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Finally I can start this thread where I can share my progress on a project I wanted to start a long time ago... Ever since I saw the plan's of this ship I was attracted to it. I love three-deck galleons and this is really a beauty. I decided to build it in scale 1:48 instead of 1:72 to be able...

Hello, up to now I have also been represented in other forums. Due to the fact that many excellent model builders also present their building reports here, I have decided to show my building report on the model of the La Créole here in the future. At the end of this thread I will show you a...

Hello, I'm Randy Halter and I live in Madison Mississippi. I would like to present to you my Le Fleuron build.

Bonjour, Début de la construction du vaisseau par les varangues et genoux de 22 couples centraux. J'attend le bois pour la charpente axiale. En attendant, poncage du travail fait et usinage des allonges. A bientôt. :) PS: La dernière photo représente mon systeme de " serrage-collage ". 3 carrés...

Planset Review: LE BOULLONGNE flûte de la COMPAGNIE DES INDES - 1759 Vol.1: Vaisseaux Hommes, Voyages et Commerce Vol.2: Boullongne - Vaisseau 600.tx - scale 1:48 by Jean Boudriot THE SHIPS OF THE "COMPAGNIE DES INDES" 1720 - 1770 People, Voyages, and Trade With complete plans of the timber...

Book Review: LA MARINE DE LOUIS XVI 1. Vaisseaux et frégates de Choiseul à Sartine by Patrick VILLIERS New augmented edition and color documents. book with 480 pages and 45 drawings and plans in an additional slipcase available in french language directly from ancre via...

Hello modeling friends. Animated by the pictures by Gregory Franchetti and the drawings by Jean Boudriot, I try to build the three gun decks as a cross-sectional on a scale 1/24. First, I made an auxiliary construction four the mounting and alignment of the frames, to strengthen them , the bar...

Book Review: Fitting and rigging a 74-gun model ship Author: Francis Jonet, our member @Francis Jonet translated into English by Gille Korent, our member @Gilles Korent The front and back side of the Book This guide is a help to the construction of the equipment of a ship model of the...

Planset Review: LA VOLAGE A long bark / Barque longue 1693 Scale 1:24 or 1:36 by Jean-Claude Lemineur Brand new release, just some days ago published and already in the french version on my desk - many thanks to Dider Berti from ancre for the fast and safe postage. This very...

Planset Review: SCUNA Brigantino Goletta 1903 Scale 1:50 by Franco Fissore The two Volume set of this Monograph is available in italian language directly from ancre: https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/33-monographie-de-la-scuna-brigantino-goletta-1903.html Size of the model in...

I started building this French corvette in April 2013, using Gerard Delacroix's excellent monograph. For its construction I used pear, ebony, Brazilian boxwood and maple wood for the decking. The model is currently still to be finished as I intend to set it up with its complete sailing...

I started my new project, a little ambitious, on an almost impossible scale: I always admired extremely small models, always convinced that it would have been an impossible job for me. It's a challenge against myself!

Planset Review: LA JACINTHE Goêlette / Schooner – 1823 by Jean Boudriot Schooner By Engineer de la Morandière 1823 - HISTORY OF THE SCHOONER IN THE FRENCH NAVY. (I have the english and the french version) Available directly from ancre in English, French, Italian or German language...

Book Review: LES VAISSEAUX de 74 à 120 canons Historique 1650-1850 by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti available directly from ancre in french language, unfortunately in moment no other languages https://ancre.fr/fr/ouvrages-de-base/67-vaisseaux-les-de-74-a-120-canons.html 74- to 120-GUN...

PLanset Review: Bateau canonnier de 60 pieds / 60 feet gunboat Modèle An XII by Sophie Muffat, Pierre Grandvilliers and Denis Désormière The authors describe here a small vessel built in several hundred copies for the Boulogne flotilla, in preparation for an attempted invasion of England...

Book Review: An introduction to MODEL SHIP BUILDING “DOCKYARD STYLE” (often also "AN INTRODUCTION TO PLANKED ON FRAME SCALE MODEL SHIP BUILDING “DOCKYARD STYLE”") by Adrian SOROLLA translation by GILLES KORENT (our member @Gilles Korent f.e leading the ShipsofScale group build of the Canoe)...

Planset Review: Fortuné Joseph ALLÈGE D’ARLES 1833 a flat-bottom 1833 river tartane by Franco Fissore translated by F. Fougerat The Arles lighter and a flat-bottom 1833 river tartan from Provence. The historic and graphic documentation allowed for the design of all the details of the...

Hi all, I am scratch building Le Mercure from ANCRE plans. I post some photos of my main deck. This is built off of the model and inserted later which makes working with the deck much easier. I still have further scraping and sanding of the deck - this is only rough at this stage. The centre...

I just ordered the Monograph from Ancre on June 4th and will arrive approximately one month or maybe a little less. When the book and materials arrive, I shall resume or start this log fresh with as many details as I can give. My main selection of wood most likely Pear. The purpose of posting...

Hallo Iedereen Na het voorstellen van mijn Bateau de Lanveoc wil ik graag de bouw en vooruitgang Van Het Jacht de Port “Le Rochefort aan jullie voorstellen. Laten we beginnen met het samenstellen van de kiel google translation: Hello everyone After presenting my Bateau de Lanveoc I would...