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

[TexBilly]

Oh my oh my! I'm really enjoying your build and as I go through your pics, have to remind myself I'm not looking at the real thing! Fantastic!

 

[dockattner]

Ooh! Those barrels are suburb! Your skills are showing, Tom!

 

[Signet]

I’m not going to do more barrels. I just want to hint that the hold contained barrels, but not fill it up as it would have been when at sea.

I think that's a really sensible way to go, and is changing my mind on what I've done in the past. Rarely (never?) is the actual loading known, and filling the hold covers a lot of detail otherwise visible. I will definitely consider this in my coming build. If I want to be "realistic" about it, I'll just imagine they just started loading the ship, not that it just left port. ;-)

 

[Salty]

Billy, thanks for your kind words. I’m trying believe me and I’m glad you’re enjoying following La Renommee.

Signet, I think smaller frigates like La Renommee might have had a crew of 150 to 250, so the ship must have been packed to the rafters when leaving port.

Paul, modelling is a pretty solitary pastime, so thank you for your support throughout this project.

I have been building the frame which sits over the mast well and the bilge pumps.

The mast wedges are CNC cut and are really nice, complete with curved inner surfaces:



The bilge pumps have a wooden body (elm?) with photo etch details, including what looks like a strainer at the bottom:







The mast frame has a small lip on each long side and I chosen to sit it into the beams. The CAF plans suggest there is planking, but that it is somehow different to the rest of the deck. Boudroit shows a similar arrangement. In my mind, this would be consistent with having the deck slightly raised around the mast.

Kind regards

Salty

 

[GrantTyler]

Good morning Tom. Lovely details on the bilge pumps. Looks very cool. Cheers Grant

 

[Signet]

Signet, I think smaller frigates like La Renommee might have had a crew of 150 to 250, so the ship must have been packed to the rafters when leaving port.

I think /most/ ships would have been packed to the rafters when leaving port. I'm just saying that I don't necessarily want to model it that way next time.

 

[Salty]

Signet, I completely agree with your view that less is more in the hold, so I apologise for any misunderstanding caused by my post. I hope you will continue to enjoy my log.

After completing the mast well, I thought it might be a bit of fun to see what the main mast and fore mast looked like:







I shouldn’t be surprised as it’s a CAF kit, but the mast and wedges fitted almost perfectly.

Each day has its own struggles, but overall I think La Renommee is looking OK (touch wood).

Kind regards

Salty

 

[dockattner]

Better than OK, Tom. This is a fine kit, but you are doing it justice with your work.

 

[Salty]

And here is the rest of the framing for the lower deck:





As you can see, the spare anchor is lashed to a post. It was a nice casting and needed only a little cleaning up. The shank had a slight curve, but that was easily fixed as well.

The anchor cables are also in place:









The cable in the kit was quite nice, so decided to use it. Each one is about 1.2 meters long which seems like a lot, but it’s only about a quarter as long as would actually be needed in scale as cables on French ships were about 195 meters long!! I had to use quite a lot of white glue mixed with water to get the cables into the coils. I then mounted them on a base of plastic card so they hopefully won’t unravel. There still a lot of building left to do and no way of repairing the coil after the lower deck is in place.

Kind regards

Salty

 

[Paul132]

Billy, thanks for your kind words. I’m trying believe me and I’m glad you’re enjoying following La Renommee.

Signet, I think smaller frigates like La Renommee might have had a crew of 150 to 250, so the ship must have been packed to the rafters when leaving port.

Paul, modelling is a pretty solitary pastime, so thank you for your support throughout this project.

I have been building the frame which sits over the mast well and the bilge pumps.

The mast wedges are CNC cut and are really nice, complete with curved inner surfaces:

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The bilge pumps have a wooden body (elm?) with photo etch details, including what looks like a strainer at the bottom:

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The mast frame has a small lip on each long side and I chosen to sit it into the beams. The CAF plans suggest there is planking, but that it is somehow different to the rest of the deck. Boudroit shows a similar arrangement. In my mind, this would be consistent with having the deck slightly raised around the mast.

Kind regards

Salty

Awesome work!!

 

[Paul132]

And here is the rest of the framing for the lower deck:

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As you can see, the spare anchor is lashed to a post. It was a nice casting and needed only a little cleaning up. The shank had a slight curve, but that was easily fixed as well.

The anchor cables are also in place:



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The cable in the kit was quite nice, so decided to use it. Each one is about 1.2 meters long which seems like a lot, but it’s only about a quarter as long as would actually be needed in scale as cables on French ships were about 195 meters long!! I had to use quite a lot of white glue mixed with water to get the cables into the coils. I then mounted them on a base of plastic card so they hopefully won’t unravel. There still a lot of building left to do and no way of repairing the coil after the lower deck is in place.

Kind regards

Salty

Beautiful work! Love it!

 

[Kurt Konrath]

I think /most/ ships would have been packed to the rafters when leaving port. I'm just saying that I don't necessarily want to model it that way next time.

The stories I have heard of WWII subs from both sides and how they load all spaces with canned foods as the fresh food is stored where its used first. I have heard guys say they walked on boxes of canned food for weeks in subs until the stuff get consumed.