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Mark's "Le Rochefort" Build 1/24 Scale

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Mark T:
Hi Jim - that is spot on  :-))   When the shipwright was given the plans they had to be lofted to the full size part for the ship builders to use as a full size template.  The reason it was called "lofting" is because the loft of the workshop was the biggest flat area where this work was traditionally carried out.

Mark T:
Hi Guys


Well after a lovely holiday I'm back at it - this time I'm making the wall with double doors that separates the main deck from the crews quarters.  It's a shiplap wall so firstly I made the shiplap planks and got them all glued together.








Next was the doors - I usually use a solid piece of wood and mill the features into it to make it look like a door.  I thought on this occasion I would try a new exercise and make them exactly as they would have been.  So each door has 5 pieces in the frame with 4 inserts to complete them.


The frame parts





Milling out the rebates for the 0.7mm thick inserts








Sorry I should have taken more photos but here are the assembled doors - the assembly was the hardest part





Next I milled out the door frame uprights and the wall base plates that the walls fit into along the lower deck.





All of the current parts assembled





After a bit of fettling the whole assembly fitted into the ship quite nicely








I did have one issue and that was the door frame uprights not allowing the whole assembly to sit flush with the beam.  This maybe because I read the drawings wrong but to overcome this I cut 2 rebates into the beam to accommodate the uprights.  This has actually made everything more stable and solid too.





Its still very much a work in progress but I'm getting there.


Thanks for all of the really nice comments and discussion too  :-))


Cheers Mark

Footski:
Such skillful dedication is an inspiration to us all Mark. Wonderful work as usual.

DBS88:
Absolutely stunning work, your photos are are joy to see, congratulations on what you have achieved to date, its spectacular

Mark T:
Footski and DBS88 thanks very much  :-)


I've got a little more done and this time it's the ships 2 beds.  One of for the Master of the ship and the other for the Master Gunner who was on board when Le Rochefort was loaded with her cargo of gunpowder.


I made the cupboard door and lower part of the bed recess in the same way that I made the cabin doors





The I made the cupboard walls and the base of the beds.  Finally I made the hinges and door handles to finish the parts off.











Fitting the parts was the hardest part trying to get a good a fit up against the hull as possible











So I just need to make the hatch surround, fit the beams and make the carlings and the quarterdeck will be finished  :-))


Cheers Mark

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