118 Gun French three-decker - Le Commerce de Marseille / L'Ocean - scale 1:72

GrantTyler said:
Good morning. Wow- that is a load of nailing. It looks awesome though. Cheers Grant
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Thanks Grant. When I was planing stages I really wanted to skip it, but here we are:).

I think I choose the hardest way. Every nail cut and glued. For example on L'Ocean from Paris Museum there's much less nails.
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So you can nail with copper only Wales and fake the rest with buring marks from soldering iron.
The real inspiration and beauty is there

L'ORIENT scala 1/48 [COMPLETED BUILD]

Super Michele ! Have you pics of begin work ? Happy birthday !!
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LE COMMERCE DE MARSEILLE SCALA 1/72

btw: wonderful work on the stern structure - it is not only a structure - it is also a sculpture
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Witaj
Niezły postęp czy będziesz pokrywał kadłub miedzią poniżej linii wodnej .Pozdrawiam Mirek
 
6.06.2023r Update

Nailing on other half of half is done. And there's also something. I started making cheeks. I had to do something creative before doing nailing on other half of hull.
First attempts left me with pile of wood and feeling a little bit down, but as the trials left me with better and better results the proportions rotated. Less wasted wood and better humor. At the begging I had some conspections how should I make it but practise verified every thing. So there're the results of my work. It's only one piece, but like I said I had to do sth creative

Oh and this pipes called non-insulated cable ferrule will be for pipes for ancre ropes an all other pipes in hull. Also some wooden and metel discs 2mm.

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It's been a while since the last update.

Nailing of whole other side is done and some things on hull too.
Gun carriages for first battery done, second battery in assembly. They're simplfied, so I'm wainting on some things from SZKUTNIK to show you the more refined ones for visible deck

In the meantime I can show you what I'm working on right now.

Wriggles or drip shields

First you make a rounded ends.
Next you lexel it with a square cutter.
Then againg you make the middle part curved with a ball type cutter and finish it with 150-ish sand paper.
The hardest part was cutting it off. You have to raise blade high enough to make a groove but not to cut it othewise one of the little ends will break
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Till next one
 
Mirek said:
Super robota Wojtas. Pozdrawiam Mirek
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Dzięki. Te są nawet łatwe przy drugiej baterii będzie ciekawie, bo trzeba bedzie je częściowo odchudzać w zależności jak bardzo nachodzi na pas odbojnika

Thanks. These are even easy with the second battery it will be interesting, because you will have to partially slim them depending on how much it overlaps the fender belt
 
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18.07.2023r Update

Set of pipes around gun ports 1-mm(red) and other pipes 2,5mm(green- I think they need to be painted black)
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Nailing of first battery gun port lids are done. They still need some work before finish, but the majority is already here.
Second battery gun port Lids in assembly.

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Wriggles or drip shields- Only painting is needed. Don't worry burned is only one side:)
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Simplified Gun Carriages

Same method as for drip shields- milling and cuting off
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WojtasS said:
18.07.2023r Update

Set of pipes around gun ports 1-mm(red) and other pipes 2,5mm(green- I think they need to be painted black)
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Nailing of first battery gun port lids are done. They still need some work before finish, but the majority is already here.
Second battery gun port Lids in assembly.

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Wriggles or drip shields- Only painting is needed. Don't worry burned is only one side:)
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Simplified Gun Carriages

Same method as for drip shields- milling and cuting off
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WojtasS, with red and green is understandable. Yes, you need to make it black. And I marked it in yellow - what is it for?
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Alexander74 said:
WojtasS, with red and green is understandable. Yes, you need to make it black. And I marked it in yellow - what is it for?
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these are small dewatering pipes - I think we had once a discussion in one of @Jeronimo building logs, but I am not sure - somebody thought that they are pissdales (I think) - but these are for dewatering the horizontal board of the gunport

Take a look at one of Jean Boudriots sketches - marked with red arrow
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Hello All.
It has been almost a month since last update, so I should show some progress.

Almost all pins around gun ports are finished. I left only the ones with visible cannons
Glued partial deck beneath gun carriages of first battery. Gun barrels are only dry fitted, that's why there is difference in angle on some barrels.


Now I'm struggling should I install dripp shields+port lids or not. I'm afraid while building the ship I'll hit and damage some of them unintentionally. On the other hand installing them while cannons are glued could be tricky and challenging. I don't know, what do you think about it?

Anyway next update will be placing visible guns or installed dripp shields+port lids.:)


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WojtasS said:
I should explain mysel why I haven't posted anything on Royal Luis. First one is lack of time other is gathering resources for this project. I really shoundn't start it as a first build but watching what @GrantTyler is doing with his Victory made me want to try it any way.

There is no way I could build whole hull from scratch so I oredered one from @SZKUTNIK. I think it'll be first build log of 3d printed hull because I haven't found any other on internet.
I still need couple of tools but I will start building in june/july so this is no problem.

I haven't decided if it will be Le Commerce de Marseille/L'Ocean. It all depends on my carving skills or depth of wallet.:rolleyes:

Wood that I already have
Pear (a lot)
Veneer pear 2mm
Veneer cherry 2mm
Veneer maple 1mm+0,6mm


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Planset vs Le glorieux 1/150(Royal Louis 1/200 is even smaller)
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Pear
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Pear+cheery(middle one)
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2mm Pear cut to 2mm strips
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Maple
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Thus see you all in june:)
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Hallo @WojtasS
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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