hermione

Hi Everyone This is a ship I have admired for a long time but have been put off by reviews of the Company and quality of parts on some forum and fb pages. So inbetween I've been looking at videos and build logs to make my own assessment, then when I found an offer I couldn't let go I made my...

Build Log #1: Part 1, L’Hermione La Fayette - Unboxing & Wood. So, we begin! My first ship since 2009, when I completed the old Hermione kit from AL. Suffice it to say I was much younger then and I simply ‘winged it’! Built the whole model in 5 months doing 9 hours a day. (Interestingly, the...

Started Jan 2021 . Just completed Dec 2021 On March 21, 1780, the young Marques de La Fayette embarked on the Hermione, setting sail for America to fight alongside the American insurgents in the struggle for their independence. Two years earlier, at the Rochefort Arsenal, in a building berth...

Well the Covid has claimed another victum. My Job. Aug 26 was a normal Friday till I found out I was no longer employed. The "Admiral" as I discussed it and I just decided to retire. A couple years earlier than planned but it is what it is. The good news in I have lots of time for the...

Hi JIm. Ok it is possible. My english is not very good, but the pics are better than my texts

Just sails and lots of rigging to do, a realy enjoyable model to do.

Artesia Hermione Lafayette (the old kit) I will do a very small build log but as it look like I have miss place or lost a lots of picture of that build lots of steps will be missing sorry. I will concentrate one the major issue that I have pick to illustrated them Also it was at a time (16y...

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 -...

I started this build in August of 2017 and had a build log on Blogger, but the app I used no longer works so I am transferring the log here--plus seems like a nice community:). I have a few post to catch up with, so I will add a post or two a day until I catch up. I lost some pics of my phone...