by Iceman 29 » Fri Mar 15, 2024 6:21 pm
Thank you for following and encouraging me, Wefalck.
7 November 2023 - "This project should be completed very quickly, a "Flash" project."
It was, completed in about 4 months and 7 days.
The fact that I had to make 3 examples, one of which wasn't built, for 'stock', delayed me a bit, but I've learned quite a lot so that I can improve the next projects and better finish the current ones, particularly the 'SS Delphine', while the battleship Bretagne is also at the finalisation stage.
Other projects are at the documentation stage, such as the 1:100 scale Shell Welder, for which I'm waiting for plans from the shipyard.
The Rouen pilot boat "Le Mascaret" is a special project for 2 reasons, it was built at the same Duchesne et Bossi�re yard in Le Havre ( Harfleur ) as the Blythe Star ( Ex Tandik ) build number 101, 1955, I was surprised to realise this after the Blythe Star project started.
The Mascaret has build number 154, Plan 1960-61.
Picture from a friend : �Alain Mingam Photographe :
https://evene-lefigaro-fr.translate.goo ... r_pto=wapp
The second is that my father, who is now deceased (2014), was chief engineer on board. He first sailed on her in Oct 1966 until she was sold and replaced by cheaper and more efficient pilot boats.
I spent a lot of time on board during my childhood, sometimes doing 'the tide' as we used to say, spending the day on the roadstead, in the bay of the Seine, when the boat served the pilot ships going up or down the Seine towards Rouen. A bygone era.
I've got a nice bundle of original plans to scan that my father picked up when he sold the boat.
It's all very exciting, of course, and layout is a great passion, but it's also time-consuming. I'm never bored, and that's the main thing!
Thank you for following and encouraging me, Wefalck.
[quote]7 November 2023 - "This project should be completed very quickly, a "Flash" project."[/quote]
It was, completed in about 4 months and 7 days.
The fact that I had to make 3 examples, one of which wasn't built, for 'stock', delayed me a bit, but I've learned quite a lot so that I can improve the next projects and better finish the current ones, particularly the 'SS Delphine', while the battleship Bretagne is also at the finalisation stage.
Other projects are at the documentation stage, such as the 1:100 scale Shell Welder, for which I'm waiting for plans from the shipyard.
The Rouen pilot boat "Le Mascaret" is a special project for 2 reasons, it was built at the same Duchesne et Bossi�re yard in Le Havre ( Harfleur ) as the Blythe Star ( Ex Tandik ) build number 101, 1955, I was surprised to realise this after the Blythe Star project started.
[url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/vmVLRvRT/facebook-1648578068221-6914637585854713650.jpg[/img][/url]
The Mascaret has build number 154, Plan 1960-61.
Picture from a friend : �Alain Mingam Photographe : https://evene-lefigaro-fr.translate.goog/celebre/biographie/alain-mingam-16969.php?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=fr&_x_tr_pto=wapp
[url=https://postimg.cc/KRNb4MwM][img]https://i.postimg.cc/2SpScdx2/Le-Mascaret-Pilot-boat-of-rouen-and-Amerigo-Vespucci.jpg[/img][/url]
The second is that my father, who is now deceased (2014), was chief engineer on board. He first sailed on her in Oct 1966 until she was sold and replaced by cheaper and more efficient pilot boats.
I spent a lot of time on board during my childhood, sometimes doing 'the tide' as we used to say, spending the day on the roadstead, in the bay of the Seine, when the boat served the pilot ships going up or down the Seine towards Rouen. A bygone era.
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I've got a nice bundle of original plans to scan that my father picked up when he sold the boat.
[url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://i.postimg.cc/Y03zn25x/Capture-d-e-cran-2024-03-15-a-23-29-50.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://postimg.cc/gn6RWGTQ][img]https://i.postimg.cc/8PZbL5Bp/Capture-d-e-cran-2024-03-15-a-23-33-35.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://postimg.cc/V5hMpJDX][img]https://i.postimg.cc/VLfRSMtZ/Capture-d-e-cran-2024-03-15-a-23-34-19.jpg[/img][/url]
It's all very exciting, of course, and layout is a great passion, but it's also time-consuming. I'm never bored, and that's the main thing!