Le Saint Philippe 1693 after Jean-Claude Lemineur (Ancre) in scale 1:48

[dockattner]

Beautiful Paul, a feast for the eyes!

Thanks, Daniel. There will be plenty of eye-candy if I can pull this off.

We have al here witness the birth of a new ornament carver talent. It looks great. Did you use something to highlight them a little? It just looks great.
To say something funny; "You nailed it!"

Thank you, Stephen. Nothing has been done to highlight the carvings yet. They just have the tung-oil mix I used on the rest of the model.

All the accolades deserved Paul. Man I love the way the pear has come to life and the planking details defined after your finishing. Brilliant carvings. I think the contrast may look stark with the solitary carving in place, however as you add more (and there are a plenty) I have a feeling it will look brilliant. Cheers Grant

Agreed about the pear, Grant. It's far and away my favorite wood to work with. It's not great for miniature carving but for large timbers and planks it's a joy.

Hello Paul
ABsolutely wonderful work

Thanks for visiting, Gilbert - and for the nice post.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Hello Friends,

I mentioned previously that once the molding was installed over the exposed wing transom it would be possible to apply a finish coat to the pear on the lower half of the hull. That molding turned out to be quite easy to fabricate so already I am back to share a progress report.

First, here is the molding:

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And now the current state of affairs allowing you to reflect on the carvings and how well they fit visually with the pearwood canvas they are being presented on.

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I'll not be making any final decisions about whether more work is needed on the carvings for some time (until more decorations are created and installed on the model), so there is plenty of time for you to offer guidance or make suggestions.

Of course, the preliminary finish on the pear has exposed areas that need touch-up - but that can also wait for a later time.

Thanks for visiting!

That finish brings the wood completely to life, Paul. With a nice diffuse contrast to the woodcarving.
Regards, Peter

 

[dockattner]

That finish brings the wood completely to life, Paul. With a nice diffuse contrast to the woodcarving.
Regards, Peter

Thank you kindly, my friend. Now let's see what the future holds...

 

[RichardG]

Looks very nice indeed. I see now how the tung oil adds a touch of extra warmth.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

Carvings look very good, Paul. I particularly like the shells of the lower finishing.

I will make one small suggestion for improving the acanthus brackets of the lower finishing. Right now, your leaf tendrils are fully convex. These tend to look better, and provide more interplay of light and contrast, if each tendril is concave, along its top surface, if that makes sense.

 

[dockattner]

Looks very nice indeed. I see now how the tung oil adds a touch of extra warmth.

Thanks, Richard. As I have said - we'll see how things develop.

 

[dockattner]

Carvings look very good, Paul. I particularly like the shells of the lower finishing.

I will make one small suggestion for improving the acanthus brackets of the lower finishing. Right now, your leaf tendrils are fully convex. These tend to look better, and provide more interplay of light and contrast, if each tendril is concave, along its top surface, if that makes sense.

Thank you, Marc.

In the narrative of an earlier post I acknowledged that I did great harm to the acanthus leaves. Indeed, I was carving from memory while on vacation and didn't actually try to even make acanthus leaves. The fault, then, is less in the carved outcome than it is in the fact that I haven't replaced them with something more appropriate... .

In any case, I sincerely appreciate your review, I'll try to do better in the future!

 

[dockattner]

As we make our way up... the next major platform creates the floor of a formal balcony.

On the stern of the ship that balcony floor is supported by decorative brackets. On the sides of the ship that balcony floor provides spaces for three large windows per side (as part of the quarter galleries):



Once again, I tried to create the decorative molded edge of this balcony floor using a scraper - and once again I failed. Unfortunately, that meant I needed to build this part up in layers as I did with a similar structure previously. This layered approach is tedious and would best be avoided - though I cannot argue with the outcome:







Joining the two sides pieces with the stern piece took some creativity with how the layers were overlapped at the junctions (none of this joinery will be visible - the underside will be hidden by a window box and the upper surface is going to receive deck planking).



Test fitting:















Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to!

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

It’s growing and it’s going to be brilliant!

 

[Daniel20]

Simply superb craftsmanship!

 

[Steef66]

Smart to make layers.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

I'm just noticing your waste-pipe rosettes - really nicely done. Also, great work on the QG level lifts!

 

[dockattner]

It’s growing and it’s going to be brilliant!

Thanks, Dirk. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed at present as I'm coming face to face with the burden of the pending decorative carvings - so your encouragement comes at a good time.

 

[dockattner]

Simply superb craftsmanship!

Thank you kindly, my friend. I enjoy the relative simplicity of the woodworking over-against the mystery of carving bits and baubles.

 

[dockattner]

Smart to make layers.

Thanks, Stephan. It's a bit fiddly but it does turn out pretty nice.

 

[dockattner]

I'm just noticing your waste-pipe rosettes - really nicely done. Also, great work on the QG level lifts!

Is that what those are?

You must be horrified by my tortured nomenclature, Marc! The fact that you continue to follow my work is truly remarkable.

I suppose I should drill a hole in the bottom of these pieces!

 

[Mirek]

Witaj
Pięknie to rozwiązałeś efekt doskonały i oto właśnie chodzi Pawle. Pozdrawiam Mirek

 

[Peter Voogt]

Making the floor out of 3 layers is a clever solution. Scratch building is all about thinking in possibilities. And to get that molded edges with those layers all around took ‘some measuring’, Paul. But the outcome is really nice.
Regards, Peter

 

[Masters Mate]

As we make our way up... the next major platform creates the floor of a formal balcony.

On the stern of the ship that balcony floor is supported by decorative brackets. On the sides of the ship that balcony floor provides spaces for three large windows per side (as part of the quarter galleries):

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Once again, I tried to create the decorative molded edge of this balcony floor using a scraper - and once again I failed. Unfortunately, that meant I needed to build this part up in layers as I did with a similar structure previously. This layered approach is tedious and would best be avoided - though I cannot argue with the outcome:

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Joining the two sides pieces with the stern piece took some creativity with how the layers were overlapped at the junctions (none of this joinery will be visible - the underside will be hidden by a window box and the upper surface is going to receive deck planking).

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Test fitting:

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Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to!

Absolutely wonderful work, Paul. You are an inspiration to me to keep trying to do better.

 

[RichardG]

Gets better with every addition. The mouldings look very authentic and well-balanced. They remind me a little of a breakfront pipe organ case from the Baroque/Rococo era.