L'Orenoque Mamoli 1:100 scale

[oldflyer]

What ho, shipmates!

Just a quick and dirty picture show of the progress on the inboard sponson fascade. First pic: I had already made the columns based on the profile of the top of the sponson. I was puzzled for a moment how to deal with the fact that the doors needed to be flush with the side of the sponson when it dawned on me to plank the sides in 1/32" thick x 1/8" wide strips (DUH). You can see that in the second picture. I know the seams look very big and uneven in spots. That's cuz they are . After sanding and finishing with tung oil everything looks much better, I assure you. Pics 3 and 4: In place so that I coud see how it looked. You'll notice the temporary bridge. I like the width 3/4" or 6.5 scale feet (2 meters) wide. Not too wide? I think the bridge should catch the eye given the wide open deck.

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I'm working on the port inboard sponson fascade today. With a fair wind, I may be able to complete the sponson fascade project AND build the bridge by lights-out on Sunday. Other news, since the ship has 2 hawse holes per side, I decided to give her 2 anchors per side. Without measuring I ordered 4 Amati French style 35mm wide (fluke to fluke) anchors from Ages of Sail. They looked a little small. Then I went to the shipyard, pulled out the kit anchors and compared everything to my set of L'Aigle 1:100 scale plans. Turns out the kit anchors are nicely in scale for the best bower and small bower. I will use the Amati anchors to give the appearance of sheet anchors (Before anyone says anything about relative sizes of anchors - I re-read Jim's @Jimsky post about anchor sizes and types from his review of Dry Dock's anchor kits )

Happy modeling!

Blessings.
Chuck

Chuck,

YIKES - I was so confused - NOW I understand much better -- ignorance can be fixed or so I've been told

 

[The Gavel]

One OTHER issue

John! There are definitely a few of those issues I found myself spending lots of $$$ on aftermarket blocks, pins, cleats and learning how to solder. Glad you found my Harriet Lane log! I hope you enjoy it too.

Blessings.
Chuck

 

[The Gavel]

What ho, shipmates!

Yup. Still working on L'Orenoque. Sometimes I think the work will never stop. I will never be done. Sysiphus, Tantalus, Ixion anyone?

I have been working on the sail-bearing spars. Here they are on top of the scale plans that came with the kit. I took the dimensions for my spars from the French plans for L'Orenoque's sister Magellan and the 650hp steam frigate Isly. I essentiall duplicated the spars on the foremast of Magellan for the barque rig I am giving my L'Orenoque. The Isly is barque rigged and I used her dimensons to get some idea of the difference between the fore and main mast yards - answer - very little, so I am comfortable with my choice not to make the mainmast yards 1 - 2.5 mm wider. Sue me. The spencer gaffs are another story - I stuck with the given length for the foremast gaff, but I shortened the mainmast gaff so that it wouldn't interfere with the mizzen. Again. Sue me. For the mizzen, I followed the Magellan dimensions BTW Google AI is really coming along on the translation of the French nauticle terminology.

As you can see below, the kit is off on the lengths and to some degree on the widths. The difference on the lower yards, the fore and main spencer gaffs and the mizzen gaff topsail is quite pronounced. You'll also notice that the plans call for booms on the fore and main which are not indicated on any of the sail and spar plans in any of the French plans I found. So, no booms on the fore and main on my version of L'Orenoque.





In this shot the blue indicates the given lenght. The red indicates the lenght of the head of the sail. It made sense to me.



Now, back to stropping blocks and waiting for my HUGE order of scale rope to walk to central Missouri from Toronto.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

 

[Martin By Eye]

Looks much better , more in proportion, and i would not have expected booms on the forrard masts, either. I think you are winning!

 

[Martin By Eye]

I really must stop buying kits just because they are cheap... look, i finally found the Endeavors longboat to go with my Endeavor , really pleased ! But i had to pay 100€ for it , because it came with some old cast wheel Mamoli tramp paddle steamer. No idea what i will do with that ! In the stash !

 

[The Gavel]

I really must stop buying kits just because they are cheap... look, i finally found the Endeavors longboat to go with my Endeavor , really pleased ! But i had to pay 100€ for it , because it came with some old cast wheel Mamoli tramp paddle steamer. No idea what i will do with that ! In the stash !View attachment 617662

Martin! Love it! Please post some snaps of the contents of the tramp paddle steamer box! And, it would be a waste not to build it - pas vrai?

Blessings.
Chuck

 

[Martin By Eye]

Martin! Love it! Please post some snaps of the contents of the tramp paddle steamer box! And, it would be a waste not to build it - pas vrai?

Blessings.
Chuck

I will build it one day ,of course, god willing,and when the pile goes down a bit, i just enjoy joking around ! Having previously said i would not shell out for this kit i should be a bit ashamed, but, when the price is right....Now there is only the question of HOW to build it .
Disco madness or a la Française ?
It seems some crazy man has already done all the research , so i will have to do some serious considering !
I will take a few photo's over the weekend, it is complete i believe.