french 64-gunner LE FLEURON in scale 1:48 by Joachim

Joachim · Jul 12, 2020

The cannons must be fixed to the side walls. For this purpose, a ring is attached to a bolt and a hook to the left and right of the cannon. Both go through the inside of the side walls and are fixed on the outside with a round nut. The ring hangs on a bolt. The bolt is made from a square 3x3 mm brass rod: first, I turn the rod to 1mm diameter for a little more than the width of the side wall. I leave a 3x3 mm cube behind the 1 mm round rod and saw off the brass rod. Then I drill a 1mm hole in the cube. On the disc grinder, I flatten the material on both sides of the hole. Then I file the square end round and insert a ring. I solder the ring. Practically all of my machines are used for the small bolt.

Joachim · Aug 21, 2020

Next I made the big servants for the main mast and foremast. These wooden blocks start in the floor of the first cannon deck and go up to the second cannon deck.
Milling out the slots for the brass rollers is challenging. I milled from both sides with a 1mm cutter because the cutter is too short. So that I can get the approximate position of the slot on the back, I drilled the wood block finely (0.8mm) through the top and bottom of a slot from the front.

Joachim · Aug 21, 2020

144 single and double blocks for lashing the cannons have to be made. First I drilled the holes for the rope guide, then I mill flat slots in the wooden strips. Then I saw out the blocks and then I filed. Because of the sheer volume, you're busy at first But the prefabricated Krick parts don't convince me anymore in a direct comparison.

Joachim · Aug 21, 2020

Here comes a two-armed foreman. Special feature: The brass rollers are not sunk vertically into the wood, but at an angle of 20 degrees. With that degree I turned the milling machine and then milled it at an angle for the first time. The two arms of the foreman are not a right-angled parallelogram, also a specialty.

Joachim · Aug 21, 2020

And here are a few more pictures of the main and foremast mast guide. Also not trivial to manufacture: around a thick rod (one end is then inserted into the lathe), beveled individual strips of approx. 4 can length are glued without a gap. The lathe is then used to turn the outside to the future scope. Then the inner opening must be turned. First drill down to the thickest drill on the lathe, then drill again with thick milling cutters until I was able to insert an inner chisel into the "drum".

Joachim · Aug 21, 2020

On the next pictures you can see the large capstan in front of the mainmast, which is in the first and second cannon deck. Three days of construction. First I turned a round rod from a thick square rod. Then I milled two octagons with the milling machine and a dividing head for the two capstans. A rib is placed on each of the 8 corners of the octagon. To do this, a corresponding notch must be milled on the back of the ribs. Now it gets even worse: the ribs thicken towards the bottom, and this has to be milled and filed again. Then the whole thing goes back on the lathe to bring the top part to the correct circumference. The whole thing then comes back into the dividing attachment on the milling machine to drill the holes for the capstan pegs. With a file they become square . Then the part comes back on the lathe and is finally made pretty. As you can see, a complex part that requires all machines.

Uwek · Aug 23, 2020

Very good work my friend - interesting with this 20° angle !!!

shota70 · Aug 23, 2020

Dear Joachim
I have been sitting and reading your blog for about an hour, and I must tell you that it has been a delightful experience to read and see your excellent building abilities especially in a very complex model.
The results you present are simply beautiful and make me continue to follow your work with great interest and curiosity.
Thank you! I have learned and I am sure I will learn a lot from you

Joachim · Oct 3, 2020

# 241 10/01/2020 7:57 PM avatar Joachim Last month I was busy installing the fore and main mast and bowsprit provisionally. They fit . Then one half of the deck is planked and painted with decolorized shellac. Then I went to work on the gun hatches. That's a lot of work! Not only producing 24 hatches, but also the fittings / hinges for them. These metal works alone take 2-3 weeks.

Joachim · Oct 3, 2020

Now I'll show you a few more detailed shots of the hinges and of the cannon deck.

shota70 · Oct 4, 2020

Dear Joachim
you are doing excellent work,
Which creates exceptional results in beauty

Uwek · Oct 5, 2020

Very good work and progress . she is getting a beauty

Many Thanks for sharing with us
Are the hinges self made? or did you use some photo etched parts.....?

Donnie · Oct 8, 2020

This is purely amazing. I am speechless as the amount of work and details. Breathtaking. Exceptional.

Joachim · Oct 9, 2020

Thank you for following
The first cannon hatches are now attached and the hinges allow to open and close them without any problems. That makes me happy because it was a lot of work to build the many parts of a hinge.

Joachim · Oct 24, 2020

The sailors also have to eat. That's why I created the oven

. The actual stone oven is made with plaster: I made a negative form of wood for the cavity of the oven. I tried to build the stone oven with selfmade plaster bricks. But it didn't work with the scale. The structure was too fragile and when it was released from the negative mold it broke. So I pressed a lump of plaster around the negative wooden form and let it dry on a radiator. Then the exit from the negative form goes quite well. The bottom of the oven is then covered with burnished brass foil. Now the sailors have something to bite.

Joachim · Oct 24, 2020

Uwek said:
Very good work and progress . she is getting a beauty
Many Thanks for sharing with us
Are the hinges self made? or did you use some photo etched parts.....?

All parts of the hinges are self made One month work.

Uwek · Oct 28, 2020

Joachim said:
The sailors also have to eat. That's why I created the oven . The actual stone oven is made with plaster: I made a negative form of wood for the cavity of the oven. I tried to build the stone oven with selfmade plaster bricks. But it didn't work with the scale. The structure was too fragile and when it was released from the negative mold it broke. So I pressed a lump of plaster around the negative wooden form and let it dry on a radiator. Then the exit from the negative form goes quite well. The bottom of the oven is then covered with burnished brass foil. Now the sailors have something to bite.

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Great detail my friend - I am getting hungry and would like to eat a fresh french bread

Joachim · Nov 11, 2020

There are many fastening rings for the cannons on the planks. I made the pen and ring myself. I could also have taken finished parts of Krick, but I didn't like it (rings and pins are thinner from Krick, that looks less massive).