guraus Posted May 1, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 1, 2020 Hello model shipbuilders! Here is my latest build log. I started this project early last year and now I decided to share it with you. The build is based on Boudriot's monograph "Le Coureur". There were several things I found very interesting when I decided to build this model: the sail plan the clinker planking of the hull - I've never done one before and the acceptable size and complexity I plan to do a fully rigged model. Everything will be scratch built except the guns and the gun carriages which were bought from SyrenShipModelCompany.com GrandpaPhil and mtaylor 2 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted May 1, 2020 Here are some pictures with the solid hull construction using 5mm plywood and cedar or pine scrap for filling the spaces between frames. JpR62, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 4 others 7 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted May 1, 2020 And here is the clinker planking below the whale. I used 5mm by 1mm pear wood planks with about 1 mm overlap. In all about 22 strakes. Rudolf, druxey, Kenneth Powell and 17 others 20 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulsutcliffe Posted May 1, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 1, 2020 Very nice work there Alex, especially at the bow there where the planks all come into the rabbet mtaylor and garyshipwright 2 Quote The clerk of the cheque's yacht of sheerness Current build HMS Sirius (1797) 1:48 scratch POF from NMM plans HMS Winchelsea by chuck 1:48 Cutter cheerful by chuck 1:48 Previous builds- Elidir - Thames steam barge Cutty Sark-Billings boats Wasa - billings boats Among others 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 3, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted May 3, 2020 Thank you. I cheated a bit at bow and stern to get the planks laying flat into the rabbet. The picture shows what was done in the real ships and what should I have done. Instead I did only the first two profiles and then filed flush whatever was still pocking out of the planks. The result was the same and one can't (almost) even tell the difference even at the flat stern where you can see the planks ends. Alexandru iosto, paulsutcliffe, mtaylor and 8 others 11 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted May 9, 2020 Here are some more progress pictures: building the whale. Archi, tlevine, yvesvidal and 9 others 12 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted May 10, 2020 Planking the deck Archi, tadheus, paulsutcliffe and 14 others 17 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioMun Posted May 10, 2020 Share #8 Posted May 10, 2020 Excelent work. Le Coureur it's a wonderful ship to build, with a lot of details to work on it. I'll keep an eye on your build. Hope to see soon more photos. Greetings. Giorgio. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted May 15, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 15, 2020 Amazing build. I really like how you are approaching the building of that hull. Yves mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich der Seefahrer Posted May 15, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 15, 2020 Great job you do. I really like your style to build the little "Womanizer". Looks like you build her in her appearance under the RN flag after the rebuild, don't you? mtaylor 1 Quote "Let's add every day 1/2 hour of modelship building to our projects' progress..." Take care! Christian Heinrich simple, true and inpretentious motto of ROYAL LOUIS, 1668 Sunking's mediter. flagship most decorated ocean-going ship Ships on build: SAINT PHILIPPE, 1693: 1st rang French 90-gun ship - Lavente flagship (based on Heller SR - 1/92 & scratch in 1/64) TONNANT, 1693: 1st rang French 90-gun ship - sister of SAINT PHILIPPE (mock-up/test-object for S.P. - scratch in 1/64) Projects in planing: L'AURORE, 1766: French Pleasure Corvette (after Ancre plans - scatch in 1/64) Some Spantaneous Short Term Projects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) Thank you Yves and Heinrich. Heinrich, I am building her according with Boudriot's plans. I bought the monograph at least 10 years ago, and, at that time I read the booklet that come with it. Now, I don't really remember her history - I just took out the plans and start building. I always wanted to build her, but had other projects to finish and to be honest, I was a little bit scared of the clinker planking of her hull - never done one before. Turns out this type of planking is, in my opinion at least, as easy if not easier to do that the carvel planking - especially at the bow and stern where the planks have to bend in two directions. It is easier and possible to bend sidewise a plank that is at an angle with the surface then when it has to lay flat on that surface. The whole hull was planked using only straight planks, some were just narrowed toward the ends. Anyway, here are some more progress pictures on the deck planking aft and the upper side planking. Edited May 16, 2020 by guraus mtaylor 1 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 16, 2020 Author Share #12 Posted May 16, 2020 and here are the pictures... mtaylor, garyshipwright, JpR62 and 11 others 14 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted May 19, 2020 Ruder GrandpaPhil, captain_hook, tadheus and 9 others 12 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioMun Posted May 21, 2020 Share #14 Posted May 21, 2020 Hi there! Faboulous work, congratulations. I built that model some years ago. Here is the link Maybe there you can find some ideas. Of course it is not an example to follow. But..... at least it was done with the Boudriot monographie. Keep the good work going and some pictures too!! Greetings. Giorgio. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted May 26, 2020 Thank you Giorgio for the information - I've already found and looked at your model. Great job! I am always looking for other builds of the same ship I am working on for inspiration and to find out how somebody else solved a problem that I might have. Alexandru mtaylor 1 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted May 26, 2020 Here is another update on finishing the deck furniture. AnobiumPunctatum, GrandpaPhil, egkb and 9 others 12 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted June 7, 2020 ... Dali, GrandpaPhil, JpR62 and 8 others 11 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share #18 Posted August 4, 2020 Here are some more progress pictures oneslim, JeffT, dvm27 and 9 others 12 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guraus Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted August 6, 2020 ... JpR62, johnp76, Gimo and 11 others 14 Quote For all my builds please visit my site at: http://www.AlexShipModels.com Previous builds HMS Victory Machine a curer les ports La Jacinthe Japanese Fune Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GioMun Posted September 26, 2020 Share #20 Posted September 26, 2020 Beatiful job!! Excelent deck planking. Wich wood did you use? Be carefull with installing the boat before setting the guns hooks (for their rigging), because there will be a lot of trouble getting the guns on place once the boat is already on its cradle. You woun't have enough room to work. Keep the pictures coming my Le Coureur collegue! Greetings. Giorgio. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_hook Posted November 16, 2020 Share #21 Posted November 16, 2020 Very beautiful and nice choice of colour usage. mtaylor 1 Quote Current Build: HM Brig Badger 1/48 from Caldercraft plans Le Coureur 1/48 by CAF — Completed Build: Armed Virginia Sloop 1/48 by Model Shipways / Gallery HM Cutter Sherbourne 1/64 by Caldercraft / Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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