SS Blagoev ex-Songa 1921 by Valeriy V - scale 1:100 - Soviet Union

[Brett Slater]

Your metalworking skills are quite extraordinary ! I've just made something similar but used plastic and that was hard enough, how you achieve this sort of result in brass is beyond me ! 

[yvesvidal]

6 hours ago, Valeriy V said:

Valeriy and his infamous giant match 🙂

 

Yves

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up on your model, Valeriy. Absolutely beautiful work.

 

John

[John Ruy]

Incredible work, I simply must pull up a chair. WOW 😮 

[Valeriy V]

Thank you all for your feedback and likes! I hope that the continuation will be no less interesting for all of you.  

 

 

 

16 hours ago, Brett Slater said:

 I've just made something similar but used plastic and that was hard enough, how you achieve this sort of result in brass is beyond me ! 

The thing is that, in turn, I will not be able to make the same windlass out of plastic. I am used to metal.

 

And if you redirect your efforts from plastic to metal, then, in the end, you will undoubtedly succeed.  

[KeithAug]

Very nice looking winch Valeriy. I'm glad Cangarda's winch is a lot simpler.

Edited September 14 by KeithAug

[Rick310]

WOW!!!  Beautiful work!!

Rick

[FriedClams]

Simply superb, Valeriy!

 

Gary

[FlyingFish]

Been away - just catching up. This is exemplary work Valeriy - I simply don't know how you do it. 

[Valeriy V]

On 9/23/2024 at 7:55 PM, FlyingFish said:

Been away - just catching up. This is exemplary work Valeriy - I simply don't know how you do it. 

Thanks, Andy!
I use only available technologies. This interesting video shows the entire set of machines that I use when working with brass.  

 

 

[FlyingFish]

Thanks for sharing this - they may be 'available' but the skill to use them; now that's another matter! Interesting that he uses a large soldering iron - I can see the advantages to having heat stored like this - I have often thought that most 'hobby' irons are too small, or low powered.

[yvesvidal]

Excellent video. I own a small collection of brass engines in O scale and that video gives me even more respect for the skills and patience that these little marvels require, to be built. I wish he had detailed the process of solder removal from the parts, as most models that you buy unpainted, have no marks or traces of soldering.

 

And yes, unfortunately, only Asian people are capable of building such marvels nowadays. At least for a decent price. The O Scale model we saw in the video would retail for more than $2,000 in the American market, when produced in small quantities (50-100 units).

 

Yves

[Valeriy V]

My work on the complete assembly of the windlass is finished.

[Valeriy V]

Now it needs to be installed on the forecastle.  

[Keith Black]

 An absolutely beautiful piece of workmanship, Valeriy. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Keith Black

[steamschooner]

very, very, nice! indeed

Steve

[druxey]

Impeccable work!