D021 La Belle Poule wooden ship model kit

Model La Belle Poule 1932 - wooden model ship kit

Dusek Ship Kits - nr. D021 - scale 1:50

HISTORY: 

LA BELLE POULE, 1932 

SCALE: 1/50, Length: 755 mm, Width: 255mm, Height: 655mm 

The Belle Poule is school schooner of French navy. The Belle Poule together with her sister ship Etoile was launched at shipyard Féchamp at Normandy on 8 February 1932. The Belle Poule is 37,5m long and has displacement 225tons. The ship is able to sail up to 12.5 knots with using of sails and up to 9 knots if she is powered by diesel engine. 

Recommended tool list: 

1) Modeler’s knife or scalpel 2) Mini drilling machine
3) Drill bits
4) Selection of abrasive paper 5) Scissors 

6) Pliers
7) Clothes pegs or crocodile clips 8) Pencil
9) Rule
10) Set of needle files
12) Sewing machine
13) Electric plank bender
14) Mini lathe 

Before you begin: 

Before you begin to build the model it is necessary with a vengeance read building instructions and plans. Also chronology of assembly steps is necessary to keep. You check if the parts go together before you glue it respectively you make any corrections with sandpaper. During the gluing, painting, lacquering and at work with another chemical materials is necessary well ventilated in your working room. You cut the parts from sheet until actually required for fitting. You cut by knife only in direction off ward your body so that you head to injury risk. For gluing of wooden parts it is possible to use white glue and for metal and resin parts cyanoacrylate glue 

Colouring: 

Hull draught-green
Hull freeboard-white
Deck-natural wood
Walls of cabins-red-brown stained wood Roofs of cabins –white Decoration-yellow 

Bending of wooden strips: 

The Wooden strips will be more flexible if you will boil it in hot water about 10-15 minutes. 1 

You can bend the strips along any cylindrical area but ideal is using of special plank bender (it would be best to use electric plank bender). If you need to do very small radius so you must bend it in more steps.