Le Coureur 1776, model 1:48 by Adi

[pianoforte]

Thanks for all likes and comments. Now I'v gotten a little further with the mast partners and the wedges. What a creepy filing. The main mast mount is ready o far, even with the right angle. On the foremast, I've also replaced the mast partner and am just about to adjust the hole and file the wedges to size.

 

[Tobias]

Very nice progress Adi.

 

[Heinrich]

Those masts fit beautifully Adi - and they are tall, aren't they?

 

[Uwek]

Hallo my friend,
good work on the wedges - very well done

 

[Uwek]

Those masts fit beautifully Adi - and they are tall, aren't they?

I guess Adi does not have here a photo already, therefore I would like shortly, if Adi agrees, give a link to one of my posts where you can see the masts in front of the sailplan of the Le Coureur - so you can get a feeling for the final look

LE COUREUR - french Lugger 1776 - POF kit from CAF in 1:48 by Uwe

The kit anchors have a really good form, made out of massive brass. Nevertheless, as usual for me, I found a small area, compared to the Boudriot drawings, where I wanted to adjust and bash a little bit. The flukes have a constant thickness Often the anchor flukes are like this...

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[pianoforte]

Thanks for the likes and comments. The formast mast partner with the wedges is ready. Next was the chimney of the galley stove. Here I kept a little more to CAF variant, because I like the slightly steeper smoke outlet better.
Then the pumps should be installed, without forgeting that they are also provided with tension straps below deck. What a shock, I should not have installed the deck yet...... But with a lot of sweat it still worked.
Now I deal with the scuppers, which I think absolutely belong on the ship. According to Boudriot, they should end outboards above the wales, but this does not work properly with the otherwise non-existent slope.

 

[Tobias]

Great stovepipe Adi, I also forgot the bandages for pumps, but I can't get there anymore either.

 

[dockattner]

As always you do beautiful work Adi. Thank you for sharing your progress with us.

 

[Heinrich]

The foremast partner is exquisitely crafted. I also like your variation of the stovepipe. I did not realize the scuppers were different sizes - again learned something now.

 

[Jimsky]

Welcome back to your Courier build, it does look very good. The base for the chimney looks a bit thick to my eyes, but it may be just the angle of the photo you shoot. Will you add bolts to it?

 

[pianoforte]

Welcome back to your Courier build, it does look very good. The base for the chimney looks a bit thick to my eyes, but it may be just the angle of the photo you shoot. Will you add bolts to it?

Hallo Jim, yes this may be due to the angle as I photographed. I followed the dimensions from Boudriot's drawing exactly and bolts are not provided there.

 

[Alexander74]

Thanks for the likes and comments. The formast mast partner with the wedges is ready. Next was the chimney of the galley stove. Here I kept a little more to CAF variant, because I like the slightly steeper smoke outlet better.
Then the pumps should be installed, without forgeting that they are also provided with tension straps below deck. What a shock, I should not have installed the deck yet...... But with a lot of sweat it still worked.
Now I deal with the scuppers, which I think absolutely belong on the ship. According to Boudriot, they should end outboards above the wales, but this does not work properly with the otherwise non-existent slope.

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Adi, hi. Your scuppers are somewhat high in relation to the deck. Is it like that on the drawings? And the scuppers, in my opinion, were installed at an angle to drain the water.

 

[Frank48]

Adi, ciao. I tuoi ombrinali sono piuttosto alti rispetto al ponte. È così sui disegni? E gli ombrinali, secondo me, sono stati installati ad angolo per drenare l'acqua.

Buonasera Alessandro, secondo la Tua osservazione, può darsi che il Kit li posizioni così

 

[Frank48]

Good evening Alexander, according to Your observation, it may be that the Kit positions them like this

 

[Alexander74]

Buonasera Alessandro, secondo la Tua osservazione, può darsi che il Kit li posizioni così

Frank, quindi le istruzioni di KIT non sono un dogma. Si può correggere con il buon senso

 

[Alexander74]

Good evening Alexander, according to Your observation, it may be that the Kit positions them like this

Frank, so KIT's instruction is not a dogma. Can be corrected with common sense

 

[Frank48]

Frank, so KIT's instruction is not a dogma. Can be corrected with common sense

but certainly with inherent documents one gives more certainty of the ship

 

[Tobias]

Hello Alexander and Frank, since I am building the same model and am also at the scuppers, I can tell you that the heights are different. It's probably the angle of the photograph.

 

[Frank48]

Hello Alexander and Frank, since I am building the same model and am also at the scuppers, I can tell you that the heights are different. It's probably the angle of the photograph.

Hi Tobia, I hope it is the photo, otherwise it makes sense to keep them taller

 

[pianoforte]

Hallo Sascha, Frank and Tobias, to the blunt, the scuppers all have a slight downward angle. The problem with the rear 3 is, that the deck is almost the same height as the wales at this point. However , Boudriot shows that the scuppers should end above the wales. However, this cannot be realized because of the necessary inclination, so a recess had to be made at the wales, especially since the rearmost scupper has a larger diameter because of the pumps. See my last picture.
The diameters of all suppers are correct.