Louie da fly
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Bob Legge in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from mtaylor in Ahoy, there!
Welcome, Derek! Do you have a build under way at the moment, or one planned?
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from J11 in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Keith Black in Ahoy, there!
Welcome, Derek! Do you have a build under way at the moment, or one planned?
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from mtaylor in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from bolin in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Charter33 in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Ian_Grant in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from druxey in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from thibaultron in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Harvey Golden in 2700-Year-Old Phoenician Shipwreck To Be Raised From The Seabed
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Louie da fly got a reaction from mtaylor in Lateen yards – inside or outside of the shrouds?
It depends. Historically they are shown doing so. But on small Mediterranean lateeners they usually don't bother. Note that there is a loop of rope that acts as a parrel which keeps the yard close to the mast.
But it may be different with a bigger sail. I did quite a bit of research on this with my dromon build - see https://modelshipworld.com/topic/10344-10th-11th-century-byzantine-dromon-by-louie-da-fly-150-finished/page/41/
In Mediterranean lateeners the yard is and was usually outside the shrouds, but in galleons and other ships of the 16th to early 18th century, the lateen mizzen had the yard inside the shrouds; most probably because the mizzen wasn't the main source of propulsion.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from catopower in Lateen yards – inside or outside of the shrouds?
It depends. Historically they are shown doing so. But on small Mediterranean lateeners they usually don't bother. Note that there is a loop of rope that acts as a parrel which keeps the yard close to the mast.
But it may be different with a bigger sail. I did quite a bit of research on this with my dromon build - see https://modelshipworld.com/topic/10344-10th-11th-century-byzantine-dromon-by-louie-da-fly-150-finished/page/41/
In Mediterranean lateeners the yard is and was usually outside the shrouds, but in galleons and other ships of the 16th to early 18th century, the lateen mizzen had the yard inside the shrouds; most probably because the mizzen wasn't the main source of propulsion.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Tony Hunt in Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry) by Louie da fly - FINISHED - Scale 1:200 - Repaired after over 50 yrs of neglect
To be honest, Druxey, so am I. I keep thinking "Did I really do this when I was that young?"
Maybe I don't give my younger self enough credit, but I seem to remember I was a bit of a twerp back then.
Or is it that if I could do that when I was that young, why haven't I progressed any further in all this time?
Interestingly, I did carve three figures for the ship out of bamboo back in the day, but they got lost sometime in the interim. It would be instructive to be able to compare them. But I do remember they didn't have the level of detail the current ones do.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from firdajan in Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry) by Louie da fly - FINISHED - Scale 1:200 - Repaired after over 50 yrs of neglect
Making a third figure - this time a common sailor - probably to stand on a yard holding onto a rope. Or possibly it's John Travolta . . .
And finally doing the railings for the main deck, one of which broke off short, and the other got lost.
Here I'm adding extra length at both ends to the broken one, using scarph joints.
And in place - just glued at both ends so far. Once that's dry I'll glue down the intermediate bits.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from thibaultron in Lateen yards – inside or outside of the shrouds?
It depends. Historically they are shown doing so. But on small Mediterranean lateeners they usually don't bother. Note that there is a loop of rope that acts as a parrel which keeps the yard close to the mast.
But it may be different with a bigger sail. I did quite a bit of research on this with my dromon build - see https://modelshipworld.com/topic/10344-10th-11th-century-byzantine-dromon-by-louie-da-fly-150-finished/page/41/
In Mediterranean lateeners the yard is and was usually outside the shrouds, but in galleons and other ships of the 16th to early 18th century, the lateen mizzen had the yard inside the shrouds; most probably because the mizzen wasn't the main source of propulsion.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry) by Louie da fly - FINISHED - Scale 1:200 - Repaired after over 50 yrs of neglect
To be honest, Druxey, so am I. I keep thinking "Did I really do this when I was that young?"
Maybe I don't give my younger self enough credit, but I seem to remember I was a bit of a twerp back then.
Or is it that if I could do that when I was that young, why haven't I progressed any further in all this time?
Interestingly, I did carve three figures for the ship out of bamboo back in the day, but they got lost sometime in the interim. It would be instructive to be able to compare them. But I do remember they didn't have the level of detail the current ones do.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Tony Hunt in Quanzhou Ship by Schrader - 1:54 - Chinese Junk
Good to see taking the ship off the mould has worked well for you, Schrader. And thanks for the information about leaving some of the deck open so people can view inside the hull - the planked bulkheads will look good
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from J11 in Viking longship by Cathead - FINISHED - Dusek - 1:35
He may well do - that is his right and privilege. But in common with many movies and TV series based on history, there are glaring inaccuracies in relation to such things as armour, equipment and costume, (though the swords look ok). Justin Pollard, the historical adviser on the series is a "popular historian, historical consultant and screenwriter" according to Wikipedia. But if he gave advice on such things I doubt it was followed. Unfortunately movies very rarely worry about such things - the director and costume department get a bigger say than the historical consultant.
I've also spent years researching Viking history and artefacts, and though I may not be an academic, I do know when something is as wrong as this. Strangely enough, the shields are among the "least worst" of the gear on the show.
Steven
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Louie da fly reacted to bolin in Medieval longship by bolin - FINISHED - 1:30 - based on reconstruction Helga Holm
Another small update. In between the riveting and framing I have been whittling away at the oars. Now the full set of 16 is ready.
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Louie da fly got a reaction from Roger Pellett in Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry) by Louie da fly - FINISHED - Scale 1:200 - Repaired after over 50 yrs of neglect
To be honest, Druxey, so am I. I keep thinking "Did I really do this when I was that young?"
Maybe I don't give my younger self enough credit, but I seem to remember I was a bit of a twerp back then.
Or is it that if I could do that when I was that young, why haven't I progressed any further in all this time?
Interestingly, I did carve three figures for the ship out of bamboo back in the day, but they got lost sometime in the interim. It would be instructive to be able to compare them. But I do remember they didn't have the level of detail the current ones do.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from druxey in Henry Grace a Dieu (Great Harry) by Louie da fly - FINISHED - Scale 1:200 - Repaired after over 50 yrs of neglect
To be honest, Druxey, so am I. I keep thinking "Did I really do this when I was that young?"
Maybe I don't give my younger self enough credit, but I seem to remember I was a bit of a twerp back then.
Or is it that if I could do that when I was that young, why haven't I progressed any further in all this time?
Interestingly, I did carve three figures for the ship out of bamboo back in the day, but they got lost sometime in the interim. It would be instructive to be able to compare them. But I do remember they didn't have the level of detail the current ones do.
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from J11 in Medieval longship by bolin - FINISHED - 1:30 - based on reconstruction Helga Holm
Very nice, Bolin.
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Louie da fly got a reaction from FriedClams in Viking longship by Cathead - FINISHED - Dusek - 1:35
Unfortunately, nothing in the Vikings TV show bears any relationship to what Vikings ate/wore/did/carried/used. And most of the "Viking Shield Designs" that can be found on-line use a fair bit of imagination (i.e. they're made up) or extrapolate from Viking decorations in other contexts (i.e. they're made up).
What is known about patterns on Viking shields appears here: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html
The ones you're making look good, but as there seems to be no evidence of standardization in shield decoration, you could mix and match patterns and colour combinations as much as you like within the colours available at the time - https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-history-society--culture/how-to-decorate-like-a-viking/1455997 .
Steven
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Louie da fly got a reaction from J11 in Viking longship by Cathead - FINISHED - Dusek - 1:35
Unfortunately, nothing in the Vikings TV show bears any relationship to what Vikings ate/wore/did/carried/used. And most of the "Viking Shield Designs" that can be found on-line use a fair bit of imagination (i.e. they're made up) or extrapolate from Viking decorations in other contexts (i.e. they're made up).
What is known about patterns on Viking shields appears here: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/shield/shield.html
The ones you're making look good, but as there seems to be no evidence of standardization in shield decoration, you could mix and match patterns and colour combinations as much as you like within the colours available at the time - https://sciencenordic.com/denmark-history-society--culture/how-to-decorate-like-a-viking/1455997 .
Steven
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