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LA VENUS 1782 by giampieroricci - FINISHED - Scale 1:96 - French Frigate


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On 12/7/2020 at 2:08 PM, cotrecerf said:

Hello Giampiero,

very impressive quality of work. I'm interested to know what amnufacture are the mini-chisels you use. Where to buy?

 

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cotrecerf

 

those mini-chisels are handcrafted. I got them, through a dear friend, from an acquaintance of his. I only know that they come from Russia, that they are expensive, I paid for them in advance and they arrived after about six months. But they are excellent !!!

 

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Thanks, Giampiero,

I wondered whether you got the chisels from a different supplier than the Russian; the Russian chisel set was discussed in this forum already.

An alternative supplier from say within the European Community would facilitate the order and delivery handling.

best regards

 

cotrecerf

 

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They are also discussed here on this forum  in the tools and workshop equipment section under 

Miniature Russian carving tools

Finished builds are 

1/35 Endeavour's Longboat by Artesania Latina

1/36 scratch built Philadelphia Gunboat from the Smithsonian Plans

 

Current build is

Scratch build Boudroit's Monograph for La Jacinthe at 1/36

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As always.... just an incredible amount of detail for something so small. 

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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  • 3 weeks later...

I started building artillery on this frigate. The first idea was to make a silicone rubber mold and pour a two-component resin into it, but it takes too long for each gun. So I decided to make them in lead alloy which has a very low melting temperature.

I made the two masters in brass:

 

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In the meantime, I started building the carts for the 18-pound guns:

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On 31/12/2020 at 14:32, druxey said:

Ottimo lavoro come al solito. Spero che il metallo fuso sia peltro? Il piombo non è così buono.

it's not just lead. is an alloy of lead and antimony. Structurally it is much harder than lead. It comes from some typefaces that were used in old printers that a dear friend gave me

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You've managed to incorporate every detail except the  branded imprinted lettering on the carriages. A Euro cent must be a lot bigger than our US penny!

Greg

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11 hours ago, dvm27 said:

 A Euro cent must be a lot bigger than our US penny!

It's actually smaller than a penny (16.25mm for a euro cent vs 19.05mm for a penny).

(Pardon, crawling back under a pedantic rock).

 

What giampieroricci is doing is incredible, can't imagine that accuracy on such a small scale, looks like an ultimate challenge! 😲

 

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All that detail at that scale makes my head hurt.   Incredible.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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I can't add anything that's not already been said, 😲 superb!!

Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25

Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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