Thank you for producing these fine videos. I learn something new every time I watch. At 80 years of age I’m still learning. I always say it’s a good day when you learn something new. My problem is remembering. 😧
This easyer to do than actually sailing a real square rigger...no cold,sore muscles dry; or constant maintenance; paint n varnesh. I'm an optic tech one time,so all related in one way or another...
Wow, this was fascinating. Ive been an amateur woodworker for years, and have done models in the past, but was always on the fence about building a ship. After spending an afternoon watching these, I finally got one, and cannot wait for fedex to arrive.
Olya, thank you for your channel. I am from a country neighbouring Ukraine and living in Canada. Your accent and perfectionism is very close to my heart. I do plastic sail ship models with attention to historic details (including rigging). Back to you - one of the best. ❤
It was fun listening to your story and background 😊 can I ask if you'll ever build a model of a historic chinese junk? These ships take a very special place in my heart, and I would very much love if you make one 💙
Thank you! Unfortunately, I know almost nothing about these ships and the technologies of their creation... But who knows, maybe someday I will do research.
Eres todo un referente en la construcción de barcos me encanta tu forma de trabajar tan minuciosa y precisa gracias por enseñar todo lo que tú has aprendido un saludo cordial amiga 🇪🇸
I loved your comment about getting $2 an hour for a shipbuilder if you are lucky. I restore old John Deere tractors and I tell people when I sell them that If I got $5 an hour I would still lose money. It's what you love that makes things beautiful, not money. The extra care you give while building your models shows the love you have for your art.
Excellent video Olha! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, experiences and techniques. I have been a modeller all my life, and I always learn something watching your videos!!
Love your channel. I've been building models since I was a young teenager and you still are teaching me things I have never thought about. At the moment I'm building the model San Francisco II Galleon S.XVI. This model i started at least 7 years ago. What I love about it is that I can pick it up and start building again at any time. Since watching your channel this year I have started the build again and it is starting to look like a Galleon now at the rate I'm going I hope to finish this model by the New Year. You have so many idea's and tips and tricks that in every video I see something new and go and say OH. I have to remember that. Thank You and I look forward to many more videos. Mike
Very nice. Thank you. I pick up a lot from your videos... I had to laugh about your little aluminum block tool..... And I am not laughing at you... I am laughing because I did a similar thing years ago... I was young, my friend was a machinist in a shop. So they were doing all this metal work, lathes, drill presses, mills, end mills, shapers, and other stuff that I don't even know what it was. The point is, there were scraps and end cuts all over the floor near some of these machines.... Almost all of them were perfect cubes, or perfect rectangles, in a variety of sizes... Some were really small, some were bigger, but they were all perfect square angles.... So I asked if I could buy them, and they all laughed at me... The owner guy says "It's all scrap! It's going in the hopper outside! Take whatever you want off the floor, or out of the hopper!" So I took piles of these... that was probably 30 years ago... I still have them. I have used them a million times... Very handy to have around... They work good as weights too. Mine are all steel, so the bigger ones are kind of heavy... Anyways, great job. I really enjoy your videos. I hope you keep doing them. Best wishes.
Thank you for being willing to share so much. I'm into small rowboats and fishing boat models now but as you said, they can be difficult too, sometimes impossible. Your tips have helped me solve so many problems and even fix mistakes! I'm trying to keep several projects on the fire. Currently, a french field mortar and a couple of fishing boats, oars included. I'm struggling with the art of planking but I'll get there because you offer so much help! Any chance you will build Sir Shackleton's Endeavor at any time? That is my ultimate goal.
Thank you very much! I am very glad that I could help you! I built the Bounty, so I'm not interested in building another such ship! But who knows - if someone will commission it)))
You answered several of the questions I had. If I ever decided to try a bigger ship than the Midwest row boat I built your videos would be useful but admittedly my ho trains take up the extra room I have since my son got married and moved out. I do enjoy watching you build.
спасибо большое за видео. очень было интерестно. огромное спасибо Вам за переводимые субтитры. очень Вам за это благадарен. Не нужно переводить. удачи вам в ваших работах. побольше бы от вас обучающего видео. Огромное Вам спасибо.
Awesome work you do in building ship I enjoy watching your videos. I have never built a wooden ship only plastic ones. By watching your videos it gives me ideas when building plastic ships. Thank you and God bless you.
Thank you for sharing your story and your knowledge 🙏 😊. If you were closer to me, I would visit you regularly 🙂...your knowledge, shipmodels and you as person.... priceless 😊
I am getting back into ship modelling after a break of a couple of years. I have just come across your channel and am mightily impressed with your instructional videos. Many thanks and keep up the great work.
I have recently decided to try wooden ship modeling after years of plastic model building. I have a few smaller, single masted ships to "get my feet wet". I was recommended your channel from a friend that builds and I enjoy the ones I have seen. I look forward to watching more and learning from you and enjoying the hobby. Thank you for your work and videoing it so we can see it and learn too!
This is a great video! Thank you for sharing. I started building plastic kits, airplanes and some ships, but now like the wooden kits. I am amazed at how much is scratch-built. Keep up the good work!
Great video, and great content. Me I returns to ship modeling now, when was a child I done some ship, and yours videos it's source of ideas and tips. More, I complete agree with you about piracy.
On a side note, your hands are very beautiful and look well taken care of. We see them a lot in videos so it’s something I have noticed. Do you make an extra effort to care for them because they are featured in the videos?
Thank you very much! Unfortunately, I can take care of my hands only when I come home to my homeland, because in the USA my husband considers it an expensive pleasure (((
Thank you so much for this, I hope you do more FAQ videos! I understand why you focus on kit building, but as I hope to progress to scratch built plank on frame someday, I would love to see you do one in the future.
I love your work. Your skill and attention to detail is awe inspiring. You make me want to get involved myself but question my ability with my shaking but still might give it a try. Thanks for your videos and beautiful work.
Thank you for all your videos. Each one teaches me something new or inspires me to go in a new direction. When building/assembling and I run into a challenge I often stop and ask myself, "OK, what would Olha do here?"
Thank you for this little self bio! It must have been a huge change coming from the rather more organized teaching and competitive region of your home. Always learn something from my visits! FR
You are so welcome! It's just when it stops being just a hobby - you stop enjoying models! Having retired from sports, I have only just now started to enjoy this process...
@@OlhaBatchvarov Once upon a time, I thought I wanted to be a big time car mechanic; when I got there, I spent all my time either keeping my training up or hunting new tools to do my job better or faster. And all the great fun projects I had set out to do with my great mechanic " hat never were done. I left car mechanics to become an apprentice plumber; 35 years later I had finished a fulfilling career and three whole car builds and a bundh of "car stuff", like I had wanted too. Sometimes overdoing the thing we love can kill it, or so I have found! Glad to hear you have rediscovered your thing! FR
Great stuff, was wondering about those things. You are inspiring me to get back to completing the only wooden ship kit, Mamoli Golden Hind, I bought and started 30 years ago! lol
"Don't support piracy in ship modeling." Does that mean you will never build a pirate ship? 😉 But seriously, I have been building plastic cars, trucks, etc. for many years. Never tried a wooden ship model but have always been fascinated by the incredible detail and workmanship that goes into it and yours is no exception. Fantastic work!
Hahaha, it was funny about pirate ships)))) On the contrary, I have never built plastic models, but I know that these are 2 completely different worlds and 100% must be skilled with painting! Can you advise me which airbrush compressor to buy? I got a very good airbrush for Christmas, but I don't know which compressor to choose?...
Thank you so much! I have been watching and learning from you for over a year now. In fact I began my first kit though not one you have done - The Syren. I have made so many mistakes I now say I am modeling her on the day she was scuttled. :) You have been a big part of that in many ways both in techniques and tools. But I continue on and will not quit.
I absolutely love watching your talent , the ships are amazingly beautiful. Thank you very much for all the information and inspiration . Greetings from Perth Australia 🇦🇺
I enjoyed learning a little more about you and how all of this came about. With regards to one of your last comments about not speaking and the use of sub-titles I would comment that I do really enjoy your speaking voice and for that reason I would like to hear you more often, but I can fully appreciate your comments and the desire to appeal to a larger audience.
Hi Olha. I have great admiration for your way and techniques of building ship models. I stole many a technique from you! One part I keep struggling with is which glue to use. One pulls threads, the other doesn't dry fast enough. I'm now trying thin, very liquid wood glue (D3). Maybe you want to give away what kind of glue you use? I hope - like many model builders with me - to see many more beautiful videos from you. You are a huge source of inspiration to me. Gr., Arie - Netherlands.
Thank you very much! I actually used cotton threads for the first and last time on my first model. I decided to save myself most of the problems. I use 100% polyester thread. I no longer have such problems as stretching or sagging of the ropes due to humidity, no hairiness, and most importantly, polyester threads produce more realistic ropes in scale. And I use CA glue only to fix seizings and rope ends. But when I used cotton threads, I also did not impregnate them with glue or wax - it is better to use a lighter...
Hi Olah. Thank you for your detailed explanation, this also helps. But maybe I wasn't very clear because what I actually meant was which glue you use to build the model. Therein lies my problem. I always see you making the wood connections with very thin, white-colored glue. I'm curious about that. If you have time - in between builds - to share this with me, I will be very grateful. Have a nice day, Arie.
Thanks for sharing! I didn't know that you were in the US. I love your videos and learn so much from them. I wish I had more time to work on my ship. Keep up the great work!
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! I have been in Ukraine for three months now and I don't know when I will return to work on my models, but I will definitely continue...
Hi Olha, thank you for sharing your craftmanship on RU-vid. I'm curious about somthing. I noticed (maybe I remember wrong) that you use matte paint on the models. I have been on the Batavia in Lelystad, The Netherlands, a replica. The paints they use were glossy. Also on replica, the Prins Willem that used to lie in my former home town Den Helder, the paints were glossy. I am just curious about it. I hope you will be making and sharing many more vids with us. Thnks!!
Thank you for the Good question! We know the colours but that’s about it. They are likely to have been on oil base for sure. Just like the contemporary paintings. But nothing about their glossy. It's just a scale model ship, not a real ship. Imagine how glossy paint will attract all the attention! Also, oak is not used on the models, because the large grains of oak look like the Mariana Trench in scale (oak is good to imitate from walnut). P.S. It is not a fact that the same paint was used on the replicas as on the prototypes. Batavia replica is no more than rough guesswork...
Excellent model making skills turn out excellent models, these you have and do. Had to give up my model making years ago when I ran out of space to put the finished models. Getting married did not help since the wife had no idea how to clean models on display and ended up breaking many parts on them and it was cheaper to get rid of the models than the wife.
Thank you! Sorry to hear about your models. Practically the same thing happened with my husband's models and his ex-wife, although he ended up getting rid of both)))
The nice people at MicroMark have some Machinist's Blocks similar to your aluminum scrap, in case you need to point folk in that direction. They have also hooked me with their new PSA, Pressure Sensitive Adhesive, which is really nice for cabin glazing and fine trim (it's no fog on most transparent material, too). (As to glues I use, the answer is "yes"--PVA, CA, epoxy, everything under the sun can have a use--this is especially true for metal items..)
Your videos are awesome. Most modelers mainly men, talk way too much, and after 5 minutes I loose interest. The speed and craftsmanship of you and quick and very good explanation makes it very interesting. Keep on doing what you do. You are an artist
Ik sta vol bewondering van het werk dat je doet. Ben zelf aan de Amerigo Vespucci 1/100 bezig maar als ik jou werk zie sta ik nog nergens. Bedankt voor de vele tips die je in jou video’s stopt. Groet uit België
Another fascinating video! I build mainly plastic kits of military vehicles, but find many of your tools and techniques useful. That, and I just appreciate the craftsmanship and the attention to detail that you display...it truly is a joy to watch. One question though, how do you avoid burnout or a lack of inspiration and motivation during your builds? Especially with the amount of work and time it takes for each build...
Thank you! I'm glad you found some useful information here for you! Perhaps this is another reason why I build several models at once. Because when one gets bored, there is always another... And I am most inspired by the audience's comments!
I am learning a lot of new techniques by watching your build videos, can you please tell me what it is you use to stiffen the sails, and what is the material you use as a barrier between the sail and the forming weight..
Thank you! I'm glad you like it! From which particular video about sails did you have questions? Usually, all materials and techniques are described in the subtitles, except for my videos at the beginning of the channel...
Merci pour ces informations. étant président d'un club de modélisme naval, je conseille toujours pour les bateaux de débutant, effectivement, qu'il vaut mieux avoir un bateau un peu plus difficile mais qui plait qu'un bateau très facile mais qui ne donne pas satisfaction ou du reve. Mais c'est valable surtout quand on a des personnes aguéries qui peuvent guider dans la construction. Quand on commence seul, commencer à construire avec des boites permet de se concentrer sur l'assemblage tout en comprenant la conception d'une maquette. Par la suite, il est plus facile de progresser sur des bateaux fait sur plans ou il faut créer toutes ses pieces. Ce qui prend beaucoup plus de temps. Thanks for these informations. being president of a ship model club, I always advise, for beginner boats, that it is better to have a boat that is a little more difficult but which pleases than a very easy boat but which does not give satisfaction or dreams . But it is especially valid when you have experienced people who can guide you in the construction. When you start alone, starting to build with boxes allows you to focus on assembly while understanding the design of a model. Thereafter, it is easier to progress on boats made on plans or it is necessary to create all its parts. Which takes much longer.
Merci! Oui en effet! J'ai vu très souvent comment des parents commettent une erreur fatale et achètent à leur enfant un bateau avec les mots : "Si tu peux le construire, alors je t'achèterai un bateau..." Et expliquer à ces parents que construire ce bateau, c'est 10 fois plus difficile, car il y a beaucoup de détails (très petites pièces) et il est beaucoup plus difficile de plier le bois là-bas sans casser le cadre - ce n'est pas possible. Cela rend triste que pour leur enfant ce passe-temps devienne irréel dès le début... ********************* Thank you! Yes, indeed! I have seen very often how parents make a fatal mistake and buy their child a boat with the words: "If you can build it, then I will buy you a ship..." And explain to such parents that building that boat is 10 times more difficult, because there are a lot of details (very small parts) and it is much more difficult to bend wood there without breaking the frame - it is not possible. This makes it sad that for their child this hobby becomes unreal from the very beginning...
Imho "Drakkar" from Amati could be the good first kit - ship is not too complex, shows how to build hull, rigging, sails, etc... and price is not too high. :) IMHO
In general, all the Amati kits that I had to build are very simplified and can be built by beginners. At the same time, they can be upgraded to more historically accurate copies of ships, if desired...
Olga, please tell me how to properly cover the model with oil? I don't like the varnish. I bought myself "Danish butter". I tried to cover the grate for a test and I have a feeling that it will never dry out. I didn't find videos on RU-vid on how to properly cover the model with oil. Ольга, подскажите пожалуйста, как правильно покрывать модель маслом? Лак мне не нравится. Я купил себе " Датское масло". Попробовал для пробы покрыть решетку и у меня ощущение, что она не высохнет никогда. Я не нашел в ютубе ролики, как правильно покрывать модель маслом.
Прежде всего делать пробники и наносить разними способами, количеством слоев и после уже применять на модель. У меня есть видео по маслам и разним финишам: Painting and tinting :: shipmodeling :: workshop Так же можете посмотреть видео №29 по строительству караки, я там правта Тунговое масло применяю, но принцип тот же... П.С. Коментарии с линками Ютюб блокирует.
@@OlhaBatchvarov Спасибо, я нашел это видео! Я не знал, что есть такой Shellac. У меня стоит в шкафу две модели San Giovanni Battista. Обычная и в разрезе. В полной модели сделан только корпус и палубы без нагелей. Я хотел сделать нагели зубочистками, но увидел у вас с помощью суперклея. Возможно, попробую так же, но такой суперклей в РФ не продают, а скоро не будет никакого. Модель "в разрезе почти готова. Модели не покрыты лаком потому что я боялся испортить. Надеюсь с вашими видео теперь у меня все начнет получаться!
