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

[giampieroricci]

Thanks friends for your likes!

I have finished the structure of the decks:

 

 

 

 

 

[cotrecerf]

Hello Giampiero,

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

 

rgds

 

cotrecerf

[giampieroricci]

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?

 

rgds

 

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 !!!

 

 

 

[giampieroricci]

I managed to build the grand scale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cotrecerf]

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

 

[cotrecerf]

Hi Giampiero and friends,

sorry, I was wrong: the chisels were discussed in the German ship modeller forum " Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau" under https://forum.arbeitskreis-historischer-schiffbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1536

 

rgds

[noel_colledge]

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

Miniature Russian carving tools

[giampieroricci]

The big and the small capstan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mtaylor]

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

[giampieroricci]

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:

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

[giampieroricci]

After casting the 8 lb guns I had to redo the silicone rubber mold for the 18 lb guns:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BobG]

Wow...amazing work!

[druxey]

Lovely work as usual. I hope that the casting metal is pewter? Lead is not so good.

[giampieroricci]

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

[Barbossa]

How impressive can this be ?

Same ship, same plans. One major difference in soccer terminology : 

I'm amateur but this is Champions League.

[giampieroricci]

10 hours ago, Barbossa said:

How impressive can this be ?

Same ship, same plans. One major difference in soccer terminology : 

I'm amateur but this is Champions League.

Where can I see your build?

[giampieroricci]

small advances:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dvm27]

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!

[Mike Y]

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! 😲

 

Edited January 6, 2021 by Mike Y

[mtaylor]

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

[giampieroricci]

Once the artillery was finished, I mounted the rudder and started the shroud holders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Edwardkenway]

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

[giampieroricci]

small jobs:

 

 

 

 

[giampieroricci]

little step:

 

 

 

 

 

[Jorge Diaz O]

Wow!!!!!!

[archjofo]

Superb  Work !

[druxey]

All I can do is shake my head and keep reminding myself that this model is not at 1:48 or 1:64! Amazing.

[giampieroricci]

bow gun ports and artillery positioning:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[giampieroricci]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bossman]

Stunning!