Part 1 The hero of my story was born in 1947. This is Vladislav Zhdan, a well-known ship modeler in Russia. He lives and works in Moscow. Today he is a recognized master of his craft. His models of old sailing ships are in demand in Russia and abroad. Vladislav’s childhood was usual for that […]
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I am continuing to review the construction of the Mukha-class hydrofoil. The construction of the ship’s superstructure continues. Superstructure of the second tier. Now it’s the turn of making doors. There are quite a lot of doors and Filindr, as a true master of his craft, develops the technological process of making doors. As a […]
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The next operation is to unfold the “planks” of the skin on a plane. By now, I have made many details. In order not to get confused by them, it is time to arrange the made parts in order on A4 sheets. The process is facilitated by the fact that for the opposite side of […]
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I will continue the story about Filindr’s build of the Mukha-class hydrofoil. I had to pause this story when I started developing a new version of my site. So, Filindr and his beautiful paper model. The continuation of the construction of the ship begins with the stern superstructure, through which the gas duct mines pass. […]
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In order to assemble frames with a cross-section of futtocks of about 1 mm, it is necessary to make special rigs combined with declivity boards. This will allow you to put the frames on the slipway in the required position and in length and, importantly, in height. Then, when the outer skin is installed, the […]
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Now the next task is to make the stem, keel and sternpost. This is a simple operation, since the needed details can be easily obtained from their outline in the side projection. Here’s what I have. In the bow of the hull, the frames rest on the stem and are covered from above with an […]
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An important question is how thick to make “thin parts” – the futtocks of the frames? Do I need to increase their transverse dimensions in order to make them look better? For “thin” frames, the section of upper futtocks is 1.0×1.25 mm …..I began to make practical frames. It is necessary to determine their dimensions […]
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And here it is, a solemn moment. The theoretical drawing has been exported to Acad, where it will be “sliced” into parts. What bad? The process is quite time-consuming. What good? The accuracy of the parts obtained is plus or minus 0.05 mm …. Now I can make frames and I can determine their shape […]
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Today, at last, I finished work on the English edition of my 18th century a French longboat. Looking at the magazine, I made in 2014, I found many flaws. I had partly to redesign the text and add illustrations to explain better the assembly process. I also decided to add color parts in that case […]
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The work on the model began by correcting the picture, which replaced the lines plan for me. These kinds of pictures need to be checked. The different plans may not match. Therefore, it is necessary to make the appropriate changes. After correcting the picture of the longboat, it can be placed into the design program […]
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As I already said, I managed to find a few more pictures with illustrations of the boat and its equipment. I also managed to find pictures showing the equipment of the longboat of that time: a bucket, a lantern, a compass binnacle, oarlocks and an anchor-cat. That’s all the information that I had at the time of the start of the modeling. I must say that this was not my first model, which I developed myself from the very beginning. I already had experience in model development. I will talk about this another time. My toolbox included FreeShip!, Acad 2000, InDesign and Photoshop. […]
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For several days now I have been working on the translation of the PSG-Modeler magazine No. 3 March 2014 French longboat on a scale of 1:72. The case turned out to be a little more complicated than I thought. It is necessary to add illustrations so that the assembly process is most clear. I hope to be finished by the end of next week.
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