French war-ship Saint-Philippe 1693 - scale 1/72 - from Lemineur monograph [COMPLETED BUILD]

[aurélien wolff]

Looking good, are you going to add the gun rigging or not?

 

[CRI-CRI]

Last finition of down part of the quarter deck's guard-rail, for making it all like the rest of built's similar details :

 

[CRI-CRI]

Looking good, are you going to add the gun rigging or not?

No, at scale 1/72, I think that making a realistic rigging is a quasi impossible job for me

 

[Magic Mike]

Nice work on the guard-rail. Magic Mike

 

[CRI-CRI]

Planking of the longboat done :

 

[CRI-CRI]

Here, my cake, out of provisory frame, next step of nice details, the upper rails and all timbers 1 x 1 mm walnut :

 

[CRI-CRI]

Today, I was unproductive, I've just cut and glued the rails, before the next step of timbers (it looks symmetric) :

 

[CRI-CRI]

The first step of very laborious adding walnut timbers 1 x 1 mm (six were done, about thirty pairs when finished) :

 

[aurélien wolff]

I don't think I'll go to that extent of details on the heller soleil royal "lifeboat" (? not sure about the term).

 

[CRI-CRI]

It's a "longboat" (weight = eight thousand pounds), the two others are "great"= barge and "small" = cutter

The Heller is a plastic model, normally more detailled than my wooden work

 

[aurélien wolff]

Another new english word (being honest, I'm not sure what the french word is for those kind either). I'd say your wooden work is detailed just fine compare to heller soleil royal (or their other sailing ships like the royal louis)

 

[CRI-CRI]

When I was eighteen old (a long, kong time ago...) I've built an Heller plastic model of Royal Louis (en français = bof...)

The Soleil Royal had a best reputation, but it's a great deal for transform it through painting into an acceptable model

 

[aurélien wolff]

I plan lots of modification when I'll get mine (figurehead, carving and ornements, enlarging the sternpost)

 

[CRI-CRI]

The problem is that such a transformation is more difficult than an entire creation "ex nihilo", because this process is at the same time a demolition and a construction which are two distinct and discreet approaches - too complicated for an old modeller like me !

 

[aurélien wolff]

For me, it's easier to do that than reconstruct the whole thing, I'm more able to work on plastic/styrene/magic sculpt than wood

 

[CRI-CRI]

Each artist is free to choose his mode of expression, as long as it brings him a lot of happiness

 

[CRI-CRI]

Today, I decided carefully to cut immediately the supports of boat, I am now little more quiet :

 

[CRI-CRI]

Today pic, twenty timbers done about thirty previewed :

 

[Bill-R]

Very nice work.

Bill

 

[CRI-CRI]

Only more than the three rogue pairs from the front rest to do, the belt and the rear splash guard are in place :