Le Saint Philippe 1693 after Jean-Claude Lemineur (Ancre) in scale 1:48

[Herman]

Hi Paul.
Who said "I'm giving this build another week or two. I'm not a quitter."?
Oh yes, it was you.
And look where you are now. Hats off, this is a stunning work of art.

 

[Rebus]

Wow, incredible work. Looks absolutely stunning.

 

[CLB]

Looks really nice Paul !!! Bravo !!!

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

It's looking amazing

 

[Maarten]

Great eye for detail Paul with different thickness of the planks below the wales.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Work in progress #3.

This week brought the exterior hull planking to its conclusion. I still need to add nails and trenails as appropriate and then I'll complete the final sanding.

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As I suggested earlier, a stern section model reveals the way the planking changes in thickness on a ship:

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And a quick peak at what the interior now looks like:

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Right now I am leaning in the direction of not planking the lower hull. This necessitated the installation of filling pieces between the frames along the top of the keel. These chocks were notched to allow a channel for bilge water. It would have been much, much easier to install these fillers at the time of framing...

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Thanks for visiting!

Just SPEECHLESS …….. again, Paul.
Regards, Peter

 

[dockattner]

Beautiful, Beautiful, Absolutely Beautiful.

Jan

Thanks, Jan. This ship does have beautiful lines. Almost makes me wish I had set out to build the entire thing. Almost ...

 

[dockattner]

Hi Paul.
Who said "I'm giving this build another week or two. I'm not a quitter."?
Oh yes, it was you.
And look where you are now. Hats off, this is a stunning work of art.

Much appreciated, Herman. But in truth this project is always within a week of being burned to the ground. But each new day brings hope .

 

[dockattner]

Wow, incredible work. Looks absolutely stunning.

Thanks, Rebus. I like your work as well!

 

[dockattner]

Looks really nice Paul !!! Bravo !!!

Thanks, Chris. Now for the 'rinse and repeat' nailing process...

 

[dockattner]

It's looking amazing

Thank you kindly, Christian. I think you were working on something for your dad...how is that going?

 

[dockattner]

Great eye for detail Paul with different thickness of the planks below the wales.
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Keen eye for details on your part as well, Maarten!

 

[dockattner]

Just SPEECHLESS …….. again, Paul.
Regards, Peter

Thanks, Peter. The overall size of this build sort of belies hope for perfection - but the failings should be lost in the overall impression. There will lots of eye candy on this one before it's done.

 

[dockattner]

Thanks for all the likes you guys. You are a fine lot...

 

[RussF]

Thanks for all the likes you guys. You are a fine lot...

We just recognize a fine talent when we see one.

 

[OlivierF]

It’s official! I’ve run out of superlatives (I even checked the thesaurus) to describe your excellent work. So, I’ll just agree with everyone else’s comments!
Bravo!

 

[dockattner]

It’s official! I’ve run out of superlatives (I even checked the thesaurus) to describe your excellent work. So, I’ll just agree with everyone else’s comments!
Bravo!

No superlatives needed, Oliver. I'm just happy to have you along for the ride.

 

[Daniel20]

Paul, right now you have some of the best-looking joinery around.

 

[dockattner]

Paul, right now you have some of the best-looking joinery around.

A nice thing to say, Daniel. Could be the lack of macro imaging .

 

[AnobiumPunctatum]

Thank you kindly, Christian. I think you were working on something for your dad...how is that going?

Yes I am busy to prepare the parts for the small model. I hope that I can start latest during my Christmas Holiday with the build.
I got this year also a new project in NL and found now an apartment. In the moment we are searching the furniture. Real life needs in the moment much more time than expected.