La Renommee 1744 by ChrisLBren - 1/48 - 2025

[Some Idea]

6 minutes ago, druxey said:

Looking very good, Chris.

 

My solution is a bit late now: In order to avoid barked knuckles when fairing the inside of the hull, I fair the fore and aft frames before adding the midship ones. This gives lots of access and elbow room.  Ah well, next time, perhaps....

I learnt my lesson the hard way - I'll do it this way next time as this makes better sense.

 

Chris don't be put off by my comments it's just the shape of the hull at the stem and stern that seemed to take its toll on my knuckles.  The process is enjoyable as you see the interior take its true shape.  

[ChrisLBren]

Not at all Mark !  Druxey I did do a bit of pre fairing on both bow and stern but there's still an enormous time consuming job ahead of me.  With this hulls extreme tumblehome it makes things even more tricky.  

 

I really want to try to use my gooseneck scraper to do a lot of the heavy lifting here - I dont have a ton of experience with this tool but the finish looks better than sanding and with less dust.  

[BradNSW]

A wide variety of small scrapers with different radii are extremely helpful!

 

I bought these and cut them down so they would fit inside the hull:

Cabinet Scrapers Set of 4

 

Above are just a few.  Hit them with the burnishing rod often and they take off material nice, quick and smooth!

Edited November 18 by BradNSW
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[ChrisLBren]

Thanks Brad - I also bought a tool that arrives today that a French Modeler uses successful to aide in this process along with my scrapers.  I will post some photos here once it arrives.   

[druxey]

I've also used small rasps and gouges....

[ChrisLBren]

After two weeks of hard work - here are the results.  Learning to sharpen and using the card scrapers proved invaluable as this hull was very tricky to shape with its tumblehome. I did use a proxxon angle grinder very sparingly for a few high spots - not recommended for the faint of heart.

[Some Idea]

Fantastic work Chris

[Mike Y]

Impressive! You managed to preserve that smooth "corner" in the transition between the flat bottom and angled sides, creating a very beautiful line It would have been too easy to loose it during the fairing process!

[druxey]

Well accomplished, Chris!

[tmj]

"Beautiful!"

[ChrisLBren]

Thanks for the kind words - can't recommend learning to sharpen and use scrapers enough - they truly are a game changer.

[Mike Y]

The intrigue is on - how exactly are you sharpening them? 😊

I tried the Veritas burnisher/sharpener, but had little success with it..

[druxey]

The burnisher needs to be pressed down hard as you run it along the scraper and at a slight angle, Mike. This raises the burr.

[tmj]

Mike, take a look at this. There are a lot of videos out there about sharpening scrapers, but this is my favorite. A little more work than a lot of the methods shown, but I prefer doing it this way.