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French Schooners (La Jacinthe Type): La Mutine and La Topaze by Gregor – 1:64 scale, 1823 / 1835


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Thanks, Tony, you are very welcome!

The planking of the decks was another, much bigger project that had me worried since autumn. There are no straight planks, all are curved. Also, it seemed that both the Mutine’s planking pattern and the model of the Topaze in Paris are different from the plans of Jean Boudriot’s Jacinthe.

A friendly model train builder came to rescue. He owns a CNC-mill and cut my planks (I had to learn the differences between drawing graphics with AdobeIllustrator and a CAD-tool, much wood was used up because we had to learn the differences between plastic sheets and maple wood and so on).

Caulking was done with a soft pencil. After gluing the planks to the false deck, I scraped the decks with micro slides (cut edged glass – dangerous for your fingers when breaking, bad for the deck when you are bleeding).

The Topaze got her six portholes I had prepared in advance. And now I’m looking forward to build all the small stuff you find on deck.

Cheers,

Gregor

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Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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Nice work on the decks and boats, Gregor.  Thanks for that link on the boats. I'll have to take a hard look but they might work out for my build.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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This bench for officers (quite typical in French ships) stands as a symbol of slow progress:

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But still, I managed to add a few details to my decks.

 

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A closer look:

 

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Both ships now have their binnacles: Topaze a very traditional one, Mutine the new, modern version. Topaze’s compass is 25cm in diameter, that of La Mutine 25, according to the Atlas du Génie maritime. 5a4b85a1cd8ed_IMG_078418_14_15.thumb.jpg.7ffa5be97489eedeedcb838c6c1dd214.jpg

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Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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I even added some details I dreamed up: You can find covered spars and oars in bigger, contemporary ships like La Créole (plans G. Boudriot), and animal cages under the small cutter. So that’s my gift to the Mutine for her next voyage to the Indian Ocean.

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Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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As La Topaze has no cover for her spars and oars, I had to make them in order to lash them down beside the cutter – so I made the complete set.

 

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There are still some details missing (pumps, decorations). But the next step will be a simple one: a chimney for Topaze’s galley.

 

I wish you all a happy New Year!

Gregor

Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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Hi aviaamator

My small cutter was a kit (http://www.falkonet.ru/boat2). With a little tweaking I made it look like a French boat called Youyou ("little darling") of 5 meters. I followed the tip of French modeler Bruno Orsel, who sent me the plan (sorry about the quality) he found in a French archive. Boudriot's drawing shows a bigger cutter of 6 (or 6.5) meters, as shown in the Atlas du Génie maritime, page 119.Youyou.thumb.jpg.bc906184a4fbe47bc99d884cd36afcec.jpg5a4ca10cb4879_AtlasduGenieMaritime(1837)119.thumb.jpg.8eff33d4a00f87cb8a16aea28258e61f.jpg

source: https://web.archive.org/web/20120113075641/http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/02fonds-collections/banquedocuments/planbato/atlas/rec.php

Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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  • 10 months later...

It has been almost a year since I updated my log. I even worked on another project:

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Still, some small details were added to my schooners.

First and most important, my childhood dream: A wheel! While La Topaze only had a tiller, La Mutine had a real wheel fitted. If I were to speculate, the reason for this might be found in the heavy rigging. La Mutine was probably much harder to steer than the sweetsailing Topaze (as trials in 1823 have shown).

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Iron pumps and stoves followed (only a chimney in the case of La Topaze). 

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La Topaze got her anchors.

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And then, finally, both got their names! Carving failed, so I had to search for another method. I experimented with laser cutting, added putty, paint and metal letters (1.5mm).

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Gregor

Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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How nice to see these builds continue, Gregor. As usual, beautiful work. What process and materials did you use for the stove, wheel and pumps?

 

Tony

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It's nice to be back, Tony (and discovering your Chaloupe, too). 

I bought  the wheel, 17 mm in diameter, from Caldercraft. It was a perfect fit for La Mutine.

Stove ans pumps were made from a wild mixture of materials: A wooden dowel, washers and polystyrene profiles for the pumps, with a brass rod and tube for their handle. A wooden cube, a thin polystyrene sheet and paper, brass rod, polystyrene profiles and lots of glue. Then paint, to cover it all. I hat great fun making them.

Gregor

Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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Wonderful work, Gregor.  

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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  • 1 year later...

Finally, a small update: Both pairs of carronades are installed. Each is about 20 mm long.

 

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Here on the deck of La Mutine...

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... and on the deck of La Topaze.

 

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Have a nice weekend,

Gregor

 

 

Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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  • 4 months later...

In the last few months my home office has taken up more space. During this time, I pursued another small project: A gunboat from 1801, a Swedish-Russian design (A.F. Chapman), a kit from Master Korabel in 1/72nd scale.

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But finally, I will begin the rigging of La Topaze. Some details were still missing: The rings for the belaying pins around the masts (they measure 6 mm in dameter), and the railing supports.

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Now I’m out of excuses. My old serving machine was dusted and is ready…

 

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Cheers

Gregor

Current build: French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823)

Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834

Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne 

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On 1/2/2018 at 2:19 PM, Gregor said:

As La Topaze has no cover for her spars and oars, I had to make them in order to lash them down beside the cutter – so I made the complete set.

 

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There are still some details missing (pumps, decorations). But the next step will be a simple one: a chimney for Topaze’s galley.

 

I wish you all a happy New Year!

Gregor

one of the most beautiful work i ever seen ! following . 

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