L'Anémone 1747 by Willi - 1:48 - French corvette

[Knocklouder]

Glad you posted these pictures,  they are Awesome,  a real pleasure to see.

Gobsmacked.      Bob  M.

[druxey]

Just found your log, Willi. A lovely job on a challenging subject.

[Willi]

Hello everyone

After (only) 17 months of construction, I'm now presenting the model of my small corvette, complete with a display stand.

 

Designed by Joseph-Louis Ollivier, she and her sister ships, L'Amarante and La Palme, were built to the same plans.

She was 64'6" (27.44 m) long, 22' (7.15 m) wide, and had a draft of 10'1" (3.27 m). Her displacement was 232 tons.

 

The carvings were designed by Caffierie.

The model was built to a scale of 1:48 based on the plans for L'Amarante by Gérard Delacroix (published by A.N.C.R.E.).

 

To give an impression of its size, or rather its smallness (L/W/H = 68/15/19cm (without flagstaff)), I show it here with the frigate "La Vénus" in the background, which was built to the same scale (it seems that a small shipyard diorama could be created in modular construction with only a relatively manageable amount of effort...).

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Here it is, moored on the bookshelf.

 

That concludes the "L'Anémone" project.

What's that Kevin Kenny always saying? Keep modeling.

Well, we'll see if I follow his advice.

 

Herzliche Grüße

Willi

Edited 30 minutes ago by Willi

[Knocklouder]

Very nice details, it looks awesome,  

Bob  M.

[ChrisLBren]

Congrats Willi - really nice work.  The carvings look amazing as does the ship.

Chris