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Here, the beginning of my new project, the 64 guns Le Fleuron 1729 - scale 1/72 - French warship from Delacroix monograph it is a 1/72 construction based on the plans of Gérard Delacroix, A.N.C.R.E. Ed, that I will carry on without framework, indeed, despite the last progress of gerontology, my age encourages me to avoid works lasting 10 years or more
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Merry Christmas !
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An English officer 1.80 m sized, visiting for Her Majesty Sovereign the french top, 20 m above the main deck :
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Here I go at the end of a long and difficult project, the Saint Philippe, my first french war ship, is now finished : My thanks go to the many followers who have faithfully encouraged me along this complicated model
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Actual step : W Waiting order of ropes :
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More than the pair of arms of the spritsail, it is therefore the only one for which I am out of stock for ropes :
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Here are the three pairs of braces of foresail finished, all that remains to do is the two of the bowsprit :
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AS there was nothing interesting on TV? except nuclear war, I made the pair of braces of the foresail :
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The fore topgallant pair of braces and only four more pairs to put before we're done :
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Last step of built : five double braces (green colored on my pic), then, the Saint Philippe will be F I N I S H E D :
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Everything behind the mainmast is completely finished, half the work :
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After the easy braces of the main yard (in red in my photo), I shall rise 50% about the total of my last step :
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As in Sinbad's journey, I face the goddess with multiple arms, four already done (it will be the last difficult work) :
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Ten out of ten lifts done, including additions to the bowsprit, I'm coming to the braces (it was a long, long way) :
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Eight out of ten lifts done, only two more to add on the bowsprit, and I shall follow built with all braces :
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I'm about the sixth yard lift out of the ten planned, and there is enough job to squeeze through the ropes :
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The first two yard topping lifts are installed, starting as a first test with the Mizzen mast (not the easiest step) :
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A small selection, with two pictures using our beautiful and warm sunlight of these late summer afternoons :
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Latin yard is now completed, I am waiting for the delivery of my order for ropes and blocks to go at built's end :
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Wooden work is finished after four years of yard :
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Eight yards about eleven :
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As am I am usually in the Moon, have I positionnned the lower end of mizen-yard with its right inclination :
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We have reached six yards out of eleven, it is better not to be in a hurry after almost four years of hard work :
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A new version of port anchor :
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