ancre Le Fleuron by Gaetan Bordeleau - FINISHED - 1:24

[albert]

Wonderful work Gaetan.

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Planking floor and walls

I wanted to show what I use  when I want  a white background  for a medium object.

The idea is not to have a demarcation between the wall and the floor.

A sheet  of coroplast  4 by  8 feet is used.

[GLakie]

She's beautiful Gaetan, and the photography is outstanding! Love that set-up!  

[mtaylor]

It's always a treat to see your progress and methods, Gaetan.

[EdT]

Stunning interior photos, Gaetan.  The work is a masterpiece.

 

Ed

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Thank you for your comments.

 

Model-ship building  is a multi-disciplinary-art. You need to understand how to work with wood and metal, but ideally you should also try to understand how to present  your work, and photography is there to help us.

 

Photography also has  an important  part in model ship building. If this forum had any pictures  to show, the number of members would not be as much significative.  For reasons out of my comprehension,  this subject looks like to be taboo here. This forum is not about photography  but it does not mean that we should not talk about it or try to take better pictures.

[dgbot]

Not a taboo but certain common sense rules so that there are no legal or ethical problems down the road.  There is an area for  taking photographs, techniques etc.  I have gone through it many times and it has helped me tremendously.

David B

[mtaylor]

Gaetan, 

There's a pinned topic in Shore Leave for photography.  I think there's more topics in that forum.   Those have been very helpful to me.

[JerryGreening]

Amazing Build Gaetan

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

I just learned the 400 pages of the booklet to drive the drone as on the first picture.

The other pictures are the result of the camera on board.

[paulsutcliffe]

gaetan, wow! what beautiful carving work

[GLakie]

Lovely work and great pics Gaetan! 

[Ponto]

... such exquisite detail!!!!!  Surely this must be  full time endeavor?.....I hate to think this is actually possible after  spending eight hours a day at some other full time job / career?

 

JP

[Fam]

Just ... no words ... I'm still totally shocked

[Landrotten Highlander]

A. MA. ZING.

Looking at these pictures made me forget time.  I woke up again two days later

[albert]

Fantastic work.

[kees de mol]

Your photography as well as your woodcarving and other work are outstandig. I really enjoy watching your work. Thank you for your efforts.

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Continuation

 

We have seen in few post an height adjustable table. It is particularly interesting when work while standing. An height adjustable chair is also helping.

 

Taking pictures also helps to see errors we would not note otherwise as in the last picture  which shows that there are still some adjustments to be made in the lenght of some parts.

[GLakie]

She's a work of art Gaetan! 

Edited March 19, 2016 by GLakie

[mtaylor]

The ship is a work of art and I swear I'm looking at a hospital operating room.  It's that clean.   Beautiful work Gaetan.

[YankeeD]

This is truly a masterpiece!! What a display of the highest level of handcraft. Will be following this with much interest.

 

(And 2 video screens for amusement??? a workshop setting one can dream of )

 

[iMack]

Incredible work! Your work is of such a high quality. Very impressive build and obviously a work of devoted passion. Fantastic workshop as well - very well kitted out. 

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Hi Dee Dee

 

 I have no 7D and no android tablet, I use a full frame sensor and  if I want to see it in live view I pass by an Eos utility program.

If I a want to see the picture taken, it is  done without wire. Eyefi mobi pro which is a SD HC card to store pictures also transfers pictures to Lightroom which are then viewed in full screen a Mac Book Pro. which is easier to appreciate the picture on a 15 inches screen than on a 3 inches LCD monitor.

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Middle part of the second deck

 

Making gratings is just like working metal, it is almost faster to do than the set-up. The idea is to have a guide located at the same distance of 1 space  (the  thicknes of the wood). To get the correct thickness, 2 blades  are stacked and 1 pair of wise grip  is needed to unscrew the nut  by blocking the shaft.  A small curve is sanded in the gratings.

 

Most of the works recently done is still unglued. The drawings for the middle of the second deck are very inconsistent and incomplete so a lot of modifications are done  trying to think how the builders would have done it. Playing this ropleplay is very formative.

[druxey]

Nice to see progress, Gaetan!

[EdT]

Beautiful work as always, Gaetan.  Oh, how I envy your scale.

 

Ed

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Ed, it is never too late!

 

I think that the greatest joy of  a bigger scale, larger than 1/36

is the ease to hold small parts between your finger

 

Needing less concentration to hold the parts, you can concentrate more on the construction itself.

When you add these little details, the sum is close to the nirvana!

 

Also by magnifying the scale, you see bigger witout the trouble of wearing  magnifying glass. A bigger scale bring you closer  to the full scale.  Details are easier to see, you can introduce new details that smaller scale will not allow you.

 

What is mostly interesting a bigger scale allows you to think at scale 1-1. This is like opening new doors. One of the thing that you will see behind these doors is the joinery, you become more aware of how the wood parts would be assemble in real life.

Edited April 3, 2016 by Gaetan Bordeleau

[EdT]

Gaetan, you are right that it is never too late.  Of course Young America is quite large even at 1:72.  Everything you say rings true.  Every time I drop a small part on the floor I curse the small scale while looking for it.  I am sure the larger scale has its challenges in that more detail must be incorporated.  You have clearly mastered that.

 

Ed

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

I did some experiment with the last lens. On the forth picture the photo is twisted. Actually I am doing bricklaying for the oven.

[Gaetan Bordeleau]

Phase 1 completed: bricklaying.