RETIREMENT PROJECT PART II - A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD .........

[DuncaninFrance]

....................OF THE BUILD

Well, the kit has arrived - 15/10/2014, my 65th birthday so what better day to receive it than the first day of my retirement

Going to take some time to look at it in detail before I start to build it but it looks like a great project.........

[DuncaninFrance]

Well, I unpacked the box today and read the instructions for the first time.
Doesn't look too daunting but it obviously needs to be done slowly

I also had a look around my tool shop to see what tools I might need to buy and so have placed an order for some additional specialist pieces with a French model builders site.

I have decided to build it in our Gîte, over the winter so I don't have to move it once I get started. It also has the bonus of WiFi, TV /. Radio and a kitchen for making tea etc.,

So, here is a picture of the kit and instruction sheets - a very comprehensive and detailed setup...................................

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[Niner]

That's it? Are all the pieces there? Oh... I guess must be...just a lot of veneer with cut here marks.

Keep us posted on the project as you go along.

[DuncaninFrance]

No Robert, all the parts that require cutting have already been laser cut but once freed from the board they will need final trimming I suppose.

The hull is made up of individual planks which you mount on the frame and then cut to size as in a full size ship.

[Niner]

Interesting project. Well...."damn the torpedoes. full speed ahead".

[DuncaninFrance]

I have been going through some old negatives from the late 1970's and I found this one of a model I built in the early 80's. Here is one for Archie.....................

Designed by Dupuy de Lôme, in 1847 the Le Napoléon, would become the first steam-powered battleship as well as the first screw battleship ever built. She was 77.8 m (240 ft) in length, 17 m (55 ft) in breadth, and of 5,000 tons displacement, with two gun decks. She was launched in 1850, tried in 1852, and attained a speed of nearly 14 knots (26 km/h). During the Crimean War her performance attracted great attention, and soon there were plans to introduce steam power to fleets around the world.

[ArchFluffy]

That looks fantastic!

I can't wait to see how this turns out.

-ArchFluffy

[DuncaninFrance]

So..........today I got my first pension payment into my French bank account so I decided to start the project as well by arranging the work space and taking the kit and some tools down .

Just waiting for a tool that helps to bend the planks to arrive and then it's good to go

[DuncaninFrance]

Finally managed to get started on the building. I had forgotten just how long wood glue takes to dry



False deck next and the outside of the hull.........