french 64-gunner LE FLEURON in scale 1:48 by Joachim

[Joachim]

Here you can see the next plank from the rear section. At three frames on the ship itself, I noted with a pencil the distances of the open space and the required width for the planks. I transferred the three distances as points on the plank and linked them with a ruler. Then sanding: as shown in the picture, I bend the bar a little when pressing the timber at the disc sander. This results are very straight edges. You couldn't really grind it with your hand.

 

[Joachim]

The last planks have to be set and The port side is planked! After that, I started nailing the ship's hull.

 

[Joachim]

The hull after the first grinding

 

[Masters Mate]

The last planks have to be set and The port side is planked! After that, I started nailing the ship's hull.

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Beautiful work Joachim. Well done! Much for me to learn yet before I can hope to reach this standard.

 

[Joachim]

The hull is now completely nailed and sanded. I have now painted the entire lower ship with Shellack. However, not with a brush, but with a cotton ball wrapped in a linen cloth. I let the cotton ball soaked in Shellack circle over the planks, so I apply about 20-30 individual thin layers of lacquer, which achieve a nice shine. In the past, furniture was provided with shellack. After long trials with oil, wax and varnish, I liked the shellack with a reddish tone the best.

 

[Joachim]

In the past few days I have made galleon knees and other parts of the galleon. I made the galleon knee from two parts. The galleon knees have gaps / depressions on the outer edges. A routing machine would be ideal for this, but I don't have one. I helped myself with my milling machine: I clamped a small metal rod (shaft of a broken micro drill) in the vice. I will press the piece of wood against the metal rod to mill the timber. The cutter comes from above (it would come from below on a router) and you have to set the height of the milling head and the distance to the metal rod. Push the timber firmly against the metal rod and the milling head and joints can be created . The metal rod ensures that you can always remove the same width of the joint and never remove too much wood. Such a joint would not be possible with a file, carving knife or something. However, give care to your fingers, first try it on other wood pieces. Especially at the ends of a workpiece, you have to be very careful that the milling cutter does not pull the wood away. If necessary, do not mill the joint at the end, but file manually.

For the openings in the bow for the anchor ropes, I turned brass metal sleeves that go through the bow and have a larger diameter on the outer wall than the opening. The starting material is an 11mm brass rod, into which 8 mm steel drills are drilled on the lathes. A small ring on the front of the sleeve for the outside remains 11mm thick. The remaining length is tapered to 9 mm in diameter using the lathes. The inside of the sleeve then has a wall thickness of approx. 0.5 mm and is stable. I haven't browned the sleeve yet, maybe I'll leave it like that, then you can see better, they're made of metal.

Now I wish everyone a nice Christmas

 

[Joachim]

Beautiful work Joachim. Well done! Much for me to learn yet before I can hope to reach this standard.

Thank you and

Beautiful work Joachim. Well done! Much for me to learn yet before I can hope to reach this standard.

Thank you an greetings to Australia

 

[Bryian]

Thats incredibly fine work you are doing there Joachim.

 

[Jimsky]

WOW! Great workmanship, Joachim! Many thanks for sharing your knowledge and techniques with us!

 

[Uwek]

Hallo Joachim,
after a longer time with rare reports, now you show us in time lapse your great progress - WOW - and very good work.
I hope to see your model next spring life when we see us in Augsburg, or?

 

[Joachim]

I have to think about the meeting in Augsburg, it is far from Frankfurt. When will it be exactly?

Now the interior construction starts: inner frames, in English "rider" and in French "porques" are set. They sit on the inner planking and must all be sanded at the right angle analogous to the outer shell and adjusted to the correct fit.

 

[Joachim]

In the second week of the holiday I set deck beams for the cargo holds (French “faux baux”) and the first cannon deck. I have already set up a first cannon, the height of the floor is correct The beams have not yet been glued because, for example, rooms with walls and doors are also drawn into the cargo area.

 

[Uwek]

I have to think about the meeting in Augsburg, it is far from Frankfurt. When will it be exactly?

The meeting is at the 14.th March starting at 10:00 am and will finish finish at 10pm.
Also Karl, alias @Jeronimo and @Ivan Trtanj will participate and several others like in Hattersheim. Until now more than 40 modelers.
I am pretty sure, that there is also a possibility for a joint drive with somebody else from the Frankfurt area....
I will also come from Vienna driving, staying there in a Hotel...
BTW: Very good progress - looking very good
But I propose, that you should work a little bit more on the details of the gun ....... seems to be from the same supplier (Boudriot), like my supervisor from the dockyard.....

 

[Joachim]

I think about the meeting in Augsburg
The Christmas holidays come to an end and the 30th and last deck beam for the first cannon deck is ready. The entire interior is not yet glued. This now only happens successively when the individual rooms are set up in the hold.

 

[Olivers Historic Shipyard]

@Joachim,

and meine Wenigkeit will be in Augsburg as well .

 

[Joachim]

I think I will come too

 

[Uwek]

I think I will come too

Very good - I am happy to hear ...... for everybody else (sorry for hijacking this topic), take a short look at this announcement:

Regional Meeting of "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau" and forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" in Augsburg / Germany on 14th March 2020

In March some members of the german Association "Arbeitskreis Historischer Schiffbau e.V." and of the german forum "Segelschiffsmodellbau" will meet for one day in Augsburg / Germany, in order to talk, show, look and chat. We expect appr. 50 modelers coming together with their models. So much...

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[Joachim]

In the front segment I am expanding the cargo space. You can see the deck beams on the intermediate deck loading space, loading space and first floor. The mooring bollard is already there.

 

[Joachim]

The interior of the foredeck continues. At the very front in the bow there are two small rooms with sliding hatches that can be opened. Then I planked a false deck and built a bulkhead. The starboard side is partially left open so that you can look into the ship.

 

[Joachim]

Who will come to the modelship meeting in Augsburg near Munich? I do