R.F. Iéna, 1898, 1:250

[Art Deco]

Glad to discover that not all bears hibernate for the winter. :-)

Looking forward to this next French pre-dreadnought treat!

Hope all is going well for you, Carl!

[Golden Bear]

I appreciate hearing from the 10 of you that commented. It is nice to hearr from all of you and particularly from a new voice - Dennis (Hambone).

Hopefully I am beyond the slow part of the design process and things will continue to move forward.

I attached the decks forward and aft and then wrapped the upper hull sides. I will next spend time on trying to build the spar deck walls with the casemate guns (rotating, I hope) within them. The other things on tap are skinning the lower hull and proto fitting the front structure wall with internal bits.

Carl

[redhorse]

I'm actually glad you're going 1/250th as most of my collection from this era is that scale. It looks like should be simple enough to make a waterline model rather than full hull.

The decks look incredible! It's nice to see this taking shape in paper.

[dansls1]

Good to see you posting Carl, looks good

[Royaloakmin]

Interesting, I did not realize her decks were all linoleum. Wonder what the captain thought about that?

[Zathros]

Look really great. I love ships of this era. You build looks true and straight, like all your work does.

[Michael Mash]

Your work on the color scheme is excellent. The shades look quite appealing in these images. Also, your hard work on the tumblehome has paid off.
Regards,
Mike

[ccoyle]

Hi, Carl! I'm busy building in wood again, but I'm checking in at PM from time to time. Great to see you starting another fantastic pre-dreadnought -- she's sure to be another thing of beauty.

Cheers!

[Don Boose]

As Fred and Mike noted, the black hull, red linoleum deck, and impressive tumblehome make for a very distinctive and pugnacious appearance.

Don

[Yu Gyokubun]

Not only aesthetic color scheme but exquisite curvature on the upper hull is worthy of admiration