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Thanks mark.

P.S. I don think that ship would stand a chance against the H.M.S Victory

Even more great references. Thank you. I now have somewhere to begin. Early U.S. Navy? Do you mean ships like the USS Constitution? Very cool. I can't believe the War Department would have anything that far back. I assume the information is a lot better than for Mesopotamia :-) Thanks again.

I only sound like a kid when I get overly excited about something. That something was finding this community. Sadly I am very, very, old (45 in June), and clearly at a disadvantage. Like I said earlier, I won't even dream of getting your level of knowledge, but better late than never :-)

Thank you so much for the links. I love the Mesopotamia stuff. How on earth did you find this? I won't ask. It is like asking Superman how he flies!

Wow! What a response. You guys are amazing. Thanks for all the resources. I really want to focus on the ancient era right now, and I think Mesopotamia and Egypt are the place to start. I wonder if they even have physical evidence, as wood decays so quickly. Anyone able to point me in the right direction? I also would love to know your histories. What got you into intense research? What are your primary interests? Do all of you make physical models, or is the research enough? Thanks again for all your help, I really appreciate it.

Hello, everyone. This is my first post so please excuse my stupidity. I just love ships. Anytime I see a picture of a sailing ship (are they called tall ships?), a documentary about ships, or a movie with ships in them like "Pirates of the Caribbean", and even video games, I get goose bumps. Being a moron, I can't describe the feeling I get when I see these ships. I don't understand why, I don't come from a nautical family, been on a cruise only once, and worked for a tug boat company as a software developer (I love tugs too). Although I did live in Portsmouth (small town in England) where they had something called the Victory (goose bumps), and my uncle drew these incredibly paintings of real ships (I think). So I decided to merge this love of ships with my love of ancient and midevial history and start a little hobby. I want to go slow. Here is what I thought my hobby could contain: Learning and reading about every nautical term ever invented, and the history of ships from around Egyptian times (earlier if there were ships in Mesopotamia. I want to model and animate ships down to the smallest level in 3D software for both printing and making little movies out of. And eventually start building these models in wood and plastic. Here is my question to this talented community. Where are the resources? I can't seem to find anything but vague summaries of anything I am interested in. Forget Egyptian, I mean I can't seem to find anything from Viking ships to the H.M.S. Victory in detail. I need details, and lots of them. Plans, details like how they where made, what type of wood they used, etc., etc. I was lucky enough to find this site of wisdom and knowledge. What you guys do requires a brain trust, and I bet every one here has the answers to almost anything. Here is hoping that 0.00002% of the knowledge in your pinkies rub off on me.