G. Delacroix

Hello,
I don't want to be mean or unpleasant, but after examining this model, while we can congratulate the model maker(s) who created it, the same cannot be said for the reconstruction of the plan itself. 
I dont know the origin of the plan or the sources used by Igor, but this reconstruction is full of design anomalies. I will not go into detail about all the errors concerning the ship's architecture and equipment, as the list would be embarrassingly long.
However, the design effort should be commended because it requires a lot of work but also, and this is very important for the credibility of the model, a lot of knowledge and references that are clearly not present.
As we must pay tribute to the work of these model makers, we should call this model "Variation on Le Dauphin Royal".
GD

Hello,
I don't want to be mean or unpleasant, but after examining this model, while we can congratulate the model maker(s) who created it, the same cannot be said for the reconstruction of the plan itself. 
I dont know the origin of the plan or the sources used by Igor, but this reconstruction is full of design anomalies. I will not go into detail about all the errors concerning the ship's architecture and equipment, as the list would be embarrassingly long.
However, the design effort should be commended because it requires a lot of work but also, and this is very important for the credibility of the model, a lot of knowledge and references that are clearly not present.
As we must pay tribute to the work of these model makers, we should call this model "Variation on Le Dauphin Royal".
GD

The upper windows are finished, the lower ones are at first step (ending will be done tomorrow) :

Colored view of the back stern windows :



It's exactly the same process I used about the Saint Philippe in 2024 :

Thanks Tony
 
A bit more work done this week - I have made the 2 beds.  One is for the Master of the ship and the other for the Master Gunner who was on board when Le Rochefort carried its cargo of gunpowder.
 
I made the recesses in the door and the lower part of the bed in the same way I made the door into the cabin.  I just like the way this method looks when finished.

Next was the cupboard walls and the base of the bed


The pair of beds and the bulkhead with hinges and handles fitted.

The parts now fitted into the hull - it's the fitting that takes the longest time just trying to get a tight a fit to the hull as possible.



So I'm pretty sure that once I've made the hatch surround, fitted the beams and made the carlings that will be the quarter deck finished.  Those tasks will be my next jobs.
 
Cheers Mark

hello,
 
Here is a photo of the 18-pounder carronades that equip the model of La Toulonnaise at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
 

Hello,
 
The ship is drawn according to its state in 1854.
Some explanations on the plan.
Building this "monster" is a gigantic task that will require a lot of knowledge that apparently you do not have. Quite a challenge!
 
Look here: 118 canons
 

 
GD

The kitchen is finished, including the two fireplaces, tomorrow, the three descent ladders :


 

Plugging away at the hawse timbers - here they are after a few attempts.  Pencil marks are there for waterline reference.  I believe I need to install frame 1 first and then hope they will fit the keel and frame 1 after some adjustments - otherwise do them over yet again ! 
 
I am on the fence with nailing the frames with bolts simulated with 22 gauge square brass wire which is the most common way to do it.  I'm just not sure if I like the appearance.   I have still not decided whether or not the hull will have openings as the lines of this ship are so beautiful I may want to leave the frames intact which certainly is one reason not to bother with the bolts.  I could change my mind though.  Any opinions are welcome.  

Tops:
 

Installation of the rudder bar, which is movable from one side to the other, like the real one :

The cutwater / knee of the head assembly is nearly complete. Lots of slow going to get all the graceful curves sanded. I am now making adjustments so that this work fits neatly with the stem / forefoot assembly. I also need to drill / mill a hole and slot for future rigging purposes.
 

Hi all
 
Back from our lovely holiday and straight back onto Le Rochefort
 
I'm now working on the crews quarters below the quarter deck and have started with the bulkhead which has a double entry door.  This is quite a feature on this ship so I want to get it as good as possible.  I started by making the shiplap planks that form the walls which I then glued together to make the actual walls.


Next was to look at the doors themselves - I usually just get a solid piece of wood and then mill out the features to make them look like doors.  In this instance I thought that I would try a new exercise for me and make them from individual parts and include all of the relevant joints as they possibly would have been made originally.    Each frame is made of 5 pieces which then require 4 inserts in each door.

Milling out the rebates to fit the 0.7mm inserts

Sorry I should have taken more pictures but here are how the doors turned out.  Assembling the parts actually proved to be one of the hardest parts.

Next I needed to make the door frame uprights which have 2 rebates cut into them and also the base rebate that the walls slot into.


It all took a little bit of fettling to get all of the parts to fit correctly but I'm just about there now.



I did have one issue and that was with the door frame uprights which stopped the whole assembly from sitting flush with the beam.  This maybe because I miss read the drawings but to get around this issue I cut some rebates into the beam which actually makes the whole thing stronger and more stable
 

It's all still a work in progress but I'm getting there with this particular part of the build.
 
Mark

Another day, another joint!
 
This will sit between glass plates through the night to insure it dries flat. I can then remove some of the excess material along the curved contour of 4 and 5. The flat on the top of 4 will be cut a bit later so that it matches the top of the stem. It also looks like I can start working on the joint between what is done and the stem.
 

First three parts of the assembly are in place. Joining parts 1 and 2 was challenging due to the curved shape together with the fact that 2 drops into 1. The joint between 1 and 6 is LONG! 

This is what the joints look like from behind:

Hello,
 
The monograph of "L'Invention" has only been published for 6 months, there is still no model to my knowledge.
The prototype models which are detailed in photos in my monographs are of course finished after publication. But, for "L'Invention" and "L'Egyptienne", there is no prototype model. The model by Greg will therefore be the first whose construction will be published.
For "L'Egyptienne", there are several models under construction by members of my forum, including this one made with great talent:
https://5500.forumactif.org/t3726-l-egyptienne-au-1-48-mes-debuts-en-arsenal
 
GD

2nd gun deck :




 
 

All points well taken - expanding / contracting plans and wood, together with the fact lines on a drawing have width.
 
I won't be adding any paper for caulking and yes, glue does take up space. I hope to keep a good eye on the accumulated length / minimize the chance for expansion by keeping track of not just the dimensions of each individual part, but also that of assemblies. So here, the combined width of the apron / stem is as important as the width of the apron and stem individually.
 
Of course finishing  individual parts to the exterior the associated plan lines will result in joined pieces to include the thickness of two copies of the lines from the plan plus space taken by glue - so one line width plus glue too much.  Finishing individual pieces to where the plan line nearly disappears (on both sides of a joint) keeps the joined combined piece(s) dimensions closer to what the goal is. 
 
Either way, assume if one had modeled a keel to be 850mm and ended up 0.5mm in excess of the overall keel length, the length for this assembly l will still be within 0.06% of the desired length [ (0.5 / 850) x 100 = 0.06% ] - for me, I'd call that a win! 

Just a quick update:
 
It's taken a few days but the fore-foot (b) and stem (c) are connected, shaped and ready to accept the apron (g) as well as the first section of the rising wood (e1). I expect that it will take quite a few more hours of careful shaping to get g and e1 nicely fayed to b and c. The fore-foot (h1) already is shaped to fit correctly to b (and to the next part of the false keel h2).

I struggled with this assembly - 6 attempts later here are the results.  I can finally move forward ! 

After 'tuning-up' the mill a bit, I got a start on fabricating parts for the keel and false keel. I cut out paper templates that were quite wide in comparison to the parts in order to maximize my chances of keeping these long straight pieces nice and straight. 

Here are all the full frames together - I think there is an unwritten rule that they need to be stacked up and photographed at this point:

Upper deck beams beginning :


 

Here are the last 4 full frames glued up and drying between glass plates. 

Time to build a keel to set the 55 full frames on!