Le Chebec by Yvesvidal - CAF Model - 1/48

[yvesvidal]

Moving on with the installation of the beams supporting the quarter deck.

 

 

 

The guide holding and aligning the mizzen mast has been installed. I also added a couple of poles underneath to make it sturdier.

 

 

 

Now, I have to finish the door, glue it to the cabin wall and complete the assembly of the beams, at least up to the wall of the cabin: 

 

 

Below, you can see the extra support. Once the deck is in place, it will be quite solid, but you never know....

 

 

Yves

[yvesvidal]

Installation of the door and the remaining deck beams to the cabin wall. The other beams cannot be installed yet, because of the guns.

 

 

I started building the planking of the rear bulkhead, after using some spacers to account for the quarter deck planking.

 

 

I am approaching the construction by mixing elements of the instructions: 

 

 

 I am also modifying very slightly the rear wings (1K-5) to better accommodate that platform on the stern (3K-1 on the picture). I am adding a small strips to support the platform, on both sides: 

 

 

I am also adding a 2 mm strip to increase the height of the "wings" and compensate for the thickness of the platform: 

 

 

Before gluing the platform, I am trying to finalize all the gold painting of the freezes, that will be hard to reach, once glued: 

 

 

Finally, the platform is glued, making the stern a lot more solid and sturdier: 

 

 

 

There is still a lot of sanding and painting that has to take place, to make it presentable.

 

Yves

 

 

Edited yesterday at 01:43 PM by yvesvidal

[Kevin]

i love this build, something different, and well built

[yvesvidal]

Crazy...crazy....It is time to call the White Coats.... !!!

 

I have been thinking about the railing of the rear quarter deck. If the planking was done in a curved and harmonious way with stealers and all the necessary stuff, the shape of the planking would follow the curvature of the railing. That is a view of the mind and it does not happen too often.

 

So, after postponing this stage for a while, I decided today to jump into it and go "Crazy".

 

The first thing to do is glue that nice strip (not included in the kit) that is supposed to delineate the hull from the railing. That is done after many dry runs and positioning of the freezes and ornaments. The rear of the hull is painted with that rare greenish blueish color described in the Monograph and that was in fashion at that era, in the French harbors. The strip is then positioned, secured and glued with liquid CA (1-3 seconds), carefully dropped from the top. The glue runs gently following the strip, without leaking underneath. I have used that technique with the HMS Bellona and the strips are still holding fine.

 

 

 

Another final checking that all the ornaments are fitting between the two strips..... And then we go crazy..... Using my Dremel with a cutting disk, I am butchering all the planking and framing above the top strip: 

 

 

You have to be super careful and hold your Dremel with two hands to prevent an irrecoverable slippage of the cutting disk....

 

 

This is it. Now, we have to sand to bring everything to the level of the top strip.

 

 

From that point, I will install a flat rail that will be my base for building the decorative railing comprised of freezes and other CNC carved parts. The original ship (and the kit) uses the frames as holders for the railing. My model will not have that. I think I can live with its absence.

 

 

 

A little bit of painting, to make things more elegant: 

 

 

 

I kind of like that deep cobalt blue/green. Below is the other side, which has not been butchered yet. You can clearly see that the planking would never align with the elegant curves of the stern.

 

 

 

To make your mouth water and as an appetizer of what to come (it will be a while...), here is what it will look like: 

 

 

The White Coats have arrived and I must go....

 

Yves

Edited 3 hours ago by yvesvidal

[Kevin]

1 hour ago, yvesvidal said:

Crazy...crazy....It is time to call the White Coats.... !!!

 

I have been thinking about the railing of the rear quarter deck. If the planking was done in a curved and harmonious way with stealers and all the necessary stuff, the shape of the planking would follow the curvature of the railing. That is a view of the mind and it does not happen too often.

 

So, after postponing this stage for a while, I decided today to jump into it and go "Crazy".

 

The first thing to do is glue that nice strip (not included in the kit) that is supposed to delineate the hull from the railing. That is done after many dry runs and positioning of the freezes and ornaments. The rear of the hull is painted with that rare greenish blueish color described in the Monograph and that was in fashion at that era, in the French harbors. The strip is then positioned, secured and glued with liquid CA (1-3 seconds), carefully dropped from the top. The glue runs gently following the strip, without leaking underneath. I have used that technique with the HMS Bellona and the strips are still holding fine.

 

 

 

Another final checking that all the ornaments are fitting between the two strips..... And then we go crazy..... Using my Dremel with a cutting disk, I am butchering all the planking and framing above the top strip: 

 

 

You have to be super careful and hold your Dremel with two hands to prevent an irrecoverable slippage of the cutting disk....

 

 

This is it. Now, we have to sand to bring everything to the level of the top strip.

 

 

From that point, I will install a flat rail that will be my base for building the decorative railing comprised of freezes and other CNC carved parts. The original ship (and the kit) uses the frames as holders for the railing. My model will not have that. I think I can live with its absence.

 

 

 

A little bit of painting, to make things more elegant: 

 

 

 

I kind of like that deep cobalt blue/green. Below is the other side, which has not been butchered yet. You can clearly see that the planking would never align with the elegant curves of the stern.

 

 

 

To make your mouth water and as an appetizer of what to come (it will be a while...), here is what it will look like: 

 

 

The White Coats have arrived and I must go....

 

Yves

i have paid the bale money, you are free to leave the white coated community

 

love the green, the  dremmel has certainly helped with the stern shape

Edited 1 hour ago by Kevin