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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...
Voici quelques photo du François, je n'ai malheureusement pas pensé à faire un reportage complet au début de la construction. je vais essayer de faire cela maintenant, et faire des photos de meilleures qualités.
le chantier avec sa quille (notez un relèvement à l'avant et à l'arrière)
google...
Planset Review:
Le CERF
Cotre
1779 - 1780
in scale 1:48
by Jean BOUDRIOT & Hubert BERTI
available from ancre in french, english or italian language
https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/34-monographie-du-cerf-cotre-1778.html#/langue-anglais/download-solo_libro_en_espanol
Excerpts from the...
Planset Review:
Lugger LE COUREUR - 1776
in scale 1:48
by Jean BOUDRIOT & Hubert BERTI
available from ancre in different languages -> english, french or italian
https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/50-monographie-du-coureur-lougre-1776.html#/langue-francais
Excerpts from the drawings taken from...
With a little help from UWE's friend Didier Berti, I bought this monograph. 108 EURO / 118USD.
I chose scale 1-24, the same as Karl @Jeronimo built his model in.
1-24 Rigged Without Rig
Height: 50 11
Length...
The La_Cerf's keel was laid in my shipyard in June 2014. In AutoCad I drew the bulkheads with steps in them for the clinker planking, which speeded up the planking with narrowing only in the bow and stern. To provide a larger area of adhesion, the spaces in the stern and the bow are filled with...
My New project is the St Caterina. It is a Mediterranean fishing vessel. Plans from Ancre. I started it since October and is well advance so far.
I decided this time to go after a old fashion diorama
New tech to aging wood (At least for me)
New tech for nails...
When I was a youngster in the '50's, the old "James Bliss" catalog contained a kit to build a naval mortar. At the time I couldn't afford anything in that catalog, but that mortar, and the sailing ships that used it, absolutely intrigued me. So it seems odd that it has taken this long for me to...
Merhaba ,sizlere Türkiye'den selamlar.Fransızların ilk fırkateyni LA RENOMMEE 1744 e başladım,umarım iyi seyirler sunarım
google translator:
Hi, Greetings from Turkey to you. I started the first French frigate LA RENOMMEE 1744, I hope I have a good time
Book review:
Les maquettes de navires anciens vues à travers
LA VENUS de 1782
Compilation des articles parus dans les numéros 220 à 298 du Modèle réduit de bateau
by Pierre Corbieres
Volume : 446 pages
Editor : Weka presse (1994)
ISBN-10 : 290953703X
ISBN-13 : 978-2909537030
This older...
Hi to all.
Looks like i'm still here)))
For a very long time I thought, wondered and reflected on the scale.
And finally I made step for next level (scratch build) and i decided that 1/250 (Naviga C4 class) is what I wanted for a long time, especially due to i'm a seamen and 7-8 months in a year...
Hello friends of the baroque ship.
As I am starting the build of SAINT PHILIPPE in 1/64 let's do it in an proper way - click for music:
March de Triomphe
SP was launched in 1693 as replacement for the fire assisinated SAINT PHILIPPE of 1669 burnt down by the British after beaching the damaged...
Book and Planset Review:
LES VAISSEAUX de 50 & 64 CANONS
Historique 1650 - 1780
by Jean Boudriot and Hubert Berti
50- AND 64-GUN SHIPS 1650 - 1780
AN HISTORICAL STUDY
Accompanied by an original monograph of the period at 1:48 scale by M. Bigot de Morogues
Available in French language...
Latest news from ancre related monographs published by Gérard Delacroix, our member @G. DELACROIX
Gérard mentioned the following in his forum two days ago:
In front of the multitude of small problems which prevent me from working serenely, I transferred all my publications to ANCRE which will...
Planset Review:
LE MERCURE
Le Navire marchand - 1730
THE MERCHANT SHIP in the Ancien Régime
An Historical study and a Monograph with all plans of the timber works
in scale 1:48 by Jean Boudriot
In French or Italian language available directly at ancre...
Book Review:
The SLOOP OF WAR
1650-1763
by Ian Mc Laughlan
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Seaforth Publishing; First Edition edition (28 Feb. 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1848321872
ISBN-13: 978-1848321878
Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 2.5 x 28.6 cm
SYNOPSIS:
This is the first study...
À la demande de Uwe, j’ouvre ce sujet concernant la construction d’un vaisseau de 118 canons d’après la monographie de Gérard Delacroix « Le commerce de Marseille ». Construction dont la décision fut prise fin 2008 et a débutée par l’adaptation des plans de Gérard.
Le travail a véritablement...
Soy nuevo en este foro ,es el primer modelo que estoy construyendo a partir de planos, con madera de boj americano ,peral y ébano lo voy a construir todo , con los aparejos también ,ahora tengo poco tiempo ,y el casco cerrado ,no soy un tallista experimentado de todas formas gracias por acogerme...
Planset Review:
L´AMARANTE
Corvette de 12 canons 1747
by Gérard Delacroix alias @G. DELACROIX
The basic Planset is available in french or spanish language in scale 1:36 directly by the author and publisher @G. DELACROIX or via his well known web-site...