JanosN Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hi, My name is Janos, from Sydney, Australia (originally from Hungary). My first hobby is historic ship model building, hence the interest in carving. I've done quite a few relief carvings for Royal Caroline, also with a few in-the round ones for Grosse Jacht and Duyfken and now I cut into a few 'more serious' pieces recently. My other hobby is practising Pidgeon English , I apologise for this in advance. English is my third language and I started it from zero quite late, beyond 40, when the brain cells don't work so quickly anymore. These 'more serious' ones don't look so professional any more that I've seen your works here, guys, I have to admit. But that's why I am here: I would like to learn a lot about miniature carving. The amazon woman on '005.jpg' is the gallion figure of the Swedish Bellona, about 7cm high. The coat of arms on '039.jpg' is that of HMS Royal Charles, about 6x6 cm big. The material of both is European (Turkish) Boxwood, with quite serious sign of fungi at certain places. The gallion figure still has to be finished, I plan to use Scandinavian Oil. I am looking forward to learn a lot here! Janos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiel Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Welcome Janos! Your coat of arms is a quit remarkable piece of work and such an unusal motiv. How long did you need to finish it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanosN Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Thanks, Michiel It was a 'Christmas' excercise. We had visitors from Home and I did not want to spend time in the garage, so I was working on this COA upstairs, mixing duty with pleasure ):- I started just before Christmas and finished mid February. Janos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Hi Janos. Lovely work. Bravo of your detail. I too live in Sydney. Nice to know there's some fellow carvers here. Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanosN Posted March 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Thanks, Billy Nice to see another Sydneysider here... I am working on the Lady now, scraping all the way through... I just have to hide that dust from the Admiral somehow. Janos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G Posted March 30, 2012 Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Nice work Janos, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanosN Posted March 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2012 Thanks, David! Janos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony N Posted April 19, 2012 Report Share Posted April 19, 2012 hey there nice work love the detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michiel Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Your passion pays off! Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.