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  1. EJ_L
    Few more walls and some furniture are now in place and the Admiral's cabin is starting to look like something. Still have several things that need to go in before I close this cabin off. Table and chairs, and some structural components and doors leading into the forward compartments. Also the lantern for lighting or all of this is pointless!! More updates soon!
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    That has been one of my thoughts as well. I would like to add people and so I am thinking, depending upon what the actual dimensions come out to be 1:87 or 1:72 is most likely but 1:48 would be nice and big also and could lend to some great detailing but I have to see how big that would make the model.
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    No new work as I am still building interiors on S.R. however, as I am nearing the end of this build (relatively speaking) I am thinking of the next project which I intend to be a scratch build cross section of La Couronne. I have decided that I will do mid ship at the main mast but my current debate is scale. I am going back and forth between two options and so opinions and/or suggestions are welcome. Something to keep in mind is that I plan on displaying both models together when they are done. The first idea is to keep the 1:100 scale that the Couronne is built at. This would make the cross section look like I sliced a section directly from La Couronne. At this scale I would also build the entire main mast. Down side of course is that I am stuck detailing again at a small scale. The second idea is to enlarge the cross section. I will have to play around with dimensions to see what would work best. This plan brings up another question. Do I maintain the full mast or stop at the main top? Keeping the main mast means I would probably have to keep the scale still fairly small however, stopping at the main top would mean larger scale and better details for inside the hull which to me is the whole point of a cross section. I would love for ideas and suggestions as I plan on pairing all my builds with their cross sections to complete the display.
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    Looking very sharp! The more you do, the more I am loving the colors the entire look they are creating. While I typically am more of a fan of using natural wood colors, my hat is off to you with how you have painted this one. As for the lettering, you could try printing the name on a clear decal sheet. Experiment to get the right font and size with regular paper and then you can print it onto the clear decal paper. Testors makes some specifically for this purpose that I have used on my model railroad to create my own signs and things. Here is a link to them on Amazon.
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    Been looking forward to seeing you start this build Elijah. Gonna pull up a chair and enjoy what I know will be another fine journey. Happy building!
  6. EJ_L
    Thanks Eddie and welcome to the build. Good to have you along for the journey. I have done done a little more work on the cabin today but I have not taken any new pictures yet. Might have an update tomorrow evening depending how the day goes. The Admiral and I are out enjoying the band Blues Traveler in concert tonight so no new work. 😀
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    Welcome back to MSW! Hopefully this time around you will be able to fully enjoy the hobby. Best of luck to you on your build of the Bounty. I would recommend checking some of the great build logs of her on here for some ideas and guidance and then start up your own log so we can follow along and be there when you need help. Again, I wish you good luck and I look forward to seeing your build!
  8. EJ_L
    Back to work on S.R. this weekend and I have started to build the Admiral's Cabin. Obviously this one will be fancier than the Great Cabin and therefore a lot more wood work will be installed. I am hoping to build in some actual furniture such as tables, chairs, a bed and possibly some cabinets. There will of course be another LED lantern to illuminate the interior so all this fancy work doesn't go to waste. Surprisingly, I have found myself really enjoying building these interiors. a large part of that is I think due to the freestyle nature of it. Other than the layout of the bulkheads, there is not much to tell me what kinds of decorations or furnishings would have been in her or where. So, as long as I can keep things looking like they would belong in the early 17th century and are things that would be found on a ship, I can pretty much let my imagination run free. After spending so many hours checking, double checking and repeating those checks again and again while rigging Couronne, this freedom of building is rather refreshing. More to come as I have just gotten started so enjoy the update and I will have more in the near future!
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    Welcome to MSW Adam! Good to have you with us. Anja gave you a great link for the tools and ideas for starting kits. Only things I would add is first with tools, start simple. Buy what you need as you need it and the blow to the wallet won't be as painful. As for ships to start with, stay simple for the first one. Even if it looks like it may be too easy, (solid hull for example) there are going to be challenges that you have not experienced before. Bending wood for planking, shaping the hull, having to build almost all the parts out of rough lumber and of course the rigging are things that most people have not had to do or only at a minimum coming from the plastic side. I speak from experience! In fact, my first wooden ship was the Rattlesnake. I had built plastic ships before but I quickly found out I was not fully prepared for wood ships and should have started smaller. The other thing I tell everyone is to find a ship that speaks to you and peaks your interest. Read up a little on different ships that you find kits for and see if one has a history that catches your attention. Sometimes if the ship has a story that you find fascinating it can help motivate you to build her better and push through those tougher spots. No matter what ship you decide upon we will be here ready and willing to give advice, guidance or just friendly support. Good luck to you and I look forward to seeing what you decide on!
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    Thanks Ken! To answer your question simply, yes, no and lots of guess work! Actually for the outer hull I followed the pattern from the instructions and picture on the box for the most part. The only major change to the pattern is that the kit wanted me to have a golden colored band of planking at the uppermost section at the poop deck. I did not think that would look good and so I replaced that with more blue. Fortunately the kit provided me with plenty of dyed wood so I had extra without having to try to match new paint. (Now I also have a bundle of dyed gold/yellow wood planking for some future project) The lower hull was called to be mahogany planked which I did but, I did not use the wood provided. I purchased new mahogany from Crown Timberyard as the kit wood was not the best in terms of straight cuts and would not have made as nice of planking job. I did use the kit wood for smaller areas such as the turrets and quarter galleys as well as decorations and trim. The walnut wood for the wales and other trim pieces was kit provided and called for. The interior planking is also a combination of woods. The decking was kit provided but the bulkheads I replaced with Pear, (also from Crown). The actual decorations and layout were vague at best on the instructions and even looking at other models revealed no two builds the same in terms of layout and extent of decorations and wood used. Therefore everything inside the ship is mostly my imagination inspired by other builds. I am actually in the process of choosing what I want to use for my S.R. build right now. I'm trying to determine if the kit wood will be fine or if I want to replace it and what color combination will work. After working with the mahogany I got from Crown Timberyard, I am tempted to use it again for S.R. as it has turned out beautiful in my opinion and looks good next to the blue which I will need a lot of for S.R..
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    Anton, great work so far on your ship! I like to that you are taking the time to research and get to know your ship's history. I always find that the more I know about a ship the more I care about how I present her which drives me to do a better job. I will be sure to follow along as I am looking forward to seeing how she progresses. I too have recently watched that movie and found it very well done and really interesting.
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    Thank you very much. I am fortunate to have a lot of free time right now which has helped with the building speed although it has still taken a long time. Just the rigging for the stays on the mizzenmast mast took me 8 hours this week! I can usually work in 2-3 hours of build time a night. I only have a few months left of that and then the Admiral finishes her masters program and will be home more in the evenings. While I know it will reduce my build time it will be nice to have her back home more as I have not seen her much in the past 2 years. In all reality, it would benefit me to slow down a little more. There have been many things on this build that had I done so I could have made look even better. Hopefully that lesson will sink in sometime soon! 😜
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    I just finished reading through your log to date and indeed off to a good start. Planning and thinking ahead is always important. Take your time when you fair those frames as it will make a huge difference when you plank. Looking forward to seeing more as you progress.
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    Here she is fully masted with all of her stays and shrouds in place! Another big milestone was just completed and I am excited! Next up I start building the yards. It is hard to believe that I have come this far with her and that the end is in sight. Still have a bunch of tricky work to do so can't celebrate too much but, maybe a drink or two... I did find a solution to the tension line for the mizzen fore stays. One of the versions of the crows feet rig in Anderson's book showed an additional block with a line that was placed in between the top block of the crows foot and the actual stay. This line lead down to another block on deck that could be used to tighten the rig. While Anderson has it listed as a late 17th century development, the rigging pattern of the crows foot best matched the one on my rigging sheets. Also as Anderson's books typically specialized in English rigging and this was a french ship I took the liberty of giving the French the benefit of the doubt that they made this modification before the English.
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    Whichever set or combination of books, instructions, blogs and imagination you are using to guide you, the results are fantastic!
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    Excellent job cutting out all of those dead eyes! That takes a lot of time and effort but it has paid off as they look great!
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    Quick update although these pics are a few days old now as I am further along. All the masts are now at full height and the stays are complete on the main mast. Mizzen mast only has the shrouds and ratlines rigged at the moment. The fore stays on the mizzen top are a crazy rigging of crows feet that extend out to both aft edges of the main mast lower shrouds. I know how to rig them but, I do not yet know how the crew would have applied tension to them. I have not yet found any leading line that could be hauled in to tension the lines. I suppose it could be done out on the ends of the crows feet where they attach to the shrouds but that does not jive with the way the other crows feet are rigged. To me these would be dead ends and not where adjustments would be made. I'm gonna do some more reading and see if I can find that aha! moment. These pictures do not show the mizzen mast work but you can enjoy the rest of the model.
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    Cockpit looks good Andrew. Many ships have a lot of tight spaces so I wouldn't worry to much about that. I would however avoid hitting that switch as much as possible...
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    You could almost dock yours in a harbor! As for the ties on the deadeyes I have seen arguments for both. As they are adjustable for the shroud tension they would probably be more natural as they would not be covered in tar but, due to their close proximity to the stays and shrouds which are covered, they would probably be blackened due to rub off. I do not know if there is a completely right or wrong answer to that question....
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    To me what makes the size even more impressive is that it is such a small scale at 1:100! While I would love to build one of these at a 1:48 scale or even large at a 1:10, I think I would need to add another bay onto my garage to house her when done!
  21. EJ_L
    They are 17th century cruise missiles. No, they are paint brushes in their holder. I will take a better photo later of the ship. Here is the brush holder that is causing the illusion.
  22. EJ_L
    Had a few productive evenings and topped out the fore mast along with stays and shrouds. With the top gallant in place the fore mast is ready for yards. Next I get to repeat this process for the main mast top gallant and then the mizzen top mast. Fortunately these masts are rather simple and the rigging is minimal at this level so they are going relatively fast. I plan on topping out all three masts before switching back to S.R. so more updates soon!! I will also take some better pictures on the next update. Didn't really see that it was kind of fuzzy until I posted. Eyes are getting tired though I cannot imagine why....
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    Welcome to MSW Hal! Good to have you with us. I look forward to seeing your work.
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    You are doing a great job! She is looking very nice and well built. Asfar as sticking to the kit design, there is nothing wrong with that. You will still have yourself a very nice model and can still be proud of your work. As as to the placement of pintails, channels, chain plates, shrouds and rigging, no, the locations did not always make sense at least to us with a more knowledgeable perspective. However, during the early 17th century, large ship construction, especially for war ships, was still in its infancy. It would be another century before they really figure out the science behind it and begin to perfect the designs. At this particular time it is mostly guess work and trial and error. Emphasis on the error. We now have the advantage of looking at successful designs such as the Victory and Constitution but they were just building off what experience and knowledge that particular ship builder had. The mathematics were not yet formulated and there was no way to test out a design until it was built at which point you hoped it worked! I have questioned many things about the design of the ship. So far what I have learned is that many things don't make sense. To make matters worse, there is very little historical information about her and the way she looked seems to vary greatly probably due in large part to refurbishing as her career went on. Dates and records have been lost to time. Do do the best you can and ask questions. I can tell you what I have done so far. As to dimensions, most of mine I have taken from the 1:1 scale drawing that came with the kit. Then tweeked as needed! 😀
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    Great tip for making eyebolts and hooks. Thanks!

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