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

[Peter Voogt]

Good morning, dear friends. So far our vacation has been very relaxing and we have already seen a few things. We are also looking for a small house or piece of land and while visiting the small fishing village of Betina on the island of Murter we discovered this small but lovely museum. See for yourself.

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As soon as I entered the small museum, I noticed a blue book, which I took a closer look at after I had seen everything.
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That is a very nice little museum, Tobias. I special like the display how they showed the waterline drawings with the half model. They explains this very simply with the stacked wooden model. It’s the methode I used for my Lee. Perhaps I will make one besides my Balder because everything started with the line drawing. With a thought-spin: using two 45dgr mirrors under and besides the model ……. Thanks for posting!
Regards, Peter

 

[shota70]

Hello Shota, thank you for your holiday greetings. Yes, it has been a big dream of mine for years to have a house in Croatia and the dream is getting closer and closer. The Dalmatian region of Split/Dubrovnik is the favourite. Murter is a little further up near Sibenik and is not quite what we are looking for. Uwe @Uwek can probably judge this better as he lived in Croatia for 6 or 7 years. We will see what the future brings.

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my dear friend, Thank you very much for your respond and beautiful pictures good luck and wish you fulfill your dream

 

[Donnie]

Beautiful - what else can be said.

 

[Tony P]

Love the museum pics. Your modeling is simply amazing. Im at a standstill. Playing alot of golf, working and now my surf fishing starts ! Dead winter is the time I can actually build.

 

[Tobias]

Hello everyone and have a lovely sunny Sunday. The countdown is on, three weeks to go until the meeting in Evian Les Bains and I'm getting closer to my goal. The port side has now been planked up to the whale and the holes for the scuppers are also finished. On the starboard side, all the nails have been put in and the first coat has been applied. Here I'm no longer using the sanding primer from Clou, as it's not 100% what I imagined. Nevertheless, I'm sticking with the Clou product, although I'm now using the ball matting with the thinner in a ratio of 1:3. It's thinner and absorbs well into the wood. After about 4 hours, I sand again with fine steel wool and apply the next coat. I got this tip from our valued colleague Johann @archjofo . There will be one or two more updates in the next few days, so have fun and see you later.

 

[dockattner]

A lovely finish, Tobias. Well done.

 

[OlivierF]

Great looking results as usual! Bravo!
The finishing products (like Clou) you use are not available in the US. Can you share if the product you are using is an oil, shellac, varnish or polyurethane?

 

[shota70]

Hello everyone and have a lovely sunny Sunday. The countdown is on, three weeks to go until the meeting in Evian Les Bains and I'm getting closer to my goal. The port side has now been planked up to the whale and the holes for the scuppers are also finished. On the starboard side, all the nails have been put in and the first coat has been applied. Here I'm no longer using the sanding primer from Clou, as it's not 100% what I imagined. Nevertheless, I'm sticking with the Clou product, although I'm now using the ball matting with the thinner in a ratio of 1:3. It's thinner and absorbs well into the wood. After about 4 hours, I sand again with fine steel wool and apply the next coat. I got this tip from our valued colleague Johann @archjofo . There will be one or two more updates in the next few days, so have fun and see you later.

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Dear Tobias, it's looks beautiful
I'm hoping to see it and meet you in Evian Les Bains

 

[Tobias]

Great looking results as usual! Bravo!
The finishing products (like Clou) you use are not available in the US. Can you share if the product you are using is an oil, shellac, varnish or polyurethane?

Hello Oliver, here is the description, it is probably similar to shellac.




Properties:
Very thin, quick-drying ball matting based on nitrocellulose. Dries during processing and does not stick. Produces a protected, silky-feeling, smooth surface
Areas of application:
For a silky-gloss coating on normally stressed wooden surfaces, e.g. for wood turning, musical instruments or small furniture. Only use indoors.
Ingredients (according to VdL-RL 01):
Nitrocellulose, synthetic resin combination, esters, alcohols, petrol, additives
Technical data
Density at 20 °C: approx. 0.870 g/cm3 (DIN 51757) Viscosity: approx. 13 s in a DIN 4 mm cup
Thinner: CLOU Thinner V1
Odor: odorless after complete drying

I hope you can do something with this.

 

[Tobias]

Dear Tobias, it's looks beautiful
I'm hoping to see it and meet you in Evian Les Bains

Thanks Shota
We will see each other my friend.

 

[Jimsky]

I'm no longer using the sanding primer from Clou, as it's not 100% what I imagined. Nevertheless, I'm sticking with the Clou product, although I'm now using the ball matting with the thinner in a ratio of 1:3. It's thinner and absorbs well into the wood.

I love the wood color after the new finish method, Can you please elaborate on 'ball matting with thinner'? Is that yet another Clou product?

 

[Jimsky]

Posted while you answered, you are too fast, mon ami!!

 

[RogerD]

I lost track of your thread for a while Tobias. As I catch up on your beautiful work it continues to be so very impressive.

 

[GrantTyler]

Hello everyone and have a lovely sunny Sunday. The countdown is on, three weeks to go until the meeting in Evian Les Bains and I'm getting closer to my goal. The port side has now been planked up to the whale and the holes for the scuppers are also finished. On the starboard side, all the nails have been put in and the first coat has been applied. Here I'm no longer using the sanding primer from Clou, as it's not 100% what I imagined. Nevertheless, I'm sticking with the Clou product, although I'm now using the ball matting with the thinner in a ratio of 1:3. It's thinner and absorbs well into the wood. After about 4 hours, I sand again with fine steel wool and apply the next coat. I got this tip from our valued colleague Johann @archjofo . There will be one or two more updates in the next few days, so have fun and see you later.

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Good morning Tobias. That Clou solution works a treat. Beautiful finish. Cheers Grant

 

[Tobias]

Hello everyone,
@dockattner @OlivierF @shota70 @Jimsky @RogerD @GrantTyler @Donnie @Tony P thanks for your contribution and thanks for the hearts and likes.

The captain's cabin is now finished, there was a small mistake with the doors, I must have done something wrong when drilling the door handles. Unfortunately it is no longer possible to move the doorknob as the beam above the door is already glued. Furthermore, the 4 front beams, in which the grille for the loading hatch underneath is located, have been made and are ready to be permanently installed. The next step is to partially lay the floorboards.











Thanks for stopping by and have a nice weekend.

 

[Jimsky]

Here you go, Tobi! The color schema is exactly what I envisioned when saying pearwood panels might be a good fit in, @dockattner, our friend Paul's KF. However, his walls are boxwood, and boxwood panels are exactly what Doc prescribed (I was wrong). Your pearwood walls nicely matched the boxwood panels. Excellent match! Both of you do such a wonderful job fabricating the doors, BTW not just the doors, that I instantly want to build only doors! Bravo!

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Przegapiłem twoją ostatnią aktualizację i jestem pod wrażeniem doboru drzewa ścianka i właz wyglądają bardzo ładnie i ten preparat Clou Rozcieńczony położony na wręgach tak pięknie podkreśla barwę drzewa ,Tobiaszu piękna praca. Pozdrawiam Mirek

Hello
I missed your last update and I am impressed with the choice of wood, the wall and hatch look very nice and this Clou Diluted preparation applied to the frames highlights the color of the wood so beautifully, Tobiasz, beautiful work. Best regards, Mirek

 

[Tobias]

Here you go, Tobi! The color schema is exactly what I envisioned when saying pearwood panels might be a good fit in, @dockattner, our friend Paul's KF. However, his walls are boxwood, and boxwood panels are exactly what Doc prescribed (I was wrong). Your pearwood walls nicely matched the boxwood panels. Excellent match! Both of you do such a wonderful job fabricating the doors, that I instantly want to build only doors! Bravo!

Jim, thank you. I personally find the combination of pear and boxwood very exciting and harmonious. I like working with pear and service tree (Swiss pear); it is a bit lighter or slightly pink in color. I did not use a very high-quality boxwood for the deck planking; it is very streaked with darker areas, but I still think it is just right for a workboat. For the outer planks, I made sure that it was high-quality boxwood; I want to pick up on the yellowish color of Le Rochefort here. Below the waterline, I will try to work with American maple and possibly white stain. I hope that I succeed and that it comes close to the color.

 

[Tobias]

Hello everyone,

one last update before we set off on the big trip. Preparing the planks for the transom. Steamed the planks to make them a little more elastic and left them in the clamping device overnight. Attaching the individual planks; when filing the window frames I had to remove the windows again. It will probably be very laborious to reinstall them and, above all, to make sure they remain movable.
For anyone who gets to this point at some point, change the order; first attach the planks on the outside, then the windows and finally the beams of the aft deck.
Learned something new again! The decoration of the transom has already been prepared. Unfortunately I'm running out of time and won't make it to Evian.













Have fun, see you there.

 

[shota70]

Hello everyone,

one last update before we set off on the big trip. Preparing the planks for the transom. Steamed the planks to make them a little more elastic and left them in the clamping device overnight. Attaching the individual planks; when filing the window frames I had to remove the windows again. It will probably be very laborious to reinstall them and, above all, to make sure they remain movable.
For anyone who gets to this point at some point, change the order; first attach the planks on the outside, then the windows and finally the beams of the aft deck.
Learned something new again! The decoration of the transom has already been prepared. Unfortunately I'm running out of time and won't make it to Evian.

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Have fun, see you there.

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Tobias my dear friend
I am excited for the conference and the meetings with you, old and new friends and the amazing models that will surely be on display.
Your model looks amazing!
I liked the jig for bending the planking boards, with your permission I will build one for myself as well.
Have a pleasant and safe trip