Luis Pita Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I´m a 47 years old History teacher, archaeologist, and miniature maker from Portugal. I have always felt fascinated by miniatures since my childhood. After I graduated from colege, some 24 years ago I started making functional scratch-built miniature canons, catapults, ballistas, crossbows, etc. For those miniatures to be as realistic as possible I spent many hours searching for plans and references about their real dimensions on books, on Lisbon´s Military Museum and Archive, etc. My interest in making miniature muskets and pistols is recent and I got inspired by Bob Urso ´s book ´The Tiniest Guns´ and Piccolo Miniature Gunworks site, the Wayne Driskill´s Miniature Firearms web page and the Miniature Gunsmithing Section of the Internet Craftsmanship Museum...there are such wonderful miniatures there... In August 2013 I started making a 1/25 dutch matchlock musket and later (in 2013/2014) I made the 3 pinfire pistols you can see in my Youtube channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCezfF-FN19JXi_CwNNzksgg). My tools are extremely simple. I have only two little vises, two miniature Maxicraft drills (similar to Dremel), a miniature drill stand (also from Maxicraft), a manual drill, a jeweller saw, various types of files, some pliers and a riveting hammer... I don´t have any lathe, drill press, bench grinder, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hudson Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Welcome, Luis Pita, I am anxious to see more of your work. Do you know my friend Jose Cardoso Brito? He does wonderful carriages in miniature. http://thelittlecoaches.blogspot.comI had hoped he would join this forum and post he's carriages here. I believe he is too modest. Bill Hudson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm. R. Robertson Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Welcome……. I hope you find this a place a to learn and share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Pita Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Thank you Bill. I´ll post some photos of my miniatures soon. Unfortunately I don´t known Mr. Brito in person, but I have seen his beautiful carriages in a television show a few years ago... and I think they are really awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Pita Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 Welcome……. I hope you find this a place a to learn and share.Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinicollectorUSA Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hi Luis, my name is Bryan Anderson and I wanted to compliment you on some very fine miniature guns I saw on YouTube. I was hoping to talk to you more about it as I am a passionate collector and am very interested in your pieces. I also have some friends that would be willing to buy some of you were interested in making more. I would be willing to buy some of your work and would be very interested in talking with you more about it. I can guarantee you I can make it worth your time. You can reply to me here or email me at dubdodgeon26s@gmail.com Thanks very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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