Planset review Lugger LE COUREUR - 1776" in scale 1:48 by Jean BOUDRIOT & Hubert BERTI

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Planset Review:
Lugger LE COUREUR - 1776
in scale 1:48
by Jean BOUDRIOT & Hubert BERTI

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available from ancre in different languages -> english, french or italian



Excerpts from the drawings taken from the web-page
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additional photos of this amazing model you can find in the following post


Size of the finished model in scale 1:48
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SYNOPSIS:

The historical part of this monograph is devoted to a study of the lugsail in the 17th and 18th centuries as well as to ships, coasting ships and luggers which adopted the same rigging.
These luggers which were part of the French Royal Navy were built between 1773 and 1782 by the engineer and builder Denys, a native of Dunkerque.
From among these ships, we have chosen the COUREUR which, together with the BELLE-POULE ( a 12-pdr frigate) was engaged in the first naval combat of the American Revolutionary War on 17 June 1778.
Numerous archival documents were at our disposal, including original plans of Le Coureur and drawings of the ship done after its capture. All these elements allowed us to produce a monograph that meets the strictest standards.
Like the preceding volumes, this study offers :
- the historical development of the lugsail.
- a study of the coasting ships and luggers in the Ancien Régime and at the beginning of the 19th century.
- the detailed account of the combat between the COUREUR and the cutter the ALERT, based on original period documents, extensively reproduced for the enjoyment of history lovers.
The second part of the monograph includes a technical commentary on each of the seven plates, and a complete note explaining the rigging and its vocabulary.

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CONTENT OF THE MONOGRAPH

64 page booklet, 24 x 31 cm format, including :

- History
- The lugsail
- The coasting ship
- The lugger
- The lugger in the Royal Navy
- The career of the Coureur: sources, the role of the crew, the battle of 17 June 1778
- Commentary on the seven plates
- A note on the rigging
- Vocabulary of the rigging
- Notes on the colors of the Coureur

A set of seven plates at 1:48 scale including :

1 The definition of the hull
2 Planking of the hull
3 Hull fitting (1)
4 Hull fitting (2)
5 Details, various elements of fitting
6 Masts and their rigging
7 Full view under sail

Photos du modèle de M. Gerard Chatainier (Photographe : Olivier Gatine)


LOOK INSIDE of the booklet: (now also available in english)

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The descriptions of the drawings:
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For the Look Inside of the Drawings and photos of the model please take also a look at the following post
 

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Planset Review: Part II
Lugger LE COUREUR - 1776
in scale 1:48
by Jean BOUDRIOT & Hubert BERTI


LOOK INSIDE the DRAWINGS:


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And here to get some more appetite..... (as usual many Thanks to Didier Berti from ancre for the allowance to show all these excerpts and photos (taken from the ancre-web-page)

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BTW:
The Le Coureur was captured by the british in 1778, so there are also some contemporary drawings in the NMM available


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Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the body plan with stern board and decoration and name on stern counter, sheer lines with inboard detail modifications proposed in green ink, longitudinal half-breadth, and midship section showing the clinker framing, for 'Coureur' (1778), a captured French lugger, as modified to an 8-gun Schooner. Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1775-1784; later Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].

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Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the upper deck, and fore and aft platforms, with proposed modifications in green, for 'Coureur' (1778), a captured French lugger, as modified to an 8-gun Schooner. Signed by John Henslow [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard, 1775-1784; later Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].

 
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Hi Jim, is not TOMS model clinker built and this one looks CARAVFEL PLANKED WOULD THIS BE HELPFUL TO US. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE Don
As Giles already answered, I just want to add that CAF kit will be clinker build, he made frames with notches, and the model above also clicker build. If you take a close look, you will see.
 
I received from ancre now also the brand new english version of the Monograph booklet of the lugger Le Coureur.
Many Thanks to Didier Berti from ancre.

Once more I am happy to see, that the translation was done by our friend and member @Gilles Korent

For everybody, who has already the older french version, the booklet in english can be ordered separately for a very reasonable price



and now the Look Inside:

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The introduction by Jean Boudriot and Hubert Berti
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such a beautiful small vessel - impressive with the three masts and fully rigged - she was a very fast sailor
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Highly recommended !!!
 
HI UWE, WHAT MY QUESTION WAS BEFORE NOT EXPRESSED TO WELL WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CAF MODEL AND THE ANCRE MONOGRAPH IF ANY. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON
 
HI UWE, WHAT MY QUESTION WAS BEFORE NOT EXPRESSED TO WELL WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CAF MODEL AND THE ANCRE MONOGRAPH IF ANY. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE YOU AND YOURS DON
I can once more refer to my older answer to the same question:

The Boudriot - ancre monograph of the Le Coureur is showing the vessel how she was build originally by the french in 1776, and this based on the researches and partly available contemporary drawings. The CAF model kit is also taking into account the modifications made by the british after her capture. These adaptations are partly shown in the two contemporary drawings of the NMM, I and also CAF already showed several times. Also here in this topic in post #2.

The ancre monograph is showing the ship without the inner structure and framing - so you can build the model as POB but to make a POF model you have to make much more research work and draw your own plans for the frames (out of line-drawing etc....
The kit by @CAFmodel is prepared as a POF-model, so they did the research work..... The technical correctness I am not aware, because I do not have any details of the kit design, we know in moment only the information and photos of this topic. But in addition it looks like, that the masts and rigging (which is very interesting on a lugger, will be included, as well as the interieur the british implemented in 1778.

 
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