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  1. Baker
    Great work! Very nice detailed. Congratulations Greetings, Patrick
  2. Baker
    Greetings from Belgium
  3. Baker
    Hello everyone Cannons, main armament. A lot of information about 16th century armament can be found in the following master theses (They were free to download). http://www.academia.edu/20120786/The_Arming_of_Late_16th_century_Merchantmen._A_Masters_Thesis_from_the_Maritime_Archaeology_Programme_University_of_Southern_Denmark These smaller "private" ships and merchantmen usually had armament of 3 and 4 pounders. Mainly iron guns, bronze was too expensive. Only the navy could afford this. It was not usually the intention to sink a hostile ship. Boarding another ship was the most "profitable". Then the cargo could be captured. Step 1: Determine the locations of the guns Billing Boats and Amati guns are used as the basis (I do not have a lathe, so improvising) Adjust the shape with the drill and files. The "cannon factory" The bore is too big. These are filled with plastic and fitted with the correct bore diameter. We make 1 pounders, 3 pounders and 4 pounders. Painted in Tamiya matte black Then a wash with diluted and extra matte gun metal. The bore opening is a little accentuated with pencil Ready Thanks for following and the likes
  4. Baker
    Good luck with your first wooden shipmodel
  5. Baker
    The sea and the firing guns with the smoke are beautifully done (The ship also of course). Great work Piet, very realistic. Respect
  6. Baker
    Magnificent Very nicely done Greetings, Patrick
  7. Baker
    Thanks, The idea is actually Finnish. Last year seen on holiday in Northern Finland at a very old wooden church. A church, Built in the middle of nowhere. Only to be reached after a walk of 3 hours along a lake and then a walk back 3 hours (Swampy and a lot of mosquitoes...) I found this model of lock so robust and special that I wanted to use it on this model
  8. Baker
    Greetings
  9. Baker
    Hello, Further finishing the beakhead. Drawings of ships from around 1570 served as an example The photos speak for themselves. Bad luck Pre bending on a mold Strips soaked in water and boiling water just before bending The door is kept open with a wedge. ready. I think I'm starting on the canon deck now. Thanks for following and likes Build index in post 1
  10. Baker
    Amalio, Very nice work. Unbelievable !!
  11. Baker
    Greetings from Belgium
  12. Baker
    Did some homework / search in all my books and printed info and the gardening is done for the time being. Result Boomkins: found only 2 times (Portuguese and Spanish) The "Vasa / Revenge solution": occurs only twice, very late in the 16th century. But is quite common from the beginning of the 17th century. "Nothing" is fairly common in the second half of the 16th century. So we are going for the "nothing" solution. How it goes further here with the rigging, those are worries for later. As long as I can turn the model upside down, i can still make an adjustment if necessary. This piece of deck had already been planked Treenails and kaulking has been done before the planks are glued. Dry test But I felt that the black gave too much contrast to the light gray planks. The kaulking has been redone with dark gray paint ( German Panzergrey...) After this the deck has been polished with scotch brite. Meanwhile, the work continues Still a lot of work to do on the beakhead. Thanks for following
  13. Baker
    Thanks Lawrence, After painting and sanding. Take the pencil and place it where you want a nail. Press the tip of the pencil slightly into the wood. Turn the pencil slightly between the fingers. ready. A pencil with a harder point gives a better result. The point is "splintered" less quickly. And it gives a better metal look. Best first do some practice on some scrap wood I have been using a pencil for years in my military modeling (Shore leave : ADGZ M35 funkwagen)
  14. Baker
    Greetings, And
  15. Baker
    Beautiful model of the Victory
  16. Baker
    I have been looking for an explanation for this for months : What is the cover between the deck and the mast on this pictures?? And then comes G. L. and explains this with text and photos Thanks !!
  17. Baker
    I never thought that my question would become so complicated This week there is a lot of work to do in the garden. In the meantime I will first look at all my info. Because it seems very much that before and after 1600 much changed. The manner like the Vasa is usually only seen after 1600 So first study and gardening Thanks everyone for the info
  18. Baker
    Then I follow the advice of you and Christian There will be no boomkins on the Golden Hind. I shall make holes in the stem like on the picture. Thanks
  19. Baker
    Yep, Did a search for "Boomkin ship" on google . Thanks!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomkin https://www.google.be/search?rlz=1C1SFXN_enBE500BE526&biw=1600&bih=720&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=6VIIW4b4D5LdwAKMnrX4Aw&q=boomkin+ship&oq=boomkin+ship&gs_l=img.12...6678.8926.0.11325.5.5.0.0.0.0.102.403.4j1.5.0....0...1c.1.64.img..0.2.175...0i19k1j0i10i19k1j0i8i30i19k1.0.DsiLfpP92wA#imgrc=EEUbI7GpVvHtPM:
  20. Baker
    Thanks for the reply and the compliment Cristian. This is indeed an alternative. On drawings from the time the GH sailed the boomkin is the most common. If I can not place a boomkin, it will probably become this alternative solution.
  21. Baker
    Thank you for the reply. It will provide a "normal" capstan on my model.
  22. Baker
    Does anyone have an idea how these "things" are called? I would have liked to have created a topic in : Masting, rigging and sails. But I can not make a title as long as I do not know the correct name. Does anyone know how they could have been attached to the hull?
  23. Baker
    I would like to use this type of capstan for my Golden Hind. Has such a capstan ever existed? If so, did this already exist in the late 16th century?
  24. Baker
    Patrick: Yes I intend on adding knees. I did not for the orlop deck, OcCre did not, and many drawings that I have seen did not either. It was a mixed decision. Greetings from a concerned Patrick that panicked a bit to early.
  25. Baker
    Thanks Michael, Just a question. Do you go to install Knees ?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knee_(construction)

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