Hi Dieter wonderful news, it's great to see you back at work.
Le Rochefort - 1787 Harbor Yacht 1:24 - build log by Nersch
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Hello Dieter, how are you and how is the move to the new workshop going?
Hi Nersch, sorry catching up with your build a bit late on this topic but since I am at the same stage, would you be able to point me in direction what software have you used for plan scanning and colouring? I have my plans scanned all in pdf but cannot locate correct software to nicely fill out colour into individual frames.Hello and a nice Saturday evening to all
I have started preparing the frames.
First I scanned all the frames and colored them on the laptop. I'm not sure if it was worth the effort, but at least I now have a detailed understanding of the plans of the 32 frames. By the way, there are 361 individual parts. Yes, I counted them.
After cutting them with a cutter knife and scissors, I arranged them on 9 different boards. I tried to arrange them a bit randomly to get a mix of wood colors within each frame.
Do you think this arrangement makes sense? Would you do something different? Are the gaps okay? I will be cutting everything to size with my bandsaw. I would leave about 2 mm around the final shape.
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Hello Tobias,
I'm still busy to get everything installed in my new workshop. But I hope I can continue with my Rochefort build very soon.
On Wednesday I'll pick up some ordered wood I'll use to make an extraction (German: Absaugung).
I want to have everything ready before I restart my ship. Otherwise it will take for ever.
BTW: Will you join the Forentreffen on Saturday in Augsburg?
Would be great to have some discussion.
Hi moreplovac,
I made also some scans of the plans and used afterwards GIMP (https://www.gimp.org/) to modify the plans.
But unfortunately it's not only the bucket fill tool. I also "repainted" the contour of the frames before I filled them.
I did it during a period where I could not work in my workshop, so I had some time for it.
But normally just a copy of the plans should be fine.
Hello Dieter, unfortunately I can't come on Saturday. The meeting is unfortunately on my birthday and we have guests.
Hello Tobias,
That's a pity.
So we will see us in October? In Evian les Bains?
That's a pity.
So we will see us in October? In Evian les Bains?
Looking forward to watching your progress. I'm just getting back to my ship after a year break too. Good luck
Hello Dieter,
how is the construction of your workshop coming along? I hope to see more pictures of you working on Le Rochefort soon.
how is the construction of your workshop coming along? I hope to see more pictures of you working on Le Rochefort soon.
Hallo @NerschHello everyone,
I started already some time ago my planning to build the Le Rochefort from ANCRE.
Some days ago I was informed during a local modeler meeting that this group build was started in the SOS forum and I would be very happy to join this group build.
I studied the already existing build logs and I'm sure that I can learn a lot from you guys.
What I'm still struggling is to decide on the scale I will/shall use to build my Le Rochefort.
I made a jig for the scale 1/24 and one for the scale 1/36 to have something on hand to get a better feeling for the scales and size, but I'm still undecided.
Maybe I have to throw a coin
What would you consider to be easier for a beginner? 1/36 or 1/24?
I made these frames for the same purpose and I used pear and american boxwood (aka zapatero). Top and bottom on the image.
I'm looking forward to have a good communication and exchange with you.
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday Dieter
