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Planset Review:
LE COMMERCE DE MARSEILLE (1788) - 118-guns
built by master shipwright Sané
planset by our member @G. DELACROIX
english translation by our member @Gilles Korent
The booklet and plates are presented under a hard cover 24 x 34 x 9 cm
dressed with an illustrated jacket...
Book Review:
THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH FRIGATE 1650-1850
by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti
translated by David H. Roberts
actual title of revised copy
FRIGATES IN THE FRENCH NAVY 1650 - 1850
AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE FRIGATE IN THE FRENCH NAVY
original french title:
La FREGATE Marine de...
Planset Review:
LE BATEAU DE LANVEOC -Traversier Brest
Petite marine des XVII et XVIIIème siècles
The little navy (ferry boat) in the 17th and 18th centuries
in scale 1:36
by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti
available from ancre in french or italian language...
Gerard Delacroix, also member in our forum with @G. DELACROIX just announced the early release of a
new 1:48 planset
24-prd French frigate "L'Egyptienne" built in Toulon in 1799 by François Caro
Gerard agreed to use his text and photos, so please look at this Beauty:
I am pleased to...
Planset Review:
LA VENUS - 18-pdr frigate 1782
by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti
in scale 1:48
+
Structural Elements LA VENUS
by Franco Fissore
in scale 1:48 with english translations by Francois Fougerat
This monographie is available from ancre in different languages, which can be choosen...
this is my log of the LE ROCHEFORT MONOGRAPH BY GERAD DELACROIX. SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST FULL SCRATCH BUILD I AM GOING TO NEED HELP, SO I AM APROCHING THIS IN A DIFFERANT MANOR, what I am proposing is this RATHER THEN ORDERING A LARGE QUANTITY OF MATERIALS AT THE START AND LETTING IT SIT FOR...
Hello, Dear ship modelers! My name is Kudin Andrey. I was born and grew up in Ukraine, now I live in Israel.
As already said, my English is a translation of Google. I present to you the process of building a model in 1/48 scale.
Construction began on this forum:
MODELS WORLD
Then continued...
Planset Review:
LA FLEUR DE LIS
Louis XIV ' galley 1690
by Gerard Delacroix
in scale 1:48
This monographie is available directly from our SOS-member Gerard Delacroix alias @G. DELACROIX on his web-page
http://gerard.delacroix.pagesperso-orange.fr/galere/plaquette-e.htm...
After I had built the stern and bow section,
I also wanted to build the middle section of the ship.
In fast motion the pictures of the construction progress.
Karl
Originally, I only wanted to build the tail section (Part 1),
but then I was exited by the matter and still built the bow section
(Part 2) with komplete interior fittings.
The figurhead is a commissioned work, not carved by me.
I mast motion the pictures of the construction progress.
Karl...
Hello,
I'm working on a research project, Le Rochefort
I started in mach 2017 and this is the actually state.
Sorry by mi Inglish. I,m using traslator.
Saludos¡¡
Fernando
Hello Everyone
First a little bit of an introductory post.I always had a passion for the ornately decorated warships of "The Sun King".I did build Sergal's Soleil Royal many years ago.I possessed a desire to build one of these vessels with much more detail and accuracy than the Sergal...
Planset Review:
LE GROS VENTRE - Gabare 1766 -1779
Designed by J-J GINOUX and built by L.M GUIGNACE
by Gerard Delacroix
in scale 1:48
This monographie is available from ancre in different languages, which can be choosen - English / French or Italian...
This is my first scratch build and there is a lot of things to learn for me. First I mesured the plan a lot of hours to find any mistakes and errors. May last project i canceled because the plan was incorrect and i build the hull with a lot of errors. To avoid the same error i tried to check up...
Dear Colleagues, please let me present my first model made from the ground-up – the model of French military schooner «La Jacinthe». From the drafts of the monography Jean Boudriot. I used pear tree and painted hornbeam. Scale 1:42 Technical characteristics of the model: length 895 mm, width...
Planset Review:
LE FLEURON
64-gun Ship by Joseph & Blaise OLLIVIER - 1729
by Gerard Delacroix and Jean Boudriot
in scale 1:48 / english translation by Gilles Korent
This monographie is available from ancre in different languages, which can be choosen - English / French / Italian or...
Planset Review: Monographie:
SAINT PHILIPPE (1693 - 1715) - 90 gun built by Francois Coulomb at Toulon
by Jean-Claude LEMINEUR
in scale 1:48
Translated by François Fougerat
many thanks to Didier Berti who made this Review possible !
This monographie is available from ancre in different...
Planset Review:
"THE 74-GUN SHIP"
(31 + 11 plans) in scale 1:48 (or 1:72)
31 plans by Jean Boudriot
and 11 Timbering plans by JC Lemineur
The drawing set is available in scale 1:72 or in scale 1:48 - my set (showing here) is in scale 1:48
complete Drawing set or only the newer...
PLanset Review:
HERMIONE
12-Pdr frigate of the American War of Independence 1779-1793
in scale 1:48
by Jean Claude Lemineur with assistance by Patrick Villiers
Translated by François Fougerat
This monographie is available from ancre in different languages, which can be choosen -...
Planset Review:
Machine à curer les ports
port dredging machine
1750
scale 1:36
by Gerard Delacroix
available directly from Gerard Delacroix
http://gerard.delacroix.pagesperso-orange.fr/machine/plaquette.htm
available only in french language, but the construction and drawings are...