ancre Le François 1683 by jose_b - Scale 1:48

[jose_b]

Hi. I start, very very slowly, this work: Le Fraçois, a small 5th class vessel from the end of 17th century (1683), work by Jean-Claude Lemineur.

Woods: mainly pearwood, ebony and boxwood.

 

The base of the building board is 2 cms thick. The height of upper jig is positioned on waterline.

 

The keel has got four pieces and it's not flat, has a slight tilt in bow and stern. There is no false keel in this model.

 

The rabbets angles are temporarily formed, once the frames have installed the final shape will take place.

 

All parts of the keel, stem, inner stem and rising-wood are glued.

 

The stern-post is not glued to the whole, by now, in order to work more comfortable on stern parts.

 

Frames are formed by three different thicks, at 1/48 scale are four, three and two mm, from the bottom to the top. By now, I'm only making the foot of frames to check how fit on the keel.

 

Best regards,

Jose

[mtaylor]

You're off to a great start, Jose.  I'm going to follow along.  I find it interesting that the keel is the curved.

[cog]

So Mark that makes two us. Looks like it will be an promissing build

Edited March 9, 2015 by cog

[jose_b]

Small progress: lower stern.

 

Best regards,

Jose

[cog]

Jose,

 

Even slow progress is progress. It makes the anticipation bigger!

[jose_b]

I continue with frames. In this case, I've only made floor timber and lower futtocks of aft frames.

 

I'm also checking some of these pieces on the keel in order to have an idea. Of course, they are not sanded, glued or lined up. In fact, there is an extra thickness because of paper glued on each side.

 

Cheers,

Jose

[ofencer29350]

i'will folow u,the françois is one of the most beautiful vessel of french marine of the 17th

[jose_b]

Well, some progress in order to keep alive this topic.

 

After "some" frames later...

 

Checking frames in place. Of course, they are not glued or finished. In fact, I must build stern frames. I've also built hawse timbers, ufff!. I think it's one of the most difficult part of a ship.

 

Best regards.

Edited August 7, 2015 by jose_b

[cabrapente]

Realmente me gusta tu trabajo.

Saludos desde Sevilla.

cabrapente

[cog]

Major progress! She is looking very good, even if you haven't jet fixed those 'ribs'

[ioannis]

Hola jose .

Wish you luck with your nice looking ship

[jose_b]

All frames are glued together and on the keel. Now, a hard and long work of sanding.

[Michel]

Nice, good luck for sanding.

[jose_b]

Inspired by Johann's longboat for La Créole (archjofo) I'm trying to build this one for Le François.

 

These are the first steps. There's a long way to go.

[Mirabell61]

fantastic work Jose,

 

nice lines for frigate and longboat...

 

Nils

[jose_b]

Thanks Nils.

 

Ship and her longboat, both together.

[mtaylor]

That's a very nice longboat, Jose.  I like that unpainted wood.

[jose_b]

Thanks Mark. It's pearwood. I've applied shellac on the longboat.

Edited January 1, 2016 by jose_b

[cog]

Well done Jose (José?) I followed Johann's chaloupe build too and it is very clear and practical. You've taken the right buildlog to take your lead from. Your work on the longboat looks very good indeed

 

Cheers

[jose_b]

Yes Carl, Johann's chaloupe is an excellent work. I'm just trying to emulate it.

[jose_b]

Thanks for your comments and likes. It's a pity I can't dedicate more hours to this passion but I'll try to progress little by little.

[jose_b]

A small progress: keelson formed by three parts, with ebony nails.

 

 

[Mike Y]

I can only guess how long it took to fine tune the keelson! Looks great!

[jose_b]

An small advance but many hours of work:

Some inner planking. The thick-stuff of the hold formed by three strakes of planking, the first Deck-clamps and the lowest breasthook by now. Uff, more than 2100 nails later...

[cog]

Slow but very good!!! Better than quick and sloppy, Jose ... take your time ...

[jose_b]

Thanks Carl, you have reason. I can't dedicate to this all the time I'd like. I prefer giving right steps.

[cabrapente]

very good . everyday better.

one cabrapente greeting

[aykutansin]

So Good

[jose_b]

First, second ant third wales installed and gunports of the first deck too. I've applied a first layer of shellac under the first wale, as a test (it's not definitive; more sanding and polished treatment is needed).

Cheers.

[cog]

Those wales do make a lot of difference, Jose.