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

[Dowmer]

Absolutely fantastic work!

[druxey]

Excellent results, Kortes!

[Peta_V]

Just wow. Amazing! 

[Ponto]

Gorgeous workmanship in an impressive build log. Thank you for sharing!

[TOM G]

FANTASTIC WORK......... YOU ARE A TRUE ARTIST. 

[KORTES]

Dear Colleagues, thank you very much for your kind words.  
 

[KORTES]

My greetings, dear colleagues,

I Submit for Your judgement anchors.
I never did the casting, and after talking to my colleagues I realized that in order to obtain the desired result, among other things you need to get some practice
,through a system of trial and error for which time is needed.

Therefore, after weighing everything, I decided to just cut the anchors, for the lack of brass, I used 3mm iron sheet. I had to make 4 pieces, taking my time I spent  days on it. I used a cutting wheel, files, broaching file, a drill, of course, and
the final stage a micro-drill.

[KORTES]

The paws were soldered with an ordinary solder,using acid, however, previously, it was necessary to heat up the horns and paws with a burner.

[KORTES]

The movable stock, for lack of a lathe, was sharpened with a drill. The ending thickenings were soldered with a further refinements.

[KORTES]

It’s ready for the blackening.

[G.L.]

Kortes,

You are a metal wizard.

[amateur]

Why do you need castings? These anchors look perfectly perfect to me....

Your metalwork is outstanding!

 

Jan

[druxey]

As said already, outstanding work!

[bruce d]

Inspiring.

[FriedClams]

Whenever I catch up on your build log, I always know I'm in for a visual treat.  Your sails turned out beautifully Alexander.  The color, texture and feel of them is very authentic.  And your anchors are well - superb.  Your work always slaps me out of my complacency and inspires me to work harder to improve my own modeling.  

 

Gary

[TOM G]

SUPERB work on those anchors. 

[mtaylor]

I'm never disappointed in stopping by your log.  Your work is amazing and inspiring. 

[KORTES]

I'm very grateful to you, dear colleagues, for you interest in my work, reviews and kind words.

My best regards.

[KORTES]

It’s ready for the blackening.

As I have made the anchors from steel, I used a weapon paste for blackening in order to restitute blueing 

 

[KORTES]

The anchors are being tied and set in place.

[J11]

Superb craftsmanship, I will incorporate your skill and procedures for my builds in the future. Appreciate the step by step images. You should think on the lines of selling these anchors in different sizes as they are exquisite. Or maybe offer them as a needed basis from modelers wanting this style and level of detail. 

[Keith Black]

34 minutes ago, Jonathan11 said:

think on the lines of selling these anchors

A great way to ruin a hobby is to make a job out of it. 

[KORTES]

I took photos of some parts of   the reeved rigging, while the sails haven’t covered it. Some ropes haven’t been covered yet.

[archjofo]

Excellent rigging!

[amateur]

Where doyoubuy your riggi g line and blocks?

(or do you make them yourself?)

 

Jan

[KORTES]

Thank you very much, Johann.

[KORTES]

Greetings, dear Jan

When I was working on the La Jacinthe, I was following the principle - all that I could make  myself, was made by myself.

The blocks were not an exception, so as the required number wasn't high, I made them myself. The exception were only 10 pieces of 2mm, that were too many to be made, so I had to buy them.

 

[KORTES]

And I also had to wind up the threads so they would match the scale, using the tool for winding cable.

[G.L.]

You have a good method to make blocks. What is the liquid in which they are soaked?

[KORTES]

Tung oil.