Congratulations on your achievement. Beautiful work.
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La Renommee 1/48th Scale
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As always, your results are impeccable and so precise! Thanks for sharing and providing inspiration to us all.
I'm jealous of that spider hanging above your workbench who has watched all that goes into producing these results!!
Then I realize there's probably not a single spider and you work in a cleanroom??
I'm jealous of that spider hanging above your workbench who has watched all that goes into producing these results!!
Then I realize there's probably not a single spider and you work in a cleanroom??
What a beauty! Hours of sanding, or days of sanding 
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Well, aren't you just a ray of sunshine....What a beauty! Hours of sanding, or days of sanding
Looks superb!!! The pearwood is really nice. '
Let the sanding begin
! I've been at it on La Salamandre for two days...many more to go but it's fairing nicelyl.
Are the support beams, glued on the outside top of the frames, above the height of the frames? Or, do you plan to release the glue when you've sanded the interior?
Let the sanding begin
! I've been at it on La Salamandre for two days...many more to go but it's fairing nicelyl.Are the support beams, glued on the outside top of the frames, above the height of the frames? Or, do you plan to release the glue when you've sanded the interior?
Thanks guys - Brad the support Battens are glued on the tops of the frames above the actual height. The heights of the frames have been increased by about 1 cm so for the most part those sections should be disposable when I line out the actual tops of the frames per the plans -but I will be cautious before making any cuts to them just in case.
Thanks, that's what I figured.
I thought about adding something similar before fairing the interior of the bow. I began sanding, w/o that extra support and the bow is holding together well. I will add them on the stern, since it's so much higher and less supported.
After 4 days (12-14 hours), and the port side from midships forward is finally acceptable. I'll post some photos.
Morning group, after two weeks of hard work here are the results. Learning to sharpen and use card scrapers won the day to shape the internal curves of the hull. I did use a Proxxon Angle grinder very sparingly for a few high spots - not for the faint of heart...
OOOH! How beautiful! Way to go, Chris!
I wish I could get the hang of using a scraper, when used right it definitely seems the way to get a good result
Beautiful work !