Tobias

It's always a feast for the eyes to see new updates from you. For me it is very helpful to see how you show and describe the individual steps, I can only learn for my construction of Le Rochefort.

Hello Greg, great to see you have chosen L'Invention. I will follow it with great interest and I am also happy for GD that it is the first publication of his latest monograph.

Hi Mark, really very precise work, very clean.

A small update

Hello Siggi, your craftsmanship is exceptionally great, very impressive.  Greetings from Bavaria, Tobias.

Good evening everyone, here's a little update.  I started with the first bulkhead, nothing is glued yet and small adjustments still need to be made.  I also started with other parts.

Good morning Gary,

it is a wonderful and absolutely clean work, much to be admired.  It took some time to scroll through your log.  Sorry if I've just come across this and have to get back to the beginning of your project, did I understand correctly that you drew the plans by hand, i.e. old school with a pencil?  That's really impressive, your bookshelf and all the plans in the roles also fascinate me. Absolutely great performance.
Greetings Tobias

Hi Greg, this all looks fantastic, really great work.

4 hours ago, Nersch said:

Hello Mark,

 

You are doing a really great job. Very neat work!

 

You are the second modeler I know who uses Castello to build a ship model. I think Castello is much harder than pear wood. What are your experiences? Is Castello easy to work with or would pear wood be a better choice?

 

Cheers Nersch

Hello Dieter @Nersch , Mark has done a fantastic job so far and serves as a role model for me too.

3 hours ago, a.sorolla said:

Hi , No Idea

 

Congratulations on the work, clean and well done.
Le Rochefort is a ship destined to the supply of powder the fleet therefore the barrels, that samples in the interior of the cargo hold, do not carry metal rings, go recercados with ropes.
You can see it on the cover photo of the monograph book.
as I do not know if the translation was understood well, I put a photo of the barrels

I hope you understand that this is just a comment

 

Adrián Sorolla

Adrian @a.sorolla  your book is worth its weight in gold and is always in use.  Thanks for the hint.

4 hours ago, G. Delacroix said:

Hallo,

 

Auf Englisch kann "canal des anguillers" übersetzt werden mit: Limber-Holes.

 

GD

Thank you GD,
from the German forum I was told Nüsterlöcher - (also: "Nüstergat") holes in the lower frames through which the water can flow to the bilge

7 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Pardon my ignorance but what's a "water groove"? I've not seen nor heard of that nor find a reference.

Hi Mark I mean the recess at the bottom of the frames, unfortunately I do not know the correct name. In this recess is also often a chain installed to loosen larger debris and to ensure that the brackish water can run to the pumps.  

Hello fellow model builders,

the last few days have been fine tuning and today I milled the water groove in the frames.  Tools used Ruler and pencil for marking, a rasp and a dremel with a round head router.

After I sanded the hull, I started the interior work.

In the last 2 days I've gotten the hull in shape a bit.  The finishing touches are still missing.  Thanks for your interest.
 

13 hours ago, archjofo said:

Hello Tobias,
by happenstance I found your report here at MSW today. 
I know your fantastic work. But it's nice that you also present your work here in this very well known forum.
 

Hello John, thank you.  I came to MSW through Ed Tosti and his amazing Naiad protocol.  It's the research that keeps you from just being in one forum.  @albert, @No Ideaor you Johann and many others are inspirational for me.  I'm also on the road in the French forum to get as much information as possible.  Of course you also want to show your model and it's a great feeling when you like it and it's well received.

First of all I want to thank you for all the likes and the comments, much appreciated.  I had found some time in the last two days to continue building on La Palme.  It's a minor update.  Thanks again for the encouragement and your feedback.
 

Hello Albert, I envy your craftsmanship.  Naiad has been a dream, I'll stay tuned to see the progress.

Hello everyone,

the nailing is done.  

In the next few days I will continue on Le Rochefort.  

Both on a scale of 1:36, here is a picture of both ships together.

Hello Mark, a beautiful interior, as usual, very precise and clean work, your barrels fit very well in the hold.

A little progress 2282 holes have been drilled and approx. 1400 nails have already been set.  Now I still have the last frames 32-52 ahead of me.

I'm sorry that there aren't too many updates at the moment, but I've started another project as you can see in the picture.  Both in 1:36 scale
 

Mark your work is of the highest accuracy and subtlety, it pleases not only you but also me. It was just a thought process on my part. I am curious about the result with the shellac.

Hi Mark it is once again a fantastic work. Almost a little too perfect, please excuse me I do not want to complain and hope you do not get it wrong. Your precision is so fine that you can't see the individual boards of the pump well and it looks like it is one big area. I know this too well, if I may suggest the following what I have already done in such a case is that I have slightly touched the individual boards to visually highlight the individual boards. Something like this:

Hello Matiz it is always fantastic to see your progress and with what accuracy you work. I have a question, in one of your pictures I saw a milling machine in the background. I can't make out the cross table unfortunately, what brand do you have there and are you happy with it. I also have the Proxxon stand and also use the cutter from AMB.

At the moment I come a little less often to La Palme because I have started with Le Rochefort on the side. The first tree nails have found their place. First I wanted to make the nail picture with brass pins, however, I was not sure and have asked precaution at GD. Now it will be tree nails. The first attempt was it with walnut wood this seemed to me but too dark, now I make them in pear and maple.
 

I treated a small area with sanding primer to see how it worked.
 
Sanding primer what is it, It is now used by some Europeans and is nothing more than a colorless primer for wood which gives a very nice Finnish. Apply 1 time and work with steel wool and then apply again and polish with 400 sandpaper. Unfortunately, I have learned from colleagues in America that there is no such thing there. Attached are pictures of the product and the Finnish of a colleague.
 

Image source R. Eschker

http://www.eschker-modellbau.de/Home

Hi Mark fantastic work as always.