L'Orenoque Mamoli 1:100 scale

The Gavel said:
Collecting images of French sidewheelers - here's one. Feel free to supplement! I'm particularly interested in the correct colors, etc - I am looking to build her in a Crimean War livery and armament if possible.

And I can't believe it's this late!!! 'Til next time, shipmates!

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I also like this crossover period in shipbuilding.This is Le Sphinx . She was first in a series of twenty corvettes built on the same plan. I have an ancient (1961) french kit of her sister "La Veloce" that i will be bashing into this ship. A real antique novelty, the kit is mostly card, a solid carved waterline hull and lead wire, at about 1/200.I prefer to build the Sphinx as she has the unusual history of being the ship that towed the barge ship "Louxsor" transporting Cleopatra's needle from Egypt to Paris. I have also started a scratch build of L'Aigle, 1859, Napoleons imperial yacht, another sidewheeler with an offcentered mechanism which corrects the angle of the blades as they rotate into the water, i may have bitten off more than i can chew there ! I will have to get round to learning photoetching for that. All this because i saw L'Orenoque and fell in love, haha ! here's a period painting of L'Aigle for your collectionoffici14949.jpg
 
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Now i have read all of your posts, i thought you might be interested by the hull design on the Sphinx, which is really quite unusual. This is 1830 and was fitted with an English steam engine. Here's my waterline kitbash version, and a model from the french maritime museum which also shows it rather wellM5026-2005-DE-201-4.jpg

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What ho, shipmates!

I am sorry for the absence. The work on my Admiral's gym space got done on time, but the work on my new shipyard/atelier is still in progress and needs to be mainly completed before I really get busy with L'Orenoque.

For those who eagerly pulled up their chairs, shared their passion for this kind of ship looking at you @ROUGHLY MARTIN :), or looked in and "liked", thank you for sharing and for your patience.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
Hey, Chuck, how about a final photo presentation of the completed Harriet Lane, with a mission statement regarding your build in her 1/1/1863 iteration?
Such a superb rendition, exhaustively researched and realized undertaking deserves a comprehensive presentation. With some historic background. Such a cinematic and dramatic story!
Your devoted fans deserve some closure!

Pete
 
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Peter Gutterman said:
Hey, Chuck, how about a final photo presentation of the completed Harriet Lane, with a mission statement regarding your build in her 1/1/1863 iteration?
Such a superb rendition, exhaustively researched and realized undertaking deserves a comprehensive presentation. With some historic background. Such a cinematic and dramatic story!
Your devoted fans deserve some closure!

Pete
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Pete! Your wish is my command! Now that you have outed me! The reality is, I have just gotten my new studio to a point where I can put the finishing touches on Harriet Lane! Meaning, that I will, I hope, fingers crossed, God willing and the creek don't rise, be able to finish the anchors, rope coils and flags by the end of the month.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
What ho, shipmates!

As we all know, in this life, there's always the next thing, also known as something else, a less dire version of Murphy's law. So when I got up Saturday morning to do a 20 mile training exercise in preparation for a 50 mi ultra marathon at the end of the month, I discovered that my internet was not working. When I got back from the training exercise, I spent an hour chatting with my service provider only to learn that my modem was the problem. The fact that I have a modem probably tells you that I have two wire DSL service. Of course you're not surprised by this because of my Stone age tools and techniques which I have highlighted elsewhere. Hopefully, by the end of the week, I will be able to post a real unboxing and share the differences that I have discovered so far between the kit and the actual ship. Your patience, not surprising given how you choose to spend your free time, it is nevertheless greatly appreciated.

Until then, I remained your humble and obedient servant.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
 
I too, have a modem.
there is currently, on another forum, an ongoing discussion called "Getting Old Sucks" where certain opinions and experiences have been discussed regarding the athletic activities of youth being translated into joint replacement surgeries later in life.Cautious
I am out of breath just contemplating a 20-mile exercise as merely training for a fifty mile anything! :eek:
But I too have stone age tools as well as a stone age body and a modem which I have to re-start regularly just as I have to do myself every morning when I get up.:rolleyes:
I second Peter Voogts' above post. Thumbsup Thumbsup :D
And Brads'
 
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The Gavel said:
What ho, shipmates!

As we all know, in this life, there's always the next thing, also known as something else, a less dire version of Murphy's law. So when I got up Saturday morning to do a 20 mile training exercise in preparation for a 50 mi ultra marathon at the end of the month, I discovered that my internet was not working. When I got back from the training exercise, I spent an hour chatting with my service provider only to learn that my modem was the problem. The fact that I have a modem probably tells you that I have two wire DSL service. Of course you're not surprised by this because of my Stone age tools and techniques which I have highlighted elsewhere. Hopefully, by the end of the week, I will be able to post a real unboxing and share the differences that I have discovered so far between the kit and the actual ship. Your patience, not surprising given how you choose to spend your free time, it is nevertheless greatly appreciated.

Until then, I remained your humble and obedient servant.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck
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My internet still comes into my house via copper.:rolleyes: Fiber optic......they've been saying for years that they're going to install it soon.:(
That's why I train my modem to deliver the best performance 'within its capabilities'. The latter is also the case with my sports activities.:)
‘All the best’ with your training and run, Chuck.
Regards, Peter
 
Educated as an engineer, I am supposed to like new technologies but I hate computers! Although they do what they were originally intended to do well, mathematical computing. Used for information technology they don’t pass muster.

Good engineering requires things to be robust and dependable. Information technology is neither. I have two laptops. One is not connected to the internet. I use it strictly as a computer. It works well. The other is connected. Every time that I turn it on, it first wants me to wait while it upgrades something; probably some preloaded junk program that don’t realize exists. Then, when I actually get to use it, it interrupts me to try to sell me something.

Passwords, Apple ID, pay bills online, etc. life is way too short for all this. I prefer my Stone Age technology in my workshop.

Roger
 
Roger Pellett said:
Educated as an engineer, I am supposed to like new technologies but I hate computers! Although they do what they were originally intended to do well, mathematical computing. Used for information technology they don’t pass muster.

Good engineering requires things to be robust and dependable. Information technology is neither. I have two laptops. One is not connected to the internet. I use it strictly as a computer. It works well. The other is connected. Every time that I turn it on, it first wants me to wait while it upgrades something; probably some preloaded junk program that don’t realize exists. Then, when I actually get to use it, it interrupts me to try to sell me something.

Passwords, Apple ID, pay bills online, etc. life is way too short for all this. I prefer my Stone Age technology in my workshop.

Roger
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I feel ya, brother.

Pete
 
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