Welcome to part 5 of the model making of the french fishing boat “La Provencale”. The longest parts of this construction phase was the attaching the mainsail to the mast, installing the headsail and building the paddles. Remarks on these construction phases As with the masts and spars before, I also stained the oar spars […]
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Welcome to part 4 of the model making of the french fishing boat “La Provencale”. The longest part of this construction phase was the rigging of the mainsail. Remarks on these construction phases The degree of staining of wood, in this case the mast and spars, is certainly a matter of personal taste. I stained
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Welcome to part 3 of the model making of the french fishing boat “La Provencale”. Even during this construction phase, some things didn’t go as planned. Problems I had with model making the “La Provencale” For example, it would have been advantageous to pre-soak both the railing and the support strips for the seat planks
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This is part 2 of the model making of the french fishing boat “La Provencale”. Remarks on this construction section Things I learned during model making of the french fishing boat “La Provencale” are listed on the homepage under “Insights of model making”. These are things that are actually quite obvious, but which I hadn’t
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The “La Provencale”, a french fishing boat from the early 20th century is the first wooden model ship I’ve ever built. Artesania Latina offers this beginner model kit.While building this kit I gained valuable experience. That will be useful in future wooden model ship building projects. Unboxing a new model kit is always exciting. You
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