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La Renommee 1/48th Scale

Hi Chris, it's great to see that you've started building L'Amarante's big sister. La Renommee is a fantastic frigate and a great project. As we discussed previously, I think it was the right decision, and with Patrik's frame drawings, it's a lot easier.
 
Thanks Paul and Tobias - thanks to the forums and others who have built this ship I have a good idea how to proceed. As a friend told me so much of this construction involves careful study and visualization of the plans thinking several steps ahead before lifting a tool. Thats one of the things I love the most about scratch building.
 
Depends on the author of the Monograph - Boudriot and Lemineur do not illustrate full frames. Delacroix does - which still requires making copies of them, tracing or drafting during construction.

I had the advantage of one of my friends in the French forum share the frames for Renommee he uploaded into pdf form as full frames which was a huge advantage. I could print the frames with ease on my home computer which sped up the process considerably.
 
CLB said:
Depends on the author of the Monograph - Boudriot and Lemineur do not illustrate full frames. Delacroix does - which still requires making copies of them, tracing or drafting during construction.

I had the advantage of one of my friends in the French forum share the frames for Renommee he uploaded into pdf form as full frames which was a huge advantage. I could print the frames with ease on my home computer which sped up the process considerably.
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Thanks, Chris. I was asking more specifically about Boudriot's La Renommee. I have the monograph and know he draws half frames. I was wondering if there were full frame drawings commercially available.
 
Here's a simple idea I thought may be helpful - borrowed from a French site I reference - a frame calibrated ruler. This makes the creation of a construction site and many other applications easier. Basically you take the lines off the frame profile drawing and attach it with double sided tape to a yard stick. Brilliant !

Frame Calibratred Ruler.jpg

Frame Calibrated Ruler 2.jpg
 
Hi Chris,

Just trying to learn for my own future application...
What 'line' are you using for the upper board? For my stern section I used maximum breadth but some books endorse using a gun deck. It looks like you used the water line (?) which was my original plan but then for some reason I changed my mind.
Is there a best practice in this regard?
 
Thanks so much Jeff and Brad. Working on Hawse Timbers and the installation of frame 1 - hopefully an update soon
 
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