This is now completed after about 2 years work. Le Rochefort was constructed in 1787, (designed as a port yacht to supply gunpowder to the fleet), however my version is depicted on a slipway having just completed a Post Revolution refit, about 1800. It can be viewed in Completed Builds. The rigging set up is mixture of a ship with and without sails attached if that makes sense.
The Link to completed model is here Thread '1/36 Le Rochefort. (Scratchbuild, plank on frame).'
Using Gerard Delacroix’s monograph and following Adrian Sorollas’ excellent book on the building process, it was a fairly straightforward process Scratchbuilding the French Port Yacht. And to be highly recommended.
I used mostly Cherry wood and some boxwood for the deck planking, mouldings and windlass.
I would have been lost without a good table saw, sanders, thicknesser and of course a milling machine!
I sourced the rigging, blocks, hooks, from Crafty Sailor, and had the anchors and stem decoration (not yet fitted), made by Szkutnik.
I made my own mast hoops by 3D printing via Tinkercad.
I only pinned the frames (using .5mm carbon rods), I left out the pinning(nailing) of the planking.
I didn’t use lead for the scuppers, and where scarf joints were called for I just used a simpler butt joint.
The figures were from Nemrod, Historex.com
The Link to completed model is here Thread '1/36 Le Rochefort. (Scratchbuild, plank on frame).'
Using Gerard Delacroix’s monograph and following Adrian Sorollas’ excellent book on the building process, it was a fairly straightforward process Scratchbuilding the French Port Yacht. And to be highly recommended.
I used mostly Cherry wood and some boxwood for the deck planking, mouldings and windlass.
I would have been lost without a good table saw, sanders, thicknesser and of course a milling machine!
I sourced the rigging, blocks, hooks, from Crafty Sailor, and had the anchors and stem decoration (not yet fitted), made by Szkutnik.
I made my own mast hoops by 3D printing via Tinkercad.
I only pinned the frames (using .5mm carbon rods), I left out the pinning(nailing) of the planking.
I didn’t use lead for the scuppers, and where scarf joints were called for I just used a simpler butt joint.
The figures were from Nemrod, Historex.com
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