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LE BONHOMME RICHARD by Jeronimo - Finished


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Hi Karl

I have followed your log for a long while,but haven't posted anything simply because I am struggling to say something that has been said.I will say STAGGERING attention to detail and a very beautiful model.I will have to check the 22 pages now to see if someone has written that :D I also feel happier now that I am not the only one that doesn't use real treenails. ;)

Kind Regards Nigel

Currently working on Royal Caroline

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Wonderful update and a fantastic way to do the barrels.  

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               

 

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CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Hi Karl!

 

I just cannot imagine the amount of time to put all that ballast together… The size of the stones looks the size it has to be. I have seen models at the museums where the pieces were oversize and kind of ruin the whole thing. But yours are just amazing. Must weight around five to ten kilos, something that a sailor could work with having no problems or injuries in his back…

 

Can you explain us a little bit the process to glue them together?

 

I have attached to plates from a Spanish v74 of that period. Note that they use to put cannons as ballast filled with stones as well. I do not know if the French use to do this. Here they are. They are quite big so you can use a good dictionary to translate all the different numbers of the plate.

 

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Excellent work.

 

Best wishes!

 

 

Daniel

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Hello friends,

news pictures of the Bonhomme Richard.

 

Regards Karl

 

 

T e i l  3 7

 

 

B.  Orlop-Deck

 

     6  Surgeon's storeroom     /   Arztraum

     7  Spore anchor   /   Reserve Anker

     8  Scuttle leading to the carpenter's walk  /  Zimmermann - Laderaum

     9  Scuttle providing acces to the shot-locker  /  Zugang zu dem Kugelraum

   10  Dried vegetables  /  Trockenraum für Pflanzen

   11  Officer's provisions  /  Versorgungsraum der Offiziere

   12  Bread- room  /  Brot - Lagerraum  

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Gosh that's good Karl. Simply wonderful! I'm with Joe (Wacko Wolf) - I could sit and stare at your pictures all day. What a treat!

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Amazing work Karl!

 

Michael

Current builds  Bristol Pilot Cutter 1:8;      Skipjack 19 foot Launch 1:8;       Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 1:8

Other projects  Pilot Cutter 1:500 ;   Maria, 1:2  Now just a memory    

Future model Gill Smith Catboat Pauline 1:8

Finished projects  A Bassett Lowke steamship Albertic 1:100  

 

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