The long and very laborious step of the thirty pairs of timbers about the longboat is now finished, (bye, bye...) :
French war-ship Saint-Philippe 1693 - scale 1/72 - from Lemineur monograph [COMPLETED BUILD]
It turned out great.
Bill
Bill
Down grating's planking :
A lot of beautiful work for such a small boat! How many hours went into the longboat construction? Magic Mike
Balsa frame : 1 h, planking it : 10 h, timbers = 8 h and down grating = 4 h, it was ,not for me a too long time...
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Today work :
Today picture :
All is done about the longboat except rowing-benches and the twenty thole-pins (ten each side of boat) :
Notice that the articulated blade of rudder is removable, as it's necessary when putting the canots into this one
Notice that the articulated blade of rudder is removable, as it's necessary when putting the canots into this one
Simulation of the three ships indicated into the monograph, I don"t like too much such an inesthetic disposition :
I propose to simplify and suppress the cutter, and even the great canot, what do you think about this change ?
I propose to simplify and suppress the cutter, and even the great canot, what do you think about this change ?
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Oftentimes, in life, esthetic and necessity cannot go together.
I like the three of them, it actually convinces how tight the placement was at the deck.
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If you would add some tie-downs, it will look a) more life-like and b) esthetically more pleasing.
But keep the three chaloeps or whatever they may be called.
French citation (Marcel Dassault) : Un bel avion est un avion qui vole bien (a beautiful airplane is an airplane that flies well)Oftentimes, in life, esthetic and necessity cannot go together.
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A true statement.
Beginning of the complementary work about the longboat's details with some of the first rowing-benches :
New pic with all rowing benches glued :
Hello Christian,
Your longboat turned out very nice.
Bill
Your longboat turned out very nice.
Bill
Evening pics, the light of november don't give a magnificent result, five months before the return of king Sun :
This model of the Saint Philippe, if it remains without rigging, is now practically finished,
for lack of time and especially of space, I think to finish there, and retire from modelism
for lack of time and especially of space, I think to finish there, and retire from modelism
First of all my Congratulations for finishing your amazing modelThis model of the Saint Philippe, if it remains without rigging, is now practically finished,
for lack of time and especially of space, I think to finish there, and retire from modelism
and mayn many thanks for sharing with us - I will miss the daily updates of your work on this model
But we definitely will not accept your words "retire from modelism" !!!!
especially when there is lack of space -> please build smaller models, but "build"
I am looking forward and hope to see hopefully a new project
Congratulations to this fine model, Cri-cri! Very well done 
I agree Uwe
Wait a time and you will miss the daily routine and contemplation of model making. Smaller ships and boats can also be a lot of fun. I can recommend David Antscherl's book "The Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 and methods of building open boats". There are a plenty of plans in Chapman's "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria".
Cheers, Alexander
I agree Uwe
Wait a time and you will miss the daily routine and contemplation of model making. Smaller ships and boats can also be a lot of fun. I can recommend David Antscherl's book "The Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 and methods of building open boats". There are a plenty of plans in Chapman's "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria".
Cheers, Alexander
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