ancre La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette

[mtaylor]

What a beautiful boat, Johann.  A work of art by itself.

 

Happy new year to you.

Edited January 1, 2016 by mtaylor

[wyz]

Johann, you're quite a craftsman.  The ship's boats turned out great.  I look forward to more beautiful stuff from you in 2016, and hope this new year is all you want it to be.

 

Tom

[archjofo]

 

Hello,

many thanks to all for your positive comments and the likes.
It pleases me again about your feedback.

With the New Year I have started the construction of the two cutters (petits canots) of the French Corvette.
Here are the first impressions:

 

 

 

 

Edited January 4, 2016 by archjofo

[Remcohe]

Nice. I find it really enjoyable to build small boats. Lots of detail and relatively short building time.

 

Remco

[archjofo]

Hi Remco,

thanks for your nice comments.

Here I want to show you the basics for the construction of the two boats.
Compared to the original model of the boats from the Musée national de la Marine there are
various deviations from the plan of J. Boudriot and drawings from the Atlas du Genie Maritime.
As a result of my review of these documents, I choose therefore the construction of the cutter is substantially based on the drawings from the Atlas du Génie Maritime and J. Boudriot.

 

 

That's the theory; soon it then continues with images of the model practice ...

 

Edited January 8, 2016 by archjofo

[archjofo]

Hello,

 

here is a litte update:

 

 

PS: I beg your pardon for the double reporting.
Therefore, I changed it.

 

 

Edited January 8, 2016 by archjofo

[cog]

Ganz toll Johann!!! You'll be boot builder #1 from MSW. Soon you'll be able to make them with your eyes closed

Looking good (again)

 

Cheers

[archjofo]

Hello,

thank you for the nice compliment and the Likes!
And here it goes merciless continue by boat building ...

 

The framework for the first cutters for the French corvette is ready so far to planking.
The second bulkhead framework is already in progress.

 

 

 

[albert]

Hi Johann, very nice boat building.

[archjofo]

Hello,

thanks for your interest, for the comments and the likes!

The second frame work for a cutter is completed.

 

Here is a size comparison of all previous boats for the French corvette.

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Your boats will become better and better, it's absolut amazing

[Jim Lad]

Beautiful boatbuilding, Johann.

 

John

[michael mott]

Exquisite work Johann.

 

Michael

[Ponto]

I keep revisiting this log and wonder how is this all possible,... and yet,. all the step by step photos are right there, and even all close up!!!!   ...leaves me in awe...........

 

JP

[Mike Y]

They look incredible even when unplanked!

[archjofo]

Hello,

thank you very much for your interest and kind words, that´s a great honour for me and appreciate your comments a lot. I am pleased, I can share my hobby with you all.

I also find here plenty of great inspiration watching your wonderful models and inspirative technologies.

 

Thank you for this pleasure.

 

Here's an update of my building report:
 

After completion of the frameworks it goes with the planking on.
The plank width is 2.5 mm. 10 planks must be installed per boat side.

 

 

Edited January 14, 2016 by archjofo

[giampieroricci]

excellent work, Johann!! 

[cabrapente]

ohhh even grandmasters rectified. I thought he was infallible. nice work. one cabrapente greeting

[Remcohe]

Not easy to use full length planks on hulls like this, they twist and turn making them everything but a straight plank in any direction. My hat is off to you Sir, I took a short cut and broke my planking on my boot hulls in sections.

 

Remco

[Mirabell61]

beautiful work Johann,

 

its a pleasure to watch these boats being built relating to technique and accuracy

 

Nils

[archjofo]

Hello ,

thank you for your interest and kind comments. Also thanks for the many Likes.

The planking of the second cutter is ready.
Here is an update of the photo report:

 

 

 

 

[archjofo]

Hello,

thanks for the likes!
Here I show you a brief update of the report:

 

Preparation for installation of the gunwale.

 

 

[archjofo]

Hello,

 

here is a little updat of my report.

See the pictures:

 

The washstrakes are already built.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 5, 2016 by archjofo

[albert]

Great work.

[cog]

You have a nice collection at present, any further small build plans. They do look marvelous ... and it seems so easy when you do it!!!

[archjofo]

Hello,

about the positive reactions and comments, I am pleased and thank you for it.

On the following pictures can be seen the incorporation of Rowlocks.

 

 

The next detail is prepare.

The gratings in the bow and stern of the boats are very delicate.

[mtaylor]

Those are delicate...     The dimension is the size of the wood used in the grate, correct?

[archjofo]

Correct,

Mark!

[Fam]

Very nice gratings Johann!

I still have to test this method.

Just to be sure for my correct understanding: you start firstly cutting in cross-grain direction with the deeper cuts, then cut along-grain with the shallow cuts, then fill the along-grain cuts with battens as wide as the shallow cut depth, then sand the opposite side until the grating emerges? Is this the correct sequence?

And the saw blade thickness must be the same as the battens thickness and the cuts spacing (=steps)?

and how thick is the blank you start from, and how deep are the cuts (deep ones and shallow ones)?

 

Thank you so much for your patience

Fam

[archjofo]

Hi Fam,

thanks for the nice comment.

You've understood correctly. It should be noted that the
the deeper grooves extend in the direction of the wood grain.
The timber blank has a thickness of about 8 mm.
The deep cut has about 3 mm, and the shallower cuts are 0.8 to 1 mm deep.

However, I have the grooves made with a milling cutter 0.8 mm.

Meanwhile, I have made a grating,

which you can see here.

Edited February 8, 2016 by archjofo