Very true
Very true
Hello Nigel- this is a massive project and I will definitely be the student in the class observing this build. Good luck. Cheers GrantThanks everyone
I have now replaced the centre sections with a nice piece of English boxwood I had kicking around in my stash.I have notched these in to the fore and aft sections rather than attempting to marry the ends up with the rather sloppy dovetails of the original.All the skeleton is laser cut 3mm ply and the boxwood was exactly the same thickness.
You will notice the deck lines on my drawing, these are actually the underside of the internal decks which will be 2mm thick (plywood + veneer planks). Yes, this model is getting an interior gunlock upwards.
You will also see the cut off line of the deck at either end of the assembly. Well it isn't simply a case of cutting these sections off, more on that later.Next step is to notch the false keel to take the kit bulkheads in their new positions.
Kind Regards
Nigel
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Good day; if you can easily read French, here is a document I made that can give you some tips on the ship's history and overall look of the before and after the refit....Let me know if there are details you would like some explanation onHi All
I was determined not to buy any more kits as I have enough projects and pastimes to keep me going beyond retirement. However this release changed all that, I simply HAD to build it. Not because it is an amazing model straight out of the box but more a case that I realised the potential of the kit.
The kit supplied decoration has far more than a passing resemblance to the late Michel Saunier's model.His build is shown on MSW and Gerard Delecroix's forum.The quality of the castings is far greater than the one's you get in a current Mantua group model.It also includes some very fine photo etch details for bow and stern.
The biggest issue is that whilst the bow and stern are done well, everything in-between needs a redesign if you want a model that follow's French practice of the period. The gunport spacings are wrong, the deck Sheer is wrong and all the decks are enclosed on their ends, these would have most likely been open.
When the marketing video first appeared it stated 1/65, now the box and catalogue state 1/72?? So which is it? Working from the height between decks, this works out at 1/65.You cannot work from the model's length, the design for some reason has been shortened and the model is far too short for either scale.Given that the original is stated as having a length (gun deck) of 160 French feet, this model is at least 100mm too short.
It is my intention to redesign the kit's false keel to make the model the correct length and space out the kit bulkheads to compensate.The last few bulkheads at bow and stern will remain stock spacing as not to interfere with the kit decor.I am hoping that this "stretch" shall maintain the hull profile and just make the transition of curves a little more gradual.
I have already started to draw out the revised side view of the ship and have enough information established to start on the keel.The picture below shows the kit keel dry assembled on top of my work in progress drawing.In the next post I will show the extended version
Kind Regards
Nigel
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Bonjour, Guy! Nice to see you here. I have taken the liberty to share your research with a number of builders on this site, Nigel included. Is your own model of SR now on this site?Good day; if you can easily read French, here is a document I made that can give you some tips on the ship's history and overall look of the before and after the refit....Let me know if there are details you would like some explanation on
Yes; butI have been at this kit on-and-off, because searching and writing this document has somewhat saturated me with the subject)So far as the Heller kit is concerned, I do all my scratch-work in 1/96, for the reason you mention, and also because 1/8”:1’ is a very simple calculation to keep in mind.
Guy, this is an outstanding document.Good day; if you can easily read French, here is a document I made that can give you some tips on the ship's history and overall look of the before and after the refit....Let me know if there are details you would like some explanation on
Super,I have a book with an extensive part on rigging in general for English, French and some other navies; it is in the references at the end of the document and is called ''Encyclopédie Navale des Modèles réduits'' from Wolfram zu Mondfeld; my version is in French but you can find it in English language
J'ai aussi ce bouquin en anglais. Il est excellent.I have a book with an extensive part on rigging in general for English, French and some other navies; it is in the references at the end of the document and is called ''Encyclopédie Navale des Modèles réduits'' from Wolfram zu Mondfeld; my version is in French but you can find it in English language