Jean-Pierre

I find it a little difficult to give you precise answers.  I gave the model away to my oldest son who lives in Switzerland while I am confined in Belgium, and this model was built in the 1990's

I find it a little difficult to give you precise answers.  I gave the model away to my oldest son who lives in Switzerland while I am confined in Belgium, and this model was built in the 1990's.  The rear end was thin indeed, I think on the real model no more than 10 to 15 cm judging by the photos.  I remember I paid extra attention to the curved piece of mahogany wood (piece from the kit?).  The "lip" you mention was not a problem for me, as I intended to paint the hull anyway.  By the way the Baron kit had provided mahogany strips for the second planking, which remained in the box and which I still use on occasions, because this was very difficult to smooth down.  The deck I painted black, and the planking was made of 2mm wide strips of ...balsa wood.  I let a space between the planks to simulate the caulking.

I made a few mistakes as well:  I induced a very little mast rake which shouldn't be there.  As a result, my main sail bulges a little.  Then there was the screw, of course.  I suppose it was a 2-blade one, but Tabarly may well have been tempted to use a foldable screw.

And last, the fore construction (can't find the name: luke?) which I think Artesania represents as a fairly square box, while referring to the pictures I have the fore end should be smaller than the rear one.  I'm still not sure.

The stanchion could have come with the kit, but then , apart from most blocks, it was all hand made stuff.

Oh, I forgot: Pen Duick was only my second wood ship model, and I thought as an idiot that the nails in the kit were meant to nail the planks to the hull.  I quickly saw that it is impossible to get a smooth hull with those bloody nails in it.  I removed all of them, and I dare say that Pen Duick is my best hull ever.  In the meantime I have a grrrrreat collection of small nails!

I will certainly love to follow your build log.  Happy building!

Just read your comment.  The Le Baron kit was a production from the 1980's I think.  It was a fairly basic model, and if built straight from the box, it would not have pleased me...as a plastic modeller.  So I collected a lot of documents, included a couple of ...calendar sheets, showing many details of the ship, and the model is almost entirely based on this.  Almost as soon as my model was finished, Artesania produced their kit, which I assume is a leap forward from the Le Baron kit.  There is one obvious thing missing on my model (and I think also from the Artesania kit), and that is the screw.  I don't know if the original had a 2-blade screw or a foldable one.

Did you know that Tabarly had almost completely rebuilt the original ship, which he had herited from his father.  And yes, the new hull is from polyester.  DSo when Tabarly tried so sign up for a regatta of old timers, he was refused because of the hull not being the original one.

I think I remember the Artesania model is quite a bit larger than this model.  I cannot tell exactly, but my model should be about 70 - 80 cm long including jib.

Have a good time building this model.

Thank you.  This model was built a long time ago.  As it was, I think, my first plank on bulkhead build, I followed the instructions and used provided nails to fix the first planking: my first and final attempt to use nails on a hull (that had to be sanded afterwards) other than decorative.

By the way, Artesania used to have a larger model of Pen Duick in their catalogue, but this has presumably been reserved for the French market.

You would never believe it, but I restarted my building of  the Dutch flute, which I had given up some 6 or 7 years ago.  Not an easy planking job, as you may be aware, but I managed it and am now finishing the hull (rudder, chain plates, decoration), all items that have been either replaced or deeply modified from the original kit.

Good luck with your project(s)

Jean-Pierre

Thank you for the extra pics.  This is an excellent build of a beautiful ship.  Thanks for sharing the pics

So far I had NEVER seen a sea scenery so well executed (and I've seen a lot of them.  And the model, and the case, and... and... That's what I call museum quality!  What's the next build?

JP

Thank you Dave

From a film I just saw on youtube, it seems that Pen Duick had 2 different topsails: the one that is featured which definitely looks best,but obviously could only be used with very light breezes and was certainly a pain to hoist, the other one has a much moe classic look, but would also be too much from wind force 3-4.

Thanks for your kind comments. The model is now owned by my son who lives in Switzerland. So I cant measure it right now Im in Belgium). But the model is of a fairly manageable size of, I guess some 60cm length and 80cm height.

Excellent, apparently.  Would like some more details! Is there a build log?

Very well done, a huge improvement on this old kit.  Congratulations for the rigging too.  Would have liked some more detail pictures.

Superb again.  The Revell kit, I suppose?

Excellent rendition of a superb kit.  Thanks for sharing, but I wished there would have been more (detail) pics.

This is one of the few plastic kits I still have to build.  I wonder if this Imai kit was reissued under another label.

Keep on the good job!

JP

Excellent model.  I'm now in Spain and in the fishing harbour of this village, there is a similar wooden trawler in dry dock!

What a great model, soooo much better than the Euromodel kit!  Congratulations

Absolutely wonderful, James, and great painting finish.  Still working on her, I hope.  I would so much like to see - at last - one finished example of this wonderful ship: hope it will be yours!  (Or could it be mine?)