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Very nice clipper drawing views Simon, thanks for sharing these

Nils

amazing work Michele and excellent photographing, are you using the black blanket background technique ? how is the object fixed in position for the poses shown ?

wonderful framework and the warm wood tone is beautiful

Nils

Thanks for input Chris,

The german names are Butt, Flunder, and Scholle. I used Scholle for Google translater : plaice

They all taste the same I find.

Nils

Update

made the bow sprit, the two traveller rails, some fittings for fastening the sails, and the extendable poles of the fishing gear. It looks like all is ready for the sails to be sewn.

The plaice are in one box and hering and cod in the other. I intended to apply Syren blocks for rigging, but the postage costs to germany are too expensive, so I found a source in Germany selling Master Korabel blocks, which are also good in quality.

Nils

over all view

water stay and fittings

bow view

aft view

the chain has soldered links, and will become a greyish coating (fake Zink)

view into the cabin, berths and the front compartment anchor chain storage.

plaice, hering and cods are in the boxes, I need to get some eels from somewhere

excellent work Michele,

I love the lines of these french ships, and your model will be a beauty

Nils

wow, what an elegant hull the chebeque has, everthing is trimmed for speed....

Beautiful work Daniel

Nils

Update

now the semi round nutwood outer deck rails are mounted, and also the beech foot rails attached to the anchors. The larger and smaller deadeye are ready for rigging the masts. The deadeye fastening screws are still to be shortend a bit. The bow sprit spar has to be made fastend to the deck and rigged. The poles for bringing out the Zeesen network (Fishing gear) will be made later on

Nils

rails mounted

deadeyes safely mounted to the deck anchors

There are 4 smaller deadeyes for rigging the mizzen mast

Hi Dan, thanks for you`re nice comments....

Now that the deck finaly is complete it gave me confidence again, to build on with the model. Yes I`m proud of the little tuc-tuc engine, a pitty that it will never run...

Nils

Update

For the deck I had removed the intended pine planking again, changed the pattern arrangement and now mounted a new planking in straight larch wood, planks 4 x 0,8 mm. It went faster than I had thought

This looks OK in my opinion and gives a good contrast with the beech wood comings

The main mast with gaff and spars and the mizzen mast with boom and spars is also done, but yet without the rigging blocks that are on order

Nils

the first rough sanding is done.  The outcut on the front deck is for sight acess to the storage compartment and the anchor chain

The brass anchors at the deckside shall be for mounting the footrail, the dark stained anchors are for taking up the shrouds

the gaff to the main mast is rigged preliminary without blocks

Daniel

I like your oars/sweeps

Nils

Top work Daniel

N ils

excellent Dainiel

the boat`s build looks very promissing...., nice work with the plug and the many frames

Nils

1 hour ago, wefalck said:

Veggies are for softies and women ... and they were expensive. The fishing trips would have lasted only a day or two, depending on success and weather conditions.

Hear, hear Eberhard....

Nils

Bruce and Keith,

Thank you, Nils

Many thanks Keith and Eberhard for your input....

I guess I`ll have to provide a frying pan on board as well

Nils

the oven/stove looks really realistic...

Nils

Update

today I concentrated on the over night catch, Ì`m still looking for some eels in scale 1:24. Made the masts and main gaff,as well as mizzen boom

Nils

I used a thick viscosity primer both sides to get some "flesh" onto the flat etched fish....

and turned them into Hering, plaice and cods. Am still looking out for some eels in scale 1:24

The fish boxes are also from etched brass sheet

the plaice remain white on the bottom side

the mizzen mast can be layed down, when the shrouds are released

The mizzen boom is hooked in for easy removal

The main mast upper gaff is equiped with with a glide shoe, in order to slide up an down the main mast

Daniel,

I like the deck with the flush gratings and the sub-deck just below that with the triangle scuppers to the outboard, great details

I wonder how the rather long containments beneath the gratings were regulary cleaned and rinsed, it must have developed a smell on the actual ship (seagrass, seaweeds, tang, etc). Maybe the gratings could have been taken up for cleaning

Congrats, In all a masterly build

Nils

Thank you for your nice words Keith,

The next one (Zeesboot) is in progress and to date about 80% completed

Nils

Super build Keith !!

she is a real gem

Nils

Wonderful work Daniel,

I also like that aft-carving very much...

Nils

very nice work B.E.

Nils

Great idia with the card game Greg

Nils

Thank you very much Uwe,

I worked after the original line- and frame plan that I thankfully received from " Freunde des Lotsenschoners No.5 ELBE e.V".

The model though is representing the Pilot Schooner as it was on duty way back around 1900

Nils

3 hours ago, steamschooner said:

Nils, wonderful looking model, nicely done.

Many thanks for your words..

Nils