Alessandro

Will this be listed in the build blogs, with the other construction projects?

Yes, Chugalone, I intend to make the compass from scratch using the photos I attached to build one as similar as possible.
I'll use wood and brass.
I don't think I could make such a piece with a 3D printer; I think it's objectively difficult to make a piece less than 2 cm tall with all that detail.
Consider that a 1.80 m tall man is 3 cm tall in scale, so the compass (which will be at stomach height) will need to be about 1.20 m, more or less.

Alessandro:
Yes, this compass will lend a very authentic appearance to the model, particularly if it is executed at the correct 1:60 scale.
Therefore, you do not intend to use a 3D printer and will instead construct it entirely by scratch, correct?
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Good evening everyone.

After putting it off for a long time, out of laziness, I've decided to make one of the last pieces to complete the model.
It's the compass.
With a larger scale, I could have made a beautiful, valuable piece, but at 1:60 it will probably be a bit sloppy, certainly not accurate.
I still have to make it myself because the finished piece is available, but it's a bit out of scale and I don't like it, so I hope to do better.

I'm attaching the photos I think I'll draw inspiration from.

I used one of those photos to transfer it into my drawing program. This way, I can get an idea of ​​the dimensions and proportions.
From the first drawing traced on the photo, I created another that better fits the wooden pieces I already have (cylinders and spheres).
From this, I then created the 1:60 scale model.

Now I'll have to start cutting, gluing, sanding, painting, etc.

I've decided to create a separate topic because I realized I made a mistake by describing the entire ship model in a single thread.
Now, with 548 posts, it's practically impossible to search for old posts, much less go over the entire construction process from the beginning. It's a very long and tedious job, even with very powerful computers.

At the end of this post, I'll link to the construction the compass refers to, and in that topic, I'll link to this one.
I should have done this from the beginning.

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