Jeronimo

@Wintergreen
@jdbondy
@mtaylor
 
Hello,
thank you for your interest and the nice comments and also thank you to the others, also for the many LIKES.
 
Here I continue with my report:
Ratlines for the topmast shrouds - Enflechures
Long enough I shied away from attaching the ratlines to the topmast shrouds, also aware that this requires extremely sensitive precision work. 
The ratlines for the topmast shrouds of the La Créole had a smaller diameter than those of the lower shrouds, so these have ø 0.25 mm in model scale. Some time ago I made a successful attempt to attach these thin ratlines to the outer shrouds by means of eyes. The formation of the corresponding eyes was done by a simple splice or fake splice.
I also reported that for this difficult work in the rigging an adapted working height is very advantageous. Accordingly, I got myself a scissor lift in order to obtain the optimum working height steplessly.
Who doesn't know the strain of maintaining a steady hand when doing detailed work in the rigging. A flexible support option close to the position to be worked on would certainly be a great help. With this in mind, briefly searched for suitable material for implementation and set to work. 
In addition, besides the storage facility for rigging tools etc., appropriate lighting was also installed, which brings even more advantages for working in the rigging.
In retrospect, I am very glad to have built this simple auxiliary device. It facilitates this work immensely. It is easy to adapt to new situations.

 
Now back to the actual topic, the ratlines of the topmast shrouds. I started with the mizzen topmast to see if it is at all feasible in the intended form. The further up you go in the direction of the crosstrees, the smaller the distance between the shrouds, which ultimately means less and less space for the simple splice. In the end, I achieved it. In this respect, the way is now clear for the remaining ratlines.

 

  
The last picture should give an impression of the different thicknesses of the ratlines. 

 
See you soon ...
 

@Wintergreen
Hi Håkan,
Thanks for the encouragement.
If I understood your question correctly, this is what you meant?
 

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
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello modeling friends.
 
Animated by the pictures by Gregory Franchetti
and the drawing by Jean Boudriot,
 
I try to build the three gun decks as a cross-sectional model on a scale 1/24.
First, I made an auxiliary construction four the mounting and alignment of the frames,
to strengthen them, the bar timbers and the deck beam girdes were installed,
the first gundeck was planked.
 
The whole  now has the required stability for the further interior design.
 
Karl
 
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I am speechless.....Masterpiece.

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
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your comments and for the images, Rick.  Having read the books, you will know that deciding on that pin rail was one of the more difficult choices in designing the model.  Although there were others, most are well hidden within the ship and not as visible as this one.  My only excuse would be that all of those lines had to belay somewhere.  For those who don't remember, here's a reminder.  Note also the very full rail forward of the poop break.
 

 
Cheers,
 
Ed

Continuation:  War pennant (flamme de guerre)
I continued with the making of the flags and the long pennant for the La Créole. 
  
  
The following picture thus shows the finished flags and the flamme de guerre with indication of the original sizes.

   
In the next two pictures, the war pennant can be seen again on the model, especially the detail on the flag button with the flag line sheared through and the pennant wood. 

 

 
I provisionally sheared the flag line of the large flag at the gaff through the iron single block at the nock.For the detail to attach the flag line to the eye of the boltrope, I used a toggle as in the original. 

Source: Wictionary
 

 
However, the final assembly of the flags and the long pennant will be done just before the model is completed, as this fine silk fabric is not very durable.
So until then, off it goes into the "evidence room" with the other "suspects" until the final installation.
 
 
To be continued ...

PS: Macro shots are merciless ...
 

Commissioning or war pennant (flamme de guerre)
After I was able to clarify (details here LINK) how big the commissioning pennant of the French corvette was, the thought came about which material it should be made of. In order to transfer the lightness of the original pennants to scale, only fine silk fabric came into question for me, which I had to dye accordingly.


As in the original, I put the pennant together from three parts (tricolor). The pennant edges were carefully coated with white glue according to the template. After the glue had dried, the pennant parts could be cut out with a scalpel and glued together.


The silk used is a very filigree fabric and slightly shimmering through, which was also intended. Therefore a mishap happened when cutting the pennant. So the end of the pennant has become a little crooked. Nevertheless, I wanted to see how the long pennant looked on the model and then temporarily hoisted it for a picture on the main mast and am so far satisfied with the result.


Ultimately, I now know how to make the pennant and can get to the final and exact production. I'll use the same method to make the flags.
Up soon …

Fabulous.
 
Yves

Bellisimo...

74 GunShip
New - and Reconstruction of the section of the second gun deck.
The cannon stayed the same, only the locking of the cannon barrel / mount (Lafette) was changed.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

74 GunShip
New - and Reconstruction of the section of the second gun deck.
The cannon stayed the same, only the locking of the cannon barrel / mount (Lafette) was changed.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

74 GunShip
New - and Reconstruction of the section of the second gun deck.
The cannon stayed the same, only the locking of the cannon barrel / mount (Lafette) was changed.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

74 GunShip
New - and Reconstruction of the section of the second gun deck.
The cannon stayed the same, only the locking of the cannon barrel / mount (Lafette) was changed.
 
Karl
 
(Google Translator)
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Bitao, the complexity is so beautiful it almost hurts one's eyes. 

Wonderful work Bitao.

Hello, everyone. Took two days off to continue. The spacer pads between the ribs were removed. The next important step is to open the window.
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

Work on completing the upper deck framing is coming along nicely.
 

Work on the aft upper deck has begun.
 
ben

Thank you Albert,
 
Beginning the nicest room on the ship.
 
Building walls is fun, making tools also. One of the reasons I did tools, especially for the lathe and milling is simply, because I could not afford all these tools at the time. I like to watch video on You tube, and often about tools. Recently, I saw one where to hold the part which was too large for a live center in the tailstock, the guy did adapt a 4 jaw chuck as a live center. I like the idea, because it is unusual to see a 4 jaw chuck at the opposite end of the lathe, soI tried it.
 

Hello,
so, the deck is scrubbed and I made a first sample sitting for the cannons. The question is here, should they be perpendicular with the axis of the ship (pic.1), or with the outside of the walls? (pic.2) I tend for the later variation. You could see both at the contemporary models.
And JJ, the shipwright stands before the ladder way. So it is't so tight.
 

 

 

Hello and many thanks for al the likes,
and now back again at the gun deck. Today I opened the port lids at the port side. The weights are bullets cal.45, if someone may ask.
 

 

Recently temporarily slowed down the progress, rest a few days do not want to make themselves very tired. With the Beijing Winter Olympics and winter vacation approaching, I will have more than a month of vacation to focus on the next step. Thank you for your attention.