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La Lomellina by Louie da fly - scale 1:100 - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516
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Winchelsea Nef 1274 A.D. by Louie da fly - FINISHED - 1:75
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Golden Hind 1578 by Knocklouder - Airfix - 1:72 - PLASTIC
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Width of garboard strake?
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Mycenaean War Galley by Woodrat - FINISHED - 1:48 - Shell first Plank on Frame
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Just came across this on Facebook. Further evidence to support Woodrat's interpretation! Steven
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Patrick, I'm sending you the report in a PM. (I hope you can read French!) Steven
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Patrick, Did I send you Max Guerot's report on the guns of the Lomellina, with a very comprehensive examination of the types of guns in use in the first half of the 16th century? If not, I can send it to you if you like. Steven
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Le Gros Ventre 1767 by woodrat - Scale 1:48 - POF - French exploration vessel
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Magnificent work, Patrick. Just a quick question - can you tell us the reason for the arches with grey-painted 'false openings' instead of being cut into the hull? Steven
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It's been quite a while since I've posted. I've been busy - life does tend to get in the way. But I re-thunk the sliced 3D shape. And I thunk - the one I've done was sliced into every second frame. But the frames are 5mm apart and the dropsaw's kerf is only about 2mm wide. I could have cut a slice for each frame - they should each end up about 3mm thick - and not have to interpolate between slices to work out the shapes of the ones in between! So I did it all over again - made another 3D model and sliced it into individual frames. And it worked! Now of course I have to transfer that onto paper and mirror it to get the full frames, but all good! There are a few glitches in the shapes of the frames nearest to the stern - the curve seems to go upward at the keel instead of downward. I'll just have to fix that when I transfer it to paper. Steven
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Of course. Just as in the original! Steven
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Nice crisp work, especially the paintwork. Well done! Steven
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I agree about reducing the height of the upper part of the forecastle. It looks better that way. And yes, red, white and yellow stripes. The colours on the Anthony Roll are a bit difficult to interpret, but certainly not green and white as shown in the modern picture. Guns and carriages look great (Henry the Staffy's a real gem!) and the ladders are spot-on. Nice work (as usual!), Patrick. Steven
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https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/drop-bear/
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Strictly this one is a mitre saw because it can be set at an angle, but drop saw is what I call it, and I believe it's a fairly commonly used name. Steven
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Thanks for all the likes, and thanks to Druxey for the comment. So here's the result so far. I glued the shaped form to a longer wooden plank, so I could feed it through the drop-saw without cutting my fingers off. I glued a sheet of paper between the form and the plank so I could break them apart after they'd been sawn into slices. And here they are in the saw - part-way through the process. And all cut. About half have been separated from the remains of the plank. (One of them had a corner split off, so I glued it back again and this photo shows them at the point where I'm waiting for the glue to dry). And here they all are, ready to be used as templates for the new frames. Steven
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I've been working on the other frames. Here's one from the bow - the French refer to the V-shaped piece at the bottom, charmingly, as a fourcat. But I came to the conclusion that the shapes I'd worked out for the frames of the aftercastle and some for the bow were based on a wrong premise - I hadn't taken into account the evidence of contemporary pictures and had made them much too narrow, and quite a few of them will have to be either tossed or dramatically altered. The first pic below is the frame as made; the second is how wide it ought to be. I'm hoping I can at least salvage some of the futtocks, but I'm pretty sure the floor timbers will have to be ditched. I eventually got sick of trying to figure out the frame shapes on paper from the lines I'd drawn up - every time I worked it out it was different. So I went a different way. Based on the sterns of carracks from contemporary representations from near the Lomellina's time, I made a solid half-hull, going aft from the last frame I was happy with Took very little time - a couple hours with a hand-saw and a rasp, once I'd decided to do it. Next I'll be cutting this solid shape into slivers at 10mm ( a bit under half an inch) intervals - equivalent to every second frame - along the length of the keel, to get reliable shapes for the frames. Wish me luck! Steven
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I've done both. My earlier models were 'pristine', but I have been slowly teaching myself to weather my wooden models. Some people are masters of weathering - have a look at RGL's wonderful (plastic) warships - his Dreadnought, Heian Maru etc. And somewhere on the forum there's a Russian battleship of his from the Battle of Tsushima which I can't find (unfortunately) - it's amazing! Here's a bit of my own weathering - a 12th century Mediterranean merchant ship that doesn't get a lot of TLC - the owners are more interested in immediate profits than maintenance. And yes, I have enough figures on board for a full crew. I carved them from pear wood - scale 1:75 . I've perhaps been a bit cautious about applying the weathering - better than too much. Still learning, and learning how to shade the figures so they don't look like they're model railway figures straight out of the box. Steven
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Better choice, in my opinion. Santa Anna is VERY complicated. Building the Santa Maria will develop your skills at a much gentler gradient, but they will be skills you can then use on more ambitious models. And as I mentioned before, don't hesitate to ask questions. BTW, Santa Maria is a type of vessel known as a carrack, which I just happen to be very fond of - in fact I'm scratch building one myself at the moment. So if you do have questions I may be able to help. And check out Woodrat's wonderful Venetian Carrack or Cocha build as well. Steven
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