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CRI-CRI
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following preparation work about back stern of ship :
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All 18 pounder guns carriages ready for install their... 104 wheels :
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Today work about upper gun-desk (16 about 26 now prepared) :
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Today work about 18 pounder guns :
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Today work about guns : *
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Cut of upper gun-desk :
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After some small corrections :
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Evening enlightenment :
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Well, here's where the real fun begins : I'll need to reproduce the wooden tympanum, then add the overhanging cornice, so it looks all like the two photo simulations below : As an appetizer, I finished the decorative rail of the balcony, and I have to try to copy the tympanum in bas-relief, using the Proxxon D50 on a 5 mm plank
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As I'm waiting a delivery of a 3 mm walnut plank for the guncarriages, I've done a first test for the rail below back stern, which I can only see in photos : Next step: the upper escucheonl, which I plan to mill from a boxwood plank
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The upper windows are finished, the lower ones are at first step (ending will be done tomorrow) :
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I can renew the ancient windows of the Saint Philippe also scaled 1/72, and ready for use, with exactly the same size :
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A quick draft of a cross, the final version will receive a much more careful treatment :
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2nd quarter-gallery done :
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2nd quarter-gallery beginning :
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First quarter-gallery done :
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Bonus photo :
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Today small progress :
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The planking of quarter-galleries is coming, but laborious, all pieces must be adjusted as well as possible :
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A quick, clear recap, just to take a breather, before tackling the quarter-galleries: planking :
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A little further abour upper quarter-gallery :
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Not very easy, but interesting work :
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The supports for the first quarter-gallery are ready, and the planking of the Guard rail goes at beginning :
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The final balcon railing has been successfully glued, now, I've a precise reference point for all rear elements :
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