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

[Mirabell61]

great work Valeriy,

 

how will you do the boats, any plans yet?

 

Nils

Edited July 31, 2024 by Mirabell61

[Valeriy V]

33 minutes ago, Mirabell61 said:

great worl Valeriy,

how will you do the boats, any plans yet?

Nils

Nils! I don't have a final decision on the boats yet. I have some thoughts on this, but I need to experiment first.  

[Valeriy V]

I greet everyone and continue to build a model of a steamship.

A water tank to create water pressure in the water supply system.

[Valeriy V]

Side distinctive lights.

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Compass

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Fire buckets.

[druxey]

Beautiful work, as always!

[KeithAug]

lovely job on the navigation lights and buckets Valeriy. I had to magnify the buckets to see how you had done the handle connection. A cunning piece of visual deception. Very effective.

[FriedClams]

Beautiful, precise and clean work, Valeriy!  Once again.

 

Gary

[Mirabell61]

lovely work Valerij

 

Nils

[shipman]

Valeriy's consumate craftsmanship continues to set the standard in model shipbuilding.

Thank you for sharing your endeavours.

[Valeriy V]

Thank you all for your kind words and comments and likes!  

 

I continue to work on the details of the steamship model.

The photo shows the process of installing the guard rails on the spar deck.

[Valeriy V]

Manufacturing of davits.

[KeithAug]

They look nice and uniform.👍

[Valeriy V]

View of the spar deck from the stern after installation of some parts.

[Valeriy V]

Now let's look at the spar deck from the forward corners.

[Valeriy V]

The general appearance of the model so far looks like this.

[Dr PR]

Another superb model!

 

I have followed several of your builds and each demonstrates first class worksmanship.

 

I think you could make a model of a garbage scow look beautiful!

[Valeriy V]

20 minutes ago, Dr PR said:

I think you could make a model of a garbage scow look beautiful!

You are absolutely right, Phil!
The style of model building I use (which dates back to the early 20th century) allows me to depict any nondescript boat as a pleasure yacht.

[wefalck]

I think you emulate the old 'Builder's Model' or 'Boardroom Model' style very well with your projects 👍🏻

[Valeriy V]

I am glad to welcome everyone!  

I continue my work on the model of the cargo steamer.
I made a little more than 60 parts for the windlass and now I show in the photo their test assembly together.

 

Windlass foundation.

[Valeriy V]

Steam drive mechanism parts and installation at the location.

 

 

[Valeriy V]

Details of chain drum drives, mechanisms for connecting and disconnecting drive gears and a drum.

 

 

[Valeriy V]

Details of the manual drive mechanism, chain and brake drums with brake drive handles.

 

 

[Valeriy V]

The preliminary assembly stage of the windlass is complete. Ahead of me is the necessary color treatment of the parts and their final assembly.

[wefalck]

Impeccable metalwork as usual 👍🏻

 

However, somehow I don't see the the two chain-wheels, that should have depressions for the chain-links ...

[Valeriy V]

8 minutes ago, wefalck said:However, somehow I don't see the the two chain-wheels, that should have depressions for the chain-links ...

However, somehow I don't see the the two chain-wheels, that should have depressions for the chain-links ...

There are recesses there, but until I decided on the size of the chain, I did not make them too deep. Later, when I have a ready chain, I will make a slot to the required depth.

[Tony Hunt]

That is a work of art Valeriy. Really extraordinary detail. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[Canute]

Outstanding metal work, Valeriy, 👍

[Keith Black]

Incredible mind blowing work, Valerly. I'm in awe that you've been able to machine that much fine detail into that small of a footprint.