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Mark P
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Mark P reacted to uss frolick in Book Suggestions
Captain Frederick Maryatt's contemporary sea novels, written by an officer who actually served with Lord Cochrane, the real prototype for Jack Aubrey. They have never been out of print: Peter Simple, Mr. Midshipman Easy, Frank Mildmay, The King's Own, Percival Keene, and many others, written in the 1830's.
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Mark P got a reaction from paulsutcliffe in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Congratulations Albert;
I am very glad that you have taken on such a vessel. I have always felt that it is such a matter of regret that the original, beautiful decoration of the Victory was removed just before the battle of Trafalgar. Such a shame that the battle was not fought a few years earlier, because then all the visitors to Victory in Portsmouth would see and realise just how attractive these old-time ships were.
I presume that you are aware of the scale carving of her figurehead at the NMM, and the model of her at launching, showing her (incorrectly) on the ways. (She was floated out from dry dock)
Anyway, I wish you the best of progress in all of the build, which I will follow with great interest.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P reacted to svein erik in Queen Anne Style Royal Barge by Chuck - FINISHED - Syren Ship Model Company - 1:24
Is look fantastic and am wait ing for the kit to Come on sale.
wile I was looking on some photo I have I did take som of the royal barge of Dutsh kingdom. (Amsterdam museum)
it has been restord and it have some grait ditales
Svein.erik
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Mark P reacted to mitbok in Queen Anne Style Royal Barge by Chuck - FINISHED - Syren Ship Model Company - 1:24
Hi Chuck!
I don't remember if I ever mentioned this but there could be a better way to transfer any decorations on wood - decals.
if you can provide the image for those who wish to go that way than it can be printed on clear decal paper using ink jet printer.
Than just follow instructions for decal transfer. I set decals with Solvoset which dissolves decal film, leaving an appearance of
image painted on wood.
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Mark P reacted to druxey in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
I hope I live long enough to see your model finished, Albert!
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Mark P reacted to albert in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Dear friends, I thank you for your welcome interventions, surely my new construction will be very difficult and demanding, so any constructive help from you will be very welcome. Thank you very much, a greeting.
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Mark P got a reaction from albert in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Congratulations Albert;
I am very glad that you have taken on such a vessel. I have always felt that it is such a matter of regret that the original, beautiful decoration of the Victory was removed just before the battle of Trafalgar. Such a shame that the battle was not fought a few years earlier, because then all the visitors to Victory in Portsmouth would see and realise just how attractive these old-time ships were.
I presume that you are aware of the scale carving of her figurehead at the NMM, and the model of her at launching, showing her (incorrectly) on the ways. (She was floated out from dry dock)
Anyway, I wish you the best of progress in all of the build, which I will follow with great interest.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P got a reaction from dvm27 in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Congratulations Albert;
I am very glad that you have taken on such a vessel. I have always felt that it is such a matter of regret that the original, beautiful decoration of the Victory was removed just before the battle of Trafalgar. Such a shame that the battle was not fought a few years earlier, because then all the visitors to Victory in Portsmouth would see and realise just how attractive these old-time ships were.
I presume that you are aware of the scale carving of her figurehead at the NMM, and the model of her at launching, showing her (incorrectly) on the ways. (She was floated out from dry dock)
Anyway, I wish you the best of progress in all of the build, which I will follow with great interest.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P got a reaction from mtaylor in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Congratulations Albert;
I am very glad that you have taken on such a vessel. I have always felt that it is such a matter of regret that the original, beautiful decoration of the Victory was removed just before the battle of Trafalgar. Such a shame that the battle was not fought a few years earlier, because then all the visitors to Victory in Portsmouth would see and realise just how attractive these old-time ships were.
I presume that you are aware of the scale carving of her figurehead at the NMM, and the model of her at launching, showing her (incorrectly) on the ways. (She was floated out from dry dock)
Anyway, I wish you the best of progress in all of the build, which I will follow with great interest.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P got a reaction from druxey in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Congratulations Albert;
I am very glad that you have taken on such a vessel. I have always felt that it is such a matter of regret that the original, beautiful decoration of the Victory was removed just before the battle of Trafalgar. Such a shame that the battle was not fought a few years earlier, because then all the visitors to Victory in Portsmouth would see and realise just how attractive these old-time ships were.
I presume that you are aware of the scale carving of her figurehead at the NMM, and the model of her at launching, showing her (incorrectly) on the ways. (She was floated out from dry dock)
Anyway, I wish you the best of progress in all of the build, which I will follow with great interest.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P reacted to Jack H in HMS VICTORY 1765 by albert - 1/48
Hi Albert
Great victory, great project, deep respect and best wishes for you!
HJX
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Mark P reacted to Bob Cleek in Wreck of Bonhomme Richard found off Yorkshire coast.
It's possible that it is well-preserved. If the waters are cold enough, there won't be borers. That was so with the Mary Rose, wasn't it? She was down much longer. One would almost expect that many, of not all undamaged cannon would have been salvaged. (The burst one could easily have been left behind by the salvors.) Cannon were valuable and salvage techniques were surprisingly sophisticated in those days. "Wet" diving bells (open bottoms) had been in common use for quite some time before the Bonhomme Richard sank. Over a hundred years earlier, In 1658, Albrecht von Treileben was permitted to salvage the warship Vasa, which sank in Stockholm harbor on its maiden voyage in 1628. Between 1663-1665 von Treileben's divers were successful in raising most of the cannon, working from a diving bell.
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Mark P got a reaction from mtaylor in The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models Volume II
Having also purchased a copy as soon after publication as funds permitted, I can also vouch for the excellence of this book, and the value of the wealth of photographs which it contains.
Very much worth the cost, even with postage to England added.
Happy reading!
Mark P
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Mark P reacted to druxey in HMS ANSON 1781 by albert - 1/48 - 64 guns
Very, very organized and neat as well, Albert!
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Mark P reacted to druxey in HMS ANSON 1781 by albert - 1/48 - 64 guns
The collection of completed frames in the photo really demonstrates the quantity of wood a ship's framing consumed. Very nicely done, Albert.
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Mark P reacted to Jack H in HMS ANSON 1781 by albert - 1/48 - 64 guns
This will be another great work.
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Mark P reacted to albert in HMS ANSON 1781 by albert - 1/48 - 64 guns
Hello, I bought the beautiful drawings of HMS ANSON 1/48 scale made by Alex, I put photos of the construction site that I made for the construction of the model, I will use the same method that I learned from Ed and I used to build the NAIAD.
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Mark P got a reaction from druxey in The Rogers Collection of Dockyard Models Volume II
Having also purchased a copy as soon after publication as funds permitted, I can also vouch for the excellence of this book, and the value of the wealth of photographs which it contains.
Very much worth the cost, even with postage to England added.
Happy reading!
Mark P
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Mark P got a reaction from lmagna in Boom rigging question
Evening Antonio;
The boom referred to is, as Frankie says above, the studding sail boom. I assume you know what these are. Whether they were in use, or run in on the yard for storage, the inner end was lashed to the yard to prevent it moving. There was normally a hole drilled through the boom near its heel to allow the lashing to pass through the boom for better security of the lashing.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P got a reaction from mtaylor in Boom rigging question
Evening Antonio;
The boom referred to is, as Frankie says above, the studding sail boom. I assume you know what these are. Whether they were in use, or run in on the yard for storage, the inner end was lashed to the yard to prevent it moving. There was normally a hole drilled through the boom near its heel to allow the lashing to pass through the boom for better security of the lashing.
All the best,
Mark P
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Mark P reacted to druxey in Nibbing vs hooking deck planking
Nibbed waterways and parallel deck planking generally were a later 'modern' development in the mid-1800's. Before that the plank ends were hooked, as well as curved and tapered in towards the waterways bow and stern. So, the latter method would apply to your vessel.
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Mark P reacted to allanyed in Main top bowline bitts
Thank you Dave and Henry
Henry, I was actually looking for the belaying point of the fore topsail buntlines not the bowlines. I did have the same description for the bowlines that you gave from several sources, so we are in agreement, thank you very much for your reply.
The fore topsail buntlines appear to belay to the main topsail bowline bitts and that was my dilemma, finding where these bitts were located.
Dave you pegged it, I found them on the one drawing in Lees and it is shown as you described it. My fault for not searching a "bitt" harder.
Thanks again
Allan
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Mark P got a reaction from mtaylor in Clewline attachment to Topsail yard,HMS Cheerful
Good Evening Dave;
Depends on the size of ship and the date. Can you give us a bit more information.
All the best,
Mark
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Mark P reacted to JerseyCity Frankie in CLINKER-built vs COPPER planting
I can’t imagine anyone would do all the intense labor to form every individual copper sheet so as to fit the topography of the klinker hull. I doubt you could put a flat piece of copper over the planks and then hammer the copper over its entire surface, hammering it into shape to fit perfectly. I Imagine if you attempted this on a real hull your results would be very inconsistent and maybe you wind up damaging the hull too?
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