Gorgeous work Christian.
French war-ship Saint-Philippe 1693 - scale 1/72 - from Lemineur monograph [COMPLETED BUILD]
Front view of upper decks french planking, and and rudder-pendants (forgotten about the monograph's plans) :
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With evening more soft sunlight, some various photographic effects become interesting to be shared with you :
Hello Christian,
The sunlight gives your work great depth. Very nice.
Bill
The sunlight gives your work great depth. Very nice.
Bill
Beginning built of the convex structure for the upper deck's great gratings :
The Sun King, well named, with those two evening pics, I like particulary the colors of my second photography :
Some details (the long boat is an english one, just for looking more exactly its final position on the upper deck) :
Rear hatchway closed (nothing is glued, when something could be modified before ending upper deck) :
Test of upper deck's gratings (same process as the front gratings), I begin this great add on for look to morrow :
Another test was necessary, with more precision about the frames of gratings :
THe remade grating is much better
One small comment: I think you should add another beam next to your grating (red lines) like on the other side (green arrow)
One small comment: I think you should add another beam next to your grating (red lines) like on the other side (green arrow)
I follow strictly the plan, where there is any separation at each side of planked part
Half rear part of gratings done,I think that all a*upper deck could be finished after the next two or three days :
Upper deck with all great gratings were done, I've now to order a large number of pins for input twelve racks :
Relative position of the three masts (ignore the vertical deformation of smartphone picturing) :
Verification about the eighth of the deck's quarter back, that seems to me all right (how did it, don't know 
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I used an english captain from HMS Prince sized 1/72 as scaled figure for the french war vessel Saint Philippe :
Test of a prototype for the port-lids :
New test :
I prepared a small accessory built step for equalize all port-lids, and here is the first pair :
