Varyag 1901 by Valeriy V - FINISHED - scale 1:75 - Russian Cruiser

[Valeriy V]

5 hours ago, Dr PR said:

Wow!

 

Valeriy, you have made great progress since I last looked in on this build.

 

Thank you Phil!

I tried to the best of my ability during all your absence.  

 

The photo shows a trash sleeve for ash and a pole of anti-torpedo protection.

[vossiewulf]

Very nice work Valeriy, as usual. The thing about torpedo nets is how many ships carried them for... maybe 25 years? And as far as I know, they only did what they were designed to do once, at the Japanese attack on Port Darwin in 1904.

[Valeriy V]

5 hours ago, vossiewulf said:

Very nice work Valeriy, as usual. The thing about torpedo nets is how many ships carried them for... maybe 25 years? And as far as I know, they only did what they were designed to do once, at the Japanese attack on Port Darwin in 1904.

On the Varyag with networks it turned out even sadder. From the United States, the Varyag came only with poles. And the networks themselves appeared in Russia later, when Varyag was already flooded in Chemulpo.

[KeithAug]

Valeriy

 

5 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

appeared in Russia later, when Varyag was already flooded in Chemulpo.

 

Does that mean you wont be fitting the nets?

[Valeriy V]

8 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Valeriy

Does that mean you wont be fitting the nets?

Yes, Keith, there will be no networks. The model must match its original.

[Valeriy V]

Outboard gangway.

[wefalck]

Ahh, I already had withdrawal symptoms 🥴

[Valeriy V]

5 hours ago, wefalck said:

Ahh, I already had withdrawal symptoms 🥴

I will try to make good medicine for you.  

[KeithAug]

13 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

Outboard gangway.

Hi Valeriy

 

I presume the lower platform is a device for disposing of mutineers?

[Valeriy V]

1 hour ago, KeithAug said:

Hi Valeriy

 

I presume the lower platform is a device for disposing of mutineers?

Keith, this is not humane, the bathing option is more appropriate.    

[druxey]

Unfortunately talk of mutiny makes me think of the film Battleship Potemkin by Eisenstein.

[Valeriy V]

On 3/9/2019 at 11:51 PM, druxey said:

Unfortunately talk of mutiny makes me think of the film Battleship Potemkin by Eisenstein.

By the way, in this film, in the role of the battleship Potemkin, completely different ships were taken.  

[Valeriy V]

Stern balcony.

[wefalck]

Nice soldering work ! Did you make a jig for this complex part ?

[DORIS]

Just watching and admire your workmanship with metal pieces. Fantastic results and details. 

 

Kind regards,
Doris

[KeithAug]

Valeriy

 

Lovely work - Like Eberhard I would like to know how you did it?

[cotrecerf]

and again, I'm full of admiration.  and I see how much there is for me to learn yet.

[Valeriy V]

5 hours ago, DORIS said:

Just watching and admire your workmanship with metal pieces. Fantastic results and details. 

 

Kind regards,
Doris

Doris, thank you for your kind feedback about my work.
  Do not cease to admire your gorgeous model Royal Katherine !!!

And I remain a fan of your talent and golden hands.!!!   

[Valeriy V]

5 hours ago, wefalck said:

Nice soldering work ! Did you make a jig for this complex part ?

 

3 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Valeriy

Lovely work - Like Eberhard I would like to know how you did it?

Yes, Eberhard is right, the problem is solved with the help of a template.

First cut out of paper pattern of the inner contour. Then I scanned this template and put it on a computer in a vector program. Now it remains only to draw the part and solder it from brass.

[Valeriy V]

46 minutes ago, cotrecerf said:

and again, I'm full of admiration.  and I see how much there is for me to learn yet.

I am glad to help you with anything.  

[druxey]

Beautifully done, Valeriy!

[amateur]

Was rhere some kind of decking on this balcony? The holes look rather large to me. 

And like the others I am enjoying your metal skills.

 

Jan

[KeithAug]

1 hour ago, amateur said:

Was rhere some kind of decking on this balcony

Jan - see earlier discussion - I think it is another walkway for mutineers.

[mtaylor]

Beautiful work especially with the brass.

[Valeriy V]

12 hours ago, amateur said:

Was rhere some kind of decking on this balcony? The holes look rather large to me. 

And like the others I am enjoying your metal skills.

 

10 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Jan - see earlier discussion - I think it is another walkway for mutineers.

Jean, as long as I did not put the wooden rusternye lattice version from Keith may well exist. But if Kate insists on the execution version, then hanging on sailyard is still preferable.  

[Seamanpeter]

Congrats with this building / project!! Seen a lot in my life but this is an exception and the works / effort to built this one is one of a kind!! 

[rpeteru]

On 2/24/2019 at 5:55 PM, vossiewulf said:

Very nice work Valeriy, as usual. The thing about torpedo nets is how many ships carried them for... maybe 25 years? And as far as I know, they only did what they were designed to do once, at the Japanese attack on Port Darwin in 1904.

Er vossiewulf I do not think the Japanese attacked Darwin in 1904 maybe 1942. The port you should refer to is Port Arthur, i think that was the name of the Russian base on the peninsula.

[vossiewulf]

27 minutes ago, rpeteru said:

Er vossiewulf I do not think the Japanese attacked Darwin in 1904 maybe 1942. The port you should refer to is Port Arthur, i think that was the name of the Russian base on the peninsula.

Yep you're right, I meant Port Arthur, the night time destroyer attack on the Russian fleet.

[Valeriy V]

I start to manufacture the deck flooring from wooden boards. I use black paper as a seam.

[yvesvidal]

Valeriy,

 

You are not painting the hull before gluing the deck planks? It seems to me that it is going to be a daunting task to mask all the decks.

 

Yves