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

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Thanks, dear friends modellers  

 

The upper part of the back-stern left side is perhaps finished (few sunlight, sorry...)

 

 

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Second upper part prepared (right side of back-stern, to be glued) :

 

 

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Following works about side quarter back-stern :

 

 

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Left side of back-stern all prepared :

 

 

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The late sunlight help me for making well detailled pics :

 

 

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All parts of left side of the back-stern now verified and glued :

 

 

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A fast afternoon view on the otherside of back-stern, without the necessary sunlight :

 

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Today back-stern small finitions :

 

 

 

 

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The back-stern is now all finished except some small carving each side :

 

 

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Ending all the back-stern of ship, next step, the forward rails :

 

 

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Down rails first approach, the verify of scale seems right :

 

 

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Left side of rails completed, summary showing the final look of these objects :

 

 

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After reflexion, I find these rails too thick and with an unpleasant look

 

I stop provisory this yard, time to search something else more elegant

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New simulation with two rails and move out of awse-holes, that seems right ;

 

 

[bruce d]

That looks very good Christian, well done.

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Without paper frames, the walnut wooden look can appear :

 

 

 

 

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Following preparation works about rails :

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some small details before the following heavy works :

 

 

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After my last test about rails, I ordered for walnut 3 mm thick, and finished upper scroll :

 

 

 

 

 

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Another solution, with composed structure, for more resistance and regularity of rails :

 

 

 

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The test of my new idea about rails - What do you think about this result ?

 

 

 

[Bill Morrison]

On 1/3/2022 at 5:00 PM, CRI-CRI said:

At right scale, a lot of work for not much visible result  :

 

 

The difference in the gunports is obvious.  Your St. Phillippe is outstanding!  Your work is worth it.

 

Bill

Edited March 5, 2022 by Bill Morrison

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Detailed process for forward rail's built :

 

 

 

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Simulation of the first pair of forward's composed down-rails :

 

 

[Bill Morrison]

It's interesting to see how much her lines resemble the Le Soleil Royal.  Your Saint Philippe is stunning!

 

Bill

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7 hours ago, Bill Morrison said:

It's interesting to see how much her lines resemble the Le Soleil Royal.  Your Saint Philippe is stunning !

Thanks, Bill

 

It's like a "sister-ship" of the SR, only real difference is the simplified decoration, with few complicated elements, and the suppression of one upper quarter-deck

 

Lemineur has also applicated a 10% longer general proportion, and I think that's the disposition making the vessel more "elegant"  😀

 

Regards,

 

Chris

[Bill Morrison]

Chris,

 

One of the features that has often been criticized in the Heller Le Soleil Royal is the aft run of the hull below the waterline, which many believe is too shallow.  Another is the depth of the hull below the waterline.  Given the many models of SR and other French ships of the line of the era, I think that Heller is probably more correct than not.  Your model seems to confirm my point.

 

I have a copy of Les Vasseux du Louis XIV.  My French may be lacking.  The many drawings seem to confirm this as well.

 

Thanks again for a wonderful build!

 

Bill

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Hi, Bill,

 

I've rectified some errors of the hull below the waterline, red colored on my illustration

 

The monograph's hull doesn't run correctly, as seems to me, I ignore the reason of that

 

I don't know details of Heller's realization, but the monograph is more probably wrong,

and I redraw some rear elements in order to fix this problem, I did'nt like the heavy hull  :

 

 

I also suppressed two gun-ports of the back-stern, the four guns were impossible to use (no much place)

 

Regards

 

Chris

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Two other pics, with materialised waterline on the general view of first one :

 

 

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Beginning second range of composed forward rails :