POF L'Amarante Corvette de 12 canons 1744 1:36 (Ancre Monograph- Gérard Delacroix) By Shota

shota70 said:
Hello My dear friends
Today I am happy to announce that I'm opening my new construction project : POF L'Amarante Corvette de 12 canons 1744 1:36 (Ancre Monograph by Gérard Delacroix)
with this beautiful I will enter an important and challenging phase, building a full scratch model.
First, I will start with a short brief background on the ship and the Monerphy:
L'Amarante was completed in december 1747 and in March 1748 it captured the British kaperskib Prince of Wales. Between July and November 1751 L'Amarante participated in a scientific expedition off the coast of Spain and Portugal. In June 1757 it leaves Rochefort together with four frigates and one other corvette to escort a convoy to Brest and it also performed convoy service in 1758. In October 1759 L'Amarante departs from Dunkirk with five frigates and 1200 men for a planned landing attempt in Ireland. It is on this occasion L'Amarante sank off Saint-Malo in February 1760.

L'Amarante had a length of 84 feet (French) 6 inches (27.44 m), width 22 feet (7.15 m) depth of 10 feet 1 inch (3.27 m). Fully loaded, a tonnage of 232. The armament consisted of twelve 4-pounder iron guns.

This monograph is based on the plans of a corvette started by builders Ollivier father and son in the years that will follow the appearance of a well identified type.
This monograph details the architecture, the fittings, the equipment and the rigging of a corvette of 12 guns of years 1745. The plans are at 1/36 for a relative ease of execution .
The model measures at 1/36 ° (L x W x H):
hull only: 0.86 m x 0.22 m x 0.22 m
rigged ship: 1.08 m x 0.44 m x 0.86 m
I recommend reading the comprehensive and thorough review by our dear friend Uwe (the details above are based on them)

Planset review - L´AMARANTE - Corvette de 12 canons 1747" in scale 1:36 by Gérard Delacroix

Planset Review: L´AMARANTE Corvette de 12 canons 1747 by Gérard Delacroix alias @G. DELACROIX The basic Planset is available in french or spanish language in scale 1:36 directly by the author and publisher @G. DELACROIX or via his well known web-site...
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In addition, I recommend looking at the construction diaries of our good friend Tobias, who helps me a lot in preparing for the start of construction and with relevant information

POF La Palme (L'Amarante) Corvette 1744 1:36 (Ancre Monograph) by Tobias

Hello Frank, I will not show the keel lifted. I don't know many model builders who do this either. I don't think it looks pretty. As far as planking goes, I'll definitely do that. Sorry Tobia I just indicated a construction phase, all here and nothing special
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In addition, I will help with the construction diary of our good friend Giampy65, who has finished building a very beautiful model

L'Amarante - French corvette from 1747 scale 1:30 [COMPLETED BUILD]

I started building this French corvette in April 2013, using Gerard Delacroix's excellent monograph. For its construction I used pear, ebony, Brazilian boxwood and maple wood for the decking. The model is currently still to be finished as I intend to set it up with its complete sailing...
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In the next post I will detail a little about the preparations for the actual start of construction.
I invite you all to join me on this special journey, your company will help me on the journey I am embarking on with great excitement

Regards Shota
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Nice to see you have a new challenge, Shota. Good luck and a lot of building pleasure.
Regards, Peter
 
Oh, it has begun ;) . Shota I congratulate you on the decision to take the step to POF self-build. I'm still trying to find a place somewhere.

Bernard is really helpful and I got some very nice drawings of La Palme from him, unfortunately I couldn't persuade him to make a 3D drawing for me yet.

There is still one more construction goal to achieve at Le Rochefort, then I will devote myself to La Palme again.
 
Tobias said:
Oh, it has begun ;) . Shota I congratulate you on the decision to take the step to POF self-build. I'm still trying to find a place somewhere.

BernardBernard is really helpful and I got some very nice drawings of La Palme from him, unfortunately I couldn't persuade him to make a 3D drawing for me yet.

There is still one more construction goal to achieve at Le Rochefort, then I will devote myself to La Palme again.
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my dear friend Tobias
you are doing wonderful work on your La Palme and on the Le Rochefort!
thanks for your support and kind words, I look forward for your help as you already doing :)
you are right about Bernard, he is very kind and helpful.
I have adopted a motto for my life:
that the daredevil succeeds/wins, and this is what led me to decide to take a step even if it is accompanied by challenges, this is how we develop and learn in life and also have fun
regards Shota
 
@ Shota, can you tell me how you make the plans/drawings you will use to build the jig, I wonder if you scan them from a normal scanner or if you have scanned the entire drawing to PDF and used cut and paste functions,
I'm very green when it comes to these features, I've already scanned four drawings I need to make the bow section, which I think will be the hardest for my Gros Ventre.
Here in Norway, such scanning is very expensive, so I will practice these drawings.
I would like to learn how we cut out certain parts from a PDF drawing to be able to print the part on an a4 paper.
Kind regards, Knut-
 
Norway said:
@ Shota, can you tell me how you make the plans/drawings you will use to build the jig, I wonder if you scan them from a normal scanner or if you have scanned the entire drawing to PDF and used cut and paste functions,
I'm very green when it comes to these features, I've already scanned four drawings I need to make the bow section, which I think will be the hardest for my Gros Ventre.
Here in Norway, such scanning is very expensive, so I will practice these drawings.
I would like to learn how we cut out certain parts from a PDF drawing to be able to print the part on an a4 paper.
Kind regards, Knut-
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Dear Knut
The way I worked was scanning with a combined printer with a scanner on an A4 sheet. Unfortunately, the printing of plates of the size that comes in the monograph is quite expensive in my country, so I chose scanning and printing with a printer combined with a scanner, it is also available at home.
First I scanned the quarter of the bow and cut out the scanned copy and compared it to the original.
After making sure that there was a complete/exact match, I scanned and printed the four parts up to the stern and glued them while checking for a match at the connection points . as well as maintaining this length in the line between the bow and the stern.
then I took baking paper/wax and transferred the deck line to the baking paper and flipped it onto the top board of the jig by going back/pressing the already marked outline on the baking paper/wax.
After that, I emphasized the line with a thickness of about 1 mm into the deck, and this is to avoid cutting too wide/large.
After I cut the top panel I will make sure again that the opening in the side panel matches the drawing, I estimate that I will have about half to a full mm to gently sand to achieve a full and exact fit.
In my opinion it is easier to take material off the wood than to put it back. :)
Hope the explanation is clear.
 
@shota70 , well explained, I have a laser printer with scan function, I want to try the same as you, the only problem is that
glass plate/scanning surface is recessed about half a cm into the table itself, what does your scanner look like, thanks-
 
Norway said:
@shota70 , well explained, I have a laser printer with scan function, I want to try the same as you, the only problem is that
glass plate/scanning surface is recessed about half a cm into the table itself, what does your scanner look like, thanks-
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Dear Knut
The scanner that I have does not have the situation you describe, there is perhaps a gap of about half a mm.
regards Shota
 
Maarten said:
Great new project Shota. She is a lovely vessel with beautiful wood carving to do.
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thanks my dear friend for your kind words and for your assistance in the process of the Alert :) Thumbsup you have been as a mentor for me
 
GrantTyler said:
Good afternoon Shota. I will definitely follow this journey. A POF scratch build of a beautiful ship. Good luck and enjoy. Cheers grant
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my dear friend Grant thanks for your support and kind words :) it's my honor that you are joining me to new project
 
Hello Shota, as far as your choice of wood is concerned, pear would be very nice. I can of course understand that it is difficult to get hold of this beautiful wood, but I would advise against using lime wood for POF construction, especially when building frames, it is too soft and you won't enjoy it.
 
Tobias said:
Hello Shota, as far as your choice of wood is concerned, pear would be very nice. I can of course understand that it is difficult to get hold of this beautiful wood, but I would advise against using lime wood for POF construction, especially when building frames, it is too soft and you won't enjoy it.
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dear Tobias
I agree with you absolutely, I'm trying to do best to find pear wood
 
Shota, search the internet for cherrywood in furniture. It was use very often to make tables or other furniture. Cherry is almost like pear, maybe a little better to work with. The second hand market is always my go.
 
Steef66 said:
Shota, search the internet for cherrywood in furniture. It was use very often to make tables or other furniture. Cherry is almost like pear, maybe a little better to work with. The second hand market is always my go.
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my dear friend, thank you very much for your Great advice, I'll check it out:)
 
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