St Roch by Lecrenb - 1:48 scale - RCMP Schooner rigged as schooner c. 1930/35

[Lecrenb]

11 hours ago, Keith Black said:

 Beautiful work, Bruce. The best to ya on the knee replacement, enjoy the fishing and your trip to France. 

Thank you Keith! This will be our family's 18th annual fishing trip to Tobin Lake... I hope to make some more progress in between bouts of relaxation!

Regards,

Bruce

 

[Lecrenb]

11 hours ago, JacquesCousteau said:

Excellent work, it's great to see the whole model and how well it's coming together. Enjoy the summer!

Thank you very much! I will be checking in from time to time when I get a bit more done!

Regards,

Bruce

 

[Lecrenb]

1 hour ago, wmherbert said:

I also thought that furled sails would look best.

Bill

Thank you Bill... nice to see another St. Roch build underway!

Regards,

Bruce

 

[Lecrenb]

22 hours ago, Coyote_6 said:

Wishing you a quick recovery with the knee and of course safe travels.  She looks amazing Bruce!  Excellent subject.

Thank you very much Steve. Thanks for following along, enjoy your summer too!

Regards,

Bruce

[Lecrenb]

It has been about 2 weeks since my last update, and co-incidentally since I got my second knee! I'm now able to use the basement stairs, despite admonitions from SWMBO not to overdo things, so I was able to get a start on my summer to-do list!

First up is to build the small platform that extends out from the starboard fo'c's'le. Photos show this was added by the crew in 1929 during St. Roch's maiden voyage. She spent much of her career sailing through uncharted shoal waters, and Captain Larsen wanted a place from which to swing the lead and communicate easily with the wheelhouse.

Design plans show a sounding machine on the poop deck, but there is no information that it was ever installed. Larsen makes no mention of using it, and I am sure he would have found the location unsuitable for reporting soundings. I am not including it.

The first photos show the sounding platform being roughed out on my bench, then trial fitted on the ship...

The platform is hinged to the hull and there is a chain holding a brace in place underneath. 

The last photo shows the platform complete with the lead line...

The fo'c's'le railings are visible in some of the previous pictures, this next photo shows the starboard rail being formed...

Finally, here is an overview of the fo'c's'le deck with the rails and platform.

The rails are not painted white today, but period photos from 1930 to 1934, while b&w, show a very light colour, so I painted mine white.

It is time to build the anchor windlass and install the anchors before moving aft to finish the hull...

As always, thank for checking in and comments are always welcome!

[Dr PR]

AKA leading platform.

 

Very nice work!