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Keith Black
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
Stern post and wing transom
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
I like this building board! Much freedom during operating with frames
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Keith Black reacted to G.L. in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
Original building board! It looks to me very stable to sand the frames.
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
In the Central Naval Museum (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) there is an Admiralty model of frigate La Legere.
During 2 years i was busy with measuring this model and preparing a drawings.
Then during 2 years i was busy with her building.
I will show you my work in progress...
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
First competition
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
Next part of work
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
Beams of lower deck are all ready
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
Two lower deck planks fixed
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
he first beams of main deck
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Keith Black reacted to woodeater in La Legere 1682 by woodeater - FINISHED - scale 1:32 - French frigate
Fixing bitts
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Keith Black reacted to mtaylor in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
Keith,
I do think that there would have been more than one cask. One on each side would make sense. My question about maybe being for coaling is that they seem rather small.... So maybe not water but something else? Sand maybe? I'm not that familiar with that era so everything's just a guess.
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Keith Black got a reaction from Scotty W in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
Mark
Of course, water cask! I don't think they were fixed as they appear in a location in one photograph but won't be there in another photograph.
Photo #3, water cask is on the port side of the hatch while in photo #4 the cask is on the starboard side of the hatch.
With a 480 man complement, there could have been several water cask positioned along the length of the deck?
Thank you Mark for your input and thank you to all for the thumbs up...........Keith
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Keith Black got a reaction from archjofo in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
Does anyone know what the wooden "basin" with handles and lid is in the following Hatton and Hart photographs? I use the term basin as I don't know what else to call it? You can just make it out under the signal cannon in the first photo and then it's more readily visible in the next three photos. If it belongs with the signal cannon I'd like to incorporate it in the build. Thank you in advance......Keith
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Keith Black reacted to mtaylor in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
Possibly a water cask. I'm thinking it's not fixed though as in the last photo. if it weren't fixed I would think they would have moved it as there is a "handle" on the side of the one in the second photo. The thing is, that there appears to be one on each side of the hatch and in same place in all the photos. Maybe it is fixed.. water port for the boilers though the handle on that one pic throws a curve ball at that concept.
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Keith Black got a reaction from Bill Morrison in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
Mark, thank you........KB
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Keith Black got a reaction from Scottish Guy in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
I'm sure you're thinking, "Keith, those are some strange wheels" and yes, they are! I tried making them which ended in utter failure. I then searched off and on for almost six months looking for spoked wheels .35 to .40 inches in diameter and came up dry. I was even searching for toys that I might be able to rob the wheels from. I was at the point of giving up and not making the gatling guns and signal cannon till I came across these snaps in Joann's used in sewing. I used the size 1, they're .392 in diameter. I know they're not Kosher but sometimes (for me at least) If I can't make it, I have to make do.
I can envision using these in a small scale build for hand wheeled gate valves, etc.
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Keith Black got a reaction from Scottish Guy in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
The signal cannon was another story. I've always thought the first one I made looked more like a field piece than a signal cannon. On to signal cannon 2.0, 1.0 is on the left
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Keith Black got a reaction from Scottish Guy in USS Tennessee 1869 by Keith Black - scale 1:120 - Wood Hull Screw Frigate - ex Madawaska 1865
In getting back to the deck guns I went over the gatling guns, signal cannon, and the one, eight inch Dahlgren gun I've completed. I've decided I can't do any better on the gatling guns. These are the 4.0 model and as poor as they are this is as good as it gets. They kinda look like gatling guns a couple of feet away?
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Keith Black reacted to paulsutcliffe in HMS Sirius 1797 by paulsutcliffe - 1:48 - POF from NMM plans
Hi Michael, no problem thanks for looking in, I had major problems on the starboard with the windows and fitting the gallery, After some help from Druxey, Ed and others at the time I managed to fix it, I had made the top and bottom shelves the same size but not taken into account the taffrell
I have had to trim down the top piece to match the bottom to ensure the windows are the same size and slope.
Regards
Paul
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Keith Black reacted to michael mott in HMS Sirius 1797 by paulsutcliffe - 1:48 - POF from NMM plans
Ah a cosy temp for a January day in Canada, time to get the shorts out.😀
I can sympathize when I used to heat my old shop with wood it was brutal in the winter. I am happy now that I have proper heat.
Tell me why the deconstruction on the starboard side? apologies if I missed an earlier explanation.
Michael
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Keith Black reacted to paulsutcliffe in HMS Sirius 1797 by paulsutcliffe - 1:48 - POF from NMM plans
Its three degrees in the garage and Diana Ross is nowhere to be seen
Could be the last photos/work for a while until it warms up a bit
Regards
Paul
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Keith Black reacted to paulsutcliffe in HMS Sirius 1797 by paulsutcliffe - 1:48 - POF from NMM plans
And deconstruction of starboard side begins
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Keith Black reacted to paulsutcliffe in HMS Sirius 1797 by paulsutcliffe - 1:48 - POF from NMM plans
Head timbers coming together, sorry about the crappy photos
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