I like your creativity, just to make sure it is the way it should be, well...the way you like it to be.
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La Belle Poule 1780 by Thomas
- Thread starter Thomas Marocke
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I feel more comfortable with a direct fit wood construction. And so I also have something to construct. 
The shape of the rearmost frames was taken from the supplied transom.
The angle of inclination was taken from the plastic elements. Now the missing frames must be added.
Best regards
Thomas
The shape of the rearmost frames was taken from the supplied transom.
The angle of inclination was taken from the plastic elements. Now the missing frames must be added.
Best regards
Thomas
The frames were sawn out of the waste frame boards.
A challenging job without drawings of the frames and adapting to the kit. . .
. . . but doable.
Now the starboard side is missing.Best regards
Thomas
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Dear ThomasView attachment 308638
The frames were sawn out of the waste frame boards.
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A challenging job without drawings of the frames and adapting to the kit. . .
View attachment 308639
. . . but doable.
Best regards
Thomas
it's looks much better than the plastic
A nice and creative part of building the stern, Thomas.View attachment 308638
The frames were sawn out of the waste frame boards.
View attachment 308640
A challenging job without drawings of the frames and adapting to the kit. . .
View attachment 308639
. . . but doable.
Best regards
Thomas
Regards, Peter
My idiosyncratic construction of the stern is finished.
Now everything fits to the kit again and I had fun.
Now I can continue according to the construction book. The kit is a pleasure to build.
I wish you all a nice weekend!
Thomas
Now everything fits to the kit again and I had fun.
Now I can continue according to the construction book. The kit is a pleasure to build.
I wish you all a nice weekend!
Thomas
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Idiosyncratic brilliance...
well done my friend - very good result
A seemingly easy matter. Fitting the hand rails.
The middle rail is too short, but the bow rail is a bit too long. The frame was widened with a piece of scrap wood.
The filler wood will later be covered by the planking.
The contur is created by slowly pulling several times through the supplied decoration mold. A small laser burn mark is left so that the rail does not become too narrow. The rail is very fragile due to the many openings and can break easily.
The bow and stern rails shold mounted 1 mm away from the frames to accommodate the interior planking. A spacer strip was made for this purpose.
A trial fit.
And glued and weighted until dry. The port side lies loosely on as a paralel piece.
Now construction is stopped. We already going to Augsburg on Thursday, visit the sights and of course the Regional Meeting of "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau" on Saturday.
Best regards
Thomas
The middle rail is too short, but the bow rail is a bit too long. The frame was widened with a piece of scrap wood.
The filler wood will later be covered by the planking.
The contur is created by slowly pulling several times through the supplied decoration mold. A small laser burn mark is left so that the rail does not become too narrow. The rail is very fragile due to the many openings and can break easily.
The bow and stern rails shold mounted 1 mm away from the frames to accommodate the interior planking. A spacer strip was made for this purpose.
A trial fit.
And glued and weighted until dry. The port side lies loosely on as a paralel piece.
Now construction is stopped. We already going to Augsburg on Thursday, visit the sights and of course the Regional Meeting of "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau"
on Saturday.Best regards
Thomas
good solution to fill the small gap
Have a safe journey and see you in Augsburg - I hope already at Friday evening at 19:00 for the Umtrunk........ ?
Have a safe journey and see you in Augsburg - I hope already at Friday evening at 19:00 for the Umtrunk........ ?
Very nice Thomas, my apologies for not following your log, but now I am. Just too many things can interfere with modeling and looking at friends' models.
Very nice work Thomas and great solution to the problem with the plastic part
Oh Boy, just catching up. Fascinating reading. I like your solutions and fixes to the “minor” problems you’ve encountered.
Jan
Jan
Great work as usual Thomas!
The frames sometimes do not lie exactly in line, but also bend outward or inward. They were locked between two planks for two days.
Then the end of the frames were trimmed.
Light parallel finishing with the file.
Drying phase of the adhesive.
Have a nice weekend
Thomas
You do beautiful work Thomas. Your execution is always flawless.
Well, I am in synch with the above comments. It seems, IMHO, there are no tasks for you treated as 'easy', every task executed with precision in mind.