Hermione La Fayette by TheDutchShipBuilder - Artesania Latina - second wooden ship built

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks guys!

 

Update

Here another small update. A while ago I did some work on the cannon's. I almost completed half of the cannons, but I saw that I hadn't posted the photo's of it yet. So here they are:

 

 

 

 

And here some photo's of the ship itself. I did finish the gun ports on the left side, now all I have to do is the right side  :

 

 

 

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

The more I see of your model, the more I like your approach to it. I'm sweating out the gun door placements, but you have aready gotten them nicely framed. This even includes the captain's windows. Wow! Your cannons are going to look great on that deck.

Edited May 29, 2015 by Bobstrake

[Lukasvdb]

looking nice!

[mrangus]

Nick I've been following your build for a little while now. I'm looking forward to seeing the Hermione come to Boston, where I'm from, and keeping and eye on your progress. Looks great. I love the deck.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Hello everyone,

 

It has been some time since my last post. Busy with school and things.

I was able to built a little bit futher on my ship, photo's will soon come. Currently I'm celebrating my 18 birthday with my family 

[Bobstrake]

Happy birthday, and good to see you back. Looking forward to your updates.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thank you Bob!

 

Update

Hello everyone,

here is the update some of you have been waiting for. Last 3 weeks have been a holiday for me. No school means a lot of moddeling. But I have to work also to get some money. But I managed to do some big things to my ship. I finished the last things I wanted to do with the ship before planking, like making a door to the captain's cabin. 

 

And then finally there was the day where I began planking. Below are the results of the first planking. I haven't sanded it all, so it's not smooth yet. I did also saw out the gun ports already and planked the back of the ship. I have to finish the windows yet.

Here are the pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 2, 2015 by NickvN

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

 

You've been busy, indeed! Your gunports look great, as well as the captain's cabin. And a door! Very cool.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks Bob!

 

Update

Here is another update on my built. I began with planking the rest of the hull. I am thinking of doing a second planking, but for now I strated with the first. Here are some photo's of the current state:

 

 

 

 

[mrangus]

Looks great Nick, love the transom work.

[Bobstrake]

Beautiful start on the planking.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks guys. 

 

Update

Here is a small update. Some photo's of the methode I used whem planking. I made the planks wet en put them around a food can. With the other planks I did put them wet on the ship before glueing it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 11, 2015 by NickvN

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

 

Your careful work is producing beautiful results. Great planking!

[janet bode]

Hi Nick.

 

              I think you are doing a great job in replaceing the metal parts with wood as it should be,keep up the good work.

 

                          Regards Janet B

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks guys!

 

I can't build futher right now because I have to go to school again. I hope to make some new progress soon and let you know as fast as possible!

Edited September 8, 2015 by NickvN

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Update

Hello everyone,

Here is finally another update I know some of you have been waiting for. I only did some work on the planking. Altough I am pretty satisfied with the result there are some mistakes. But I learn from them!

Here are the photo's!:

 

 

 

You will se that I removed the doors to the captain's cabin. I did this because I was not pleased with it and want to remake it. I also did some modification to the stern of the ship as you will see below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[donrobinson]

Your planking is looking real nice, as is the rest of the boat. Great work!

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

 

I find bending and twisting the planks to be challenging, and yours are coming along quite nicely.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Bobstrake

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks Bob and Don

 

I know right! They are very difficult to bend!!

[Sjors]

Very nice Nick !!!!

You re doing a great job !!!!!

 

Sjors

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks Sjors! Good to hear from you. How are you and Anja? Heard you moved? I hope you like your new house.

[Sjors]

Just love the new house Nick

 

Only to much to do inside so most of the time re-decorating instead of building   

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Good to hear Sjors! And sometimes modeling has to be put away for a while to do other (sometimes more important) things. 

 

Update

An big update. The planking is finally done. It took me a while to finish but I'm very happy with the result. Keep in mind, a lot of sanding has to be done yet and some other things at the stern.

But here are the photo's:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

 

She's a beautiful sight to see.

[Sjors]

Congrats with closing the hull Nick !!!!

 

Job well done !

 

Sjors

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Update

Thank you guys for the kind words! I have done some big work on the ship. Because I will be trying to make my ship look like the replica in Rochefort I decided to first sand it very smooth and than to paint it white. This is the result so far (keep in mind, other colours have yet to be painted and the windows and gun ports have to be sanded again):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 1, 2016 by NickvN

[Bobstrake]

Nick,

 

She's looking very beautiful. I love to see our different approaches to the same ship.

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Thanks Bob and indeed you are right. That's what I like about all these forums where people put there built logs on. Everyone built his or her schip in their own way, and we can all learn from each other! 

Edited March 4, 2016 by NickvN

[TheDutchShipBuilder]

Hi Everyone,

 

It's been a while (again). I'm sorry for that, but I started my new study at the univerity of Rotterdam Mainport, so I couldn't do a lot. But unfortunatly I had to stop this study. The reason is personal. But this gave me some time to do some moddeling again.

 

And I started just where we left off last time. 

 

I wasn't quit saticfied about the result of the 1st planking. So I decided to add a second planking. Besides that I finished the construction of the ship, underdeks as well as upperdeks. And here are finally some pictures again;