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Hello,
here I will show you now, how the figure mounted on galion looks.

Hello,
I reworked the face of something figurehead again. Hopefully it's getting better.

Hello,
today I'll show some pictures of the figurehead of the la creole.
I used wood as boxwood. This timber is ideal for this.
The images explains the attempt to carve the female figure.

Here is the result.

The figure is not yet finished. To be continued ...

Hello Obi,
really, a great model. A very nice work.

Hello,
this is truly an outstanding performance.

Hi Alexander,

nice to meet you here at MSW.
Your model is just great.

Hello Robert,

an admirable model and very well built.
I'm building a french corvette named la creole.
I am very interested for the French Navy of the 19th Century.

hello,

I admire your fantastic performance.

Hello Doris,

how you manage the clean surface that looks like real wood?
I know that it's carton, but it just looks fantastic.
I admire your great work.

Hello dear friends,

here I show you pictures of manufacture of the steering wheel.

I hope that it is interesting for you.

Goodbye, see you soon.

Hello Doris,

I'm fascinated by your performance as a sculptor.

Hello,

to build the capstan, was another challenge.
The first attempt was unsuccessful. So I started a second attempt.

The following figures show the manufacturing process.

Be continued ...

Hello,

here I show the making of the tumblers.

Hello,

thank you for your nice comments.

Here are some more anchor pictures.

Wonderful detailing.

Beautiful work, Gimo!

Beautiful work, Garward.  Wonderful detailing.

Beautiful work, Doris.  Wonderful detailing.

One of the best work I have seen ever.

Hello Ulrich,

nice to meet you at MSW.

It makes me happy to see your excellent model

The anchors are made of brass.

to be continued ...

Yes, I intend.

Thank you for your nice comment.
Sorry, but my English is not so perfect.
I'll try later.
But, I'll show you this in advance in the form of images.

Before I start my build log some information about the real La Créole and
the data from which my model will build.

The La Créole was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy. The corvette
carried 4 x 18 pdr guns and 20 x 30 pdr carronades.
Her plans were drawn by P. M. Leroux in 1827. She was launched in Cherbourg in
May 1829. The ship took part in the French invasion of Mexico in 1838, and most
notably in the Bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa before French troops disembarked and captured the city of Veracruz.

There is a fine shipyard model on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris which is shown by many photos in the book of Jean Boudriot (in French). 

I use the following sources for building my model of the corvette:

Jean Boudriot - Historique de la corvette 1650-1850: La
Créole, 1827

Now the images of beginning:

To be continued...

Best regards

Johann