L'Orenoque Mamoli 1:100 scale

[Martin By Eye]

so as i know nothing of cannons i went looking but my overall impression is of unpainted wood... if you want to go for some colour i would suggest ocre, either yellow or red. or somewhere in between, as in the photo of mines from Rustrel in france. This was widely used in france for centuries. Lovely deck fixtures , nicely made and she is looking very shipshape, but I'll wait to see where you are placing your hold access before commenting the decks . I like photoetch gratings at that scale or smaller.

 

[Namabiiru]

Fantastic sunlights and companionways!

 

[The Gavel]

so as i know nothing of cannons i went looking but my overall impression is of unpainted wood... if you want to go for some colour i would suggest ocre, either yellow or red. or somewhere in between, as in the photo of mines from Rustrel in france. This was widely used in france for centuries. Lovely deck fixtures , nicely made and she is looking very shipshape, but I'll wait to see where you are placing your hold access before commenting the decks . I like photoetch gratings at that scale or smaller.

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Martin! Thanks for the insight! I'll see what I can do for color based on this great photo. I also look forward to seeing where I'll place my hold access

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

 

[The Gavel]

Fantastic sunlights and companionways!

Namabiiru! Thank you! But there's a problem. I like the companionways so much I'm thinking about a do-over on the crankhouses. I'm going to enlarge them a bit so we'll have plenty of space for activities. I'll keep the green windows to satisfy Paul. I am also thinking about adding cove molding to the bottoms of the skylights. Here's what happened: I have been pretty happy so far with my ability to manage the wood and black color scheme inboard. Somehow I got it in my head that I couldn't do the crankhouses the in wood with black. Go figure.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

 

[Martin By Eye]

Namabiiru! Thank you! But there's a problem. I like the companionways so much I'm thinking about a do-over on the crankhouses. I'm going to enlarge them a bit so we'll have plenty of space for activities. I'll keep the green windows to satisfy Paul. I am also thinking about adding cove molding to the bottoms of the skylights. Here's what happened: I have been pretty happy so far with my ability to manage the wood and black color scheme inboard. Somehow I got it in my head that I couldn't do the crankhouses the in wood with black. Go figure.

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

Bigger crankhouses sounds good to me, they look to be a bit on the narrow side for the mechanics involved. Did you take the size direct from l'Aigle ?

 

[The Gavel]

Final shots for today. But, before we get the treat . . .

I did some searching for photo etch gratings and came up with the big ZERO. I did find that Model Shipways has wooden gratings in cherry at 0.8 mm openings so I'm likely to give that a try if I don't get any more advice - looking at all of you!

Look aft. I decided to go with the dead-aft location for the wheel (which needs finishing) and you can see the binnacle just forward of the wheel. I'm a tad bit concerned about the position of the horse/traveler for the boom sheet - (if I got the terms wrong I know you know what I'm talking about).

Blessings. Peace. Gratitude.
Chuck

 

[The Gavel]

Bigger crankhouses sounds good to me, they look to be a bit on the narrow side for the mechanics involved. Did you take the size direct from l'Aigle ?

Martin! I took the size directly from l'Aigle - but she carries 3. Spirit guide at it again - wider was my thought too. I went with two crankhouses based on what I could understand from French the plans for "similar" ships and my English "Paddle Warships" reference book.



Blessings.
Chuck