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Hello,
up to now I have also been represented in other forums. Due to the fact that many excellent model builders also present their building reports here, I have decided to show my building report on the model of the La Créole here in the future.
At the end of this thread I will show you a series of pictures from the beginning to the present state of construction.
At the moment I am still working on the standing rigging, especially the backstays.
Here are a few brief facts about the ship for those who don't know her yet:
The La Créole was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy. The corvette carried 4 x 18 pdr guns and 20 x 30 pdr carronades.
Her plans were drawn by P. M. Leroux in 1827. The launching took place in Cherbourg in May 1829.
The ship took part in the French invasion of Mexico in 1838, notably the bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa before the French troops took the city of Veracruz.
There is a beautiful model of the shipyard on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, with many photos in Jean Boudriot's book (in French).
For the construction of my model of the corvette I mainly use the following sources:
Jean Boudriot - Historique de la corvette 1650-1850: La Créole, 1827
In this forum there is a planset review: LINK.
Finally, a few pictures from the beginning to the present state of construction:
To be continued ...
up to now I have also been represented in other forums. Due to the fact that many excellent model builders also present their building reports here, I have decided to show my building report on the model of the La Créole here in the future.
At the end of this thread I will show you a series of pictures from the beginning to the present state of construction.
At the moment I am still working on the standing rigging, especially the backstays.
Here are a few brief facts about the ship for those who don't know her yet:
The La Créole was a 24-gun corvette of the French Navy. The corvette carried 4 x 18 pdr guns and 20 x 30 pdr carronades.
Her plans were drawn by P. M. Leroux in 1827. The launching took place in Cherbourg in May 1829.
The ship took part in the French invasion of Mexico in 1838, notably the bombardment of San Juan de Ulloa before the French troops took the city of Veracruz.
There is a beautiful model of the shipyard on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris, with many photos in Jean Boudriot's book (in French).
For the construction of my model of the corvette I mainly use the following sources:
Jean Boudriot - Historique de la corvette 1650-1850: La Créole, 1827
In this forum there is a planset review: LINK.
Finally, a few pictures from the beginning to the present state of construction:
To be continued ...
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