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

[KORTES]

I'm very glad  you found my working experience interesting.

My best regards.

 

[KORTES]

I made cables, and i’m starting assembling the spars. I started with bowsprit, finished assembling anchor bitt and some small pieces

[SJSoane]

On 4/11/2019 at 2:04 AM, KORTES said:

Jack-pins.

I found the technology of making jack-pins  in the report of Uriy Kimborovich (bim), that he  used for his schooner “Izmail”, for what I’m very grateful to him. I made a simple device out of the materials I had.
Material - pear tree. Firstly I prepared the bars of the desired diameter, and so as not to waste too much material (for the support fixture in the collet) I was carving from a long rod, as the length of the coordinate table would allow me.

 

 

 

 

This is a very interesting way of turning small, thin pieces. I have not seen this before. Very clever!

 

Mark

 

 

[KORTES]

I’ve made the mast hoop. I couldn’t find the brass of the required diameter, instead I had a bronze wire. I had troubles while blackening. I had to buy a special solution, which solved the problem.

[KORTES]

I’m putting the masts in place.

[FriedClams]

Simply beautiful Kortes.  The color tone on all your woodwork is so rich - very appealing.

 

Gary

[KORTES]

Greettings dear Gery. Yes, you are right, this is the color of the oil- coated  pear tree. Pear tree wood is one the my favourite. My best regards.

[KORTES]

I’ve finished refining the control blade.

[KeithAug]

Kortes - lovely sweep to the tiller - everything looking beautifully crafted.

Edited April 18, 2019 by KeithAug

[Hyposphagma]

Perfect shapes. Congratulation. A very nice ship.

[KORTES]

I would like to show my galley stove.

The material is a black  hornbeam.

 

[KORTES]

I oil-coated it.

[KORTES]

The fitting was made in place, I didn't fix a chimney in place, because I haven't decided yet whether to install it or not.

When the oil dries, I'll try to polish  it.

[KORTES]

Macrofilming,macrofilming.. It shows all the faults, that are invisible by the unaided eye.

That's why I decided to redo the surface a bit.

[KeithAug]

Kortes - Lovely little stove. I like the chimney fitted.

[archjofo]

I love these details.
Unfortunately, only the chimney can be seen on my corvette.

[KORTES]

Thank you very much dear Colleagues.

My best regards.

[KORTES]

I’ve made pomps.

[KORTES]

I’ve made the carronades.

The method isn’t too technological, but since I needed only to of them I decided to use it. The barrels are turned using a lathe, all the other parts are ‘filed’ of brass using the rat-file and broaching files. All the parts have been soldered together and after blackening the solder had to be painted.

[FriedClams]

You must be a perfectionist Alexander, because your work is indeed perfect.  Your re-working of the stove displays your pride of craftsmanship.  All these details - tiller, stove, pumps and carronades are all very finely made.  Nice.

 

Gary

[KORTES]

Gary, thank you so much for such kind words.

To my mind the light perfectionism is good for every master.

Edited May 4, 2019 by KORTES

[KORTES]

Tops of the masts.

[KORTES]

Assembled.

[KeithAug]

Always a pleasure to catch up on your exquisite work.

[KORTES]

Thank you very much, Keith.

[KORTES]

I got around to working on the standing ropes.

I made hemps using cotton threads with addition of polyester.

Shroud eyes and jackstay.

[KORTES]

Gluing in mainsail.

In order to correct the inclination I made a small pattern.

[KORTES]

Installing shrouds.

[archjofo]

The standing rigging looks fantastic.
The complete model is wonderful.

Edited May 10, 2019 by archjofo

[KORTES]

Thank you very much, Johann.