french 64-gunner LE FLEURON in scale 1:48 by Joachim

Uwek · Jun 29, 2022

Very good work Joachim - many thanks for sharing with us your "how to do"

CLB · Jun 29, 2022

Thanks for sharing your pics of the WPH ! Looks great.

Joachim · Jun 29, 2022

Carving the portside fish makes some progress The tail of the fish will be attached separately.

Bosco45 · Jun 29, 2022

Belle décoration hâte de voir la suite...

kidsgalore · Jun 29, 2022

Joachim said:
Carving the portside fish makes some progress The tail of the fish will be attached separately.

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Great work sir

Hoss6262 · Jun 29, 2022

Hi Joachim,

I like your start with having the "fish monster" swallowing the head rail. Very nice.

Joachim · Jul 24, 2022

Done, the two large fish figures are attached, including the tail fins.

dockattner · Jul 24, 2022

Amazing. Beautiful. Inspiring.

Bosco45 · Jul 24, 2022

Beau travail de sculpture !

Joachim · Sep 29, 2022

I carved the decoration between the figurehead and the bowsprit. On occasion, the whole game will ne oiled and the woodwork on the bow is finished.

Joachim · Sep 29, 2022

I continue with the guns of the second upper gun deck. I have already described many details for the first gun deck, the work is repeated. It's my turn since August.

shota70 · Sep 29, 2022

Joachim said:
I carved the decoration between the figurehead and the bowsprit. On occasion, the whole game will ne oiled and the woodwork on the bow is finished.

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Dear Joachim
Wow, wonderful carving Okay

Could you please attach a document explaining the stages of the carving work. thank you very much

Uwek · Sep 30, 2022

Very good metalworks on the gun carriages.
Are the muzzles already fix on the carriages incl chains etc.?
If Yes: How are you plan to make the blackening? Or will they stay in brass?

Joachim · Sep 30, 2022

Uwek said:
Very good metalworks on the gun carriages.
Are the muzzles already fix on the carriages incl chains etc.?
If Yes: How are you plan to make the blackening? Or will they stay in brass?

Hi, I am using Birchwood for blackening. That works very well. After blackening I put a very thin oil on the canons (Birchwood Barricade).
I will fix the little brass parts, chains of the canon not before placing in the ship.

Joachim · Dec 28, 2022

In the meantime all canons of the second Canon deck are in place and I find time for other fittings. So I build the oven, so that the sailors can get warm meals and drinks. It has a metal roof with two metallic chimneys (built with the lathe) and a lot of metal things inside.

Stuart Little · Dec 29, 2022

Uwek said:
Interesting subject.
First of all - the bars were higher, than the guns, so no conflict directly.
but the outer seaman had problems, than he stpped pushing and moved inwards, after the the hinderance he moved back to the outer place at the bar and restarted pushing together with others (all during permanent moving the capstan

But in principle we have to have in mind, that the capstan was in work usually only during lifting of heavy loads.
f.e. in harbour - the guns near the capstan were secured parallel to the ship wall, so 90° turned and lashed alongside
or f.e. for lifting the anchors, boats or any yard arms - the same

means during the activity of using the capstans, 99,9% there was no action, where they used the guns.

f.e. on the fore jeer capstan of the HMS Victory (where I know about) - they had to remove completely all round pillars and ladders close to the capstan, otherwise it would not be possible to work - as I have in mind there were 120 seaman at one capstan in two floors in the same time working

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I have a very good photo in my copies, made by my friend @dafi showing this activity on his beautiful model of the HMS Victory, where he discussed this detail once. Maybe it is possible for Daniel to explain more in detail
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taken from:

Forum für historischen Schiffsmodellbau und Geschichte

Projektorientierte Quellensammlung und Datenbank für historischen Schiffsmodellbau und Geschichte

www.segelschiffsmodellbau.com

also the Le Fleuron had f.e. removable pillars when using the capstan (red arrows)

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and I guess thy had also to remove the ladder (green arrow)

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I'm sore that I read somewhere that the pillars in Victory where added in Victorian times for extra support.

El Capi · Jan 4, 2023

Joachim said:
In the meantime all canons of the second Canon deck are in place and I find time for other fittings. So I build the oven, so that the sailors can get warm meals and drinks. It has a metal roof with two metallic chimneys (built with the lathe) and a lot of metal things inside.

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Leiber Joaquin, a very well job done. I must admit that I never build the kitchen in my models, as they were all made for seagoing. the kitchen was generally under the forecastle, so when wind and waves were not favorable, a wooden wall was covering the kitchen. anyway, Karl Maltze has built another extraordinary kitchen in hid Prinz Friedrich.

Joachim · Mar 7, 2023

The second gun deck is finished. All guns are standing and rigged. Tables, lamp cabinet, everything is in place. The next deck beams for the floor above are set with lateral wooden struts. Doors to the lateral toilets in the rear can be opened. In the rear, just before the tables, there is a single door in the room. It goes with a bulkhead/wall in the rear which I left out as it will be dismantled in battle. If I had put the wall, you could no longer see through the stern window and see the entire gun deck. That would also be a shame.