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1/24th scale POF 36' French Longboat, Cherry wood version from Unicorn

That's awesome, Tim! Thanks so much for doing it. I'll send a PM when I get home, but maybe put them in a google drive folder and share that?
 
rtwpsom2 said:
That's awesome, Tim! Thanks so much for doing it. I'll send a PM when I get home, but maybe put them in a google drive folder and share that?
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Sure - but I've never used a google drive folder before - let's see now, google is usually easy ...
 
I just granted access to my google drive (didn't know I'd have to do that). The pics are in alphabetical order except for the 1st two called "page 1 top En.png" and "translated_image_en.png".
 
Tim Green said:
I just granted access to my google drive (didn't know I'd have to do that). The pics are in alphabetical order except for the 1st two called "page 1 top En.png" and "translated_image_en.png".
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I still had to request access to download
 
Tim Green said:
I have translated the instructions - I had to create 3 sections for each page, in order to get good translations. Each translated section is about 1.5mb and includes the pics. There are 23 files total. If anybody wants a copy - I'll send em to you ... tell me how you'd like to get em. They are currently in png format. And as I said, each one is about 1.5mb. And the zip file is 32mb. I included one of the section files so you know what I'm offering.View attachment 545546
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I would love to see how I could get a copy of these before I start my journey with the kit.
 
Rob's photos and work are so good - but I still might start my own blog for this same boat - dunno.

Just got my frames all beveled up, and the char removed. And I am ready to attach frame 28 to the keel and fix the keel to the frames in the jig.

Lucky for me that I saw the link to the build videos in this blog. The vids had some useful bits that I didn't find in the instructions.
 
You absolutely should, it's a fun kit and the more the merrier. Plus more free advertising for Zoltan.
 
Allright, not a ton of progress, I didn't enjoy this part as much because it was a lot harder. These four clamps just did not want to go in. I got the bottom two bent at the front by soaking and using a bending iron on them, but even then one broke before I could cut it to length. The upper two both broke while sanding the char from the edges. So I didn't even bother trying to bend them at the front. I think it would have been better to leave them full width and etch the notches on so you could use a grinding tip to remove that later. So not my proudest work, I hope the decking at the front and rear will cover for these mistakes.

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Made a little more progress. The last 4 are the supports for the aft floor decking. In front of them are the curved footrests. Despite my best efforts, one of the clamps was just ever so slightly ahead of the other one so if you look from the top down, the footrests are not perfectly perpendicular to the keelson.PXL_20251012_193408510.jpg
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I added a couple of supports on the floor decking for this planking panel that goes on the front of the aft floor section. That way, when I glue it in it won't push through.
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And the rest of these are just reference images for other's to look at and try and figure out the geometry.
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