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THE 74-GUN SHIP by Jeronimo
Pirate adam replied to Jeronimo's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
I am really looking forward to watching this build. Adam -
Congratulations on creating a masterpiece. Very inspirational for the rest of us. Adam
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Construction continues. It's a wonder what a visit to the Musee de Marine in Paris can do and a copy of Bernard Frolich's book. Cutting the gunport and adding the sills. Very nerve wracking cutting into the frames after the amount of work that went into them.
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This is consistently one of the most confusing parts of these ships no matter how many pictures or drawings I see. The work that you guys have done putting this together is outstanding and incredibly helpful to all that follow. Adam
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ancre Le Fleuron 1729 by rekon54 - 1:24
Pirate adam replied to rekon54's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Amazing work. Every time I look at this model I feel like I'm on the real ship. -
Juergen, That is the natural color of the rosewood. The color in the second picture above is pretty true to the color of the wood. There is distinct grain pattern, but I think it is a cool look. I haven't applied any finishes to any of the wood at this point. I sanded the pear sections with 600 grit sandpaper and it is about the smoothness of plastic and very pretty in real life. Adam
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Working on installing the wales. I have the upper two of the four strakes in place. There are 3 gunports that intersect the wales at the aft end of the ship. I will cut those in soon as I've come to realize doing things in this order will make it tricky to install the top and bottom sills of the ports (duh). There is some trimming to do on the sternports as well as the bottom of the port will intersect partway into the moulding. I need to figure out the camera/lighting so the colors will show better in the pictures. I was a bit skeptical that Dave included apple for the planking with the timbering set, but it looks awesome with the pear and boxwood. The wales are rosewood.
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Russ, Thank you for the warning. Happily it's a trick of the camera. The photo isn't quite straight on, and the frame showing is the cant frame behind the stern timber. I've been test fitting the wales as I work on the counter to make sure they sit flat. Adam
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Very nice Juergen. I like how you combine the bulkheads and the solid sections. Tis should be a rock-solid model.
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Slow progress, but work continues. Camera work isn't the greatest, but the moulded piece is SA boxwood shaped with scraper per the process used by others on the site. I have some more work to do on the stern timbers and then will plank the lower counter with apple wood.
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Stern counter timbers. I thought this part might be tricky, and I thought right. After several do-overs back in business. Next will be the remaining stern timbers and transoms.
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Thank you everyone for the nice comments. The many fine models on this site set the standards for what I am at least shooting for, and following along with the many builds has helped me immeasurably.
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Here is a view of most of the framing complete Here I have added the hawse timbers Here I have added the transoms I don't like how the fillers below the first transom turned out, so I am reworking that section and working on the stern timbers now.
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Starting my build log back up for the new site. This is the HMS Alfred timbering set from Lumberyard. The ship is the 74 gun HMS Alfred from 1778. Scale is 1/8". The framing is Swiss pear wood, and the build will also include some cherry, rosewood, apple, maple, South American boxwood and ebony for the details and planking as included with the set. The ship is being built upside down using the Harold Hahn method which isn't a bad way to do it, but I would never do again as it wastes way too much wood for my liking. My plan is to fully plank one side of the ship and leave the other side unplanked. My plan is to fully plank the gun deck and not include any of the interior details below that level, then to leave some of the upper deck exposed to see down into the gundeck. I'm finding this scale to be a bit on the difficult side, but the model is a nice manageable size. This certainly isn't a speed build, but most of the framing is done. Adam
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That looks fantastic. The chain on the open pump is going to be a really nice detail. Great to see new work again on your beautiful model.
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I have a Proxxon saw. I removed the plastic portion of the blade guard, and left the vertical metal part in place. That allows the metal part to act as a riving knife which helps the cut piece from falling into the blade resulting in kickback. The most important part is to push the piece completely through the blade so it doesn't kick back.
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ancre Le Fleuron 1729 by rekon54 - 1:24
Pirate adam replied to rekon54's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
I have followed your original log from the beginning, but seeing the condensed version is astonishing. Great work sir! -
Beautiful work Alex! I like the seizing demonstration.
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