LE ROCHEFORT - Harbour yacht from 1787 1:36 by Tobias (Monograph by ANCRE)

Uwek said:
I agree with the words by the others.
You are absolutely ready to make a POF scratch model like the Rochefort - The quality of monograph and drawings by Gérard and the type of ship (small single masted yacht without any decoration and complicated metal works) is in my opinion the best basis for a scratch building start.And with the help of the group and members it will be no big problem, maybe only a small challenge....


as mentioned already before -
- ebony is toxic, especially the sanding dust can produce some problems
- the fingers are also getting black by the dust - so do not touch directly other woods
- bending behaviour is terrible - so especially for the wales at the bow very problematic
- expensive wood
-> there are alternatives available: black hornbeam as an alternative wood, or painting with black ecoline
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Van said:
Also if you use ebony be sure you see the actual board(s) or good photos before you buy them. Ebony can be very black but it also can be medium brown or have some streaking.
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Couldn't agree more.

From experience, I have found African Ebony to be more consistent. Madagascan Ebony quite often suffers with streaks or patches of dark brown.Both are very expensive, the African more so.

Kind Regards

Nigel
 
I'm a little late, but just wanted to wish you the best of luck with your new Group Build, Tobias. My experience in the SoS Bluenose Group Build is that you get a lot of support from your fellow builders and no question remains unanswered. With is nice to pull up together.
Regards, Peter
 
Peter Voogt said:
I'm a little late, but just wanted to wish you the best of luck with your new Group Build, Tobias. My experience in the SoS Bluenose Group Build is that you get a lot of support from your fellow builders and no question remains unanswered. With is nice to pull up together.
Regards, Peter
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Hello Peter,
thank you for your kind words. I think we'll rock it together, I'm pretty confident.
 
Question: Has anyone ever made an analysis of the best woods (including availability) for building parts of models? I read somewhere that applewood was ideal for deck planking because it changed color with age. I have planted some apple trees less for the apples than for the wood. (by the way, one must plant two varieties within fifty feet of one another to get apples-- they must cross pollinate) It appears from my reading that boxwood is the "ivory of woods" and good for making blocks. Is there a better wood for blocks? I had some box that died and I harvested the wood. I tried carving it after it had cured and it resisted my diamond bits. Apparently one must use box before it dries and gets hard.
 
wmgrimball said:
Question: Has anyone ever made an analysis of the best woods (including availability) for building parts of models? I read somewhere that applewood was ideal for deck planking because it changed color with age. I have planted some apple trees less for the apples than for the wood. (by the way, one must plant two varieties within fifty feet of one another to get apples-- they must cross pollinate) It appears from my reading that boxwood is the "ivory of woods" and good for making blocks. Is there a better wood for blocks? I had some box that died and I harvested the wood. I tried carving it after it had cured and it resisted my diamond bits. Apparently one must use box before it dries and gets hard.
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Hello see post no. 1 where you can see my list of the woods I use. Generally speaking, I would say there is no rule regarding the type of wood, fruitwoods are generally well suited. Many modellers use pear, the reason for this is primarily the fine grain in the wood, service tree (Swiss pear), boxwood (Castello), maple and cherry are also popular. You can also use oak, beech and lime, whichever you like better.

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Hello everyone and Merry Christmas again.
Here are the first preparations for building the harbour yacht.
The jig was built, I used plan no. 7 for planning. Here you can see the position of the frames and transfer them super to the top board as a little help. A small selection of wood has also been ordered.
Pear 5,5mm and 7mm.
At this point I would like to say that I am not going to make a plan of all the wood I need for the entire construction of Le Rochefort. I am proceeding by building sections and only order wood when I come to the next section.
Now here are the first pictures and a comparison with my La Palme.

Both the same scale 1:36
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Very Nice start and beautiful wood. Mind if I ask where did you buy your wood from?
 
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Donnie said:
Very Nice start and beautiful wood. Mind if I ask where did you buy your wood from?
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Donnie thank you, I buy my wood from Frank Horsching MassivHolzWerkstätten. Frank's quality has convinced me - he's super nice when something goes wrong. You can also order intermediate sizes from him, you just have to specify it in the text field when ordering.
Jimsky said:
Tobi, you are off to a good start! Thumbs-Up
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shota70 said:
great start Tobias, good luck and pleasure working my dear friend :) Thumbsup
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Jim and Shota, thank you.
 
When I got to this stage and started cutting out the outlines I realised I had to make sure I kept the parts horizontal of course! Any slight discrepancy and I had problems getting a good tight close contact. Does that make sense?
 
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