ancre Le Rochefort 1787 by Niklas - 1:36

[Niklas]

Hi!

 

Been holding on to this monograph for a while now and finally decided to give it a try. I will mostly use pear wood, maybe switch to boxwood when it's time to plank the hull - I probably have a year or two before I need to decide that...

 

Here is a quick start:  

 

Niklas

 

 

 

 

[tkay11]

Wonderful to see another Rochefort started. I too have the plans but won't be starting till I've finished my cutter. I'm looking forward to following your log -- no doubt it'll save me from making a lot of mistakes!

 

You've made a great start.

 

Tony

[Niklas]

Hi Tony, thanks for looking in. Good luck with your cutter!

[Niklas]

And here a quick update. Having fun with my latest and favorite toy, the milling machine.

[Elijah]

Great start! This will be fun to follow!

[albert]

Very nice start.

[tadheus]

A good start.I am waiting for more.

 

 

Paul

[Mike Y]

Very accurate!

What are those tiny round "holes" in the deadwood?

[Niklas]

Thanks all. Still milling my way through the rising wood and stuff. 

 

Mike: well, to be honest I just do what the plans tell me to do... But I think that some of the frames need the extra strength, same thing at the stern: 

 

[Wintergreen]

Hi Niklas!

 

Looks as you're off to a good start, as previously noted.

 

From the photos, I take it that this is not your first build, right?

 

"Niklas", that sounds very Swedish to me..

[Niklas]

Thanks Håkan! 

 

I have done some models before, both kits and scratch - not all completed I have to admit. I'm from Stockholm, maybe I should fix that in my profile somehow. 

[Mike Y]

Yaay, finally somebody in Stockholm builds a fully framed model!

Let me pull the chair. How about some beer?

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Hi Niklas,

 

Very clean work. I take a seat and a glas of wine for me please.

[Niklas]

Hi! I'm always in the mood for beer! Or wine. 

[JohnE]

Hi Niklas. I too will pull up a chair and have a nice pilsen beer. The rising wood looks beautiful. I am going to have to get one of your milling machines when I start on my ship. A wonderful toy.

 

Mike Y, the 'holes' are for mortice and tenon joints for the 'fourchettes' (crotch frames) aft. If you look close, you can see the rising wood has cut-outs on the top surface, but not on the sides like the middle portion does. To seat the very straight (approaching vertical) heels of the fourchette frames, the bottom edges of the frames faired directly to the outer edges of the rising wood and positioned by mortice and tenon, on center.

 

The hole could be round, or it could be rectangular; however the yard-dogs wanted to do it.

 

John

Edited April 9, 2016 by JohnE

[druxey]

Great beginning, Niklas. 

[Niklas]

Hi all

 

Had to take a brake from building but now I appear to be back again, hopefully with some more regular updates. Finally done with the keel. Now on to do some frames!

 

Niklas

[tkay11]

Very neat work!

 

Tony

[druxey]

Welcome back, Niklas!

[Niklas]

Thanks. Good to be back, again...:)

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Nice to see you back in your shipyard.

[Niklas]

First frame done. It needs sanding I but will save that for later. 

[albert]

Great start nice work.

[Niklas]

Thanks!

 

And now: just another day in the sawmill.

[Niklas]

Hi!

Slow work but have finally found a way to build the frames. I've seen others doing the lower parts first and it makes sense. Here's some first results:

[tkay11]

Nice for me to see this. Good work! Going to be really helpful when I get round to starting my Rochefort. Thanks!

 

Tony

[Niklas]

Hi

Finally found some building time on my Rochefort. I made a promise to myself to do all the frames before summer ends and have only two left (not including the scary ones at bow and stern…) After that there will a lot of faring to do. Here’s some quick pics where I am right now.

 

Niklas