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

ot1138 said:
Does it feel strange to be able to hold the ship in your hands? Feels really, really light to me.
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It is really light weight hull, but I think very stable, especially also against torsion.
But also the original vessel was light and a fast sailor.

ot1138 said:
I see that the fore half of your ship is sitting well above the mounting surface. What are your thoughts on this? Any plans to shave out the frame as I did, so that it sits flat?
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I have to be honest - until now I was not think about this, because with starting the outside planking, the hull is laying most of the time upside down.
so in moment I do not need the stand - and was only fitted dry for the photo and not adjusted
 
Uwek said:
BTW: I wanted to show also my little mess in my workshop - I hope to make some order and clean up during the holidays

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Before christmas I will not post any update any more - so on this way

I wish everybody of .... and interested in our group build

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Keep care and stay healthy - and enjoy the days with the family
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Your work space is a very familiar site for me ...
Happy new year Uwe!
 
Hi Uwe, looks great. Must be a satisfactory feeling to hold your ship in your hands.

PS are you sure you didn t mis the page in your manual to put the hull back into the berth for further progress on the hull. 8-)
 
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Maarten said:
Hi Uwe, looks great. Must be a satisfactory feeling to hold your ship in your hands.

PS are you sure you didn t mis the page in your manual to put the hull back into the berth for further progress on the hull. :cool:
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I hope not - otherwise I will build a new one - HOHOHO

planking the stern - I think I will leave one side open to see the structure
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Like @ot1138 I started to prepare the wale elements as first part of the outer planking

visible are the two rows of the wales and the first plank No 3

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after this situation I realized for myself, that in this order it will be not possible to install the planks in a proper way
 
Looking at the drawing by Jean Boudriot we can see, that the planking pattern is shown extremely regular, which is in my opinion not very realistic.
It would mean, that the total length of the ship was planked only with two planks, so planks with 12 to 14 meter.

Something like the deckplanking pattern Mondfeld showed in his book - we know in the meantime, that the ships were not built so regular......

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These are the drawings from CAF for the planking
The butt joints are marked with small vertical red lines - every row of the 25 are prepared with four laser cut planking strips

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Planking is starting

Before I remove the planks from the sheet, I mark the parts number (number of row with a, b, c or d -> here 25c ) and a small arrow with direction to the bow

Dryfitting
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First plank 25 is installed
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and now also 24
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Happy New Year. Looking very good as usual, Uwe Thumbsup
For a moment I was considering to simulate treenails in the inner planking but I think I'll not do it after all (I wouldn't know where to place the treenails in the intricate shape of the planks in the upper aft section). Anyway, this made me wonder about another thing in Boudriot's drawing I find odd: The treenails/bolts is in a strait line for the floor timber and the futtock? Shouldn't the lower treenails/bolts be where I have indicated with a green square?
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