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Thanks guys. I had a few brownie points after the jewellery box that I made her for her Birthday last month (which included some jewellery inside it too), so didn't have too hard a time convincing her of a new "temporary" home for the flying machine. 😀
 

At long last I am ready to start this kit! I had originally intended to start over the Christmas holiday period, but other priorities and life just kept getting in the way. Now, over the Easter period I have finally managed to finish my previous project (Da Vinci Flying Machine) and today I spent a couple of hours cleaning up the modelling space in preparation for this build.
 
Of course, a clean and tidy modelling space is just not on, so I had to make a start on this today. 😀
 
Opening the kit for only the second time, I was just so impressed with the quality. The laser cutting is nothing short of superb, with a super fine kerf and virtually no char on the faces of the sheets. I won't go into the "what's in the box" as that has been done to death already, but I will echo others comments that this kit sets the standard to which all kit manufacturers should aspire!
 
I opted to go for the more complex keel design, secure in the knowledge that if I botched it up I could always fall back on the simpler version. How many other kit manufacturers offer that? With the laser cutting providing a very clearly defined edge to the joints, I resisted the urge to reach for power tools and instead used a combination of a miniature chisel (one of the Veritas miniatures), a scalpel, a modellers rasp (Aurio), a file and a sanding block. Here is my array of weapons along with the completed joints:
 

 
These tools made short work of this task and I soon had some nicely fitting lap joints.
 

 
The three keel pieces were then glued up and clamped. I darkened the edge of one side of each joint with a pencil prior to gluing up to enhance the joint line.
 

 
I've only put three parts together, but I can't tell you how much fun I'm having with this kit already! 😊😊😊

definitively temporary ...

Grant
 
Welcome yo the group......I am so happy you are having fun with the project. Nicely done joints.   And yes,  Its so important to keep your area clean and your hands too.  It keeps the cedar looking vlean and crisp.
 
Enjoy the kit!!

At long last I am ready to start this kit! I had originally intended to start over the Christmas holiday period, but other priorities and life just kept getting in the way. Now, over the Easter period I have finally managed to finish my previous project (Da Vinci Flying Machine) and today I spent a couple of hours cleaning up the modelling space in preparation for this build.
 
Of course, a clean and tidy modelling space is just not on, so I had to make a start on this today. 😀
 
Opening the kit for only the second time, I was just so impressed with the quality. The laser cutting is nothing short of superb, with a super fine kerf and virtually no char on the faces of the sheets. I won't go into the "what's in the box" as that has been done to death already, but I will echo others comments that this kit sets the standard to which all kit manufacturers should aspire!
 
I opted to go for the more complex keel design, secure in the knowledge that if I botched it up I could always fall back on the simpler version. How many other kit manufacturers offer that? With the laser cutting providing a very clearly defined edge to the joints, I resisted the urge to reach for power tools and instead used a combination of a miniature chisel (one of the Veritas miniatures), a scalpel, a modellers rasp (Aurio), a file and a sanding block. Here is my array of weapons along with the completed joints:
 

 
These tools made short work of this task and I soon had some nicely fitting lap joints.
 

 
The three keel pieces were then glued up and clamped. I darkened the edge of one side of each joint with a pencil prior to gluing up to enhance the joint line.
 

 
I've only put three parts together, but I can't tell you how much fun I'm having with this kit already! 😊😊😊

Thanks for all the likes folks. And for Popeye and Mark - I won't be adding a figure to this model, though I do appreciate your thoughts.
 
The Base was a little too shiny after the varnish, so I knocked it down a little with some 0000 steel wool and furniture wax. Here is the completed stand:
 

And here is the stand with the fuselage attached (note: I later replaced the steel phillips head screws with brass slotted screws, with slots aligned to the grain of the wood of course!):
 

 
Then it was simply a case of following the instruction sequence for attaching the wings and the tail section, along with the rigging. The instructions for this phase were particularly poor but we got there in the end. 
 
It was very difficult to photograph the completed model because of the wing-span, but here are a few overall shots:
 

 

 

 
And here are a few close-ups of various sections:
 
Top View:

 
Underneath:
 

 
And another from underneath:
 

 
Posting these last couple of photos showed me that one of the rigging lines had parted company with its pulley - that has now been rectified.
 
That completes the construction of the Da Vinci Flying Machine. One year and eight months in the making – would have been a lot less if procrastination and other priorities hadn’t interfered! For those who may be curious, the wing-span is 102 cm / 40 inches.
 
Now I can turn my attention to the next project(s)....
 
I will be starting on Chuck's Medway Longboat shortly, but I may also try to multi-task and start on one of my two Pocher car models. We'll have to see - there is still a bunch of 1:1 scale woodwork going on in the "big" workshop!
 
Thanks to all who have followed along with this build, for your support and encouragement. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed building this kit.

Thanks for all the likes folks. And for Popeye and Mark - I won't be adding a figure to this model, though I do appreciate your thoughts.
 
The Base was a little too shiny after the varnish, so I knocked it down a little with some 0000 steel wool and furniture wax. Here is the completed stand:
 

And here is the stand with the fuselage attached (note: I later replaced the steel phillips head screws with brass slotted screws, with slots aligned to the grain of the wood of course!):
 

 
Then it was simply a case of following the instruction sequence for attaching the wings and the tail section, along with the rigging. The instructions for this phase were particularly poor but we got there in the end. 
 
It was very difficult to photograph the completed model because of the wing-span, but here are a few overall shots:
 

 

 

 
And here are a few close-ups of various sections:
 
Top View:

 
Underneath:
 

 
And another from underneath:
 

 
Posting these last couple of photos showed me that one of the rigging lines had parted company with its pulley - that has now been rectified.
 
That completes the construction of the Da Vinci Flying Machine. One year and eight months in the making – would have been a lot less if procrastination and other priorities hadn’t interfered! For those who may be curious, the wing-span is 102 cm / 40 inches.
 
Now I can turn my attention to the next project(s)....
 
I will be starting on Chuck's Medway Longboat shortly, but I may also try to multi-task and start on one of my two Pocher car models. We'll have to see - there is still a bunch of 1:1 scale woodwork going on in the "big" workshop!
 
Thanks to all who have followed along with this build, for your support and encouragement. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed building this kit.

At long last I am ready to start this kit! I had originally intended to start over the Christmas holiday period, but other priorities and life just kept getting in the way. Now, over the Easter period I have finally managed to finish my previous project (Da Vinci Flying Machine) and today I spent a couple of hours cleaning up the modelling space in preparation for this build.
 
Of course, a clean and tidy modelling space is just not on, so I had to make a start on this today. 😀
 
Opening the kit for only the second time, I was just so impressed with the quality. The laser cutting is nothing short of superb, with a super fine kerf and virtually no char on the faces of the sheets. I won't go into the "what's in the box" as that has been done to death already, but I will echo others comments that this kit sets the standard to which all kit manufacturers should aspire!
 
I opted to go for the more complex keel design, secure in the knowledge that if I botched it up I could always fall back on the simpler version. How many other kit manufacturers offer that? With the laser cutting providing a very clearly defined edge to the joints, I resisted the urge to reach for power tools and instead used a combination of a miniature chisel (one of the Veritas miniatures), a scalpel, a modellers rasp (Aurio), a file and a sanding block. Here is my array of weapons along with the completed joints:
 

 
These tools made short work of this task and I soon had some nicely fitting lap joints.
 

 
The three keel pieces were then glued up and clamped. I darkened the edge of one side of each joint with a pencil prior to gluing up to enhance the joint line.
 

 
I've only put three parts together, but I can't tell you how much fun I'm having with this kit already! 😊😊😊

At long last I am ready to start this kit! I had originally intended to start over the Christmas holiday period, but other priorities and life just kept getting in the way. Now, over the Easter period I have finally managed to finish my previous project (Da Vinci Flying Machine) and today I spent a couple of hours cleaning up the modelling space in preparation for this build.
 
Of course, a clean and tidy modelling space is just not on, so I had to make a start on this today. 😀
 
Opening the kit for only the second time, I was just so impressed with the quality. The laser cutting is nothing short of superb, with a super fine kerf and virtually no char on the faces of the sheets. I won't go into the "what's in the box" as that has been done to death already, but I will echo others comments that this kit sets the standard to which all kit manufacturers should aspire!
 
I opted to go for the more complex keel design, secure in the knowledge that if I botched it up I could always fall back on the simpler version. How many other kit manufacturers offer that? With the laser cutting providing a very clearly defined edge to the joints, I resisted the urge to reach for power tools and instead used a combination of a miniature chisel (one of the Veritas miniatures), a scalpel, a modellers rasp (Aurio), a file and a sanding block. Here is my array of weapons along with the completed joints:
 

 
These tools made short work of this task and I soon had some nicely fitting lap joints.
 

 
The three keel pieces were then glued up and clamped. I darkened the edge of one side of each joint with a pencil prior to gluing up to enhance the joint line.
 

 
I've only put three parts together, but I can't tell you how much fun I'm having with this kit already! 😊😊😊

At long last I am ready to start this kit! I had originally intended to start over the Christmas holiday period, but other priorities and life just kept getting in the way. Now, over the Easter period I have finally managed to finish my previous project (Da Vinci Flying Machine) and today I spent a couple of hours cleaning up the modelling space in preparation for this build.
 
Of course, a clean and tidy modelling space is just not on, so I had to make a start on this today. 😀
 
Opening the kit for only the second time, I was just so impressed with the quality. The laser cutting is nothing short of superb, with a super fine kerf and virtually no char on the faces of the sheets. I won't go into the "what's in the box" as that has been done to death already, but I will echo others comments that this kit sets the standard to which all kit manufacturers should aspire!
 
I opted to go for the more complex keel design, secure in the knowledge that if I botched it up I could always fall back on the simpler version. How many other kit manufacturers offer that? With the laser cutting providing a very clearly defined edge to the joints, I resisted the urge to reach for power tools and instead used a combination of a miniature chisel (one of the Veritas miniatures), a scalpel, a modellers rasp (Aurio), a file and a sanding block. Here is my array of weapons along with the completed joints:
 

 
These tools made short work of this task and I soon had some nicely fitting lap joints.
 

 
The three keel pieces were then glued up and clamped. I darkened the edge of one side of each joint with a pencil prior to gluing up to enhance the joint line.
 

 
I've only put three parts together, but I can't tell you how much fun I'm having with this kit already! 😊😊😊

Always a joy to follow your work Karl. I’m in.

Thanks guys. I had a few brownie points after the jewellery box that I made her for her Birthday last month (which included some jewellery inside it too), so didn't have too hard a time convincing her of a new "temporary" home for the flying machine. 😀
 

Making some belaying pins on my lathe out of boxwood.
 
 

Hello Model Friends.
After much research and more considerations,
I decided to build the model of the "ROYAL CAROLINE 1749".
 
The history of the Royal Caroline has been written x times,
so I'll give up on more details.
 
After the sparse construction drawings, as well as various to scale without
drawings in the book by AotS I have strong doubts about the success of the project,
but I try it anyway.
 
The plan drawings by Boudriot, Delacroix from ANCRE publishing house, on the other hand,
are top class in their own right, i very first cream.
 
Thanks Mike for the help of the frame drawings.
 
To the model:
Scale: 1/48
Wood: German Elsbeere
Overall lenght: 655,0 mm
 
I will build the model with visible frames from the second barwood,
as well as the interior.
I have already installed the "backbone" of the model on/in the slipway building board.
There are no photos of the individual parts, smoothly forgotten.
Next step is the construction of forty-five douple frames, each frame consists of twelve parts,
so I am busy in the near future.
 
Karl
 
(Sorry, Google translator)
 
 
 
 

At long last I am ready to start this kit! I had originally intended to start over the Christmas holiday period, but other priorities and life just kept getting in the way. Now, over the Easter period I have finally managed to finish my previous project (Da Vinci Flying Machine) and today I spent a couple of hours cleaning up the modelling space in preparation for this build.
 
Of course, a clean and tidy modelling space is just not on, so I had to make a start on this today. 😀
 
Opening the kit for only the second time, I was just so impressed with the quality. The laser cutting is nothing short of superb, with a super fine kerf and virtually no char on the faces of the sheets. I won't go into the "what's in the box" as that has been done to death already, but I will echo others comments that this kit sets the standard to which all kit manufacturers should aspire!
 
I opted to go for the more complex keel design, secure in the knowledge that if I botched it up I could always fall back on the simpler version. How many other kit manufacturers offer that? With the laser cutting providing a very clearly defined edge to the joints, I resisted the urge to reach for power tools and instead used a combination of a miniature chisel (one of the Veritas miniatures), a scalpel, a modellers rasp (Aurio), a file and a sanding block. Here is my array of weapons along with the completed joints:
 

 
These tools made short work of this task and I soon had some nicely fitting lap joints.
 

 
The three keel pieces were then glued up and clamped. I darkened the edge of one side of each joint with a pencil prior to gluing up to enhance the joint line.
 

 
I've only put three parts together, but I can't tell you how much fun I'm having with this kit already! 😊😊😊

Wonderful work on the flying machine, Grant. You should send her shopping, at least if it is one of her virtues  That will cut you some slack to fly around the house with your machine and look for a fitting landing spot.

There is/was one on Ebay, this morning, at least.

Grant,
That looks great! I had no idea how big it was. I assumed 8-10 wingspan. At 40 inches it would take up most of your desk.
 
Finding a place for it shouldn't be too hard. Wait till SHMBO is out with the girls and put it in its place. When she comes home make sure she has her preferred adult beverage and tell her, "Gosh honey, that's been there for years! Oh! and look at these cool diamond earrings I found!"
Sam

Thanks very much for all the kind comments folks and for the likes. 
 
Popeye - my study is also my office, which is also my shipyard (one half is office, the other half shipyard) - and there is simply no room left in there for this model. You’re right though, I don’t think hanging it will be an option.  I have however spied a couple of potential spaces in the house - will have to wait until SWMBO is not looking before trying them out though.......wish me luck! 😎

Thanks very much for all the kind comments folks and for the likes. 
 
Popeye - my study is also my office, which is also my shipyard (one half is office, the other half shipyard) - and there is simply no room left in there for this model. You’re right though, I don’t think hanging it will be an option.  I have however spied a couple of potential spaces in the house - will have to wait until SWMBO is not looking before trying them out though.......wish me luck! 😎

Thanks very much for all the kind comments folks and for the likes. 
 
Popeye - my study is also my office, which is also my shipyard (one half is office, the other half shipyard) - and there is simply no room left in there for this model. You’re right though, I don’t think hanging it will be an option.  I have however spied a couple of potential spaces in the house - will have to wait until SWMBO is not looking before trying them out though.......wish me luck! 😎

Thanks for all the likes folks. And for Popeye and Mark - I won't be adding a figure to this model, though I do appreciate your thoughts.
 
The Base was a little too shiny after the varnish, so I knocked it down a little with some 0000 steel wool and furniture wax. Here is the completed stand:
 

And here is the stand with the fuselage attached (note: I later replaced the steel phillips head screws with brass slotted screws, with slots aligned to the grain of the wood of course!):
 

 
Then it was simply a case of following the instruction sequence for attaching the wings and the tail section, along with the rigging. The instructions for this phase were particularly poor but we got there in the end. 
 
It was very difficult to photograph the completed model because of the wing-span, but here are a few overall shots:
 

 

 

 
And here are a few close-ups of various sections:
 
Top View:

 
Underneath:
 

 
And another from underneath:
 

 
Posting these last couple of photos showed me that one of the rigging lines had parted company with its pulley - that has now been rectified.
 
That completes the construction of the Da Vinci Flying Machine. One year and eight months in the making – would have been a lot less if procrastination and other priorities hadn’t interfered! For those who may be curious, the wing-span is 102 cm / 40 inches.
 
Now I can turn my attention to the next project(s)....
 
I will be starting on Chuck's Medway Longboat shortly, but I may also try to multi-task and start on one of my two Pocher car models. We'll have to see - there is still a bunch of 1:1 scale woodwork going on in the "big" workshop!
 
Thanks to all who have followed along with this build, for your support and encouragement. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed building this kit.

Thanks very much for all the kind comments folks and for the likes. 
 
Popeye - my study is also my office, which is also my shipyard (one half is office, the other half shipyard) - and there is simply no room left in there for this model. You’re right though, I don’t think hanging it will be an option.  I have however spied a couple of potential spaces in the house - will have to wait until SWMBO is not looking before trying them out though.......wish me luck! 😎

Thanks for all the likes folks. And for Popeye and Mark - I won't be adding a figure to this model, though I do appreciate your thoughts.
 
The Base was a little too shiny after the varnish, so I knocked it down a little with some 0000 steel wool and furniture wax. Here is the completed stand:
 

And here is the stand with the fuselage attached (note: I later replaced the steel phillips head screws with brass slotted screws, with slots aligned to the grain of the wood of course!):
 

 
Then it was simply a case of following the instruction sequence for attaching the wings and the tail section, along with the rigging. The instructions for this phase were particularly poor but we got there in the end. 
 
It was very difficult to photograph the completed model because of the wing-span, but here are a few overall shots:
 

 

 

 
And here are a few close-ups of various sections:
 
Top View:

 
Underneath:
 

 
And another from underneath:
 

 
Posting these last couple of photos showed me that one of the rigging lines had parted company with its pulley - that has now been rectified.
 
That completes the construction of the Da Vinci Flying Machine. One year and eight months in the making – would have been a lot less if procrastination and other priorities hadn’t interfered! For those who may be curious, the wing-span is 102 cm / 40 inches.
 
Now I can turn my attention to the next project(s)....
 
I will be starting on Chuck's Medway Longboat shortly, but I may also try to multi-task and start on one of my two Pocher car models. We'll have to see - there is still a bunch of 1:1 scale woodwork going on in the "big" workshop!
 
Thanks to all who have followed along with this build, for your support and encouragement. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed building this kit.

stunnimg work, pitty I can't find one for myself as Da Vinci is one those that inspire me....