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My hobby preferred is the realization of naval models that I present to you in this page.
I produced 4 models to date, namely:

A galion of the 16th century,  " Rote Löwe "
A caraque of the 15th century, " Santa Maria "
An ocean-going tug, " Smit Rotterdam "
A Breton trawler, the " Saint Germain "

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A little HISTORY
    The galion Roter Löwe was built into 1597 in Königsberg, to date Kaliningrad , Russian harbour city located on the
Baltic between Lithuania and Poland. It was bought into 1601 by the Higher Advisers of Königsberg on behalf of the Great Elector of Brandebourg. Grand Electeur of Brandebourg.
 It sailed like high-speed motorboat with Pillau (today Baltijsk) from 1602 to 1603 pennies the orders of the captain Peter Hintze. In October 1608, under the orders of the captain Johann Fett, it transported a wood cargo to Lisbon where it was sold with the loading.
 
    TECHNICAL CARACTERISTIQUES
    Dimensions of the galion are not known. However, according to the gauge of 240 tons, and according to the methods of construction of this time, and the tables of painting, one could reconstitute as accurately the plans of this boat, as possible.

         Measure:     240 tons
         Length:        28 m of the stem to the prow
         Width:        8 m
         Crew estimated at 30 men
    

This model is entirely made out of wood. I used many different wood turpentines 
according to their colors and flexibilities :
    - like poplar (white)
    - walnut tree (maroon dark)
    - mahogany tree (maroon reddish)
I built this model from November 1991 to October 1992 and that represents approximately 300 working hours.

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    How they were thus the boats of the great discovery of the New World?. The tradition speaks about 3 caravels, a fast type of boat with a light hull and an aerofoil, consistent in several masts and different standard from veils. The historians notice that actually the fleet of Colomb was made of two caravels, the Nina and Pinta and of a " Nao ", Santa Maria, a type of boat with 3 masts with two square sails and a lateen sail, equipped with a front strapping man. In fact Santa Maria is caraque. At that time the caraques ones were the largest armed ships, built in Spain and in Portugal.

    TECHNICAL CARACTERISTIQUES
    Boat of 3 masts with 2 square sails and 1 lateen sail, armed with 2 guns on the bridge
                                                        and 4 couvreulines
                                                        Measure     : 260 tons
                                                        Length        : 29m of the stem to the prow
                                                        Width        : 9m

                    DIMENSIONS OF the MODELS
                                Scale           : 1/50
                                Length         : 790 mm
                                Width         : 145 mm
                                Height         : 565 mm

            I built this model from October 1992 at August 1993, with approximately 450 working hours.

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      ITS HISTORY
    Smit Rotterdam was built in 1975 in the maritime building sites of Merwede in Holland, on behalf of the company Smit
International BV in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.
At the time of its launching, it was largest and the most powerful tug boat of the world
with a displacement of 2.273 tons, a 75 m length, an engine of 22.000 
horses and a maximum speed of 16,5 nodes. 
The boat is built with a bulb of poop, the interior equipment comprises the equipment of most
modern navigation and communication.

      TECHNICAL CARACTERISTIQUES
Tonnage                      : 2273 tons            Speed                : 16.5 nodes
Length                        : 74.75 m                Crew                 : 25 men
Width                        : 15.68 m                 Water cannons   : 400 tonnes/h with 14
Puissance atmospheres : 16.192 kW            Guns with mouse  : 10 tons

      The MODEL                                Internal Equipment :
Length      : 95 cm                                   1 accumulator 12 volts - 6,5 A/h,  2 engines 6Vcc - 4,5 A
Width      : 20 cm                                   1 variable speed transmission 20A,  1 receiver, 1 Hp 8 ohms
Height      : 50 cm                                   3 servo-motors (direction, speed, foghorn)
Weight     : 8 kg
Scale       : 1/50
                                    It my been necessary approximately 450 working hours to produce this model.

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Currently I build a Breton trawler, the Saint-German , whose home port
is Le Guilvinec.
This model is entirely made out of wood. 

Dimensions of this model are :
            
                                        - Length  :    830 mm
                                        - Width   :    340 mm
                                        - Height  :    650 mm
                                        - Weight :    9,5 kg
                                        - Scale    :    1/20

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