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

[RGL]

Best ever! 

[FriedClams]

Masterful work Valeriy!  Everything fitting into place perfectly - so clean and precise.  Who knew a utilitarian metal stairway could also be an item of beauty?  Remarkable craftsmanship and the silver plating is an elegant touch.

 

Gary 

[Valeriy V]

12 hours ago, FriedClams said:

Masterful work Valeriy!  Everything fitting into place perfectly - so clean and precise.  Who knew a utilitarian metal stairway could also be an item of beauty?  Remarkable craftsmanship and the silver plating is an elegant touch.

 

Gary 

Thanks Gary!

You are absolutely right - the method of highlighting small details on trivial nodes makes it possible to turn the simplest boat into an interesting art object.

After all, you yourself do this on your models.  

[KeithAug]

Such a pleasure to see your work Valiery. I would love to see more detail of your metal working. It hard to always see from the finished item how you went about the assembly

[KORTES]

Valeriy,  as always, your work is  of an outstanding mastery , my best regards .

[Valeriy V]

On 9/20/2020 at 11:05 PM, KeithAug said:

Such a pleasure to see your work Valiery. I would love to see more detail of your metal working. It hard to always see from the finished item how you went about the assembly

Thanks Keith. I do not have the opportunity to photograph the manufacturing process of all parts. There are a lot of them and there is always very little time.  

 It will be easier if you ask me about a specific detail and I will try to answer your question in as much detail as possible.

[Valeriy V]

On 9/21/2020 at 9:53 PM, KORTES said:

Valeriy,  as always, your work is  of an outstanding mastery , my best regards .

 

 

Greetings to you, Alexander!

Thank you for your feedback and I am a little behind the times, so the question for you is - have you started your new project or are you still choosing?

[Valeriy V]

Electric winch. Pre-assembly of parts.

[Bedford]

Beautiful work Valeriy but unless I'm missing something it appears that one of the "V" cut gears needs to be turned the other way, those teeth won't mesh like that.

[Valeriy V]

13 hours ago, Bedford said:

Beautiful work Valeriy but unless I'm missing something it appears that one of the "V" cut gears needs to be turned the other way, those teeth won't mesh like that.

Yes, Bedford,  you are right.  

This is only a rough assembly, the shaft on the electric motor is also  temporary, it will be shortened later.

[Bedford]

Yeah I didn't think you'd make a mistake like that but thought it should be pointed out just in case. There are people who really can't get their heads around gears and the like.

[Valeriy V]

Rigging shackle,  perhaps someone will be interested in this version of its manufacture.  

 

Manufacturing a semi-circular blank. I pull the brass bar through the die.

[Valeriy V]

Using a flange and a drill, I make blanks.

[Valeriy V]

The resulting blanks are crimped on a rod with a diameter of 1.2 mm.

[Valeriy V]

The rigging shackle is almost ready.

[Valeriy V]

Now you need to add the locking bolt.

[Valeriy V]

 The rigging shackle can now be applied to the model.

[druxey]

Very nicely done, Valeriy! That is the nicest miniature shackle I've seen.

[G.L.]

Very clear tutorial.

Thank you, Valeriy

[allanyed]

Valeriy

The shackles are terrific!   Are you making the flanges separately and soldering the to the ends of the half round rods or flattening the ends then filing them to shape or some other method?

Thanks for sharing!!

Allan

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by allanyed

[FriedClams]

More beautiful work Valeriy!  I ditto Druxey's remark - "That is the nicest miniature shackle I've seen."  Thanks for showing us how.

 

Gary

[Valeriy V]

Thanks everyone for your kind feedback and likes.  

 

 

[Valeriy V]

8 hours ago, allanyed said:

Valeriy

The shackles are terrific!   Are you making the flanges separately and soldering the to the ends of the half round rods or flattening the ends then filing them to shape or some other method?

Thanks for sharing!!

Allan

 

Allan, everything is very simple - I show it with the example of a large rod.  

 

Edited October 30, 2020 by Valeriy V

[KeithAug]

Valerie, excellent shackle - and the extra bit of explanation was yer helpful. What diameter wire did you use?

[Valeriy V]

2 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Valerie, excellent shackle - and the extra bit of explanation was yer helpful. What diameter wire did you use?

Thanks, Keith. The photo shows a wire with a diameter of 0.9 mm, but for other shackles I use wire from 0.7 to 1.2 mm.

[Roger Pellett]

Valeriy,

 

You must have a draw plate that converts round wire to that with a D shaped cross section.  What is it called?

 

Roger

[Valeriy V]

2 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

Valeriy,

 

You must have a draw plate that converts round wire to that with a D shaped cross section.  What is it called?

 

Roger

Sorry Roger, but I don't know the exact name in English, maybe it's a die.

https://markis.su/shop/filernaya-doska-eagle/

[Roger Pellett]

Thanks, Valeriy

[GrandpaPhil]

Your metal work is awesome!  Well done!

[Dr PR]

Valeriy,

 

I have been following your build for some time now. Beautiful work!