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This website was created so I could share both my Norske Løve kit bashing and Le Gros Ventre scratch building experiences. Construction updates are added, when they become available, for the Norske Løve and for now, the Gros Ventre project is on hold.

Because the Norske Løve kit bashing is an ongoing construction process, ongoing corrections and modifications may be made at anytime to any part of the model ship. Before you follow one of my build steps, please check to see if changes were made at a later date that could undo what you are about to do. For example, I painted the fine trim details on the hull in a yellow paint which I later changed to a wood colour because, with the yellow, the colour scheme looked more Swedish than Danish.

The following is a list of construction changes already made:
Set 15 - Aug 01, 2007 Pic351) The "train conductor" captain will be replaced by a slightly larger figure in 1:72 scale. See: Set 32, May 29, 2009 Pic789)
Set 15 - Oct 15, 2007 Pic360) Hull trim was originally painted yellow and later changed to wood colour. See: Set 21, Nov 07, 2008 Pic505)
Set 16 - Nov 01, 2007 Pic377) Hull trim was originally painted yellow and later changed to wood colour. See: Set 21, Nov 07, 2008 Pic505)
Set 16 - Dec 01, 2007 Pic399) Top of main stern arch heightened and later cut bach down. See: Set 27, Mar 13, 2009 Pic661)
Set 17 - Dec 01, 2007 Pic401) Top of main stern arch heightened and later cut bach down. See: Set 27, Mar 13, 2009 Pic661)
Set 17 - Dec 01, 2007 Pic409) The original hull anchor lining was placed too close to the bow and later re-located further aft. See: Set 23, Feb 25, 2009 Pic566)
Set 18 - Feb 10, 2008 Pic446) The original hull anchor lining was placed too close to the bow and later re-located further aft. See: Set 23, Feb 25, 2009 Pic566)
Set 19 - Feb 10, 2008 Pic457) Hull trim was originally painted yellow and later changed to wood colour. See: Set 21, Nov 07, 2008 Pic505)

The following is a list of construction changes that are planned for the future:
Set 22- Nov 07, 2008 Pic545) The 22 boarding steps will be reduced by about one half to properly match the 1:75 scale. See: A FUTURE UPDATE
Set 23- Jan 25, 2009 Pic554) The boarding steps on each side of the hull are one gun port too far aft and will be re-located one gun port forward. See: A FUTURE UPDATE
Set 23- Jan 25, 2009 Pic554) The 4 hull fenders will be reduced to 3 to match the 1765 time period. See: A FUTURE UPDATE
Set 23- Jan 25, 2009 Pic554) The aft pair of hull fenders will both be re-located one gun port forward. See: A FUTURE UPDATE
Set 23- Jan 25, 2009 Pic554) The current single center hull fender will be removed and the forward-most hull fender will remain as is. See: A FUTURE UPDATE

I very much enjoy hearing from my many world-wide website visitors so please feel free to contact me through e-mail.

To stop automated Internet programs from mining my real e-mail address from this site, I have coded it. To e-mail me, copy the following coded e-mail address:

moon2stu@cogeco.com

and then change the incorrect ".com", at the end, to ".ca". Making this change will result in my correct e-mail address...

Construction updates are placed in the next section in "yellow" followed by a boxed "Website Links" menu section that can be used to access over 800 detailed construction pictures. Please try out all the site links and enjoy :)

Latest Update: March 3rd, 2012.... Construction Change List Added.

A list of both completed and planned future construction changes was added to this Home Page above...

Latest Build Update: February 26th, 2012.... 40 New "Norske Løve" Pictures Added.

Continuing to scratch build "working" gun port hinges...

New pictures have been added to the "Norske Løve" main link under both the Quick Pics and in the Build Log under February 26, 2012.

Previous Build Update: January 15th, 2010.... 20 New "Norske Løve" Pictures and 25 Mini Lathe Pictures Added.

Scratch building "working" gun port hinges and building a home-made mini wood lathe...

New pictures were added to the "Norske Løve" main link under both the Quick Pics and in the Build Log under January 15, 2010.

A new link was also added below to my home-made Mini Wood Lathe.

Website Links

Link to kit bashing the
Danish ship: Norske Løve

Link to scratch building the
French ship: Le Gros Ventre

Link to my home-made
Mini Table Saw

Link to my home-made
Mini Wood Lathe

Custom Furniture

Early Static Ship Models and Flying Control Line Planes

A bit about Stu

Interesting Links