1/350 RICHELIEU Dakar 1940-41

[LE BOSCO]

wefalck

for my "Tools", it sure ,for work the polystyrene, is more than enough . my Boley has all accessories ,and it is a "faithful companion" for precision work and I know the website .

Laci

thanks you for your kind comment (which is very exaggerated ) I would like to one day make a Nimitz,but with yours, you put the bar very high ,hard to top
I do not make commission work!I happen collaborate with a friend .I do not sell resin parts,I have a hard time working on my projects

thank you both for your participation in this thread
cheers
nicolas

[mabmanu]

Tr�s beau travail...

[LE BOSCO]

thanks Mabmanu
cheers
Nicolas

[Harpy]

Great work!

[LE BOSCO]

HI folks

thank you Harpy
the continuous work by the detailing of the rear deck. to help me find the place of each element, I resized this part of the plan in the "profile morskie No. 26"



so I turned a draft of "drum" of the catapult




and the two parts under the ladders located on each side of the hangar



a view of the first draft



A lot of work waiting for me here
all my portholes were etched (not by me) like that, I can "dress" my hull



a generic model of wooden deck ,from artwox (40cm x150) going to be used ("Big bear", I have not forgotten you )



three references of U.S. sailors from North Star beings are used, and how to say .... it's just sublime





the poses are beautifully natural ,and promise, with minor modifications, a very good integration in my dio.
I have a lot of work ahead,but not with the extreme heat that is in the Paris region,that I will be many productive
cheers
Nicolas

[Channell]

Without a doubt a masterpiece in the making here!

Sometimes I wish my French ancestors didn't take off for America... then I wouldn't have to work so hard to be artistic! There's gotta be something special in the water over there!

[LE BOSCO]

.......... There's gotta be something special in the water over there! ............

Hello Jason

in what ??????? in the water noooooo in the wine ,maybe ..........
You have French ancestors ?you did a genealogical tree?
it is less hot in Paris,I hope be more productive
cheers
nicolas

[Channell]

.......... There's gotta be something special in the water over there! ............

Hello Jason

in what ??????? in the water noooooo in the wine ,maybe ..........
You have French ancestors ?you did a genealogical tree?
it is less hot in Paris,I hope be more productive
cheers
nicolas

Yep, "Channell" is in fact the bastardized version of "Chanel"... and no, I wasn't in Coco's will.

Apparently my namesake had to "get out of Dodge" in a hurry a couple hundred years ago during one of those times when the wine ran out in France and everyone went bananas. Seriously though, we never were able to discover what the true reason was.

Anyway, several of my family members were very into genealogy and traced the lines back as far as the 1500's in places. Like most Americans, I'm a true Europe mutt... I've got ancestors from France, England, Holland, Germany (before it was Germany, anyway) Spain, Norway, Sweden, Italy (where my great grandmother was from) Denmark, (where my Grandmother is from; she immigrated here after WWII) and possibly Zeta Reticuli

[LE BOSCO]

A "beautiful and good mix" Jason ,but you gotta have a lot of "Zeta Reticuli "seen the work of "ET" that you made us
I return to my "casks" ........ of catapult ,of course
cheers
Nicolas

[LE BOSCO]

Hi everyone


as it does a bit more fresh in Paris, I was finally able to work more than 2:00 .....! for the catapult drum , I had gone on the wrong track, indeed, I make a solidary turn tray with the drum basis , bad pick, it took me disconnected the tray of the drum and create an axis




the base of the catapult is therefore 3 parts





from left to right, the davits of maneuver empty trolley , directional tray
the same Under different angles






davit is a bit askew because it is just laid. details are what they are because given the smallness of the thing ..... a view with a piece of 1 cts gives you the size



I did a test of "integration" on the rear deck (the catapult PE is not good but the right size)
the starboard catapult in working order and and in launching order



and that of portside in working order



and finally in a position to catapult



voila, now I attack the crane ,but problem ..... I do not have much of pictures or plans , so I'll dig my documentation and dissect every pics in search of the slightest view
cheers
Nicolas

[Harpy]

Would you be willing for me to start an apprenticeship with you? I would need to bring my Great Dane. Beautiful work.

[Captain pugwash]

Great work as usual Nicolas

I to would like an Apprenticeship, but can only bring a Questypoo along .

Very nice bit o work on the catapult base in that scale.

[dafi]

... Nicolas - Nicolas - Nicolas ...

I think you will soon have the whole forum as apprentices

*lookingforthelisttosubscribe*

XXXDAn

[LE BOSCO]

HI guys

in you, is the know ,of learning no one no one needs ,in you is the force I talk like him http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x33 ... c01979.jpg
I must be careful not to be like him
I joke I think you exaggerate much ,but thank you for your kind comments
cheers
Nicolas

[dafi]

... do not worry Nicolas ...

... longer legs you have

XXXDAn

[LE BOSCO]

Dan ,this is true
Nicolas

[bgire]

... longer legs you have

Not the same legs? Yes, I agree.
About the ears?... well...err...

Nicolas... why didn' you tell them about the numerous skilled spiders you're hosting in your ol' mansion?

_BigBear

[LE BOSCO]

HI Big Bear

I'm starting to believe you caught a sunstroke in your "summer office" and the spiders are for rigging ,for this type of tiny work,I hire of scholarly fleas
cheers
Nicolas

[Christian M.]

But maybe the age of him?

[LE BOSCO]

Hello folks

After one week of research, and especially thanks to plans of the friend "Big Bear" who had info-graphically draw the plan, according to the original plans, the Degrasse, with the overlap of various photographic sources in my possession ,I have finally attack the electric crane maneuvering seaplanes.the dimensions were determined empirically, but are the only way to have a replica of the crane.
I made a "draft" or are absent most of the details, but where the shapes but dimensions are final.



from left to right, the boom, boom arm, base, and arm lift
to give you an idea of ??the size of the mounted crane



as usual at this stage the parties take into with the patafix, so it has a little crooked side
the same crane in the working position on the rear deck





and now 'slumped' in position "road"





outlines are there I have to add details, and it will be moulded into four parts, to allow me a last minute choice as to put in working order or not
cheers
Nicolas