La Renommee 1744 1:48. (CAF) by Salty

[CLB]

Salty that looks good - just check the underside of those parts when you get to the fairing stage and you should be good to go. Its a complicated juncture of multiple parts and angles. That knife sounds interesting - please share a pic when you get a chance.
Chris

 

[dockattner]

That looks very promising, Tom. Well done on a difficult construction!

 

[Salty]

Chris, thanks, I feel a bit more reassured. The knife is used for making musical instruments, but I guess it could also be used for marking out joints in full size woodworking pieces. It’s 6 mm wide and 2 mm thick, made of HSS and I use a 1000/4000 grit stone to sharpen it.



Paul, thanks for your constant encouragement and support. Your Saint Philippe continues to amaze. Your obvious meticulous attention to refining each piece to the nth degree pushes me to do the same, but never it seems with the same results.

This is the completed stern section with the corner posts, fashion pieces and counter timbers.





The little chocks between the fashion pieces are the frames for windows. The kit came with a small template to get the spacing right.

Now all I have to do is wait until I inevitably break one, some or all of the counter timbers working on the rest of the ship.

Kind regards

Salty

 

[dockattner]

Now all I have to do is wait until I inevitably break one, some or all of the counter timbers working on the rest of the ship.

I was thinking this very thing as I was reading your post and looking at the images. I added a temporary horizontal brace to the counter timbers (and on the frame tips as well when they were installed).

 

[Paul132]

Chris, thanks, I feel a bit more reassured. The knife is used for making musical instruments, but I guess it could also be used for marking out joints in full size woodworking pieces. It’s 6 mm wide and 2 mm thick, made of HSS and I use a 1000/4000 grit stone to sharpen it.

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Paul, thanks for your constant encouragement and support. Your Saint Philippe continues to amaze. Your obvious meticulous attention to refining each piece to the nth degree pushes me to do the same, but never it seems with the same results.

This is the completed stern section with the corner posts, fashion pieces and counter timbers.

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The little chocks between the fashion pieces are the frames for windows. The kit came with a small template to get the spacing right.

Now all I have to do is wait until I inevitably break one, some or all of the counter timbers working on the rest of the ship.

Kind regards

Salty

Broke them 3 time, leaving them off till I plank

 

[Paul132]

Chris, thanks, I feel a bit more reassured. The knife is used for making musical instruments, but I guess it could also be used for marking out joints in full size woodworking pieces. It’s 6 mm wide and 2 mm thick, made of HSS and I use a 1000/4000 grit stone to sharpen it.

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Paul, thanks for your constant encouragement and support. Your Saint Philippe continues to amaze. Your obvious meticulous attention to refining each piece to the nth degree pushes me to do the same, but never it seems with the same results.

This is the completed stern section with the corner posts, fashion pieces and counter timbers.

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The little chocks between the fashion pieces are the frames for windows. The kit came with a small template to get the spacing right.

Now all I have to do is wait until I inevitably break one, some or all of the counter timbers working on the rest of the ship.

Kind regards

Salty

Beautiful work!!

 

[CLB]

Yup - I would not have added those at this stage - way too fragile before the rest of the frames installed added and the hull is faired both interior and exterior. You may want to go ahead and added the top rail to the tops of the timbers to give it some stability as well as some temporary side battens. That said be very careful as you proceed.

 

[Salty]

Paul1 and Paul2 (I’ll leave you to sort out who is who), I’ll definitely put some temporary protection on the counter timbers, as I have lots of painful memories when I built Le Coureur.

Chris, the top rail sounds like a good idea. Although it seems logical to build it now, for some reason it’s not in this box of the kit. I’ll look at the instructions/plans to see whether it’s in box 5 or 6 when I get a chance.

Here is La Renommee with all of the framing and keelson permanently in place:







Although it turned out OK, I had a bit of work to do to get the keelson fitting nicely - widening some of the notches in it and, in a few instances, having to widen some of the flat sections in the base of frames to accept the notches. I thought I had done a reasonable job lining up the frames when installing the on the keel, but apparently not…

Some of the frames in the midship are a little narrow at the top, but I think I can rectify this when I install some stringers in the next part of the kit. Not much pressure is needed as it’s only a few millimetres, but still I don’t want any breakages.

That’s the end of parts 1 to 4 and now I’m onto the part 4.5 internal fitout. To date, I have really enjoyed building this kit and hope you have enjoyed following my progress. With a fair slice a luck, I might be able to make a decent job of rest of it!

Kind regards

Salty

 

[GrantTyler]

Good morning Tom. (Although “Salty” is a fine name considering our hobby ).

Firstly, very cool framing. It almost looks like you have very little fairing to do- way to go. As for the counter timber - the Doc has it spot on :

I was thinking this very thing as I was reading your post and looking at the images. I added a temporary horizontal brace to the counter timbers (and on the frame tips as well when they were installed).

It didn’t help me though as I am a modeller with no finesse and these flimsy little $&@#• still got flung into oblivion .
Cheers Grant

 

[Paul132]

Paul1 and Paul2 (I’ll leave you to sort out who is who), I’ll definitely put some temporary protection on the counter timbers, as I have lots of painful memories when I built Le Coureur.

Chris, the top rail sounds like a good idea. Although it seems logical to build it now, for some reason it’s not in this box of the kit. I’ll look at the instructions/plans to see whether it’s in box 5 or 6 when I get a chance.

Here is La Renommee with all of the framing and keelson permanently in place:

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Although it turned out OK, I had a bit of work to do to get the keelson fitting nicely - widening some of the notches in it and, in a few instances, having to widen some of the flat sections in the base of frames to accept the notches. I thought I had done a reasonable job lining up the frames when installing the on the keel, but apparently not…

Some of the frames in the midship are a little narrow at the top, but I think I can rectify this when I install some stringers in the next part of the kit. Not much pressure is needed as it’s only a few millimetres, but still I don’t want any breakages.

That’s the end of parts 1 to 4 and now I’m onto the part 4.5 internal fitout. To date, I have really enjoyed building this kit and hope you have enjoyed following my progress. With a fair slice a luck, I might be able to make a decent job of rest of it!

Kind regards

Salty

Awesome work, cant wait to see 4.5!