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As I dived into the hobby 2 years ago, I had no idea of its depth and the time it would consume. I started with HMS Victory, a common mistake I suppose. I had bought a kit for my mother that had just retired. But she told me it was too difficult for her. And, well, she had started several hobbies at the same time. So I gave it a try. I had no previous knowledge of woodworking. I'm a medical doctor but I got an engineering master earlier. So I supposed I should be able to get the best of it. But this ship was a mistake. there is no way I could master it with 3 files, some glue, two cutters and absolutely no experience. I spent almost one year on this kit though. I managed somehow to finish planking. At the same time, I joined a modeling club that happens to be quite active in my area. Interestingly, they used to manage a small ship museum in a parking building on one of the villages that border the mediterranean sea here. The museum closed when they got older, but they are still actively building. Most of the members do scratch builds. Most are over 75 though... This is in no way comparable to the guilds that are active around Paris, and the quality of the builds is not as high, but those folks are nice and I'm a beginner ! So I started building from scratch Le Cerf, from the monography of Boudriot. I learned a lot. I just finished planking. I use this build as a draft to test various procedures and learn as much as I can. I do not intend to log this build. I decided to start an 'admiralty' model as I feel that I would love dealing with the intricacies of ship carpentry. I will use what I learned with Le Cerf to do what I can with La Belle, another small ship well described by Baudriot. I have access to lots of books and I bought a lot of tools these last months. Besides, I intend to design on the computer as much as I can. I 'd like to CNC as many parts as possible, especially to get precise and fair measurements for the hull. I bought or got access to the following tools: - Byrne's saw, thickness sander and disc sander. Those are the best, enough has been said about those tools. As another modeler truthfully said: the only limitation is my current skill. - Shapeoko 4 XL: this is a nice 3 axis CNC that allows pretty much anything from engraving, moulding or designing bulkheads in any kind of wood and so on. Just great. I used Fusion 360 to design the hull of Le Cerf but I feel it is too much oriented towards mechanical engineering. I use Aspire for art thingies (sculpures and so on). and I'd like to use Rhino for the hull (bought a student licence as I spent some time at the uni again for an oncogenetics diploma this year). Wasnt all for naught then. Here is an example of what can be done with it : And after sanding the background, I could glue it to Le cerf: - Metabo bandsaw: this is nice. Much better than the small modeling saw yet accurate. - Proxxon Ibs/e. God bless Germany. This is also a marvel. My first steps with la Belle: - Scanning all blueprint and printing a copy. - Learning what I can about the hull of those ships. I got a few interesting books to keep me awake at night. - Learning Rhino (that will take time...) and designing the keel and berth of the ship. - At the same time, design the decoration with Aspire. I gave it a try for a few hours: Aspire already provides a lot of decorative patterns that can be used. Since nobody actually how what those really looked like on the actual ship, I decided to give some leeway to my imagination. Like the Cerf decoration on the stern, I will engrave it on boxwood. But finding the good bits is a pain for such tiny details. Beside, 3D CNC are inherently limited to Bas-relief 2.5D engraving. There is no way I could sculpt intricate full 3D details. We'll see. I'll post more when I get something nice with rhino (could be very long!).
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This will be my first scratch build So after getting some books from ANCRE my choice fell on La Belle and the configuration it had under Cavellier de la Salle’s 1684 expedition. It is mentioned in Frölich's book as one of the easier ships for a beginner to scrach building. (We'll see about that...) Just order some pearwood from Arkowood, this will be the main building blocks for this model. I have some boxwood I'll use for carvings and decorations, later I'll order some ebony for wales, railings and blocks. In a couple of weeks (when my salary comes in) some Proxxon powertools are coming my way from germany. One of the big reasons for this picking this build is it's relativly nice size. Size of the model Length Width Height Hull 54 15 18 Model rigged 62 24 52 Links of interest: http://olivier.gatine.free.fr/modeles.html http://nautarch.tamu.edu/model/report1/ http://ancre.fr/en/monographies-en/30-monographie-de-la-belle-barque-1680.html
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hi all. in July 2010, I decided to try the belle. was my first serious project boat. Thanks to this work, I have finished my love of modeling.
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Quick-and-dirty digital model of the swivel gun recovered from the wreck of La Belle (1684), excavated in Matagorda Bay, Texas, 1995-97. Based on a drawing by Donny L. Hamilton, found in "Modeling La Belle: A Reconstruction of a Seventeenth Century Light Frigate," Master's Thesis by Glenn P. Grieco, Texas A&M University, 2003.
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