Saint Philippe 1693 by CRI-CRI - scale 1/72 - French warship from Lemineur monograph

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!

[CRI-CRI]

Pussy cut or cut of the two cat heads (handy made, of course...) :

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

First cat head test, without problem (not glued) :

 

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

Some enforcing accessories about the cat heads :

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

A creative transom for cat head (I unlike the proposition of the monograph about this object) :

 

 

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

Today work about transom of right cat head (not glued) :

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

St Philip killing the monster (I don't know if it is my carving which seems so monstrous ...) :

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

Saint Philip received his cross, his secret weapon against the heaven monster :

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

Figure head done (not glued) :

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

Now, all is done and glued about the head part of the Saint Philippe :

 

 

[Roger Pellett]

St Philip looks good!  Nice carving job.

[CRI-CRI]

On the Saint Philip, there are many gratings to do

 

I have the choice between false gratings at right scale 1/72 or real wooden gratings at false scale 1 mm squarred each hole :

 

 

 

What do you prefer ?

 

Thanks

[Roger Pellett]

Considering the high standard of workmanship that you are maintaining, I would suggest real wooden gratings.

 

[CRI-CRI]

Here, a new test of paper cut, which cannot be immediately detected as false gratings :

 

 

Other reason : the important size of the upper deck's gratings with their convex shaping ;

 

[Bill Morrison]

1 hour ago, Roger Pellett said:

Considering the high standard of workmanship that you are maintaining, I would suggest real wooden gratings.

 

I fully agree.  I have seen paper models that look great, but you are building an exceptionally outstanding model. Paper might not look right.

 

Bill

[GrandpaPhil]

Just remember paper is cheap and easy to obtain.
 

You can always make some out of paper and if you don’t like them, you can always make wood ones.

 

If you look at my Victory build, I used paper gratings on a modified Mantua kit.

 

Your’s look a lot nicer than mine did.

Edited April 8, 2022 by GrandpaPhil

[CRI-CRI]

Wooden gratings = 4 - 8 € a piece 50 x 50 mm, and the model shows a 50 cm length full line of these damned things

 

It's also very difficult to give a regular convexity about a so long line of gratings

 

I shall test my idea on the beakhead frame without gluing it, and the result will decide about following process

 

Notice that all windows of back quarter and quarter badges of my model are soon paper prints, and were also... painted on real ancient ships

 

I've any tool for wooden self-making such details, and no money for buy it, the products on line being most often in a very poor quality wood

 

Wait and see  😀

[CRI-CRI]

You can find here the announced test using paper prints :

 

 

 

What do you think about ?

 

It's possible to transform it in a wooden version, but neither for the same price, nor the same working time 

[B-Ram]

I think they turned out looking great.

 

Bill

[Dave_E]

If you wouldn’t have told me that was paper, I’d have never even considered it was not wood. Wood, paper/card, 3D… everyone has their own take on “purity”. I like it. 👍(paper is a byproduct of wood, no)? 😀

[CRI-CRI]

Thanks Dave,

 

I have the same view about the result of paper prints after correction of color, I have a model with wooden version, any difference :

 

 

 

 

[Dave_E]

Nope. 👍😀

[GrandpaPhil]

It looks great!  Well done!

[CRI-CRI]

Interesting sunlight over the figure head :

 

 

[mtaylor]

Both the wood and paper look great.  I couldn't tell which was which without reading the text.  I'd go with what you feel is best for you.  The carvings are great also.

[Bill Morrison]

11 hours ago, CRI-CRI said:

You can find here the announced test using paper prints :

 

 

 

What do you think about ?

 

It's possible to transform it in a wooden version, but neither for the same price, nor the same working time 

I think that it looks great except that I am not looking at the difference in person.  But, the photos look fine.

 

Bill

[CRI-CRI]

Hi Bill,

 

The photos #348 you quoted were taken before rectification of colors (too much red component)

 

Those joined with message #351 are better, with exactly the same effect than real gratings of my HMS Prince (also 1 X 1 mm holes) :

 

 

I shall finish and publish the final result this afternoon

 

Best regards,

 

 

[CRI-CRI]

Finished and glued, except the toilets each side (not the most difficult detail 😀) :

 

 

[B-Ram]

I think the scale appearance turned out perfect.

 

Bill

[Dave_E]

NICE! 👍😀