yvesvidal

Fantastic model and beautiful boat. I love the contrast between the different varieties of wood and the exceptional finish and precision of the parts. Absolutely superb. Yves

The good stuff about these "barcos" is that they are usually fully painted. Therefore, caulking the hull and sanding it will never be a problem. Yves

That is so true. And the cable is running below the surface of the pavement and rails. A very clever and advanced design. Yves

Another OCCRE project. I will be following. Yves

It is actually pretty good for a "botched" attempt. Yves

Fantastic model. I am in awe with the mechanism of the Hydro-foils.....that is a feast of engineering and must be quite impressive to watch (and feel) when it deploys at speed. Yves

Ronald, The sculptures are made of CNC carved boxwood. Yves

A few progress on the stern and its decoration. The rear panel is made of three parts: The main sculpture is prepared on the bench: Although very delicate, this assembly inserts itself nicely in the stern of the ship. Et voila. I am going to take a short break from this vessel and do other things in the meantime. Thank you for following and for all the positive feedback. Yves

It is always a pleasure to see your work, Wieslaw. Yves

Some details on the rear quarterdeck: A mix of sherry wood and boxwood. Yves

Beautiful job overall. Lots of good idea in your thread. I will have to follow your Build Log when I decide to build that kit, sitting in my stash. Yves

Yes, I am aware of that and agree completely. My brother owned a 403 Diesel, a couple of 504 Coupe(s) and is currently driving his 504 Convertible (4 Cyl. not the horrible v6 PRV engine) among other cars. Modern Peugeot cars do not have the same quality and present absolutely no interest. Yves

Port side completed: Yves

In addition to that strange armored vehicle, Peugeot created something much more useful, the Pepper Grinder: Yves

Now is the time to work on the railing of the rear quarter deck: The boxwood carvings are glued with liquid CA. And then, some painting is done: Now, I have to redo the same on the port side.... Yves

Very creative (and smart) way to represent the hinges on the rudder. It is definitely easier than using brass parts as I recently did it on my CAF Chebec. Yves

Such lovely and clean work. It is a pleasure to watch. Yves

It is hard to believe that this is 1/200 scale. It looks so realistic and perfect. Yves

I just completed a very delicate phase of the build: the rudder and tiller. I wanted these to be movable while keeping the capability to take them apart, as this assembly is very fragile. The hinges are photo-etched parts which is not the easiest for making something sturdy and working. The kit of the HMS Bellona offered brass cast parts which are a lot more solid and well designed than what the Chebec kit offers. This is how I approached the conundrum: A small piece of brass ( diameter 1.2 mm) is soldered against the photo etched parts provided in the kit. This is then chemically blackened (and later on painted...) and placed in shape around the rudder: Using electronic components pins, I insert the pins into the wood (diameter 0.7 mm), solder the pins to the PE part in about 4 locations. A little bit of sanding and painting on top, make it look decent. I could not find nails small enough to fit into the PE parts. Of course, while soldering, you want to make sure the wood is not burnt or overheated. It is all very delicate. The female parts going along the stern keel are the most delicate to adjust. Again flat PE not easy to put in form. Here I am using small pieces of tube (material similar to teflon) and I glue them in place along the stern. The rudder pivots very smoothly and there is no jerking. Then the same approach (pins, soldering) is done on the stern, making sure the PE parts are hugging tight the small piece of tubing. Additional CA glue is used to keep everything in line and happy. Verification of the rudder motion: The Boxwood carving is then glued to the rudder and painted black and then dry-brushed with Tamiya gold leaf. CAF Model did a great job at 3D machining this little carving: Once installed, the tiller is inserted into the rudder: The hole is tight enough and holds the tiller without any glue. Motion is possible: Et voila. Needless to say, this assembly is going to be removed, stored and will be back on the model, when is it completed. Yves

It is hard to imagine the amount of force you would have to apply to a tiller on this type of ship, to steer it in one direction or another. The Chebec I am building is also using a massive rudder and a long tiller. Yves

Excellent decision !!! Too many projects to justify loosing sleep with a single one. Yves

Great video and incredible models, in that scale. Thank you for the link. Yves

Lovely ship. Yves

Some improvements to the bowsprit: Yves

Chris, You may know more than I do about this specific kit manufacturer, but I can give two clear examples of the kits I have and am building and no build log of them can be found online: CAF Model HMS Bellona and CAF Model Le Chebec. The Kits made by CAF Model are excellent (in my opinion) but rather difficult and poorly documented. Definitely not something I would recommend to a beginner. What happens quite often, is that potential builders will get excited about a kit and later on realize that they cannot complete it or loose interest in it. We all have had to deal with this kind of problems. Yves