La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette

Yes.. its unpleasant, but every modelists has such moments. For the modelist of Your level the decision is evident the yard have to be remade. My very best regards
 
So you will make this yardarm once more - Ärgerlich, aber was solls - passiert ist passiert
 
Well seeing how you are building as near real as can be done in scale, how would a real world ship fix a broken tip of the yard at sea?

Maybe think of that, and make it look like a real world repair.
 
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Hello,
Thank you very much for your motivating contributions. I would also like to thank you for the LIKES.

Continuation: Equipping the mizzen topgallant yard - Vergue de perruche
After the small mishap, as reported, I have now made a new mizzen topgallant yard and fully equipped it. This means that the topgallant yard chapter can be put to bed until it is installed on the model.
Here is a picture of the finished mizzen topgallant yard.
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And another picture with the tye.
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The next picture shows different yards of the French corvette in size comparison. In the center you can see the mizzen topgallant yard. Above it is the mizzen royal yard and finally the middle section of the main yard is shown below.
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The next step is to equip the royal yards with the necessary rigging elements. Then I'll finally have finished fitting out the yards.

To be continued ...
 
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amazing work as usual :)Okay
send my regards to The conference participants I got to know in Augsburg:)
 
I was able to see some of his amazing work in real during last weeken on our regional meeting in Augsburg

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Once I hope to see (and study) the complete ship model - great work my friend
 
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Hello Uwe,

I'm very pleased that you enjoyed these parts.
But compared to the other great models on display in Augsburg, my La Creole pieces were nothing special.

It was again very informative and interesting in Augsburg and at this point I would like to thank you very much for the beautiful pictures of the admirable models that were on display at the exhibition.
 
Equipment of the main royal yard – Vergue de grand cacatois
The royal yards are on the 4th floor of the rigging. Since these yards on the La Créole were obviously equipped with lifts and braces, it can be assumed that they were already an integral part of the ship's rigging. In contrast, until the end of the 18th century, the royal sails were often hoisted together with the yards and flown as fair-weather sails only when necessary, i.e. without braces and lifts.
To carry out the tyes for the royal yards of La Créole, I have photos of the original model at my disposal, which a restorer from the Musée de la Marine in Paris kindly photographed in the depot especially for me.
You can't see much in the following picture of a royal yard of the Paris model, except that the tye is somehow knotted and doesn't have a hook like that of the togallant yards.

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Source: Musée national de la Marine de Paris – La Créole



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Source: Atlas du Génie Maritime


In conjunction with the depiction of a royal yard from the Atlas du Génie Maritime and various other examples, the tyes may have looked like this.

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My model implementation or interpretation of the tye ø 17 mm (ø 0.35 mm in model scale) for the main royal yard looks like this:
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Next I made the parral. The royal yards receive a slightly simpler version of a parral, only served with ropes, without leather covering.
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This was followed by the production of the single blocks for the royal yards. These were used to guide the clew lines - The clew lines for the main royal sail had a diameter of 11 mm (in the model scale ø 0.23 mm), accordingly the blocks were around 13.5 cm long (in the model scale approx. 2.8 mm) according to the table in the monograph.
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After attaching the grommets as abrasion protection, the equipment of the main royal yard was completed by attaching the braces and lifts.

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We then continue with the fore royal yard.
Sequel follows …
 
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