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Chapman Barge 1768 (Scale 1:50)

Model of a Barge according to Chapmans "Architectura Navalis Mercatoria" plate XLVII no. 4

 

The barge had the following specifikation:
Length over steven: 12.9 m
Width on frames: 1.9 m
Draft: 0.6 m
10 oars

 

For the construction I followed David Antscherl's book "The Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 and methods of building open boats".
The proportions of the oars were taken from David Steel's "Naval Architecture" of 1805.
In terms of appearance and colour, I have orientated myself to the Swedish royal barge "Wasaorden" whose replica is still used today for official occasions.

 

Overall, the construction of the model took a year.
The hull is clinker-built.
The moulding was made of lime wood, which was treated with beeswax as a release agent.
Building material of the model was pear for the planks (plank thickness 0.3 mm), box for the ornaments, bamboo for the oars.
The cabinet was made of aircraft plywood for the walls and limewood for the roof.
The colours are from Humbrol and Tamiya. The gold colour is an acrylic colour from Golden (Iridescent Gold Deep Fine)
To determine the shape and posture of the putti on the foredeck, I made a plasticine model on an enlarged scale before carving the boxwood putti.

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Thanks, Nils and Jan

 

The background is a large sheet of beige construction paper which is laid in an S-turn to avoid shadows. The pictures are taken outside on a cloudy day

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