La Salamandre 1752 1:48 (CAF) by Salty

[shota70]

Happy birthday @Salty

 

[Dwarfman06]

Making your first post is a bit like walking into a room full of strangers, so I am grateful to those who said hello.

Frame 1 (of 45) consists of 11 pieces forming two layers.

The only minor issue at this stage is that the edges of the pieces of each frame may not be square as the laser cut seems fractionally wider on top face of each sheet than on the underneath. At present, it doesn’t seem to matter, except for where the edges of the floor timbers, futtocks and top timbers meet.

I removed the char only from those edges by scraping and finishing lightly with a 320 grit sanding. Only a small adjustment seems to be actually needed to each surface to get them to meet flush. This is probably an overly cautious approach as this type of work is new to me and I am in no hurry.

I am also not sure whether parts are oversized or not in general, so removing a minimum of material seems sensible. On this frame, there seems to be no extra material in the parts to speak of when compared to the plan, but I am not taking it for granted this will always be the case.

The two blank faces of each layer are glued together, leaving the bevelling lines visible - outside bevel on the left (frame numbers face forward) and inside on the right. This is how the frames look before gluing.

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I didn’t remove char from the inner and other edges of this frame as they will both need to be bevelled later.

I then checked all the pieces against the plan for a final time before assembly. Gluing was a bit fiddly, but everything went together in the end.

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Forty four to go.

I just started my CAF La Salamander. Salty: where do I obtain those beautiful c-clamps that you are using? All I am able to find are either too big or too chintzy. Thank you

 

[Salty]

Dwarfman, the clamps come from Dictum:

https://www.dictum.com/en/edge-clamp-with-single-screw/705856

A little expensive, but I love working with nice tools. I suggest you make up a dozen or clamps like these as well for the ceiling and external planking:



Kind regards

Salty

 

[Dwarfman06]

Dwarfman, the clamps come from Dictum:

https://www.dictum.com/en/edge-clamp-with-single-screw/705856

A little expensive, but I love working with nice tools. I suggest you make up a dozen or clamps like these as well for the ceiling and external planking:

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Kind regards

Salty

Thank you so much. I live in the US so the international shipping cost was greater than the 12 Dictum clamps...but they look like they are worth it. So I bit the bullet and ordered. thank you for your kind help. I already have the two books you recommended but I might need some more of your expertise as I progress ... again thank you...