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fmartins reacted to juzek in Le Fleuron by juzek - 1:27
I thank Mirabell61 , albert , druxey .
Everything already in the shipyard .
Much work was .
Now time off
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fmartins got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
Well... details repainted. I'm still working on a sort of underlying structure made of balsa to support the deck... balsa also offers the advantage of being easily cut so it wont be too hard to cut the ports...
However, the decks on the parisian model are a lot darker with some reddish shades... Maybe I could use some dying? Any suggestions? I know now that I should've chosen a better suited wood or planned for dying it before... c'est la vie...
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fmartins got a reaction from tadheus in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
Well... details repainted. I'm still working on a sort of underlying structure made of balsa to support the deck... balsa also offers the advantage of being easily cut so it wont be too hard to cut the ports...
However, the decks on the parisian model are a lot darker with some reddish shades... Maybe I could use some dying? Any suggestions? I know now that I should've chosen a better suited wood or planned for dying it before... c'est la vie...
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fmartins got a reaction from tadheus in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
That's the problem with doing stuff from memory instead of sticking to real facts... as you can see some details I painted red are actually black... so, tomorrow it's painting time again!!
What makes me mad is the fact that I had these pictures and instead of checking I decided to follow my memory... stupid me...
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fmartins got a reaction from Omega1234 in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
Well... details repainted. I'm still working on a sort of underlying structure made of balsa to support the deck... balsa also offers the advantage of being easily cut so it wont be too hard to cut the ports...
However, the decks on the parisian model are a lot darker with some reddish shades... Maybe I could use some dying? Any suggestions? I know now that I should've chosen a better suited wood or planned for dying it before... c'est la vie...
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fmartins reacted to EJ_L in Mamoli model kits are back
I agree! It is one that is on my list of ships that I am building showing the evolution of French Ships of the Line. I will be keeping my eye out for that one!
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fmartins reacted to Daniel Dusek in Mamoli model kits are back
Hello all,
As many of you know company C.Mamoli (producer of Mamoli model kits) completely burn down two years back.
I would like to inform you that this week after long time negotiations me and owners of C.Mamoli sign the contract for transfer license of all Mamoli model kits into my ownership.
As there are no parts which survived from the fire I have to start production from beginning and for this reason I cannot start production of all kits at the same time.
I plan to start production of MiniMamoli kits first which could be available in the Autumn and then I would like to add step by step also the kits from MV series. I also plan to redesign some MV kits into contemporary standards.
Best regards
Daniel Dusek
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fmartins reacted to toms10 in HMS Leopard by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:85 scale POF/POB
Man I hope so. We have a saying in the design & manufacturing world, "With enough time and money we can do anything." We should probably also add patience to that.
Tom
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fmartins reacted to mtaylor in HMS Leopard by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:85 scale POF/POB
Looking good, Tom. I think your plan is very doable at this point.
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fmartins got a reaction from Omega1234 in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
That's the problem with doing stuff from memory instead of sticking to real facts... as you can see some details I painted red are actually black... so, tomorrow it's painting time again!!
What makes me mad is the fact that I had these pictures and instead of checking I decided to follow my memory... stupid me...
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fmartins reacted to mtaylor in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Start a log when you do and bounce them off the followers would be the best approach.
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fmartins reacted to EJ_L in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
The work you are doing on this tiny model is truly excellent. If you can do this good of a job on something this small, I am willing to bet a bigger model would be even more amazing. Get that dissertation fixed so you can get back to building!
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fmartins got a reaction from Omega1234 in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
Thanks for the explanation. That was really interesting! I'm loving doing this build. I'm taking so many notes about what not to do, and I really hope my next model will be better!! Thanks a lot for the help, encouragement and all the knowledge you're sharing with me!!
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fmartins got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
After days of non stop madness, my relatives are gone, and the shipyard activity is back on track! Only my helper (cat) is still a bit crazy after days running away from children trying to catch her...
However, on the other hand, my dissertation adviser wants a new corrected dissertation version by saturday so... it's gonna be a slow build in the next few days...
In the next picture you can see the state of my little ship now... I've glue some balsa under the decks to support it accordingly (since my main method of glueing stuff to the sides is with rubber bands). I've also started painting some details in red as in the french museum model... Anything to stall the dreaded planking...
I've also started making the carriages that will be under the decks...
That's it for today
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fmartins got a reaction from EJ_L in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
Thanks for the explanation. That was really interesting! I'm loving doing this build. I'm taking so many notes about what not to do, and I really hope my next model will be better!! Thanks a lot for the help, encouragement and all the knowledge you're sharing with me!!
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fmartins got a reaction from Omega1234 in Royal Louis by fmartins - multi-media
After days of non stop madness, my relatives are gone, and the shipyard activity is back on track! Only my helper (cat) is still a bit crazy after days running away from children trying to catch her...
However, on the other hand, my dissertation adviser wants a new corrected dissertation version by saturday so... it's gonna be a slow build in the next few days...
In the next picture you can see the state of my little ship now... I've glue some balsa under the decks to support it accordingly (since my main method of glueing stuff to the sides is with rubber bands). I've also started painting some details in red as in the french museum model... Anything to stall the dreaded planking...
I've also started making the carriages that will be under the decks...
That's it for today
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fmartins got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS Leopard by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:85 scale POF/POB
Thanks Tom! I won't be able to play with drawing software for now (I'm in the last stages of my doctoral dissertation...) but I found out my girlfriend's younger brother works with a lot of 3D/vectorizing software. I asked him whether he could do a few projects for me. If the first one turns out fine, he'll have a job for life! I'm building a Royal Louis, and for such a naïve start it's ok, but I'd really like to take modeling up a notch or two. So I found the original plans and I'm having him scan, redraw and prepare vectorized files for laser cutting... As soon as I'm done with the Royal Louis, I'm gonna do it again, but properly and in a slightly larger scale. Again thanks a lot!
Cool cannons by the way... I'm learning a lot from watching your build! Keep up the good work!
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fmartins got a reaction from toms10 in HMS Leopard by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:85 scale POF/POB
Thanks Tom! I won't be able to play with drawing software for now (I'm in the last stages of my doctoral dissertation...) but I found out my girlfriend's younger brother works with a lot of 3D/vectorizing software. I asked him whether he could do a few projects for me. If the first one turns out fine, he'll have a job for life! I'm building a Royal Louis, and for such a naïve start it's ok, but I'd really like to take modeling up a notch or two. So I found the original plans and I'm having him scan, redraw and prepare vectorized files for laser cutting... As soon as I'm done with the Royal Louis, I'm gonna do it again, but properly and in a slightly larger scale. Again thanks a lot!
Cool cannons by the way... I'm learning a lot from watching your build! Keep up the good work!
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fmartins reacted to toms10 in HMS Leopard by toms10 - FINISHED - 1:85 scale POF/POB
Hello fmartins,
Welcome to my log and MSW. The wealth and sharing of knowledge here is incredible. You really don't need to have 3D CAD software to draw up frames. Any program that has the capability to draw arcs and lines or even better splines will be able to make a template that you can print out. Once they are drawn to any scale you can print them out to another scale if you so choose. If you have a set of line drawings for the project you can also make copies of a different scale on a simple office copier by just playing around with the scaling options.
Tom
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fmartins reacted to druxey in Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24
Surely you are not going to put the model in the garbage, Gaetan! If so, let me know which night it will be put out....
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fmartins reacted to mtaylor in Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24
Gaetan,
I just am in awe of everything you do. That stern is gorgeous.
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fmartins reacted to mtaylor in Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24
What's not to like? I'm loving the wood color and finish and all the details. Beautifully done, Gaetan. If I can produce something with only 1/10th of your quality, I'll be overjoyed.
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fmartins reacted to mtaylor in Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24
Just magnificent.... If only I had the room to go big...
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fmartins reacted to cabrapente in Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24
perfect perfect perfect. bravo.
I do not work in fore part, by fear.
I have many doubts for construction.
Do you have more pictures?
thank you very much.
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