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POF L'Amarante Corvette de 12 canons 1744 1:36 (Ancre Monograph- Gérard Delacroix) By Shota

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Dużo pracy jest z kolkowaniem Shoto ale efekt jest imponujący. Świetna praca. Pozdrawiam Mirek
 
Good evening my dear friends:)

I am happy to announce that after more than a month and a half, today I finished preparing and installing about 5000 boxwood nails into the pear wood boards that make up the planking, along the contours of the frames.
This is a Sisyphean work how task of turning thin square boards with a thickness of 1 mm and lengths of 25 cm into long pins with a diameter of 0.7 mm. after that I have cut the long pin into different sizes at an oblique angle, so that it can be easily inserted into the hole in the wall of the planking board.
Before that, this was preceded by a careful and precise work of marking the line of the frames behind the planking. then I marked with a needle a point and then drilling a hole with a diameter of 0.7 mm.
In total, I created about 5000 nails + about 5000 round holes + about 5000 nail installations in the prepared holes = that is, I'm talking about about 15,000 work operations.
Now I have a few hundred square brass nails left in the ebony planking that connects the waterline. Attaching a few pictures for your impressions
I wish everyone a pleasant weekend and fun building ship models
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shota70 said:
Good evening my dear friends:)

I am happy to announce that after more than a month and a half, today I finished preparing and installing about 5000 boxwood nails into the pear wood boards that make up the planking, along the contours of the frames.
This is a Sisyphean work how task of turning thin square boards with a thickness of 1 mm and lengths of 25 cm into long pins with a diameter of 0.7 mm. after that I have cut the long pin into different sizes at an oblique angle, so that it can be easily inserted into the hole in the wall of the planking board.
Before that, this was preceded by a careful and precise work of marking the line of the frames behind the planking. then I marked with a needle a point and then drilling a hole with a diameter of 0.7 mm.
In total, I created about 5000 nails + about 5000 round holes + about 5000 nail installations in the prepared holes = that is, I'm talking about about 15,000 work operations.
Now I have a few hundred square brass nails left in the ebony planking that connects the waterline. Attaching a few pictures for your impressions
I wish everyone a pleasant weekend and fun building ship models
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A amazing job, Shota. With every (tree)nail you are coming closer to the finish.
Regards, Peter
 
dockattner said:
An amazing effort that yielded an amazing result, Shota. Congratulations for your perseverance. I'm certain you are very pleased with the outcome.
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Paul my dear friend
Receiving such a compliment from a master craftsman like you is a great honor!!!
I am indeed pleased with the result, but there is always room for improvement in the quality of the result
 
RogerD said:
As the others have said, an amazing job Shota. Your patience undertaking 15,000 work operations to complete this task has resulted in a beautiful result.
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Roger, my dear friend
thank you very much for your kind words and compliments
 
shota70 said:
Good evening my dear friends:)

I am happy to announce that after more than a month and a half, today I finished preparing and installing about 5000 boxwood nails into the pear wood boards that make up the planking, along the contours of the frames.
This is a Sisyphean work how task of turning thin square boards with a thickness of 1 mm and lengths of 25 cm into long pins with a diameter of 0.7 mm. after that I have cut the long pin into different sizes at an oblique angle, so that it can be easily inserted into the hole in the wall of the planking board.
Before that, this was preceded by a careful and precise work of marking the line of the frames behind the planking. then I marked with a needle a point and then drilling a hole with a diameter of 0.7 mm.
In total, I created about 5000 nails + about 5000 round holes + about 5000 nail installations in the prepared holes = that is, I'm talking about about 15,000 work operations.
Now I have a few hundred square brass nails left in the ebony planking that connects the waterline. Attaching a few pictures for your impressions
I wish everyone a pleasant weekend and fun building ship models
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Beautiful work Shota70, Truly amazing but are you sure about the 5,000? perhaps you should recount just to make absolutely sure and not disappoint any pedants. ;) Cheers friend, Thumbsup
 
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