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by **maxim** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 3:12 am

I wanted to use PE ratlines, but I recognised that Fram had no ratlines over all shrouds, but only over the two middle ones. I do not wanted to add all ratlines, therefore I omitted them.

by **callen** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 8:47 pm

Congrats!!!!
Wow! She looks beautiful. A very sharp build indeed. You should be very pleased with yourself.

Question, I don't see any rat-lines on the shrouds. Are they not visible? Or did you omit them for some reason?

Either way, excellent build. She is a beauty!

by **Richard J OMalley** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 7:39 pm

Great job on a historic ship .

Now you have to figure out what's next .

by **maxim** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:38 am

Finished!

More photos tomorrow on modellmarine.de

by **callen** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:54 pm

Hey!
Looking good. Don't let lack of parts stop you. She's a beaut!

by **maxim** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:43 am

I had stopped to built Fram, because I waited for some parts, which I had ordered. They are not arrived, but it is time to continue with Fram:

I added the crow's nest, the anchor (together with the chains and crans by BJ Modellbau), two pumps near the main mast and reserve (?) spars. Currently I am working on the rig.

by **Pieter** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 5:17 pm

Where's that "like" button when one needs it?

by **maxim** » Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:35 am

I added the first boat (from the British Harbor Set by Combrig) and the spar of the main mast. Additionally, the tops and yards were made.

by **maxim** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:36 pm

Sorry, it took some time to get a big pencil...

I added bollards, wheels (WEM PE parts), Diesel exhaust, the fans of the engine room, compasses:

by **JIM BAUMANN** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:19 am

That REALLY is a most unusual rig--tall pole mast fore and aft and the conventional set up midships

agree with Callem-- you need a pencil of similar

( allegedly my photo/size illustrative pencils are custom made ,......

3 feet( a bit under 1 metre) long to make my huge models look more intricate-just like a 1/700 model ....hahhahahahahah!)

by **callen** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 11:28 pm

I'm enjoying watching one of my favorite modelers at work.

Really great to see this historic ship taking shape.
Quick question; the grid in the pics, I assume those are square centimeters? Could we persuade you to pose the FRAM with a household object to give us a sense of scale? (Particularly for us non-metric heads?

) Looking forward to your next post.

by **maxim** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 4:31 pm

I had painted her, before I continued to build the bridge:

Next step was the bridge:

by **callen** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:57 pm

I like it Lars!
Keep 'em coming!

by **maxim** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:43 pm

The last weeks I had worked very slowly on the deck details (winches, capstan, companions, hatches, skylights...)

I have started to make the deckhouse below the bridge, but for the bridge I need the mizzen first. Therefore I made first the masts from brass and some parts (not specially made for Fram) by BMK:

The masts of Fram are strange. The main mast is a normal one with a upper spar, but the foremast and mizzen mast were made from one piece.

by **JIM BAUMANN** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:00 pm

well now--that is an interesting subject!

watching....

JIM B

by **mabmanu** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 1:51 pm

Hello .
Very interesting project

by **Richard J OMalley** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:51 pm

Love sailing ships .At one time that is all I made .Looking forward to more .

by **callen** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:48 pm

Lookin' Good Lars!!!!

She's up and running! Glad to see you finally blogging this.

Keep us posted on your project. One more chapter of Naval History opened in 1/700th Scale!

by **maxim** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:32 pm

The hull is finished (except smaller details):

I have started to built the deck details:

I got the new book Ordeal by Ice about Antartica polar research ships. In this a deck plan of Fram in the fit of Amundsen's expedition to the South Pole contained - which provide the missing information about the shape of the bridge deck.

by **maxim** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:35 am

I have continued with the armour against the ice adding additional sheets below the first one:

I tried to make them fit to the waterline and to adjust them to bow and stern shape - which is not so nice, because in this area the bow and stern is curved.

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