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Installation of light well and fireproof bulkhead, completion of rear deck.

To Mr. Delacroix - thank you for the explanation.

To Willi - I'm sorry, you were right.

Since after covering it with the deck, it will be virtually impossible to see whether the door is complete or whether a threshold is present, I decided to leave it as it is .

 

 

Hi Willi, thanks for your comment. It is quite possible that you are right. But I was based on drawing 16-F. The door is not drawn here, but the bulkhead ends with the door border and the threshold is not drawn here. That is why I chose the solution I presented. Considering the fact that the author of the plans, Mr. Delacroix, is following the construction on the French forum and he had no comments, this is probably not a serious mistake.

The last parts for the rear space have been made - the light well and the fireproof bulkhead.

26 minutes ago, Some Idea said:

Thanks Vladimir they look very realistic did you etch them yourself or is something that can be bought.  The reason I ask I would be very interested in either learning how to do the process or even better purchase some.

The etchings are made by a Czech company that is professionally engaged in the production of etchings. But the design of the etchings is my own, i.e. the company will make the etchings exactly according to my requirements.

Hi Mark,

the metal hinges are made from brass etched parts. 

Vladimir

Another bulkhead under the rear deck.

Fantastic work.

The dust that is created during milling can be easily removed with a brush and debonder (CA glue is used to glue the foil).

I continue by installing the front bulkhead and making the front lower deck.

Windows - the last part on the stern, then I will continue on the inside of the hull. I chose the same method as for Le Gross Ventre - a frame made of two halves, in one half a pocket is milled for embedding plastic foil. After gluing, the whole is milled on both sides to the required thickness.

Installation of molding rails.

Fantastic work Chris👍.

Thank you guys .

Continuation of work on the stern - molding rails.

Thank you druxey.

I continue with the planking of the stern. First it was necessary to make another rather complicated part defining the extension of the sides at the stern. The part is "shaped" in all three axes and the production is quite complex.

Thank you guys.

To Chris - I don't like the black caulking between the planks to be too prominent, so the caulking here is created only by blackening the edge of the plank with a pencil so that it is not too prominent. The only exception is the planks on the decks, where the caulking is created with black paper. Here this color contrast makes a bit more sense (at least from my point of view).

I continue by planing the "thicker" part of the bow.

Planking between wales and molding rails completed.

I started planking between the wales and molding rails.

I continue with molding rails.

You are really carving master. Fantastic work.

I decided to finish the outer planking above the wales first before installing the interior equipment. The first thing I had to do was cut out the holes for the gunport and oars.

Installation of deck beams. Before other installations and bulkheads are installed, the deck beams are fixed with an auxiliary fixture.

Other deck constructions.

To No Idea - Vectric programs can read DXF files. So it is necessary to have a CAD program available in which I draw what I need to mill and save such a drawing in DXF format. I then load it into Vectric's Aspire program and then create the milling data there.

Thank you guys .

To properly position the deck beams, it is advisable to already have some of the structural elements that will be part of the decks. I started with main bitts and standarts and jeer-bitts.

Hi No Idea,

at Le Gros Ventre I made Samson's post using a shape cutter. Here it's completely CNC - the result is nice .