ancre La Jacinthe by Kortes - FINISHED - 1:42 scale - French schooner

[KORTES]

Treenails of the deck.

 

Unfortunately, I didn’t master the make using the syringe needle, after a few failed  tries I gave it up… I haven’t had enough patience. I decided to sharpen on the grinder. After some try-outs I opted for the pear tree instead of the toothpicks. D=0,6 mm.

[BETAQDAVE]

That's great Kortes!  You can also make your own home made and/or modified tools.

[druxey]

Looks good. Will you put a long handle on the mini-drill? My first 'serious' model was a 64 gun ship, fully planked at 1:48 scale. All the treenail holes were drilled by hand using a pin vise. I'd never do that again!

[KORTES]

My greetings, dear Dave.

Before the beginning of the building I realised the necessity of such instrument.Unfortunately, to my point of view, the PROXXON instruments are unreasonably expensive . That is why I have found in the internet photo of such instrument and asked my brother, who works with metal, to make me one. As a result I have two machines in one and it was a lot cheaper. 

[KeithAug]

Kortes  - Beautiful deck. 

[KORTES]

The hell is waiting to be done. For now I am making sketches.

[KORTES]

I have finished sketching, I still have half of the broadside to be filled with treenails.

Edited March 16, 2019 by KORTES

[yvesvidal]

WOW!!!

 

Yves

[Reg]

Excellent!  Thanks for all the photos of your progress!

 

Greg

[KeithAug]

Really smart. Well done.

[michael mott]

Tell me you have help! my goodness you work fast and accurately that deck looks fantastic, and then the hull....

 

Michael

[Keith Black]

On 2/27/2019 at 9:11 AM, KORTES said:

I finished my work on the 23 of September 2016. I had a photo report of the work, I decided to post it, maybe it could useful to someone.

My best regards, Alexander.

Michael, quote is from the first post of this build log. The man's work is phenomenal  but if he was that quick I would swear he had help from a host of wood fairies!

[KORTES]

Thank you very much my dear colleagues.

Dear Michael.

I have a pause in building "SPERWER" - I'm making sails. That's why I decided to show on the forum my last finished work Unfortunately I don't belong to the masters who work quickly. Once, I have apent two weeks of my vacation to make nailing.

[KORTES]

Basically I’ve finished nailing.

I finally got around to overhang. It is painted, taffrail is covered with pear tree and black hornbeam. I made it with a small margin, when the enclosures are set I will finish the taffrail.

[KORTES]

I have refined the taffrail a bit.

[KORTES]

I have constructed the bulwarks.

[KORTES]

Top timbers are installed.

[KeithAug]

Kortes

 

Looking very crisp - as usual. 

[KORTES]

 Thank you very much dear Keith.

 

 

Edited March 10, 2019 by KORTES

[KORTES]

Now it’s time to make cap rail and waterways. I bent it after putting under steam, using a pattern. After fixation i dried it using a hot air gun - it speeds up the process.

[KORTES]

Cap rail fore body.

Material - black hornbeam, after installing, I fixed it in place with 0,6 mm brass nails.

[KORTES]

Here is the after body of the cap rail.

Edited March 11, 2019 by KORTES

[KeithAug]

Stunningly precise work.

[michael mott]

On 3/7/2019 at 4:46 AM, KORTES said:

Dear Michael.

I have a pause in building "SPERWER" - I'm making sails. That's why I decided to show on the forum my last finished work Unfortunately I don't belong to the masters who work quickly. Once, I have apent two weeks of my vacation to make nailing.

Kortes, thank you for clarifying, this log for me I am a bit short on grasping things sometimes, and missed the information in the earlier post.

 

On 3/6/2019 at 1:37 AM, Keith Black said:

Michael, quote is from the first post of this build log. The man's work is phenomenal  but if he was that quick I would swear he had help from a host of wood fairies!

Keith It is good to know that someone was paying attention to the fine print and not just drooling over the pictures 😉

 

Thank you Kortes for taking the time to put this build log together after the fact. There is a certain benefit to being able to follow along at a measured pace.

 

Michael

[KORTES]

Dear  Michael and Keith I’m very touched by your attention to my work.

[KORTES]

I would like to present my attempts in making cap rail taffrail.

I waited a long time to approach it, finding the right technology, finally setting for the plank bending  with further refining.

To start, I had to prepare a pattern, and as I had to bend the lath with a big margin(the original size 1,5:22 mm), I had to make reinforced fixators.   

I have made two samples, refining them while adjusting them in place.

 

[KORTES]

Now, the same procedure with the hornbeam.

 

[KORTES]

I had to take my time, the profile is rather difficult to make. After molding the profile I left a small width margin and made the final refinements after gluing it, already in place.

[paulsutcliffe]

Very nicely done kortes

Regards

Paul 

[FriedClams]

Such wonderful work Kortes - very nice indeed.

 

Gary