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Review:
Planset "The bomb ketch LA SALAMANDRE - 1752"
Monograph with 34 plans in 1:48 by Jean Boudriot - Hubert Berti


English Translation by David H. Roberts

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Original title from 1991 in french language:
LA SALAMANDRE - Galiote à bombes-1758

The monography is available at ancre in french, english or italian language.
Price is 135,- Euro

https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/32-monographie-la-salamandre-galiote-a-bombes-1758.html


Synopsis by the Publisher "ancre":

Bomb ketchs were invented by the French in the 1660s in order to bombard port towns on the Barbary coast more efficiently.
Despite our thorough research, we were unable to find enough documents to present you with a ship's model from this period with our usual riguour. But we did gather some exceptional historical and technical documents on the 1752 SALAMANDRE.
The monograph on LA SALAMANDRE gives a detailed description of the timbers and interior accomodations of the ship. In fact, our patient search resulted in the discovery of the personal archives of the Salamandre's Captain, Lieutenant Perrot du Bourget.
We were therefore able to match official documents with the observations and very pertinent remarks of this vessel's own captain.
Such documentation is unique. With it we were able to improve upon our usual presentation by including multiplying drawings so that ship's model builders could construct the ship's framework with the utmost precision. The basic structure is of particular interest because of the installation of two very large sea-mortars.
The numerous models of the SALAMANDRE that our readers have shown us attest to the fact that by reading this monograph they were able to build excellent models and occasionally a masterpiece.

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COMPOSITION OF THE MONOGRAPH

A 138 page brochure, 24x31 cm format, including :

- The history of bomb ketch in the French style, and the history of other sea-mortars holders.
- The description of the French bomber galiot and its use.
- La Salamandre 1752-1791 - a detailed report of the 1765 campaign.
- The Bombardments of the Moroccan ports of SALE and LARRACHE.
- Detailed commentaries giving extensive explanations of the thirty four plates at 1:48 scale.
- Commentaries on thirty-one photos of the model of a bomb ketch of the period, 1:18 scale.
- Complete nomenclature of fittings and rigging.

A 38-plate set including :

- 34 plates at 1:48 scale representing :
- Details of the timbers, with all the frames and details of the head and stern structures at 1:48 scale.
- Details of the fittings
- Details of the rigging.
- 1 color plate giving the color scheme of the period
- 3 plates with detailed commentaries on the blocks

Including all timbers plans (1/48th) and interior accomodations of the ship.


Look Inside the Text Book:

The History and development of the Bomb vessels
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Detailed technical explanations of the bomb vessel La Salamandre
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Detailed descriptions and Explanations linked to the drawings
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Detailed Photos of a contemporary model in the Mussee de La Marine
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Photos of a model built by Hubert Berti - Co-Author
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Detailed Photos of the Plans you can find in the following post
 

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2.nd part of Review:
Planset "The bomb ketch LA SALAMANDRE - 1752"
Monograph with 34 plans in 1:48 by Jean Boudriot - Hubert Berti

The planset contents a 38-plate set
including :

- 34 plates at 1:48 scale representing :
- Details of the timbers, with all the frames and details of the head and stern structures at 1:48 scale.
- Details of the fittings
- Details of the rigging.
- 1 color plate giving the color scheme of the period
- 3 plates with detailed commentaries on the blocks

I show in the following photos every single drawing - usualy 3 plates in one photo.
The drawings are printed one-sided on good quality paper
(only frames are printed two sided, but for the built you make definitely copies to glue on top of the timber, so no need for one-sided prints)

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Masts and yards
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Every single frame / rip is shown in one extra drawing, so no own construction of frames are necessary
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As a Resumee:

I am a big fan of the publications from ancre, and this reflects also the quality of this planset.
Although it is one or even the first monography draught by Jean Boudriot it is of high quality and is showing all details necessary to build the La Salamandre in scratch, usual scale is the drawing scale 1:48, or 1:36 or also seen in 1:24.
The planset is also highly recommended to everybody building the La Salamandre kit from chinese manufacturer CAF in scale 1:48.

As usual from ancre a high quality planset / monography which is highly recommended.......

https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/32-monographie-la-salamandre-galiote-a-bombes-1758.html

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The La Salamandre plans of Jean Boudriot are now also available from ancre in the bigger scale of 1:36

 
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