to make it look more like the professional version I had just seen. Your photos inspire me to take the later course.

 

Your capstan...magnifique!

[Maury S]

More inspiration for us!

Maury

[Amalio]

Thank you very much to all.

[vossiewulf]

I've been sitting looking at the capstan and trying to figure out how I'd make it, and all the paths require a lathe and milling machine and rotary table with tailstock and indexing head and possibly custom tapered mills. And at least several complex jigs, most of which would be single use, they'd be made specifically for that capstan. If you're able to do that with only simple tools I'm coming all the way to Spain just to kick you in the shin for being that good.

 

He estado sentado mirando el cabrestante y tratando de encontrar la manera que lo lograría, y todos los caminos requieren un torno y fresadora y una mesa giratoria con el contrapunto y la cabeza indexación y posiblemente molinos cónicos personalizado. Y al menos varias plantillas complejas, la mayor parte de lo que sería de un solo uso, estarían hechas específicamente para ese cabrestante. Si usted es capaz de hacer eso con sólo herramientas simples que estoy procedentes de todo el camino a España sólo para dar una patada en la espinilla por ser tan bueno.

[Elmer Cornish]

just  found your  build  awesome    !

[cog]

On 16/06/2017 at 1:37 PM, vossiewulf said:

I've been sitting looking at the capstan and trying to figure out how I'd make it, and all the paths require a lathe and milling machine and rotary table with tailstock and indexing head and possibly custom tapered mills. And at least several complex jigs, most of which would be single use, they'd be made specifically for that capstan. If you're able to do that with only simple tools I'm coming all the way to Spain just to kick you in the shin for being that good.

 

He estado sentado mirando el cabrestante y tratando de encontrar la manera que lo lograría, y todos los caminos requieren un torno y fresadora y una mesa giratoria con el contrapunto y la cabeza indexación y posiblemente molinos cónicos personalizado. Y al menos varias plantillas complejas, la mayor parte de lo que sería de un solo uso, estarían hechas específicamente para ese cabrestante. Si usted es capaz de hacer eso con sólo herramientas simples que estoy procedentes de todo el camino a España sólo para dar una patada en la espinilla por ser tan bueno.

 

Maybe you should go all the way to Spain and learn how to do it from master Montanes, instead of kicking him ... so destructive ... I would like to see this build finished in the near future, not postponed because of ill treatment of the builder

[Kurt Johnson]

Tain’t natural, says I. Some wizardry here, says I. No human could do this without the help of some powers that should be left alone. I says we should go there and take care of this before its to late!!!!!!

 

 

 

Please don’t stop. I search every time I log on for updates! Very inspiring, though very humbling.

 

Kurt

[vossiewulf]

19 hours ago, cog said:

Maybe you should go all the way to Spain

Your sarcasm detector seems to be malfunctioning, Carl.

[Amalio]

[md1400cs]

Amalio,

 

Just catching up - Incredible work!!