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This afternoon, third pair of head-timbers about four (adjusted and glued) :

This morning work about the second pair of head-timbers (cuting and gluing done) :

Today work about the first pair of head-timbers (cuting and gluing done) :

The other side is also done and glued :

At scale 1/72, it was impossible to saw so thin holes, and and I have no time, no patience and no tools to do that with wood scissors  😡  

Is it the red squarred object ?

In that case, there is no hole, it's a false draw glued on the wooden piece...

Hi Bill,

No hole for me, could you indicate the detail you mean  ?

Regards,

Chris

As usual, two pictures after gluing new parts of ship's rails :

Left rail's rear medal (not glued) :

Hi Bill,

Thanks for your comment 

My secret (what a great word... 😀) is the choice of significative details, and for that, I use a "general mental picture" of finished model

It's not a possible process for a first model, this one is my 6th, so, before this ship, have I learned more alone than in modelism manuals

Regards,

Chris 

Finition of upper rail's :

Other pictures, after removal of the temporary clamps :

All rails done :

All left rails carved and glued :

Down rails carved and glued :

Test of complete left side of forward's rails (not glued and without head-timbers) :

Second range of rails on left side of ship :

Beginning second range of composed forward rails :

Two other pics, with materialised waterline on the general view of first one :

Hi, Bill,

I've rectified some errors of the hull below the waterline, red colored on my illustration

The monograph's hull doesn't run correctly, as seems to me, I ignore the reason of that

I don't know details of Heller's realization, but the monograph is more probably wrong,

and I redraw some rear elements in order to fix this problem, I did'nt like the heavy hull  :

I also suppressed two gun-ports of the back-stern, the four guns were impossible to use (no much place)

Regards

Chris

7 hours ago, Bill Morrison said:

It's interesting to see how much her lines resemble the Le Soleil Royal.  Your Saint Philippe is stunning !

Thanks, Bill

It's like a "sister-ship" of the SR, only real difference is the simplified decoration, with few complicated elements, and the suppression of one upper quarter-deck

Lemineur has also applicated a 10% longer general proportion, and I think that's the disposition making the vessel more "elegant"  😀

Regards,

Chris

Simulation of the first pair of forward's composed down-rails :

Detailed process for forward rail's built :

The test of my new idea about rails - What do you think about this result ?

Another solution, with composed structure, for more resistance and regularity of rails :