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Hello shipmates!! Just a small update. Y have installed the waterpump and the anchors. They are made of bronze, blackened. One of them shows the cable, the other is just tied to the side of the ship. The water pump is made of wood and bronze too. Also installed the boom support with the first block of her manouver. Next time i'll show the mast wich are under construction now. See you soon. Hope you like it. Cheers. Giorgio

Hello! It's been a long time since last post. But i made same progress. I maneged to find information about the Katy of Norfolk, another schooner that looks very similar to the Swift, i guess both ships come from the same plan, maybe the one that you can find in the Chapelle book i mentioned in another post. Thanks to a fellow modeler from this forum i could find at least a picture of the Katy plans and now i can properly complete the Swift. I completed the deck funriture, some finishing and more details. I hope you like it. Please tell me what do you think. @Tim Holt i can't say anything about the ArtLat kit because i don't have it. Remember i'm building this model just using their set of plans, the rest is all scratchbuilding. Thank you for all comments and likes. As you can see, most of the work on the deck is ready, still missing the water pump and anchors. Then i can start with masting and rigging. I hope you like it. See you soon!! Greetings. Giorgio

Excellent work Johan as always. Your work is from another planet, really. Can i ask you a question? How do you polish your brass pieces? I mean what do you use? I really like that. Congratulations again. Ausgezeichnete Arbeit!! Greetings. Giorgio

Finally a good HANDMADE carving work. And an extraordinary one!!! I personally prefer hand made carvings, rather than having a robot doing that kind of stuff, or even more disgusting, casting them in wax and metal. My respect to you @Alex jM, keep posting please. Specially the figure head, that in the Royal Caroline is very difficult. Greetings. Giorgio. (By the way, i only expressed my opinion on carvings, that's all )

Hello! Finishing my Le Coureur i decided to give a chance of having a scale "sensor". So i gave a shot on some WWII 1:48 plastic kits i had. So i converted Soviet ground personel into XVIII's Century french sailors and officers. Here are some pictures. Maybe with some better painting skills the resaults are better. Greetings. Giorgio.

Hello mates! A little progress. I made the gunwales, and some work in the "cockpit". But first of all i want to mention that i recived some fittings from Syren Ship Model Company, thank you @Chuck for your fittings and rope, they are very fine made, and i hope i'll be able to use them properly. I'll be buying more for sure. And here are some pictures of my model. The gunwales are made from chilean Rauli, an excellent wood from Chile. Here you can find it as mouldings for carpentry. Also y made and installed the tiller. Still missing something on the tip, i have to investigate a little more. I hope you like it. Still some finishing to do. Next will make some belayings and hull fittings. I'm also designing the deck furniture. Alright see you next time. Keep the good modelling! Cheers. Giorgio.

Hi Tim! Excelent work as usual. I like the arrengment of the deck. I'm starting the layout of mine and i'm trying to figure out something nice and historical accurated. What do you think about the sistem of the anchors? I mean there is not a capstan, or anything to man the anchors so, how did the Swift load the anchors? I don't know. Keep the good work!!

Hello mates! Thank you Cathead and Tim Holt for your comments and everyone for the likes. Yes, i'm sure this pine is related to the araucarias that you have seen in Chile, although this species is brazilian, from the south, a much colder place than the rest of Brazil, so the wood is harder, similar to the chilean environment where the araucarias are found. I saw your build, and i liked it. I complitly agree with you, this little ship deserves better. I liked the investigation you made about it, and what you found on Chapelle book. I have another book from Chapelle, named The Baltimore Clipper. Of course the main subject is different, but when it talks about developement, it makes some comments about the Virgina Pilot Boats, and shows some paintings and a body plan too. I hope this is useful. I think it is. I can see that the main mast, in both ships, seems to be a little more tilted than the foremast. Of course, no one saw this in Artesania Latina. As for my model, i made some progress. Installed the thiller, made the nameplate, i made it from boxwood (buxus sempervirens). It is the first time i did it so i don't know about the resault. I hope you like it!! Now i'm working on the taffrail, gunwale, and some deck furniture. That will come shortly, i promise. Hope you like the pictures. Also made and installed the bowsprit. See you soon. Happy modeling time!! Greetings. Giorgio.

The wood i'm using on the planking, hull and deck, is a wood that is locally named "pino Brasil", it's real name is Araucaria angustifolia, a very nice pine, that allow a nice finishing. After finishing the nailing i stained it, the black part is shoe staining ink, and the rest is just wood staining products. Thank you for watching!! I hope you like it. Cheers!!

Planking.

Hello shipmates! Last year i started this new build. I decided to give the old Artesania Latina's Swift Pilot boat, a different look. I find this little schooner a very beautiful ship. When i started on shipmodeling, i did't have the opportunity to start with kits, so this kit it would have been the perfect kick start, but it didn't happened. So, 20 years later, i gave my self a second chance, and with the plans, i decided to give it a try, giving it a different look, as the manufacturers gave it. Unfortunatly we are not talking about a ship that it existed in the real life, so what you will see here is just a mix from differents ship of the era and the time, there is not a theorical basis to follow, i hope to reach a good port. But, enough talking, lets make same sawdust!! I'm posting some pictures from the first steps, up to today, and i'll keep reports from now on.

Thank you Ponto for your opinion. I've been told that the model has an old look, just like if it was an old museum model, with a lot of stories to tell. I like what i have achieved in that sense. There is no robot work in here, that's why those irregularities. And as you said, they give an "old" look to the model, wich i like a lot. Thanks again. Greetings. Giorgio.

Thank you all for the likes and comments! Bruce, i really don't know what's next. I started a Swift (pilot boat based on Artesania Latina's plans), but it's just a small project. So i haven't decided still what comes after LC !! ☹️ Inspiration will make the choice!! Mark, thank you for your comments about the cross section. When people see the clinker planking always ask how these ships where built. So, now i can explain it with a model. And that is the essence of the arsenal models. So, i'm happy i made that choice. I'm glad you like the figures, i like the effect they give to a model. Thanks again to all my shipmates!!

Beatiful job!! Excelent deck planking. Wich wood did you use? Be carefull with installing the boat before setting the guns hooks (for their rigging), because there will be a lot of trouble getting the guns on place once the boat is already on its cradle. You woun't have enough room to work. Keep the pictures coming my Le Coureur collegue! Greetings. Giorgio.

Hello my dear collegues! I have recently finished my Le Coureur. It's been a long way, but every journey has its end. I can only say this building was a real pleasure. Thanks to all those who walked with me in this journey. I'm posting these pictures, wich are the last i took last weekend. I hope you like them. I decided to add a representation of the main frame, showing the climker planking on one side. And Capt. Rosily and his crew are already on board. This project is completed! Hope to see you in my future builds! Thank you very much for your comments, they are always important to me.

Hi there! Faboulous work, congratulations. I built that model some years ago. Here is the link Maybe there you can find some ideas. Of course it is not an example to follow. But..... at least it was done with the Boudriot monographie. Keep the good work going and some pictures too!! Greetings. Giorgio.

Excelent work. Le Coureur it's a wonderful ship to build, with a lot of details to work on it. I'll keep an eye on your build. Hope to see soon more photos. Greetings. Giorgio.

Beautiful model. A real inspiration to every modeler. Keep posting pic's please. Congratulations. Giorgio.

Hello shipmates! After the weekend i can say that i almsot finish the LC. There are a few things to finish and i'm done. Flags, finishing some belaying, and of course, figures and case. Hope you like it. I finished it late night yesterday, so better pictures will come later, on daylight. General views, and of course, we had the visit of Capt. Rosily (still without his uniform ), but he seems to be satisfied. Next update soon. Thanks for watching!

Thank you Dave and Roger. The errors i'm talking about, in the Arsenal mode, are errors that make your work, look a little naif. If the adjustements in Wood joining are not almost perfect (as example), it dosen't look acceptable, or deetails in general, everything must look as clean as possible, otherwise you won't be succesfull. The sense of sclae is essential, and in those terms, i did a lot of mistakes. Hope for next models, those deetails will be better treated. As for the clinker, it's a little challenging when you never did it before, but once you find out the technics available in ship modelling you find out a very nice way to do it. I followed the Frolich's book, in the chapter dedicated to LC. In the next days i'll be posting new picutres of the model. I hope to be finishing it next week. Thanks again. Greetings. Giorgio.

Hello! It's been a long time since i posted the last time. Actually it was in the old fórum. In these last years i'm been building the lougre Le Coureur. It has been my first Arsenal model, so it took a lot of mistakes, and time to figure out how to keep doing it. One of the first "issues" to resolve was the clinker built planking, wich it came out how you see it in the pictures. Then, every step was taken very carefully, triyng to keep as "arsenal" as posible. I even had to remove the white paint on the hull, because i didn't like the effect achieved. Fortunatly, the Boudriot gives every explenation of what you need, and thanks to Mr. Delacroix, and the guys on his fórum, i could find a lot of answers too. And of course here too! That's why i'm presenting you this model, wich some of you may remember from the old fórum, and for those that are knowing it for the first time, i hope you like it. Today my LC it is about to get finished, so i post picutres in chronological order to undrstand how the construction was made. And i'll be happy to keep you informed, if you are interested of course, of the finishing of this project. I hope you join my adventure! So, pictures......

Good morning. A new wonder is abaout to come out! Ein neues Wunder! Already beautiful to watch. I'll be following it closely. Congratulations. Giorgio.

Hello Savo. Outstanding job on those carvings, really. Would you be so kind telling me where can i find the plans of the holland ship you are showing, named DE LIEFDE? Do you have them? Wich kind of pearwood do you use? Any special kind? And what finishing do you apply on it? Keep showing us your work it's fantastic, really a pleasure to watch. Greetings. Giorgio.

Good morning. Excellent work. I believe you shuold check for Arthur Molle's Sovereign of the Seas, an excellente arsenal model by this fine belgian shipmodeler. I will look for the link. Good day. Giorgio.

http://5500.forumactif.org/t1814p80-le-curieux-au-1-160-par-r-simon Follow this link. It's a building log of Mr.Richard Simon, on the Delacroix's forum. Yes, it's Le Curieux, I didn't mention it because I thought was Le Cygne. The modelers mentions a plan of Le Courieux, but its incomplete, and the figurehead is missing. Anyway, he managed to find out how was it, and he built it. Greetings. Giorgio.