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Hi, Steven
 
For your next project I/we suggest that you do whatever you feel challenged by; and/or whatever  allume votre âme et fait vibrer votre cœur de joie
 
I still favour the Quinquireme of Nineveh, with a full set of rowers.  There is a crying need for Louie-da-Fly research into the what and how of the quinquireme and wth Ophir was😁
 
BTW - the Dromon is sailing more or less southward, so the canopy would be deployed to keep the rays off the lily-white skin of the Emp, so perhaps you could roll up the side curtains, or scandalize them to show the Gaffer-of-all-the-gaffers
 
And what happened to Dick?  Did he succumb to verdigris and topple off the yard?  Inquiring minds want to know!

Hi, Steven
 
For your next project I/we suggest that you do whatever you feel challenged by; and/or whatever  allume votre âme et fait vibrer votre cœur de joie
 
I still favour the Quinquireme of Nineveh, with a full set of rowers.  There is a crying need for Louie-da-Fly research into the what and how of the quinquireme and wth Ophir was😁
 
BTW - the Dromon is sailing more or less southward, so the canopy would be deployed to keep the rays off the lily-white skin of the Emp, so perhaps you could roll up the side curtains, or scandalize them to show the Gaffer-of-all-the-gaffers
 
And what happened to Dick?  Did he succumb to verdigris and topple off the yard?  Inquiring minds want to know!

Hi, Steven
 
For your next project I/we suggest that you do whatever you feel challenged by; and/or whatever  allume votre âme et fait vibrer votre cœur de joie
 
I still favour the Quinquireme of Nineveh, with a full set of rowers.  There is a crying need for Louie-da-Fly research into the what and how of the quinquireme and wth Ophir was😁
 
BTW - the Dromon is sailing more or less southward, so the canopy would be deployed to keep the rays off the lily-white skin of the Emp, so perhaps you could roll up the side curtains, or scandalize them to show the Gaffer-of-all-the-gaffers
 
And what happened to Dick?  Did he succumb to verdigris and topple off the yard?  Inquiring minds want to know!

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

Not only a stunning and beautifully built model, Steven, but also a journey of discovery through the Byzantine empire.
 
Lots of unclear evidence winnowed and crystallised into the Dromon.
 
You can be proud of it/her ( I have no idea whether Mediterranean ships are referred to as feminine!)
 
Many thanks for sharing.  
I can safely say that no one who viewed your build log will ever pull a hose without seeing ( in their minds eye) a lateen yard rising steadily with three unfurlers ( Tom, Dick and Mustafa?) ensconced thereapon.

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

Not only a stunning and beautifully built model, Steven, but also a journey of discovery through the Byzantine empire.
 
Lots of unclear evidence winnowed and crystallised into the Dromon.
 
You can be proud of it/her ( I have no idea whether Mediterranean ships are referred to as feminine!)
 
Many thanks for sharing.  
I can safely say that no one who viewed your build log will ever pull a hose without seeing ( in their minds eye) a lateen yard rising steadily with three unfurlers ( Tom, Dick and Mustafa?) ensconced thereapon.

Not only a stunning and beautifully built model, Steven, but also a journey of discovery through the Byzantine empire.
 
Lots of unclear evidence winnowed and crystallised into the Dromon.
 
You can be proud of it/her ( I have no idea whether Mediterranean ships are referred to as feminine!)
 
Many thanks for sharing.  
I can safely say that no one who viewed your build log will ever pull a hose without seeing ( in their minds eye) a lateen yard rising steadily with three unfurlers ( Tom, Dick and Mustafa?) ensconced thereapon.

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

Not only a stunning and beautifully built model, Steven, but also a journey of discovery through the Byzantine empire.
 
Lots of unclear evidence winnowed and crystallised into the Dromon.
 
You can be proud of it/her ( I have no idea whether Mediterranean ships are referred to as feminine!)
 
Many thanks for sharing.  
I can safely say that no one who viewed your build log will ever pull a hose without seeing ( in their minds eye) a lateen yard rising steadily with three unfurlers ( Tom, Dick and Mustafa?) ensconced thereapon.

It seems to me that the Dromarch would be flailed round the head by the flag tails in any following wind.  I hope Louie was spared that, or wore an anti-swooping helmet

How right you are.  His family name is “Goodheadforheights”
indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world
And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁
 
 

Not only a stunning and beautifully built model, Steven, but also a journey of discovery through the Byzantine empire.
 
Lots of unclear evidence winnowed and crystallised into the Dromon.
 
You can be proud of it/her ( I have no idea whether Mediterranean ships are referred to as feminine!)
 
Many thanks for sharing.  
I can safely say that no one who viewed your build log will ever pull a hose without seeing ( in their minds eye) a lateen yard rising steadily with three unfurlers ( Tom, Dick and Mustafa?) ensconced thereapon.

FINI...

 
More photos on the gallery for completed scratch-built models...

It seems to me that the Dromarch would be flailed round the head by the flag tails in any following wind.  I hope Louie was spared that, or wore an anti-swooping helmet

Pics welcome!
 
The problems you mention are mere breadcrumbs in the bed of life!
You have surged past the bottlenecks/ breadcrumbs and are about to regale us with layers and pics
Avanti!

Absolutely stunning work and attention to detail Steven. Im starting to consider that you commanded one or even a fleet of Dromons in a previous life. Can't wait to see it up close once Emperor Dan allows parole for us Victorians.

The first step in the great journey to realise the hulk

The first step in the great journey to realise the hulk

My first reaction is that they would be livelier than a flower class corvette.
 The extreme rocker and rounded cross section would, I suspect, allow it to pitch and roll like a good’un.

But reverse clinker would facilitate the banana shape, if I have understood the issues.
I still Look forward to hearing the other advantages 😄
 
 
 

And on to the lashings for the side rudders. The diagrams of lashings in the TAMU paper I mentioned on the previous page weren't much help, so I worked up something of my own. Remembering back to my days as a Sea Scout at the age of 14 I remembered a lashing we'd used. But first I had to re-teach myself how to do a clove hitch, something I hadn't tried for 57 years, and even back then I'm not sure I really mastered it. Took me two or three goes with the instructions in front of me, then maybe half a dozen tries without. And I think now I can do a clove hitch from here on in - something I think is going to be very useful in future models involving ratlines(!). The clove hitch starts the lashing:
 

 
Then round and round:
 
      
 
       
 
  
 
This is a sort of universal joint made from rope. It allows the rudder shaft to pivot  left and right for steering under the influence of the tiller, just as in a stern rudder. And it can also swing upwards around the beam so the rudder lifts out of the water - either when only one rudder is in use, or to enable the dromon to be pulled up onto the beach stern-first.
 
Then for the lower lashing - this one is made of lighter rope. According to the TAMU paper on the previous page of this log, if the rudder hits a submerged obstruction, instead of the rudder shaft being shattered the rope will break allowing the rudder to swing up out of the way. Before beaching the ship this lower lashing is untied.  
 
       
 
 
      
 
That's all for now . . .


 

Thanks, Wolf. That's very flattering (blush) 
 
Okay, I bit the bullet and installed the anchors and cables without involving the windlass - they're catted and fished, and the cables vanish under the forecastle as though they're coiled there.
 
       
 
        
 
      
 
I'm not sure if I should cut the free end of the anchor cable a little shorter. It looks like it might be a little long.
 
And I did something I've been wanting to do for a long time, and which I wasn't willing to do until I was near the end in case I broke it while working on other things - I've finally added the chain that supports the ramming spur at the bow.
 
I attached the chain to one of the eyebolts I'd prepared earlier.
 
   
 

 
Then made an "iron" (actually thin aluminium from a catfood container) strap to go around the spur. And drilled a hole in the front face of the forecastle, inserted the eyebolt and added a dab of CA glue to keep it in place.
 
           
 
I cut the chain to length and added another ringbolt on the other end. Then put the strap on the spur and glued it on with CA, and drilled a hole in the top for the second ringbolt.
 
 
       
 
And inserted the ringbolt and glued it in place.
 
   
 
 
   
 
VOILA!
 
And I've started making the tillers, using the "poor man's lathe"
 

 
That's all till next time.