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It is starting to look really good, Ras. Yves -
I love the excellent rendering of the wales cuts, through the laser parts provided in the kit. It is very realistic. Yves
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It is so precious !!!! This is going to be a big hit on the market place. Yves
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Also, there was a question about the size of the large guns. I just started putting one together for fun: Multiple PE parts are also provided to finish the gun. Yves
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SESSION #5 This is the richest session and heaviest box: I am planning to follow the sessions independently. Every time I start a new session, I will describe the contents of the box, in greater details. Yves
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Since there seems to be a lot of interest and questions about the various Sessions, here is a quick rundown on what they offer: Session #3: SESSION #4: Yves
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Pierre, yes the kit is made up of 5 sessions. In my humble opinion, it is not possible to assemble Session #1 without Session #2 and ideally Session #3. I have provided the dimensions between the top of the futtocks for each bulkhead and that is paramount for the success of this kit. Session #4 is, for the first time, offering a gorgeous scale 1:1 blueprint (top and side) of the model, with all its details. Yves
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Thank you all for the compliments. I have been working on another large project: the CAF HMS Bellona and the Corvette has been relegated to a second position. I need to get back to it and finish it, soon. Yves
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Definitely one of the most important milestone of that project. I know I spent a lot of time fine tuning it and it paid off immensely. Yves
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Mike, yes Session #5 is available and I ordered it directly from CAF Model. With the shipping and handling charge, I think it was close or slightly above $300 for it. Session #5 has tons of interesting things, all 74 brass guns, decals for the hull, and lots of plastic and 3D printed parts. At first, I was disappointed by the presence of plastic parts, but they are very detailed and having them made of wood or cast metal would have been cost prohibitive. Yves
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Mike, the cherry wood planks were bent after dipping them in alcohol. Also, for the bow, I sliced them in two parts (a little bit like a two pointed fork) as it helps tremendously the curvature of the wood. Once glued, filled and painted, it is not really visible. All the wales planking is glued with epoxy slow curing two components glue. A must in this case. Yves
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While planks are drying, I started working on the pleasant stuff of Session #2: Some parts of the gun deck and the rear capstan. The assembly above will be glued to the deck and will provide a sturdy pivot/bearing for the main axle. The capstan will be rotating. The lower part of it is fixed and is used as pivot for the axle. The upper part and the 10 feet long sticks are rotating and will be coupled with the capstan on the upper deck. It probably won't be easy to see the lower part rotate, but I will know that it is there. The bars are made of bamboo sticks, for Smores (Publix stores). Each bar is cut at the right length (real bars were 10 feet long) and inserted into the upper part of the drumhead (see pictures below). The upper part of the capstan rotates smoothly and is a pleasure to operate. The deck is planked with maple planks of 0.4 mm thick, 8 mm wide (easy to cut with a pair of scissors) and stained with old oak Minwax varnish (very smelly). Yves
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I completed the wales on the port side. I still have to fix and paint the gun ports on that side, as well as install the upper wale. That one is easy (1.5 mm basswood) compared with the main wales (3 mm x 8 mm cherry wood). For a change of pace and more self inflicted torture, I decided to start planking that monstrous hull. Each plank is made of 3 mm thick by 8 mm wide poplar/lime wood and is very stiff. I split the hull in three belts, following the recommendations of experts (such as Chuck) and started planking the garboards and the first planks to the keel. So far, I have installed 4 planks on each side. About 24 planks should go under the wales, on each side. This is still Session #2 and it is by far the biggest session, with the hull planking, wales, upper hull planking, channels, gun deck and 28 big caliber guns to assemble, not counting two capstans, bitts and numerous grates. Session #2 also includes the copper tiling of the hull. I have not decided if I will tile the ship and it will depend of the appearance of the hull. Honestly, I have never planked such a big and curvy hull and each plank presents its amount of challenges. I may be stuck for months on Session #2 and the sanding of that behemoth will require an electric sander, preceeded by a wood scraper. I have secured all five sessions of the kit (you never know what may happen between the USA and China) and I will be presenting the remaining three sessions at a later time. Crazy stuff for sure and tons of parts to assemble for a life time. Yves
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You are very brave to start a second build of the same ship. I will be following your progress and I am sure this time, it is going to be a museum piece, as the V1 was not that bad and would have pleased quite a few collectors. Yves
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Talk about distressed wood !!! It looks like the aftermath of a big battle. You need to spill some blood to make it even more realistic. Yves
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Truly museum quality and a display of what PE can bring to a model, in the 21st century. Yves
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Lots of engineering going into that giant model. It is almost like building a scale 1:1 ship. Yves
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Beautiful model and very convincing rigging. Well done. Yves
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Lovely. You must be happy that there are some rat lines.... Yves
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The starboard side is pretty much ready for planking. Main, lower and upper wales have been installed and all gun ports sanded and painted: Now, I just have to do the exact same thing on the port side.... Yves
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Wonderful results on the mainsail. It is looking really neat. Yves
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D9R by Kevin - Meng - 1/35 - PLASTIC - started 2015
yvesvidal replied to Kevin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Interesting kit Kevin. I like the fact that it is not an armor vehicle. Yves -
Wonderful work and very nice planking. Yves
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