Bill Morrison

On 6/30/2022 at 10:28 AM, JSGerson said:

If you go to the USS Constitution Museum site, you will find a lot of US Plans of the ship. I found one that may help you with the bow bumkins.

 

Jon

25175 - Deck Framing Forward of Stern and Fore Tack Bumpkin.pdf 385.37 kB · 1 download

There is also a CD available diagrams showing all periods of Constitution's refits and reconstructions.  It might be helpful.

Bill

21 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

I just finished reading Paul Kennedy’s new book Victory at Sea.  Buy it for Ian Marshall’s great paintings, not Kennedy’s narrative.  He spills a huge amount of ink about how the battleship was obsolete.  IMHO the carrier was a great offensive weapon but was vulnerable defensively.  I believe that the integrated task group; carriers, destroyers, and big guns- battleships and cruisers were a major reason for the US Navy’s success. And, to defeat the Kamikazes, these big armored ships made great platforms for anti aircraft guns.  With this mix of ships, the navy had the confidence to go anywhere.

 

Question:  At Samar did Yamato actually fire her main battery at the American Taffy task force?

 

Roger 

It's interesting to me that no one mentions submarines when discussing the overall success of the U.S. Navy in WWII, but they sank more Japanese tonnage than the rest of the fleet combined.  That said, before we talk about the obsolescence of these ships, we should take into account that they could and did inflict more damage on enemy shore installations than did aircraft. The Iowa class ships were highly valued by both Army and Marine Corps units in Korea and the North Vietnamese said that the New Jersey was hugely destabilizing.  That speaks volumes to me.

Bill

Thank you.

Bill

You are doing a fine job! Can you identify the period of the ship you are building?  Thanks!

Bill

I love paper modeling! Have you visited www.papermodelers.com?

Bill Morrison

Nicely done!  Has the new Mamoli re-released this kit?

Bill

On 1/15/2018 at 3:44 AM, Baker said:

Well done Jeff

 

But my opinion about replicas of the Golden Hind :  beware of them.

There is very little known about ships from this time.

 

However, we do have Matthew Baker's illustration of a race-built galleon. It is believed to represent the Revenge. There are no illustrations extant of Golden Hind.

Bill Morrison

On 1/14/2018 at 11:50 PM, Old Collingwood said:

For more ideas you should check this out  - its the sister ship to the Revenge   -  Golden Hind, and exact replica is in the UK at a seaside place called Brixham  Devon, heres a pic.

 

OC.

There is another replica of the Golden Hind in downtown London.

Bill Morrison

1 hour ago, Bill97 said:

Ok guys be honest here. I am reading through Longridge’s book on the running rigging of the yards. Did you, or do you, add every line he gives directions for?  On pages 239-245 he gives directions for 16 different lines for just the fore yard. I can see several are very important, but all of them?

Absolutely not. Like the old adage says, "Better is the enemy of good enough!"

Marc,

For some reason, I am not getting most of your postings.  Needless to say, your SR is beyond stunning! GREAT JOB!!!

Bill

It's great to see a kit with the different calibers of cannons represented accurately.  This is an area that the wood ship industry has dropped the ball.  Even the plastic manufacturers have done a great job in this area. Cudos to Caldercraft!

Bill Morrison

On 3/19/2022 at 7:38 PM, Ulises Victoria said:

I just bagged my attempt at building Panart's SotS. Worst kit I have ever attempted, in my very personal opinion. Cheers.

I have already asked once, but could you please enlighten me on the problems you encountered with SoS? I'm curious.

Thanks!

Bill

I might not have this model, but I have seen such instruction manuals. I think that they are great!  I have their kit of Hermione, which has such a book, and I love it!  AL are doing its enthusiasts a favor.  Kudos to them!

Bill Morrison

I love it! Nicely done!

Bill

Excellent!  I'm looking forward to seeing them!

Bill

HisModel.com has premade parrels for this kit. May I recommend that you check them out?

Bill Morrison

There is an important detail missing on this kit that would help differentiate this Type B boat with the Revell Type Cs.  These are rivets.  You could check in model railroad stores for rivet head decals that can put a lot of detail in this deserving boat.  That said . . .

There is no such thing as a "conning tower" on submarines.  They are officially known as "Fairwaters" and unofficially as "sails".  Just an interesting factoid . . ..

David,

I have followed your build from the beginning and have been very impressed!  I am actually using your model as inspiration to build a model of the Victory that my wife bought me when we left Italy after living there when stationed in the U.S. Navy.  It is a kit once manufactured by a now defunct company called Aeropiccola, and it is rather basic. For example, the kit was designed with no gun ports. The instructions simply said to draw them directly on the sides.

So, I decided to redesign the kit to better reflect the real ship. Yet, I had to decide which version that was to be. I settled with altering the kit as the Caldercraft kit. I liked the raised fo'c'sle bulwarks and no entry ports on the sides for the period before Trafalgar.  Along came your model, so I had a real template to follow!  You are doing extremely well; I hope that my small-scale ship can emulate yours.

Bill Morrison

Thanks, Ian.  My wife has recovered but I might need further surgery.

Bill

The same process used in determining colors used on the Wasa were used when researchers began examining ancient Greek and Roman sculptures. They have been found to have actually been vibrantly painted as opposed to the stoic monochrome appearance of plain granite.  In my mind, Marc is spot on.

Bill

Ian, 

I dropped off the radar after my wife suffered a cardiac aneurism and nearly died. After she finally got well, I suffered several injuries, breaking my hip and my left knee.  I then focused my efforts on the CSS Alabama while I got better. Unfortunately, I have not gotten better yet, but the Alabama is almost done.

Bill

Ian,

As I've said early into your build, I'm a big fan of your Preussen. You are doing extremely well. I had started with my conversion of the very similar kit of the fictional Cap Horn to the real Flying P-Liner Potosi, but I have put it aside to work on my conversion of the Revell CSS Alabama to better reflect the real ship. I am almost finished with her and will get back to the Potosi, using your Preussen as inspiration!

Bill Morrison

Ancient marble sculptures were actually painted.  Their paint has been washed away by the ravages of time. In fact, carvings on ships were often painted not gilded because of the expense, as evidenced by findings on the Wasa. Marc, I love your work on the sculptures.

SR I is pictured quite well by Berain. The blue and gold is quite striking, and it indicates to me that the gold is not gilded because of the expense and the wasting effects of salt water. I assume that not even King Louis XIV would throw away gold to that extreme.

I would love to find similar paintings of SR 2.

Bill Morrison

Bill97,

I like to think outside of the box when building or rigging. I usually throw away kit instructions when rigging and go with my sources. I strongly recommend that you consider this approach.  For example, the rigging plan for the Heller kit is terrible.  They don't even include any method for attaching yards to the masts, so you have to deviate from the kit instructions there.  I assume that you do have the "HMS Victory: Anatomy of the Ship". That would be a great place to start. I haven't seen the Caldercraft instructions so I could not give a truthful answer there, but I have seen several Victory kits with questionable plans.

For example, I have been converting the plastic Revell 1/96 CSS Alabama in which I used the plans by Boucher purchased from a dealer.  The kit was badly (I mean BADLY) designed in which almost every detail was wrong.  I now have a decent model of the ship, but the rigging and sail plan was terrible. I went with my source, the Boucher plans. I am very satisfied that I now have a reasonably accurate model of the CSS Alabama.

Bill Morrison

The problem is that HMS Victory is well-over 250 years old. Her details changed with every refit. Of note, she was built with a much different transom and stern walk arrangement than at Trafalgar. Her appearance before Trafalgar was much different than either at or after Trafalgar.  Note that the Heller model depicts her without the entry ports but with reduced fo'c'sle bulwarks. The Caldercraft kit depicts her with raised fo'c'sle bulwarks. The question is for you, the builder, to decide which era do you intend your model to represent?

Bill