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Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24


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Thank you Peter even if you have some exaggerated words.

 

Here is an idea of the outside representation with the black still wet.

 

Asphalt powder diluted in turpentine plus tung oïl

Black water  tint Samona

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Here is what  happened since the last update,

 

Building a ship is fun, but building it in good conditions is even more fun. Building this size means that standing for long periods of time is a common thing. For this reason, I searched an ergonomic mat to work on and ended with some kind of rubber mat. Standard ergonomic mat are made to stand on. They are not made for compression meaning that a heavy trolley would sink in this kind of carpet. This is exactly what I saw with the version of the working desk 1.0 and also for a rubber mat a hard plastic caster wheels are needed.

 

To correct this problem, the working desk will be cut in 2 parts a multidrawer unit to store all the small tools and a desk. The 16 drawers unit is made from cherry and as all the big tools, 4 caster wheels to move it easily. As I realised with the electric table that working at the good height makes working easier, we usually have a height adjustable chair with an oil chuck. If we look the problem from the other side a height adjustable working desk can make the life easier.

 

I bought the electric mechanism, built the top of the table and kept some old parts from version 1.0 table and now here is version 2.0 of the working desk. To keep the table as low as possible in the lowest possible, double caster wheel are used.

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You have been busy, Gaetan.  Nicely done on the desk and work area.  I'm flat envious.

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               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

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

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Having some cherry wood a second table is done to be use as a base for the 74 guns.

Here is the kind of finish I used this time. I had an unfinished bottle of teak oil. In it I added about 1 table spoon of natural bitumen which is a black organic pigment used to age wood. On this forum, Russians showed good examples. 1 coat applied. For the low luster finish I like the effect of bee wax. I did a rolling top desk about 30 years ago and used bee wax as a finish and still today, it is as nice. Shavings of bee wax block are put in a jar with turpentine, again to accelerate the aging process some bitumen is added. Very easy to apply with a rag let dry  and luster with and electric buffer.

 

Sorry Karl I just saw your question. I use standard belt sander  for fast removal and 1 orbital sander,  5 inch disk for finishing.

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Here are few notes about the construction a part which is a very good example for the use of the milling of the holes for the sheaves which is done in 3 steps:

 

The length of the milling cutter being about the half of the thickness, grooves are milled half way

 

A drill bit is use  to break through the part. These holes bored at one end only will serve as references to mill the other half of the thickness

 

The part is then turned 180 degrees and the other half is milled

 

Then the scroll saw which has to cut some angles which are about 1 inch thick needs the appropriate blade. Mainly I use 2 kinds of blades from Olson; one for thin and one for thick cuts. I am not sure about the name but it is about skip-tooth or reverse tooth  . No sanding is required after the cut. The combination of the Hegner scroll saw and the blade allows to cut in straight line with precision and even to cut as thin as paper if required and with 0 vibrations.  

 

I tried to work at different heights on the table and I continue to believe that working at the ‘’good’’ height makes the difference at least it makes the job easier. As an example, here is a picture in Junghans German watch office.  Another advantage for the Jewelers to work on a high table allows them to see their work closely.  

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Here is an update on the first deck. Many parts are fixed in relation with the beams of the second deck, so they are also needed. Many parts are still not glued yet. Planking is mostly completed. 2 areas are needed, in the middle and on port side but just enough to supports guns. The idea is the more planking is done the less we can see inside and in fact it is just the opposite effect which is wanted.  Animal park can be seen on the last 2 pictures.

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superb modelling Gaetan,

you sure are pushing the degree of skill skywards....

would love to see more of your fabulous woodwork and Fitting out as you go on

 

Nils

Current builds

-Lightship Elbe 1

Completed

- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

"SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild)
"HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan 

-"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96  (scratchbuild)

-"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) 

"Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild)  original was my grandfathers ship

-"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 

"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

under restoration / restoration finished 

"Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50

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Yes Nils I will!

 

Also here is an old tool but a new tool for me which could have some interest for our hobby.

 

 This tool is use to locate a point on a sculpture which is done on a new sculpture in work.

 

May be I could use it when I want to build something on both sides of the ship?

 

 

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Is there any more complex part of the ship to model than the transom and quarter galleries with all those compound angles? Keep those wonderful photos coming Gaetan.

Greg

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Image 1 parts are done with white cardboard which  

 

-Lines are copied on a transparent paper from plans then glued with Pritt paper glue on a white cardboard

-Copied directly from the model

 

Image 5 made from 2 planks with a groove for assembly

 

Image 7

  1. actually working on the balcony ramp made from 3 parts: 2 sides and 1 back
  2. same kind of assembly for the lower rail for the balcony. Alignment of sides is done with a plank resting on side planking thus giving exact parallelism between each one
  3. template made from 2 parts to give parallelism between the 2 rails
  4. the assembly of the side balcony ramp on the vertical post is done exactly as when assembling  a cross

 

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Thank you John,

 

Up to now, all the pictures presented were in automatic mode. Circumstances made that next week will be the last part of Photography for the beginner. As for each week, we must try few pictures, so I develop a subject already tried but this time in manual mode!

 

On the second picture, by changing the camera angle the distance between the figures changed.

 

On the third picture, different tries by adding a white transparent curtain to soften the neon lighting coming from the ceiling.

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Love the photography.  They, alone, are works of art.  You're taking build logs to a whole new level, Gaetan.

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               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

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

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Gaetan,

 

Beautiful work. The French stern has many more flowing and intersecting curves than an English stern, causing not only extra challenges for the original draftsmen, but also for a contemporary model builder!

 

Best wishes,

 

Mark

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Glued evrything except the 2 back ramps for further easy  access

Planking over side structures

Box framing each side dry fitting

At this stage dry fitting is essemtial because I could not arrive and fix parts at the first throw; I have to think calmly  and slowly progress with each part to his shape and position in relation with the rest. Slow process but interesting!

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Gaetan,

 

The process may be slow but the results are stunning. 

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               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

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

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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The use of the original drawings are necessary to understand the scluptures composition because there are too many differences  with the other provided drawings.

 

Actually, I am working on the upper moldings and trying to evaluate their composition.

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