Greetings Group,
Welcome to the start of my newest project - La Renommee in 1/48. I am putting my supply of Swiss Pear, Boxwood and newly acquired Black Hornbeam to good use on my favorite frigate.
Many of you have seen my log of Le Gros Ventre in 1/36 from a couple of years ago. This project was a great test bed for me to learn skills (becoming proficient with a scroll saw, milling my my own wood, understanding plans, constructing a build site and working with a mill. After a year or so hiatus I re visited my progress and found that the frames would need to be seriously sanding down to spec and the keel parts, while decent, were no where nearly as accurate as I am now able to accomplish my my TAIG mill. (I previously use the Proxxon MF70).
So I made a decision, either redo many of the parts of Le Gros Ventre or start a new project. La Renommee was always on my list of subjects and while 1/36th is a terrific scale I wanted the option to rig - so the decision was made. I also benefited from a "gift" from a very talented French modeler who uploaded complete frames 1/48 into pdf (Boudriot only drafted half frames in the monograph). I often redo frames that are not to my satisfaction and having the ability to print them off my home computer vs running to the copy shop is a huge time saver.
Here's my progress so far - the first 29 of 58 frames have been completed over the past month and a half. This time I'm leaving very little fat on the frames - about .5mm with the exception of the forward 7 frames where its closer to 1.5 mm to compensate for the more extreme biases. The TAIG has been a dream with the rather complex notches in the frames to receive the keel.
My plan is to finish the frames before moving on to the keel parts and build site.
Welcome to the start of my newest project - La Renommee in 1/48. I am putting my supply of Swiss Pear, Boxwood and newly acquired Black Hornbeam to good use on my favorite frigate.
Many of you have seen my log of Le Gros Ventre in 1/36 from a couple of years ago. This project was a great test bed for me to learn skills (becoming proficient with a scroll saw, milling my my own wood, understanding plans, constructing a build site and working with a mill. After a year or so hiatus I re visited my progress and found that the frames would need to be seriously sanding down to spec and the keel parts, while decent, were no where nearly as accurate as I am now able to accomplish my my TAIG mill. (I previously use the Proxxon MF70).
So I made a decision, either redo many of the parts of Le Gros Ventre or start a new project. La Renommee was always on my list of subjects and while 1/36th is a terrific scale I wanted the option to rig - so the decision was made. I also benefited from a "gift" from a very talented French modeler who uploaded complete frames 1/48 into pdf (Boudriot only drafted half frames in the monograph). I often redo frames that are not to my satisfaction and having the ability to print them off my home computer vs running to the copy shop is a huge time saver.
Here's my progress so far - the first 29 of 58 frames have been completed over the past month and a half. This time I'm leaving very little fat on the frames - about .5mm with the exception of the forward 7 frames where its closer to 1.5 mm to compensate for the more extreme biases. The TAIG has been a dream with the rather complex notches in the frames to receive the keel.
My plan is to finish the frames before moving on to the keel parts and build site.
