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

[dockattner]

Good morning Paul. Best thread I have read for a while. Loved it. Fabulous work on those round “lights” - funny that term. Cheers Grant

Thanks Grant. I'm usually pretty level-headed but the range of emotions I put myself through last week was pretty wild. Silly really.

 

[WojtasS]

I've had to temporarily put all my plans away for a bit so I'm looking forward to pulling them out in a few weeks to figure out what I need to do to recover from my mistake. My wife is very tolerant, but she has claimed the dining room table for a few events we are hosting in the coming weeks, so I lost my research center.

(I don't have a dedicated model building space. I have some power tools in my garage, and I build my models on a small table in my office. Sort of sad, really .)

Take your time and don't do anything stupid. This does not require any re-do

My work table is larger than that but I could not have built the SP as a full ship at 1:48

Soo you say 1/72 would fit

 

[dockattner]

Hello Friends,

Now wrapping up the oval windows (lights)...

Milling half-lap notches in the muntins (I did try to use thinner (narrower) stock for the muntins but failed):







I then carefully fit these cross-hatched things inside of the oval framing:







The glass is a thin (0.1 mm) piece of mica. It doesn't photograph particularly well, but I think it works nicely for 17th century glass simulation.

And now we move up to the middle row...

 

[Corsair]

That looks great !

 

[dockattner]

That looks great !

Much appreciated, Jeff. Fiddly work to achieve some semblance of symmetry and alignment.

 

[Daniel20]

I finally caught up on your work again Paul. From the depths of the lower holds to that last delightful top deck, not to mention a great little hinge tutorial, it's been an enjoyable review. Your stern window frames are over the top. I'll be looking forward to your window treatment next.

 

[dockattner]

I finally caught up on your work again Paul. From the depths of the lower holds to that last delightful top deck, not to mention a great little hinge tutorial, it's been an enjoyable review. Your stern window frames are over the top. I'll be looking forward to your window treatment next.

Thanks, Daniel. I appreciate all the likes. I have been suitably challenged by this build!

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Why am I always the LAST to know when Paul is building something new? WTF ?

And where is the rest of the ship ?

 

[dockattner]

Why am I always the LAST to know when Paul is building somthing new? WTF ?

And where is the rest of the ship ?

You hate faux guns - you're going to really hate a faux ship model .

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

You hate faux guns - you're going to really hate a faux ship model .

OMG. Here we go...

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Pawle Super. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[dockattner]

Witaj
Pawle Super. Pozdrawiam Mirek

Thanks, Mirek!

 

[RogerD]

I finally caught up on your work again Paul. From the depths of the lower holds to that last delightful top deck, not to mention a great little hinge tutorial, it's been an enjoyable review. Your stern window frames are over the top. I'll be looking forward to your window treatment next.

Hi Paul, I agree with what Daniel wrote. I’m way behind too but, as I’ve said before, catching up on your build(s) is always a pleasure. Really impressed with those oval “windows” too.

 

[dockattner]

Hi Paul, I agree with what Daniel wrote. I’m way behind too but, as I’ve said before, catching up on your build(s) is always a pleasure. Really impressed with those oval “windows” too.

Thank you kindly, Roger. I'm happy you took the time to visit and see what I've been up to.

 

[GrantTyler]

Hello Friends,

Now wrapping up the oval windows (lights)...

Milling half-lap notches in the muntins (I did try to use thinner (narrower) stock for the muntins but failed):

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I then carefully fit these cross-hatched things inside of the oval framing:

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The glass is a thin (0.1 mm) piece of mica. It doesn't photograph particularly well, but I think it works nicely for 17th century glass simulation.

And now we move up to the middle row...

Yep- classic Docknatter. I just mentioned to Sergey he must have some AI modelling robotics in his DNa and I’m sure you two have a “perfection variant” in your helix somewhere . Cheers Grant

 

[WojtasS]

Very impressive Paul. I was wondering how you're going to solve this element

 

[dockattner]

Yep- classic Docknatter. I just mentioned to Sergey he must have some AI modelling robotics in his DNa and I’m sure you two have a “perfection variant” in your helix somewhere . Cheers Grant

Are you saying I'm mutated?

Very impressive Paul. I was wondering how you're going to solve this element

Actually, so was I. I stumbled across this solution more than planned it. The windows should be rounder than they are (less oval) but this is the way they turned out so I'm going with it.

 

[Steef66]

Are you saying I'm mutated?

WE ARE THE BORG. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. YOUR UNIQUENESS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR COLLECTIVE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.

 

[Robberdebop]

Well, not much happening around the Kattner Shipyard. I took a little break after finishing up the work on the decks - and then my wife and I were out in California wine country most of last week.

Some small progress on the gun port hinges:

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I'm kind of digging the handmade feel of the metalwork (though it's only visible under macro...).

Bizar! Sitting on the chair with a brew and Reading all this. On this scale this is outstanding.

 

[Signet]

How did you get such a perfect quarter-round all around these fragile windows. They look like it would be automated, like with a miniature router, as they are so perfect. If you have such a router, I want it!