Hermione La Fayette 1780 by Bobstrake - Artesania Latina - Scale 1:89

[Bobstrake]

Jparsely,

 

I'm sorry I took so long to answer your insightful question about coppering the bottom. I just read the The Battle off Spanish River, on July 21, 1781. The site: awaitsea.com, gives the British and French versions of the battle. The French ships, L'Hermione and L'Estree, were described as coppered and uncommonly fast.

 

L'Hermione is labeled as B, but sped right past A, L'Estree.

 

I didn't plan on coppering the bottom of L'Hermione. I wanted to show off the beautiful wood planks. But I am NOW toying with the idea of showing the waterline with weathered copper, hmmmm.

Edited July 21, 2015 by Bobstrake

[Bobstrake]

My progress is slow, but stimulating.

 

The strakes are added at an impercepable rate.

 

 

I am experimenting at putting windows in the gallery, and tried using thread to maximize viewing the interior. I am dissatisfied with the final quality control, so will tear this out and try again. Good practice.

 

 

Brian (GuntherMT) kindly chided me for not completing the Carmen yet, and I have one excuse, lack of will power. I love working with wood, but I haven't even been able to make friends with the needle and thread. I can stand only an hour at a time cursing, I mean, sewing the sails.

Edited July 23, 2015 by Bobstrake

[thomaslambo]

Bob,

 

Very nice work indeed 

 

And I'm at the same cross roads; to copper or not to copper....  

[GuntherMT]

I feel you on the sails Bob, that's why I didn't add them to my Carmen.

 

The windows look fantastic to me, if they don't meet your quality requirements, then your 'acceptable' ones should be marvelous.

[mattsayers148]

Looking awesome Bob! I hear you with the sails. I've done exactly 4 sails to date and they are tedious and time consuming. There's a lady in here that has been working on a junk boat with three sails. She said it was third set of sail before she was happy with the results. There are some threads in here for making furled sails that are much easier than making the whole sail. Everything looks exceptional.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Hi Bob,

 

It's coming along nicely! I am about to begin planking myself.

Keep up the good work!

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

 

It's good to hear from you. I look forward to your posts.

 

I'm very pleased to see that the cast parts are so much better than those depicted on the kit's packaging.

 

 

I removed the windows and fiddled with the gallery. I didn't want it to be garish, but it looks like it is.

 

Now back to planking and making windows

Edited July 26, 2015 by Bobstrake

[Bobstrake]

Boyd, Brian and Matt.ss,

 

I think I have figured it out. We can't bear to see these builds end, so we keep adding fun details, or insanely decide to sew sails.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Bobstrake

[mtaylor]

Bob,

 

You just gave the "secret" away....    :D  

[Bobstrake]

I just can't leave it alone. Worked on the colors, put the correct number of window panes this time, and test fitted the cast pieces. Getting closer...

 

I'll try try fitting each of the 8 windows with clear styrene squares, and maybe won't get glue spots on the panes this time.

 

Oh yeah, and I made the window panes with thread that was reinforced with super thin cyano.

Edited July 26, 2015 by Bobstrake

[mtaylor]

Bob,

 

Think about canopy cement from the local hobby shop.  That stuff doesn't craze or fog the clear plastic.

 

I like the way your stern is shaping up.

Edited July 26, 2015 by mtaylor

[mattsayers148]

Wow Bob, that looks awesome! So this is where the AWOL squirrels are hanging out!

[Bobstrake]

Mark,

 

My first try was with canopy cement. Seems I cut too big a hole in the end, and didn't expect it to blast out. Clutz on the loose! Just part of the fun and learning curve. By the way, it doesn't taste like much, and cleans off glasses well.

 

 

Matt.ss,

 

The squirrels are always welcome here.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Amazing Bob! 

Those windows are looking very good! I hope I can get mine so good as yours.

[Canute]

Bob, put a little drop of canopy cement on a small palette and then apply it with a pin or even an opened paperclip. No muss, no fuss.

[Aqueous1025]

WOW, really nice work.  I really like the way the windows are coming out.  Really detailed.

[hof00]

Hi Bob,

Your Gallery and its windows look awesome chap!!

Very nicely executed detail.

 

Cheers....HOF.

[Bobstrake]

Ken,

I followed your instructions exactly to install the windows and had much better results.  Thanks again.

 

Nick,

It's always good to compare our different takes on the same model.  Good to hear from you.

 

Aqueous1025 and hoff00,

I really appreciate your interest and kind words.

 

I've been dividing my time between 3 models.  I must be nuts.  I haven't had enough progress on L'Hermione to post updates until now.

I think I am satisfied with the rear gallery now. This is the best picture I could get with my old iPad.

Subtle changes, but a lot of work to get them.

 

Planking proceeds slowly, so nothing much to show.  Beginning to work on ship's boats.

 

 

[Aqueous1025]

That came out great Bob.  You did an amazing job.  The windows are going to look so pretty on the boat.

[owend]

You may think you're slow with the planking, but it's worth it, it's looking very nice! And your gallery looks great - I can see one bright moment when everything comes together and it looks amazing!

[mattsayers148]

Your gallery looks amazing! And no, you're not nutz for multitasking. Keep breeding the squirrels, their little hand work wonder.

[shipmodel]

Hi Bob - 

 

Just linked back to your build.  Really good work on the kit.  Your stern gallery and lights came out very well, and the contrasting colors of the hull planks will really pop when you get a finish on them.  Quite remarkable when considering how fully stocked your shop is not.

 

A suggestion, if you don't mind - a dedicated digital camera, even one in the $200 range, will give you much better results and will let you see your work in much greater detail.  I know that I am always going back to the model after looking at my construction photos.

 

Best of success.  You're off to an excellent start.

 

Dan

[Bobstrake]

I appreciate your suggestion of a better camera. I have been dissatisfied by the quality of the ipad photos.

[Bobstrake]

Finally got a new camera on eBay.  Re-took the last picture.  I still need to learn how to get the most out of it, but here is my first effort.

 

And here's the latest in the slow progression of planking.

[Aqueous1025]

Nice pictures.  New toys are awesome what kind of camera did you get??  The planking looks really really nice.

[thomaslambo]

Looking good Bob  

[Bobstrake]

Boyd and Aqueoous1025,

 

Glad to hear from you. I got a mint used Samsung DigimaxL85 for $20. It seems to be working well. Now I just have to figure out how to best use it. We'll see.

 

[Jparsley]

Bob  the camera was a great buy   the pictures are outstanding   the gallery is lovely    the planking is so smooth and straight  im am a little jealous of your build  shes a fine ship and your doing her justice

[ofencer29350]

bob ,first good job!

twice: if u  build the actualy hermione like i suppose (the color) you must built the security equipment and also the two pods for propulsion

the sculpture in the kit are wrong  and the éléments of the  deck too!

 

i will follow your progress...

[Mirabell61]

Congrats to your new camera Bob,

 

the way of creating JPG files of pics so fast and easy provides much fun and they can be posted or attached to emails as you desire...

 

Your  "Hermione La Fayette" has had a great start, and the planking Looks very nicely done, will like to see more soon

 

Nils