Nenseth

The geometry of this is breaking my mind right now... 

Would love to see a 3D render of this 🤔

57 minutes ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

Try these.  Have not bought from them yet, but the feedback I managed to find seeme generally positive.

https://www.arkowood-lossburg.de/shop/brettchen/buchsbaum-brettchen-50-x-500-mm/

And the irony is that that's were I ordered my other wood from...

Forgot the german word for boxwood (buchsbaum) 😲

Had to stock up on more supplies.

Anyone know where I can get sheets of boxwood (in europe to keep shipping down) ?

1 hour ago, Oliver1973 said:

Dont forget the rabbet before you start the assembly !

Nothing is assembled yet.

Anyone have some suggestions about how to temporarily fix the frames to the keel? 

So it is easier to sand the correct shape. Some kind of glue which can be 'unstuck' somehow later perhaps..? 

Working on the keelson and rabbet

And sanding..... lots of sanding..!!

Small update

Built a slipway

Needs some refining

Got a new compound table for more precision

Wow thanks for all your suggestions.

Some of these books I`ve seen, some not. I will try to look into them all next week when my head clears of this cold I got.

Thanks again 

Presently working on assembling more frames (all now cut) and the rabbet.

A comparison of my La Belle at 1:36 scale and the 74-gun ship at 1:72 scale

Just browsing through my collection.

For some reason it looks to small 🤔

Any suggestions as to what is an essential book that is missing?

I just like the shape aft 😁

Thanks for all the likes 😁

 Roger, the monograph does indeed include line drawings of the vessel.

I´ll see if I can dig up some clay druxey, it might help doing it that way. Thanks for the tip.

And all the forward frames are done (roughly)

Carving is hard...

Made some more frames 

Velkommen!!

Er mye bra her, folk er gode på tilbakemeldinger og mange veldig bra bygglogger 👍

Mvh

Hans Christian

Life settled down abit and I´m back at it again.

This is my first go at carving so I don´t have high hopes but it must be done 🤨

So far

   -Six frames done

   -One in assembly

   -Five others cut out

Slow going but happy to start up again

My work on La Belle have been on the back burner for a few years now, but reading your regular updates on La Créole is convincing me I have to make some time for this hobby again. Put work aside and meditate over ship construction is good for the soul.

Love your craftsmanship!!

Anybody see the mistake?

I mixed up my 4mm and 5mm boards...(for those wondering, it should be 4mm)

I`ll redo 5 of my frames 

All forward frames cut 

Now I just have to make them look decent 

Some people like the BIG scales 1:2

https://youtu.be/PmXK0gDNP_g

Progress and limited workspace

Six frames in the rough + two and a half cut

Not a big update but at least it`s a start

Frame 2F (and 1F and M)

Sometimes life gets in the way of the fun stuff... 

But summer is soon over and the nights are getting longer.

My bad, I meant $30 (or more) per book, which is still a lot of money for the comlete set.

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$200 in just shipping, a bit steep

The problem is the shipping of $70 per book...

Are any of these books available for sale in europe? Or for that matter, the books for The fully framed Model from Seawatchbooks?

My monograph is at 1:36, I think an older version was at a different scale.

You should start a build log so we can get some inspiration of each other