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Gaetan Bordeleau

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  1. Gaetan Bordeleau
    Joe you are right, it is hard to get paper but in fact almost every kind of paper goes as long as it is 3 inches wide. Actually I am using almost exclusively cherry and cherry is easy to sand so 1 band last many months. Bloodwood is the hardest wood to sand that I tried because it burns and clog the belt very fast #80 grit, I use and on the roller, it does a nice job finer than what we could think. In addition #80 does not clog as #120 would do.
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    Druxey, there must be few components added since this picture! Also, I used more than these 1 X 5 you see on the picture
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    Rob, I think that it is difficult to understand; just at the right height. Few weeks back, I went to Ikea, they had a table with a handle to place it: just at the right height and it was really cheap to buy. It happens that I waste money to buy useless tool, but it also happens happens that I buy tools which are useful every day. A height adjustable table is 1 one these tool. Table height is rarely the perfect height height to work. The last 74 weighed around 120 pounds so the dentist chair is also very useful. I forgot, there is also another tool that I like very much, a 360 degrees graver vice, because there is not only the height but also the position to make the job easier. Here is my small parts box and advancement for the fences.
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    Thank you Joe, This is a nice feature of this forum: Everyone tries and share his best work As a group every body enjoy others experience As a result, every member, you and me grows to be a better worker. Working on the 3 fence sets. Ideally each step should be done in a certain order to maximize construction. For the upper one, a temporary floor is cut to accomodate wood post fence. Everything is not glued until all parts are prepared and fitted. For this reason, construction is often more a game of continuous puzzle assembly and dissassembly until everything fits together.
  5. Gaetan Bordeleau
    Hi Clarence, About 20 years ago, I had a set of plans for a ship named something like Stadt Zurich. The plans werefrom or ordered from a french monthly review named about plan de bateaux modèles reduits.
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    I have always wished to build a Swiss lake paddlesteamer.
  7. Gaetan Bordeleau
    Mark, do you know the book: La frégate, Marine de France, 1650-1850 La Bellone 1756
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    You are right Mark, I mis-quoted you. I have another question: Is that drawing an interpretation from Hahn, where did he took references, is there a plan in NMM?
  9. Gaetan Bordeleau
    ''I re-checked the drawings of the French ships I have seen a line in that location"". Could you show us an example?
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    Thank you, What is the secret to build a nice bell, as well as a nice model ship? Plan, plan,plan and for the bell, you just need some turning experience. If you would ask me what is the best set of plans available on the market, the answer is very easy: 74 guns by Jean Boudriot; plans with details. In addition, 1780 is a nice period, where the 74 had very nice lines with fewer decorations than in the previous century. For the catholic, the best book is the bible For the model ship builder, the bible is the 74 If I had only 1 book this set of 4 would be the one The only difference between a beginner and an advanced model ship builder is that the advanced one understand the importance of the detail. At the opposite, at a period I did research about ships built in Quebec in 1750. The only thing that survived are the lines of the Frégate L'Abénakise when captured by the English. I could have tried to built one but everything would have been speculation especially for the carvings which make each model distinct.
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    Making the bell’s ship + modification on molding knife; handle for the blade sometimes we see a handle on the opposite side, it is a bit more performant amelioration of the down force on the blade : try for a handle at 90 degres of the blade, allows direct counterforce on the blade; much easier to make the molding
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    Hi Karl, nice work and nice color
  13. Gaetan Bordeleau
    Mark, I would not truss your drawing Instead I would go with something similar to LA Belle-Poule: 1 apartment ouside toilet, 1 roof, 1 rail as a decoration which is in the continuation of the drawing lines
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    first sight with all the guns
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    Druxey, If I cover the entire gun deck then it is not worth to build the inside because nothing would be visible. I did modify some parts; Cathead anchor are not glued, if glued it it is almost sure that I will break at leasrt one later. I changed the chimney side to see the copper plate on the top of the stove. About the gun carriages; which also are not glued on the deck as for the same previous reason. I observed in previous builds that ropes assembly are sufficent to hold the gun and if the assembly is too much static, it is almost for sure that I will in the next years when turning around the hull hit some guns, and if the assembly has some play to move it will not break.
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    I tried the realisation of the front deck planking in 3 stages; Cut all the planks Cut holes in the deck To see as much as possible in the model, unessential planks are removed. And I also tried few photos with different cameras
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    Planking the deck, the 4 main row are not glued yet.
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    Daniel, door is always open
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    Merci de vos encouragements Thank you John, here is a recapitulation from the earlier posts, from a building and photography point of view. This build began in 2012, 4 years ago, with still at least 1 year to go, so around a 5 years built. The previous one, the 74 was built in half that time; 2 ½ years. The main feature of these builds is the scale 1/24 but I would have more place may be I would go even bigger! I like this kind of work and I am beginning to think to the next one. The key are the plans details. Today if you ask me what will be the next one? 74 is the answer and for the plans there is also 1 answer Jean Boudriot. He describes easily the parts in a very well structured way. This means that he did the research part and I can concentrate on the building part. Scale will still be 1/24, wood will again be cherry because I like to work with this fruit wood and it is easily obtainable and I would say this is the best wood I can use In Quebec. In comparison, the 64 with cherry and the 74 with exotic wood, the price is about 3 times higher. The quantity needed is very considerable. As a rule of thumb in a very approximate way for a detailed model, I would estimate the volume of wood required at least 2 times the volume of the model ship. Photography combine with the scale and a small web cam offers a nice vision of the model. For each model we build, the quality is always better, and the next model is also always better, so it is road which always goes in 1 direction : improvement of the quality of work. This forum provides us a fantastic tool with the picture size allowed. This is a win-win situation. Peoples can see good size picture and as a builder I can use the magnifying glass effect of the pictures to improve my work quality. Photography is a subject I read every day and I try to get better pictures. If I compare with the first picture of this build, I see improvement. Unfortunately we have the possibility to show big size photos, but if we want to learn to take better pictures to show, we have to do it alone. This forum is not a photography class but photography surely could be consider as a tool that we can use to improve our work. Model Ship World Internet Forum is a booster which can increase the learning curve in the model ship construction because we combine all our knowledge. Also I am sure that photography could also use a small booster to benefit everybody.
  20. Gaetan Bordeleau
    This tung oil has not been heated to promote partial polymerization to cure faster. What happens if I open the bottle which lasted a couple of years?
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    The previous set of picture was taken with a small web camera.
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    Second deck
  23. Gaetan Bordeleau
    I've tried a few and am not overly impressed with any of them - spackle, glue & sawdust, Elmers, means wrong mix They don't spread well - seem to want to dry out before I'm done applying means not enough glue How much do you apply, enough to cover, take off the excess, let dry, sand The shipwright is imperfect, to be perfect, he needs to practice more than one time
  24. Gaetan Bordeleau
    Hi Marc http://www.grstools.com/for-jewelry-work/third-hands-and-soldering-stations/third-hand-with-soldering-station.html This tool was acquired from a jewelry tool seller and it is not comparable to the usual alligator clips.
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    4th picture a tool to turn ropes coils with a coil ejector

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