La Medusa – work in progress - update

            This is a new picture of my MOC “La meduse”.

In the meantime all the decks are completely build, the canon deck is finished only some tiles and minifigs need to be placed. All the decks will be covered by plates (and jumpers to attach minifigs), I just need to put all the necessary stuff on it (especially on the back deck like the bank of the guard, the steering wheel, the compass and the cover of the stairs). Most of the cannons are made, a next order on bricklink is needed to complete the remaining ones. To obtain the correct curve I had to cut some tiles, otherwise the gaps would be too big.

The captains room and especially the original decorations on the sides were very difficult to build in LEGO. After several attempts I decided to use the much more easier decorations of l ’Hermione. The inside of the captains room is decorated and visible by the removable back side of the room. The inside of the captains room is inspired by images and a mvie of l’Hermione.

The 3 mast are erected till the first level. I build them by using round 2x2 bricks and plates but they are reinforced with an iron shaft of 5 mm, so all the bricks and plates of the masts are all drilled out. The use of an iron shaft was necessary due to the height of the masts and the rigging work.

I need to complete the decks and the decorations on it. Soon I will start with the rigging work which will take some weeks of course. In also have to build one small pinnace, the big one is already build, but this ship has two of them. I have one month left as this MOC need to be finalized by mid-October as I will attend LEGO World Utrecht. I guess this means some long LEGO building nights…

This MOC is based on the French comic series “ L'Épervier “ (Author and illustrator - Patrice Pellerin). The comics tells the life story of Yann de Kermeur, a French noblemen and captain of a royal frigate who lives in and around Brest (France). Yann’s frigate calls “La Méduse” and was built in the 18th century. “La Méduse” is built by using the original plans from another similar French frigate “La Rénommée”, this ship was built by the same French masterbuilder and launched in 1744 (some years after “La Méduse”), but captured by the English much later. After capturing the frigate, the English made a study of this frigate, at that time the French frigates were faster and stronger than the English ones. The original plans still exist and they forms the basis of a monograph (this book is part of a series of books devoted to the most representative ships of the French Navy in the classical period). This books contains more than 30 plans of the interior and exterior of the ship in scale  1/48. This monograph is especially made for model builders. I bought this book and it is the main source of information (in the back you can see one of the plans I used). Additional info is obtained from wooden model ships and pictures of “L’Hermione”. This ship was built in 1779  but very similar as the “La Méduse”.

Taken on: September 20, 2017

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