to be filled in ships history

good evening everyone, new site new build

La Renommee – cafmodel.com

i have only purched the first 4 lits for this project as there is discount on doing so, the remain sets will wait til August,

it took me a good few hours ti get into the swing of things, instructions are not very comprehansive, but the plans are

the fiirst four parts cover the Build frame and the 58 frames with keel

first four kits - contents

the frame is very simular to that of the Enterprize, but the ply is thinner and feels flimsy, but builds up very well and quite sturdy,

two overlapped layers secured to a old desktop

bow timbers

billet 14 forms the dispoable frame template

the chamfered peices line up with the black line

the plywood template is broken away

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day 2 Stern keel

day 3 , keel to prow

day 4 prow

day 6

at this stage of the build everything is to be double layered, the prow and keel need duplicating so the to outside facings are identical, on the CAF Enterprize i just sandwich the two together and added the next bit to it, on here however i have completed one side, and then matching the opposite piece to fit, so there should be no massive errors, of course there will be (its me making it)

deadwood

58 frames to be made up i started on number 27, being midships it requires no fairing

frame 27

frame 27 on a imcomplete keel

frame 32 ready to be mated

6 days, to get this far, i have nowhere near the amount of free time i used to have, at present

thinking ahead on the build, when the keel is laid and the frames start to be added, should i glue and pin the frames in

Really excited to follow this build, Kevin. This is one kit that I really want to build and I’ve been eyeing it for years. It’s looking good so far.

JJ

Very cool kit Kevin! Looking forward for more updates. These fully framed kits are very appealing 🙂

good evening everone

im now up to 5 frames completed, and the prow is still in progress, i still havent got into a routine of finding time to build, but try to get a few hours in daily,

i wont be cleaning the frames up until im ready to put them into the hull, so they all age at the same time

Lovely work so far. Those ribs look great. No chocks with these?

Beautiful! Is that the Cherry version?

10 hours ago, Mike Y said:

Beautiful! Is that the Cherry version?

yes it is @Mike Y , i dont think ive seen a link to an alternative material

I wish you a lot of fun with this kit. There is a really nice build log of this kit on SoS.

I hope that CAF will change their decision to use cherry for their kits. I personally don't like the color and also the grain of the timber.

i stopped a few days ago as it got to warm in the mancave, hopefully be back in there tomorrow or friday, but i have several jobs to complete first, like the 4000 piece jigsaw thats going up in the living room,

i have today mounted it onto 6mm MDF and will trim the sides prior to putting a frame on it

Nice job Kevin! How long did it take you?

6 hours ago, Ronald-V said:

Nice job Kevin! How long did it take you?

a couple months, a few hours here and there, i had to buy a 2nd one to replace one bit that was missing, (think one of the bois ate it), and then threw it in the recycling. hope to frame it this week

managed to do some one on the build today

ready for cleaning up

1/2 frames waiting to be doubled up

1/2 frames in the press to dry

If I were to ever do a 1:48 Scale kit, I think this one would be it. Such a beautiful Frigate, and the kit looks to be fantastic.

5 minutes ago, KillicksToastedCheez said:

If I were to ever do a 1:48 Scale kit, I think this one would be it. Such a beautiful Frigate, and the kit looks to be fantastic.

it is.but like most of my builds, doubt i will do it the justice it deserves🙂

11 minutes ago, Kevin said:

it is.but like most of my builds, doubt i will do it the justice it deserves🙂

Don't sell yourself short, I have seen your builds and you have plenty of skills to do that kit justice.

Nice

It looks realy nice so far. I realy like the cherry, it has a rather unique, warm colour.

How does everything fit together, or rather, what is your opinion about the kit's quality?