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BONHOMME RICHARD, Cross Section

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Dematosdg

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Hi all

The Anatomy of the Bounty, by Artesania Latina, first version (~30 years old kit) was finished. Now I am building the Gunboat Philadelphia as part of Olha Batchvarov Facebook group built. Every weekend, Olha built a section, that takes her around 2-3 hours. More or less the same amount or a bit more is what I spend too. That leaves me with free hobby time during the week. The Bounty was completed so..... I need to start another project. :-)

I picked the Bonhomme Richard cross section (pear wood) from my kit stock. This is the full kit version. I bought this kit from a SOS member a few years ago.

There are SOS excellent builts threads. Here is the link to some that I will follow for my built. Nevertheless, if anybody is interested on this kit, I will suggest you take a look to all of them, as i am doing.

Bonhomme Richard - Pear Cross section kit (with scratch duplicate using alder) Unicorn Model

DHL delivery from China Today!!! I'll post a few pictures from the unboxing below. Next post, I'll discuss my thoughts on making a duplicate with a bunch of Alder I have from a recent project. First impressions: 1. Kit arrived via DHL in Eight days! It was well packed and looked pristine...
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USS BONHOMME RICHARD - POF - Cross Section in Pear - 1:48 - by Uwe

Yesterday I started the first activities on my section model - in order to warm up At the end it should look like this a kit review you can find here...
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USS BONHOMME RICHARD - POF - Cross Section in Cherry - 1:48 - by neptune,

I have had these kits for approx two years now and I have been holding off starting them, once Uwe started his build log it got my juices flowing so here goes, and by the way I will be building two of them at the same time, I will post some pics of the kit contents in awhile, but for now, This...
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Signet's Bonhomme Richard Cross Section [COMPLETED BUILD]

Yeah, another one. There are already so many builds, of such high quality, that I'm sure you're thinking we don't need another one. But I'm hoping that my build might provide some interesting discussion, and the build will definitely be from a professional non-perfectionist viewpoint. Besides...
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So, here is my first frame :-) . Wish me fun and a bit of luck :-) HAHAHA


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Cheers
Daniel
 
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Well it looks like your off to a great start on this project.

I like the cross section kits and battle station kits as they take less space and time, while still teaching skills and techniques of the hobby.
 
Kurt Konrath said:
Well it looks like your off to a great start on this project.

I like the cross section kits and battle station kits as they take less space and time, while still teaching skills and techniques of the hobby.
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Lets see if you are correct ..... I don't believe on myself :-)
 
Kurt Konrath said:
The joinery and caulking looks great in the frames!

Do you plan to add fasteners in the frames?
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Thank you Kurt !!!

No decision taken yet. I am following the kit and the SOS builts for variations and ideas.

For now this is at the very start. I haven't done yet anything different that was already posted on the links I provided on my opening post.
 
Thank you for the likes and comments.

6 frames completed. All cleaned using the spindle sander. To avoid potential issues during the cleaning, I extended the sander table (see images).

Then I decided to built the keel. @Uwek thread images were very helpful. So far all look like it is fitting as expected.

All is dry fitted.

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Everything looks nice and clean. A beautiful job so far.
My guess is that you are just trial fitting the keel into the slots of the frames. However, it looks like your keel is not far enough down into the frames. I believe they should be down to the point where the start of the rabbet is even with the edge of the frames.
That is a great looking kit. :)
 
Corsair said:
Everything looks nice and clean. A beautiful job so far.
My guess is that you are just trial fitting the keel into the slots of the frames. However, it looks like your keel is not far enough down into the frames. I believe they should be down to the point where the start of the rabbet is even with the edge of the frames.
That is a great looking kit. :)
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Thank you Jeff !! YES !!! That is a detail i have to remember when I do the final adjustments.

I went to @Uwek built that has great images. I will post 2 images of his built.

First image when he was testing the keel. His keel is better positioned that mine (mine isn't yet 100 flat against the frames), nevertheless the rabbet is high, like my situation.

The second image is when he adjusted the rabbet for final positioning. He wrote that he needed to increase a little the grove to be as it should be. Like you mentioned.

I keep my fingers crossed to be able to achieve at least half of the quality achieved by previous SOS members with this kit.

Please, don't hesitate in pointing me any detail you see that can be wrong. It helps me to keep my eyes open.

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Thanks again !!
Daniel
 
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Dematosdg said:
Thank you Jeff !! YES !!! That is a detail i have to remember when I do the final adjustments.

I went to @Uwek built that has great images. I will post 2 images of his built.

First image when he was testing the keel. His keel is better positioned that mine (mine isn't yet 100 flat against the frames), nevertheless the rabbet is high, like my situation.

The second image is when he adjusted the rabbet for final positioning. He wrote that he needed to increase a little the grove to be as it should be. Like you mentioned.

I keep my fingers crossed to be able to achieve at least half of the quality achieved by previous SOS members with this kit.

Please, don't hesitate in pointing me any detail you see that can be wrong. It helps me to keep my eyes open.

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Thanks again !!
Daniel
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I just noticed it was off. Even a blind squirrel gets an acorn now and then.... :D
 
A milestone achieved. All frames (9) done. Keel parts still need more adjustments. Rabbet needs adjustment too. Nothing is glued yet. Now I need to read carefully the developer instructions and the SOS builts that are guiding me on this built. I will stop this build for a few days.

On the following days I will focus on the Gunboat Philadelphia.

Cheers !!
Daniel

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