L'Unité - 1:48 - French Frigate - 1794 - under build

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Works in progress ...

 

[Bryian]

Wow, thats beautiful work.

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Views from the the captain's lounge

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

 

[GrantTyler]

Views from the the captain's loungeView attachment 314187View attachment 314188View attachment 314189View attachment 314190View attachment 314191View attachment 314192View attachment 314193View attachment 314194

Good morning- special world. Cheers Grant

 

[Uwek]

Looking very good - very good work on the Unité

 

[Alexander74]

Looks like I almost missed an interesting assembly. Join to watch. Louis, great job. The threads would still be replaced with better ones. But this is me, grumbling

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Thanks Alexander, more photos soon.

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

L'Unité , service boats

 

[Uwek]

L'Unité - Designed by Pierre-Alexander Forfait and built in Le Havre ( Normandy ) in 1794.
Originally classified as a Corvette, with a 218 crew complement , it was armed with 32 - 8 pounder french gun, later rearmed with more powerful guns, and classified as Frigate.
It was a highly successful project, recognized for its excellent navigability and speed.
Captured by the English frigate HMS Inconstant ( 1796 ), she was renamed HMS Surprise in the Royal Navy, and sold in 1802.

I started my model, from the L'Unité original plans provided by the National Maritime Museum / Greenwich , some parts of the Artesania Latina kit / H.M.S. Surprise, a lot of research in the Musée National de la Marine ( Paris ) , and Jean Boudriot's book collection.

Photos : copper plates

Hallo @Luiz B. F. Grassi
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Thanks fellows !

 

[Tobias]

Happy Birthday

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Thanks Tobias !

 

[Herman]

Hello Ruiz. First of all i wish you a Happy Birthday
I just stumbled on your building log, i missed it till now but will follow your further progress with interest. Great workmanship.

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Thanks Herman !

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

L'Unité , upper deck planking and checking the channel's position.

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

L'Unité - installing some deck fittings

 

[Gebirgsmarine]

Excellent work! Nice details.
One question about the stove: There is an insulated pipe running to a bucket. Did they reuse the condensated water vapour?
Christian

 

[GrantTyler]

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Good evening. Lovely details. I love the stove chimney. Cheers Grant

 

[Luiz B. F. Grassi]

Excellent work! Nice details.
One question about the stove: There is an insulated pipe running to a bucket. Did they reuse the condensated water vapour?
Christian

Hi Christian ! Yes, the heat from the stove was used to distill the salt water from the sea, which became drinkable fresh water.
The production capacity was small, around 60 to 80 liter per day. It was not enough to give fresh them water autonomy but it helped a lot.
Luiz Bruno