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The site gallica.bnf.fr offers various files related to ships and boats, french and other. There is e.g. a collection of etchings depicting french warships around 1800. Marine Française It takes a while to load (seems to be quite a big file). You see the first page and on the right hand side there is a small menu with a download icon (an arrow pointing downwards into a sort of file drawer). On the left hand side some more books appear, some by the famous naval historian Edmond Pâris. One of the works by Pâris is a treatise on south east Asian boats. Boats of south east asian people There is probably a lot more there. To search stuff you can use a search term with the site: qualifier (note colon behind the word site). if you enter: bateaux site:gallica.bnf.fr you get a plethora of results. If you use the site qualifier in the above manner you restrict results to just the specified site.
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I am about to start building the Frigate Diana from Occre. The boats that were supplied are metal die cast boats. My first model was the HMS Beagle from Occre that had 4 small boats that were built as a plank on frame construction. I am considering trying to scratch build the boats using a "layer cake" method like Model Shipways Constituion's boats. Curious if anyone has tried this or has any advice.
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Just recieved 2 model ships from my grandfather and would like to try and restore it. Would love any tips on cleaning, finding or making new parts, painting, etc... Any tip on any part of restoration would be much appreciated.
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