Jeronimo

Stern part of the 64-gun ship mounted.
I spare myself great explanations, most of the model building colleagues
have more knowledge of the matter anway than I do,
and the photos areclarify themselves.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stern part of the 64-gun ship mounted.
I spare myself great explanations, most of the model building colleagues
have more knowledge of the matter anway than I do,
and the photos areclarify themselves.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stern part of the 64-gun ship mounted.
I spare myself great explanations, most of the model building colleagues
have more knowledge of the matter anway than I do,
and the photos areclarify themselves.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Making the yards - Main yard - Grande vergue
Before starting to make the yards, I made myself a planing jig in advance, inspired by Ed Tosti's build report for the clipper "Young America" in the MSW, as shown in the drawing below. Rotating and locking clamps allow lumber of various widths and lengths to be fixed in place for machining, especially with a wood planer. 
 
To make the main yard, I prepared a drawing with dimensions based on the plan by J. Boudriot.

 
The next two pictures show how the holding device mentioned at the beginning of the report can be used in practice. 
It performs valuable services in the manufacture of yards. For example, a wooden strip with a V-shaped groove was clamped in place. A square timber inserted in this way can easily be planed into an octagonal timber. In this case for the main yard and later for the leeward spars. These timber blanks are then much easier to machine on the lathe. In addition, they are used to roughly preform the octagonal areas of the yards or studding sail booms. 

   
With the following pictures I illustrate the further processing steps in the yard production. 



       
In contrast to the main yard, the studding sail booms are much more delicate logs with diameters of 3.7 to 2.2 mm, which had to be machined. So that this succeeds also without breakage, I built for this with simple means a small steady rest. With this I can bring small ball bearings for round timber with diameters of 1 - 10 mm into position for support. In the meantime, the small tool has already proven itself very well. 

On the last picture you can see the first results.

 
To be continued ...

 
 

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments and likes.
 
Completion of the cutout / section of the gun decks of a French 74 gun ship,
from plan drawings by Jean Boudriot and 3D rendering by Gregory Franchetti.
 
Karl
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacture of the cannon barrels.
Instead of the tin casting process,
this time I used casting powder.
Advantage ower tin casting , considerably cheaper
and enormus weight reduction at this 1/24 scale.
 
Karl
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

52 Frames provisionally aligned on the keel, not yet straightened.
I will build the remaining frames including the transom separately
and only then place them on the keel.
After all this fixed on the keel, I will first straighten ans sand the inside.
Karl
 
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Teil 8

Hello,
sehr gute Arbeit. Top.
Karl

A German proverb:
no master has ever fallen from the sky.
Karl

Daniel
I am pleased to see you are back at work on Le Reqiun.
Really great detail on the kitchen and ship's boat.
Robert

The whole construction is filled with such elegant sweeping lines, and your craftsmanship is truly first-rate.  This is a beautiful model!

Good morning and thank you all, with these photos I have arrived at the current status of the Requin construction, I have caught up.
 
 

Good morning and thank you all, you are right Nils a very fast boat.
More photos.
 
 

Thank you for your constant attention. The next target has not been set. As a hobby, my models are not limited to building sailboats. Take the time to make another model my like.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Beautiful ship's wheel, Bitao, They're not easy to make, very well done.

Bitao,
 
This is amazing work.  Your craftsmanship is beyond most of us on the site, but I love seeing the limits of what is possible.  It gives a lot of inspiration and ideas for techniques even for those of us not quite as skilled.  This is one of the few models I have seen with the pump dales actually in place. 
 
Adam

You should make a little film with a video-endoscope to appreaciate all this work !
 

Good morning.

I'm not quite sure how Bitao did it but I used the rotary table in my mill. I don't have DRO and just basically tinkered with the setup until it was right but it wasn't a big deal. I assume Bitao uses a round file to form the groove in the middle and either a form tool or file to shape the exposed side of the deadeye. The deadeye is pulled of, reversed and inserted onto the holes so the opposite side can be shaped.

This is watchmaking level work! Beautiful.

Fanstastic work.
 
Karl

Hi Bitao.
I have seldom seen such a clean and perfectly built model.
Very good and wonderful work.
regards
Karl
 
 
 
Google Tranlator

Hi Bitao,
beautiful work. Gratulation.
Karl

Hello bitao.
You are doing a great job, very nice photos of the construction progress.
Compliement.
Karl