Ga-geo Korean ship (fishing boat,1/50)

Very cool model, modeller_masa!

That's one deep rudder. I assume by the design that it could be raised for shallower water. Any idea how it was done?

I've built a number of traditional Japanese boats and it's interesting to see similarities and differences. I'm particularly interested in the bulwarks. A lot of the ocean-going Japanese boats have rice straw at the bulwarks. I don't know the details, but it's interesting to see something similar here.

Anyway, it looks like a fun build – thanks for sharing!

@catopower Sorry about late reply. These pictures will help your understanding.

The Ga-geo fishing boat is one of two traditional Korean ship kits that have been academically recovered. We lost lots of traditions including the turtle ship and Pan-ok ship under the Japanese control. If you are interested in the differences among China-Korea-Japan ships, this kit should be the representative Korean ship because it includes most of characteristics of old Korean ships. 

https://youtu.be/Ayon3Xi6pgU?t=628

This video shows the real replica ship.

https://www.cha.go.kr/cop/bbs/selectBoardArticle.do?nttId=17604&bbsId=BBSMSTR_1021&pageIndex=427&pageUnit=10&searchCnd=&searchWrd=&ctgryLrcls=&ctgryMdcls=&ctgrySmcls=&ntcStartDt=&ntcEndDt=&searchUseYn=&mn=NS_03_08_01

This PDF document includes the full plan of the Ga-geo ship. Go to page 60~90 and 110~137. Sorry about language issue. The book was published in 1997, so it doesn't have an English version.

Very interesting! Thank you for the links to the pdf book and the video. There are always ways to translate the text using digital tools these days. For now, the drawings are enough to study.

I hope you continue with similar projects!