Reale de France by Clark – FINISHED - Corel - Scale 1:64

[fmodajr]

Great job on a tough section of the ship model.

Looks like you put a lot of time and thought into the process!

 

Frank

 

[Clark]

1 hour ago, fmodajr said:

Great job on a tough section of the ship model.

Looks like you put a lot of time and thought into the process!

 

Frank

 

Thanks, the Reale is a great challenge in general. Good luck with your build.

Clark

[Gimo]

Very precise masts preparation. Very well done Clark.

 

Gimo

[Clark]

6 hours ago, Gimo said:

Very precise masts preparation. Very well done Clark.

 

Gimo

Thanks!!

[Clark]

Main mast was prepared and fixed similarly to the foremast. A little bit surprising for me, backstays have to be fixed at the first chains/toggles (seen from the bow) when following the description of corel. I followed it. The fifth chains/toggles are still left free for the later attachment of the rack lines.

Clark

 

[72Nova]

Hi Clark,

I love the work you're doing on this, the lack of color gives this a whole different look that's quite pleasing to the eye👍

 

Michael D.

[Clark]

7 hours ago, safemaster said:

Hi Clark,

I love the work you're doing on this, the lack of color gives this a whole different look that's quite pleasing to the eye👍

 

Michael D.

Hi Michael, I am also following your blog. It is a different approach. I especially like that you show the sails secured. When I get to that point, I'll ask a few more questions on your blog. I assume, however, that you are then finished with your Reale.
Continue to have fun
Clark

[Clark]

Back at the shipyard after a long time. Our house (wood) was in need of an intensive refreshing and touching up, so the warm months were needed for that.

The fore lateen yard is now fixed. I pondered for some time whether to show the sails and decided against it. The lateen sails are quite large and catch the eye. Reefed sails usually look rather fake, my attempts with paper etc. on the previous ships were not quite satisfactory.

The attachment to the foremast was done with two small nails (unfortunately no photo taken), so that the rigging was then easier to attach. I partly deviated from the Corel plan with regard to the rigging and the belaying, as some things seemed illogical to me (conflict with the oars).

[Clark]

The main lateen yard is now fixed. The first fixation was again done with two small nails, countersunk in the yard.

The ropes for the halyard were fixed before. As they pass through the centre aisle and are attached to the pins of the forecastle, they were mounted before the covering the centre aisle.

 

 

As there are no sails attached, I fixed the yard slightly eased.

Actually, I then wanted to continue with the anchors, but found that they were considerably bent and also inaccurately made. Another point that turns me away from Corel.

[fmodajr]

Hi Clark,

 

Wow, those anchors are in bad shape. Can you heat them and bend them back?

Or will you make new ones?

I'll have to check my set to see how they look!

Looks like you're nearing the finish line!

 

thanks,

Frank

[Clark]

17 hours ago, fmodajr said:

Hi Clark,

 

Wow, those anchors are in bad shape. Can you heat them and bend them back?

Or will you make new ones?

I'll have to check my set to see how they look!

Looks like you're nearing the finish line!

 

thanks,

Frank

Hi Frank,
Not only are the anchors bent, but the right one has a depression on the lower blade arm. I ordered new ones from "Krick" (German specialist dealer), they arrived yesterday and look excellent. I had tried to make anchors myself on a previous ship, but it was not successful.
How are you doing with the move? Ships secured?
All the best
Clark

[fmodajr]

6 hours ago, Clark said:

Hi Frank,
Not only are the anchors bent, but the right one has a depression on the lower blade arm. I ordered new ones from "Krick" (German specialist dealer), they arrived yesterday and look excellent. I had tried to make anchors myself on a previous ship, but it was not successful.
How are you doing with the move? Ships secured?
All the best
Clark

Hi Clark,

thanks for the reply.

Meeting with electrician today to plan out new workroom. Need to install electrical outlets then sheetrock room. After that things should proceed quickly. I can probably restart the project by working on making sails for the ship. (Could probably do that easily without a workroom!! )

thanks and i'll keep "Krick" in mind if my anchors are in bad shape

Frank

 

[Clark]

The "Krick" dregg anchors only had to be slightly deburred. Following von Mondfeld's description,  galley anchors were fastened with a special stay. I put the ship aside for the time being, so the anchors are also in stock and will only be attached later. The next thing I want to do is the dinghy.

[Clark]

In the last few weeks I have finished the anchors, the flags and the dinghy and attached them to the ship.

The problem with the Corel anchors is shown in the previous post. Regarding the exact bearing of the anchors, there was a discussion on safemaster's blog:

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/20561-reale-de-france-by-safemaster-heller/page/7/

 

 

In the end, Gérard Delacroix convinced me, his video is quite compelling and contradicts Corel's presentation:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYxrbtuyNG0.

 

In my opinion the anchor ropes have to be guided tightly. Therefore, they are guided directly into the box.

For the flags, movement due to the wind was simulated with highly diluted PVA.

 

For the dinghy, material was also used that came from Chris https://vanguardmodels.co.uk/product/ships-boats-various-types/.

 

It's not quite contemporary this way, but I liked it better this way.

Next I will work on the oars and think about the construction of the display case.

 

[Clark]

Next, the oars were prepared. The blanks from Corel had to be sanded and adjusted quite intensively. It might have been easier to make the oars from a strip with a square cross-section. Since later the ship will be visible mainly from the starboard side, I assigned the slightly worse oars to the port side. Also between port and starboard was later differentiated in the simulated attachment of the protective boards (knots/gluing on the keel side of the oars). To fix the rudders better, small pieces of wire (diameter 0.2 mm) were first sunk into the shaft. However, it turned out that these wire pins made adjusting the oars rather difficult. They were therefore subsequently ground off.

To adjust the oars on the ship, I made a template that imitated the bend of the ship's side. The distance between the oars was marked. On the outside, the oars were brought to the same distance by a spacer bar.   

For the showcase I used acrylic glass. The showcase was mounted under a sloping roof. The easier sawing of acrylic glass proved to be advantageous here. Now in the showcase it becomes especially clear what dimensions the ship has. In retrospect, building the ship was a lot of fun even if the material from Corel sometimes left something to be desired. 

 

 

 

[fmodajr]

Very nice Clark!

congratulations !

Sorry to hear about the quality of the oars. I took a quick peek at mine and they look really nice.

 

Frank

[ccoyle]

Great work and a very impressive model!

[Clark]

4 hours ago, fmodajr said:

Very nice Clark!

congratulations !

Sorry to hear about the quality of the oars. I took a quick peek at mine and they look really nice.

 

Frank

Thanks! Diameter of the thicker part of the oar blade (dont know if this is the correct name) varied between 4 and 2.4 mm. Sanded them the best I could.

[Clark]

4 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Great work and a very impressive model!

Thanks for stopping by.

[72Nova]

Well done Clark 👍. How wide is that case with the oars displayed?, looks pretty deep. I wonder how the oars would be stored when not in use?

 

Michael D.

[GrandpaPhil]

Congratulations!  Well done!

[Clark]

On 12/20/2021 at 9:19 PM, safemaster said:

Well done Clark 👍. How wide is that case with the oars displayed?, looks pretty deep. I wonder how the oars would be stored when not in use?

 

Michael D.

Thank you very much. The width of the model including oars is 49 cm, I designed the display case for an internal width of 50.5 cm, I did not want to "consume" too much space, because I also discussed with the admiral longer where to put the display case. As for the placement of the oars, I interpreted the descriptions and the pictures that they were not hidden even with the ship under sail.
Thanks for stopping by.
Clark

[Clark]

15 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Congratulations!  Well done!

Thanks!