French Battleship Jauréguiberry / 1:250

[Michael Mash]

Thank you all for the kind and motivating comments.
More progress: One of my drawings (Image 293) contained a small “side-sketch” that puzzled me for a while. I finally realized it shows a quilt-like system of supports for the Steamboat cradles. It made sense. The steamboats are heavier than the other auxiliary boats, and there was less support from the bulwarks beneath them. So the extra supports would have added protection in rough rolling seas. There was much cutting involved, but the results were satisfactory. They were cut from paper.

I continue to be pleasantly surprised by how well things have been fitting together, considering the way the drawings and images had to be haphazardly gathered together to make this project possible.

Note: Later I ran across an image from the Cruiser Isly. Notice above the sailors on the right, the same type of support structure. And just above it a boat cradle.

Regards,
Mike

[eatcrow2]

Never tire of seeing clean work, with great photos showing it off!! Wonderful detailing..

[Don Boose]

Some great naval architecture and modeling detective work, Mike.

Superb work on the boat support structure.

Lotsa boats! Very complex structure. A real modelling challenge superbly dealt with.

Don

[Michael Mash]

Yep. Lotsa boats Don.
If you enjoy building pre-dreadnoughts, one of the things to learn early is the craft of making the small boats.
I'm always impressed by how many they manage to pack onto these rather small ships.
Mike

[Michael Mash]

Thanks Don and Eatcrow2.

After finishing the last 2 auxiliary boats, I went forward to the bow, and began work with the anchors and hoists. Nothing seems to be standard on these French warships. Each time they built one, they invented a new type of anchor hoist. I lost count, but there are somewhere between 25 and 30 parts per hoist, including the hull mounts. All the hoist parts are paper while the anchors are mostly card.

I did my best to get a good image of the side of the bow to show the anchors and lower parts of the hoist. It is difficult to get a good image when it is black on black. Maybe next time I’ll build a “white” ship.

There are many excellent historical images of Jaureguiberry’s hoists. I hope you like this one.

Regards,
Mike

[Seahorse]

I always love to watch your impressive work.

Best
Tomek

[southwestforests]

Is this model building or fine art? I can't tell the difference any more.

[birder]

Hi Mike it’s nice to see your pictures of the anchors and hoists
Amazing work in this scale, and the boats are cute little vessels of their own.
Very nice ship nearly completed ?
The boats make me want to make a dinghy or two myself....😀

[Michael Mash]

Originally Posted by birder

Hi Mike it’s nice to see your pictures of the anchors and hoists
Amazing work in this scale, and the boats are cute little vessels of their own.
Very nice ship nearly completed ?
The boats make me want to make a dinghy or two myself....😀

Thanks Glen: Perhaps there is 10% or less to go to completion. But the remaining details will be time consuming. So I'll be busy for a while.
Mike

[Don Boose]

Beautiful anchors and hoists. It was certainly a time of experimentation with various ways to apply steam power.

Don