Kevin

10 minutes ago, AJohnson said:

And me!

me as well

1 hour ago, wefalck said:

BTW, if you repost pictures from other peoples' Web-sites, it would be polite to provide a reference to the source ...

agreed, and i will correct , thanks for reminding me

Stern gallery, balcony, gun port lids

a bit of trimming and the stern gallery template went on without any issues, a test fit of the bacony, and some trimming is required to get it all to line up where it meets the the the wrap around to the 1/4 gallery balcony, these side pieces have been fixed and the long gallery removed for now

keel fitted and the hull was the planked to the waterline, i am fitting copper tape to this build and not the cost reducing wood veneer including in the kit, an

Gunports 

rightly or wrongly, i decided to go with all the lids shut, like in the photo and not the instructions

not my photo, came from this link (Thank you @wefalckLA BELLE POULE (1834) (maritima-et-mechanika.org)

but as with all these decisions i make it was not followed through very well, as the lids are removed from the lasered frets in the first place they are now undersized

If i was @chris watton i would be real miffed at the decision he had to make, yet again the same few have nothing positive to say, and now you all go with nothing

1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Not yet Kevin.  All the steps needed to address the warped keel, as well as lining the gunport, burned me out on it and I ended up trying out plastic models.  At some point I plan to return to it, but likely will finish my Pegasus first.

 

If you're looking for a nice subject, this kit is a beauty.

i enjoy looking around at what others are building, but i have to many projects on the go, Indy must be finished this summer, with Belle Poule and get San Felipe started

On 7/26/2020 at 8:17 PM, Landlubber Mike said:

 

 

All that being said, I think this is one of the most beautiful kit subjects on the marketplace, and the kit itself is fantastic when it comes to the plans, materials, etc.

 

did you ever complete this Mike

@ccoyle will you ever take this build any further?

32 minutes ago, Glenn-UK said:

Thanks Kevin, hopefully you'll return to your Indy before too much longer.

so do I, she is only about 10 foot away, ill get this Occre hull built up and stable and get her back on the table within a week

she is looking very nice indeed, well done

that would look great on my deck, but bit pricey for me

day 5 bow and stern blanks

the bow and stern blanks were put on and allowed to dry

But your on yr own from there on, a couple of photos in the instruction only show which way to fair from, no guides no templates, its totally up to your self how you wanrt to mess it up

so another request would be to provide a simple template in wood or card for bow and stern to be used as a guide

day 6 main deck planking

at this scale i decided against simulating deck joints and nails, and went for straight runs, the .6*5mm sycamore is ok to use and went down ok, i stained it with a medium oak spirit based stain

day 8 bulwarks

the gun port lids are removed , and kept to one side, i was very short of Yellow occre paint from the indy build, and tried several colours, the yellow desert at time of fitting don't seam right

moan time, the forward laser cut bulkheads  need soaking, but why do they make  them so the grain is vertical, yep i snapped one and then became a pain to sort out, the other side went on ok with 5 mins in hot water

also when fitting the after template they line up with the deck tabs, where as the forward ones do not and also to long by about 5mm which means the bowsprit opening is overlapped,, easy to sort though

i need one under my backside to get some projects moving, great review @James H

the comments with regards to camber and copper ta[e/tiles is just my opinion,

i so wish i could plank hulls

James she looks fantastic

would make a nice diorama setting on its own

8 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

It will be interesting to see if the separate bow sections allow for easier fairing given that you have the run from the already planked hull.🤔

 

B.E.

i would sooner have more frames as a guide line to getting the shape right

morning, everyone

day 4

finished the hull planking, absolutely nothing special, but having learnt to fair the frames better the hull is solid, bow filler blocks setting overnight, i will def be putting tiles on her, so ordered some 4mm copper tape, 

Welcome to the best forum, everyone here knows me as the one that never finishes anything

On 6/5/2024 at 10:09 AM, PvG Aussie said:

Has anyone built the Wolfpack 1/72 PBY-3 Catalina Flying Boat? I'm not familiar with Wolfpack. Any issues as I am thinking of making it my next build?

1/72 - Consolidated PBY-3/4 & 5 Catalina by Wolfpack Design (plastic Academy) - PBY-3 & 5 released - new PBY-4 boxing in February 2024 - The Rumourmonger - Britmodeller.com

thank you for comments and likes

day 3

all the lower gun ports now have backing plates

port side first planked

another quirk on this kit the transom and bow are made up on completion of first planking

16 minutes ago, Cristiano said:

Thanks to everybody for the suggestion of the copper tape (which already had used in the past), but the sense of my comment was of a different meaning: since this type of ship needed almost surely a layer of copper sheets, why don't put it already inside the box?

An answer is not strctly needed...

i have amended the comments in my conclusion, to state no copper tape or tiles is included in the kit, and if i ever get the chance to discuss with Occre i will bring some of these  "why's " up

but the frames does work well

Morning @Patrick Haw nice to hear from you, in 2021 i moved out of the garage into the conservatory, and made a display area in the empty space, there are now far more models in there, but thats where they are nowadays