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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 !
Good morning Chris, what a beauty! Your frame building turned out absolutely fantastic.
Happy Holidays,
A bit of an update - I have decided my approach with La Renommee - I will be completely planking the starboard side of the ship while the port side will remain un planked to show hull construction. I will not be cutting any openings in the hull as I feel it disrupts the beauty of the lines of this frigate.
I have begun planking and nailing the starboard side of the hold following this approach and have left out for now that glazing bead strake next to the keelson.
Next up is installing the diagonal reinforcement planks or Goebbert system that was used in French ships of that era. I have attached a picture of the plans and one can see notches cut into the horizontal ceiling plank and floor plank. After careful consideration I will not be adding this detail and instead install them flush at an angle without the notches.
In other finished models I have noticed this is really hard to execute cleanly as you need to cut the notches in situation. Imperfect joints will drive me crazy and I would rather save myself the frustration here.
A bit of an update - I have decided my approach with La Renommee - I will be completely planking the starboard side of the ship while the port side will remain un planked to show hull construction. I will not be cutting any openings in the hull as I feel it disrupts the beauty of the lines of this frigate.
I have begun planking and nailing the starboard side of the hold following this approach and have left out for now that glazing bead strake next to the keelson.
Next up is installing the diagonal reinforcement planks or Goebbert system that was used in French ships of that era. I have attached a picture of the plans and one can see notches cut into the horizontal ceiling plank and floor plank. After careful consideration I will not be adding this detail and instead install them flush at an angle without the notches.
In other finished models I have noticed this is really hard to execute cleanly as you need to cut the notches in situation. Imperfect joints will drive me crazy and I would rather save myself the frustration here.
Awesome start to the planking. I would affirm your decision to simply the diagonals - setting those into the frames would be a real nightmare - YIKES!
(rather than notching the frames...you could provisionally place the diagonal plank pair and then from the outside trace the frame onto the diagonal strakes and then notch the diagonal pair holding it in your hand... I wouldn't do it, but it would be easier than notching the frames in situ - and it would look the same as notching the frames...)
(rather than notching the frames...you could provisionally place the diagonal plank pair and then from the outside trace the frame onto the diagonal strakes and then notch the diagonal pair holding it in your hand... I wouldn't do it, but it would be easier than notching the frames in situ - and it would look the same as notching the frames...)
Thanks Paul - believe me I thought about every way to do this including pre notching the ceiling and basement horizontal planks before mounting them to receive the diagonals. Had I built this ship in 1/36th - which I sometimes do regret, it would be far easier to execute this detail cleanly.