EDIT--some of the images are duplicated in the wrong places ( ! )
and I cannot yet figure out how to remove them===============================================
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Setori, alas there were a number of ' Breatgnes ' each being a rename of a previous ship that was decommisinned from a school ship
" My Bretgane " was broken up in 1879-- as Iceman explained.
Now
Setori ....if you could find an image from above or an on deck image....
progress....
It was time to fit the remainder of the steam pipes to the fwd ( 3) and aft funnel (4)
these had a conical to shape I made them by pacing two small rings of copper wire ( one larger than the other)
and then in-filing the ' steps' with thinned white glue
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these ships carried a variety of spare spars ( shown in the plans )
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and though not on the plans.... Bretagne was ( along with her contemporaries...) such Napoleon , Solferino , Jylland, Warrior etc retro-fitted with a midships bridge-- which was all the rage at the time it seems
which extended slightly outboard of the Hammock stow;
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My bridge base deck was thin PE fret material suitably shaped
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All the stairwells had a railing around them-- these had not bottom rail of course....
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and installed they look like this
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the bridge platform had railing installed
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But I was not happy with it and have so far made 3 bridges-none of which I am happy with....!!!
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- have now found some GMM Gold plus superfine single bar rail
which will be in the next update !"
Meanwhile the ship requires crew--lots of them !!
the real ship carried a complement of almost 1200 men and officers
Of course the cannot ALL be on deck
My sailors are in Summer uniform- white
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with officers in white trousers and dark navy 'reefer ' coats
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senior officers will be all in dark Navy.
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whilst I was littered with 400 odd figures
Black cat Models 3 D prints
these sailor fellows from Black Cat-( unlike some manufacturers somewhat overweight and ' round ' )
more closely resembled the fit and almost gaunt sailors in some old images (less obesity back then..)
Painting sailor in white is harder than dark uniforms
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I based mine on my 1/350 sailors on my Bouvet--
using Pencil lines and graphite dust ( 4000 (!) grit sandpaper)
to give a sense of folds and demarcation from shadows
In 1/350 scale my matelots were quite sharp;
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in half the size , unable to draw in things exactly--I merely wanted to suggest and impression that it was..!
overall and individually the little guys look pretty fine, being rather busy on deck tending the myriad of rope lines
that soon will be installed to the belaying pin rails midships and outboard on the coamings.
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I also made the aft Bridge winglets, by making the rails FIRST and installed them.... and then spanning the bottom of the (
now painted ) railing with white glue--
this givers
perfect colour demarcation as white -when dry glue is transparent--
after I had painted the UNDERSIDE of the platform dark beige wood !
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I was also getting ready to get masts installed--much fiddling around to ensure the ratlines would fit
( the ratlines are the right size )--so the 'floating' mast heights were adjusted in 0.5mm steps
I scanned the PE--and over-layed the PE on the printed scan--so I could use the paper templates to chekck everything.
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I made the furled tri-sails ( used only in very heavy weather) on the main and foremast
can be see here
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and here
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like this, using white glue applied with a brush
To ensure glue/ colour demarcation to the mast
I glued on first a small wire--making an easy sharp line
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I moved back onto the sails, using this image below as my inspiration
The ship is French and a similar era, but importantly its on a broad reach in a decent breeze;
and well demonstrates French rigging practice.
it is rare to find photographs of ships of this era powering along under sail, usually they are standing still or drying their sails
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now just to emulate all those ( furling ) bunt lines and clew-lines etc !!
I chose to reef the lower main course sail so that the ( raised) Funnels would not interfere with the sail and the smoke
( with raised funnels 'my 'ship is getting steam up to go upwind on the next leg of the course
--ergo ' motorsailing ')
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