Gregor Posted December 15, 2019 #1 Posted December 15, 2019 A litte more than a year ago I started a side-project. I bought the plans for this small boat on a whim, after visiting an excellent exhibition at Rochefort, France (thats where the famous frigate Hermione has its home port). The model is about 22 cm or 8.66142 inches long. Building this little gun-boat gave me great pleasure and quite a few headaches, mostly due to my choice of a small scale of 1:62 (I scaled the plans down to fit the gun barrel from rb-models in Poland). The plans and explanations (ancre.fr) are excellent, available in several languages - even in my native German. Here I will keep my explanations short. I recommend the - as always - very instructive log by Tony with further references. My chaloupe is made from pear, painted in French style of the time (with the exception of the imperial green on the inside, which would made it more historically accurate). So here are the first steps: Keel parts assembled (2 mm pear) The frames (1.2 mm pear) were watered, bent over a soldering iron and pinned on the form (with a shortcut at the stern, where no frames were needed for this model), covered with glossy synthetic-resin varnish. Planking was done with 0.5 mm pear planks To be continued soon... CiscoH, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
Gregor Posted December 15, 2019 Author #2 Posted December 15, 2019 The interior: Floor boards were separated by paper strips while glue dries. The interior was then varnished with Danish oil. To be continued soon... Siegfried, Dubz, mtaylor and 10 others 13 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
Gregor Posted December 15, 2019 Author #3 Posted December 15, 2019 The interior, part two: To be continued soon... BlockPlane, piter56, Siggi52 and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
Gregor Posted December 15, 2019 Author #4 Posted December 15, 2019 These gun boats were huge! They were 13 meters long (42 feet). A standard ship's cutter of 6 meters looks quite small in comparison. I was very lucky this summer, when I visited the city of Karlskrona, in Sweden. There is an excellent Museum, with a collection of small boats in a dedicated shed (difficult to take pictures inside...). There I found a sloop, built in 1833, of roughly the same size as my chaloupe! This was really impressive. To be continued soon... GrandpaPhil, Dubz, mtaylor and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
Gregor Posted December 15, 2019 Author #5 Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) Small details: At this pint, the boat weights 31 grams. To be continued soon... Edited December 15, 2019 by Gregor piter56, Siggi52, mtaylor and 7 others 10 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
Gregor Posted December 15, 2019 Author #6 Posted December 15, 2019 (edited) To be continued soon... Edited December 15, 2019 by Gregor Siggi52, paulsutcliffe, Roger Pellett and 9 others 12 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
tkay11 Posted December 16, 2019 #7 Posted December 16, 2019 Wonderful to see your work on this. I also appreciate the shots of a similarly-sized boat to show just how big it is. Thanks! Tony mtaylor 1 Quote === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications)
Gregor Posted December 16, 2019 Author #8 Posted December 16, 2019 The gun barrel, the reason for the strange scale (1:62) is exactly 50 mm long (a little less than 2''). Its carriage fits into the slides. A (real) lead cover was hammered and formed over an (inexistent) flint lock for protection.; an idea I took from Johann's phantastic build of La créole ( For the side tackles I used Chucks 3 mm blocks. To be continued and finished soon... tkay11, piter56, archjofo and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
Gregor Posted December 16, 2019 Author #9 Posted December 16, 2019 Here is the finished boat, with a few more details. I really can recommend Gérard Delacroix's plans, and I hope to motivate a few of you to buy them and build your own. Cheers, Gregor. CiscoH, Thukydides, bruce d and 14 others 16 1 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
tkay11 Posted December 16, 2019 #10 Posted December 16, 2019 What a nice model! Thanks for the many ideas you've provided in terms of paintwork and metal work in addition to your usual lovely craftmanship. The flintlock cover is a clever addition. I also like the simplicity of the base. Is it stone? What's next? Tony mtaylor 1 Quote === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications)
Gregor Posted December 16, 2019 Author #11 Posted December 16, 2019 Thanks, Tony, you are very kind. And no, the base is simply black MDF, and two pieces of blackened brass rods - it's not in naval style of dark wood and shiny metal, but I like the simplicity. And next? My two schooners are finally getting armed and should be rigged someday... (and there is the lure of a Swedish gun boat, still in its box from Master Korabel - a gift to myself and a souvenir of last summer's travels there). Gregor tkay11 and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds: La Belle 1684; French schooners La Topaze and La Mutine (Jacinthe class 1823) Complete: Chaloupe armée en guerre 1834 Complete: HM Cutter Sherbourne
GrandpaPhil Posted December 16, 2019 #12 Posted December 16, 2019 Excellent! mtaylor and tkay11 2 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
mtaylor Posted December 17, 2019 #13 Posted December 17, 2019 Just... WOW! Beautiful. tkay11 and Bob Legge 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)
archjofo Posted December 21, 2019 #14 Posted December 21, 2019 Hi Gregor, fantastic work ! mtaylor 1 Quote Best regards Johann Video: La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette of 1827 - naval artillery La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - Construction of long boat La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - Construction of the masts La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - 2019 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 1 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 2 La Créole - Scale 1/48, French corvette - standing rigging - part 3 See also our german forum for Sailing Ship Modeling and History: www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com
Vladimir_Wairoa Posted August 29, 2020 #15 Posted August 29, 2020 On 12/15/2019 at 6:41 PM, Gregor said: The interior, part two: To be continued soon... oh my. thank you . so sweet . KARAVOKIRIS, mtaylor and Ainars Apalais 3 Quote
daniel.b Posted November 22 #16 Posted November 22 (edited) Hello Grégor, I am looking for what colors the armed boat should be painted with. I see yours in black and white, with a natural wood interior. Do you have a reference that guided you to this choice. You have made a very beautiful achievement. Thank you. Edited November 22 by daniel.b mtaylor 1 Quote
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