Baker

The whole idea of building the castle in cardboard first is to see if this setup is realistic.

Taking into account the tactics at the time (boarding), this high structure is logical.
And the aft and fore castle are of a lighter construction than the hull, so the center of gravity remains good

The first intention is to determine where the fore castle starts. Let's say the foundation of the castle.
Otherwise I cannot continue with further construction of the front hull.

Back to Mary.

The fore castle.

How do you start building something that doesn't have a clear example of it?

First I enlarge the drawing from the books from 1/100th to 1/50th. This drawing is placed on the model at approximately the "correct" position.

About the right height compared with the deck of the rear castle
And the base starts at about the right distance from cannon port M3

And then we continue building in cardboard

There's a cardboard front castle, with a happy assistant on the top deck.

Of course I don't know if this form is correct. But the idea is to roughly recreate the ship on the cover of the book.

1 hour ago, Louie da fly said:

That's interesting - the goedendag is mentioned as being one of the most common weapons of the victorious Flemish army at the Battle of Courtrai (also known as the battle of the Golden Spurs because of the huge number of golden spurs looted from dead French knights), but a wooden chest commemorating the battle shows them like this:

 

And remnants have been found of the real thing: https://www.military-history.org/feature/medieval/the-goedendag-medieval-weaponry.htm

 

Of course Flemish re-enactors have adopted this nasty thing (though only for display purposes - much too nasty to really fight with)

 

 

 

Steven

The Flemish army in 1302 consisted largely of volunteers from various Flemish cities.
Most members had to pay for their own weaponry. The most price-conscious item is a large piece of iron on a sturdy wooden stick.
The iron can have all the shapes of a thick pin, Into a ball full of small iron pins, whether or not attached to the wooden stick via a chain.

The intention is simple:
Get as close to the opponent as possible, give him a good whack and say hello (while staying safely away from his weapons...)

In our modern times:
try to shoot at the opponent without getting shot yourself. 

Difference??? It is as dangerous as it was 700 years ago..

Nice sewing 

But.

Your main sail looks too small compared with the yard and the whole ship.

Looks great 

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

So yes, it is possible that there were Tiger II's in Berlin in the final days of the war...

Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_Charlemagne

Ps
We're covering this entire buildlog with Tiger 2 history ... 😳

17 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

think being hit by one of these would certainly discombobulate you . . .

In Flanders we call something like this "goedendag" or  "good day" ... bang... 

15 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

That  has really surprised  me  with  the  rear  outer upper  planks  being fitted  in a  Featheredge  way  by over lapping.

 

OC.

Me too  

The cannon deck has been cleaned up a bit.

Not as it once was, but a bit cleaner if someone later looked in through any openings.

Before I can continue, I first have to determine the base of the fore castle.
So first now thinking, searching, testing and try out 

beautiful work

Private Baker and his Tiger 2

La Gleize, Belgium 1991

57 minutes ago, Darius359au said:

There are a few photo's of  koniegstiger's in berlin but they are Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503  ,so im thinking they've been confused with the heer Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 there's no real clear images of the camouflage they had though  https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/tanks-2-3/tiger2/kingtiger-somewhere-in-berlin-april-1945/

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/tanks-2-3/tiger2/tiger-2-tank-6/

 

Richard

There were indeed Tiger 2  tanks in Berlin.

Unit? 

41 minutes ago, chadwijm6 said:

Here is the actual tank, number 233 in Budapest

With the later style sprocks and tracks 😇

5 hours ago, Haliburton said:

Very interesting Brad, I googled to see what I could find and I did find some YouTube videos that purport to show ft-17s the Germans left on the coast.  There were other images of the the turrets having been incorporated by the Germans into the Atlantic wall 

Old tank turrets used on bunkers

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=14464

10 hours ago, Baker said:

Brother Baker is little bit late, i think 🫣.

But is now following. 

Breakfast with Tigers... 

Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 503 received their first Tigers 2 mid-44. With textbook camouflage scheme and standard numbering.
At the end of September 44 they received 45 new Tigers 2 and were transferred to Hungary.
In the early 1945's the name was changed to sPzAbt.Feldhernhalle.
This unit was totally destroyed in Budapest. So Berlin 45... very unlikely

The 9 or 18 tooth sprocket.

You have the 18 tooth sprocket, this is the first (early) model of the sprocket.
Definitely build a mid 44 model (your camo is already good) Everything built later had 9 teeth and the simplified tracks.

On 4/6/2024 at 12:02 PM, Egilman said:

Brother Baker will probably be able to pin it down even better...

Brother Baker is little bit late, i think 🫣.

But is now following. 

Indeed, 

I think the Japanse had a different machine gun.

I have some books about the ft17 

Great work 

Nice.

The tanks in picture one are post WW1.

I think Estland or Lithuania.

11 hours ago, Katsumoto said:

I'll bet the admiral wouldn't like the noise of the table saw and all the clouds of sawdust into the living room.... 

Same problem in belgium 🤣

Beautiful work.

On 4/6/2024 at 8:18 AM, Louie da fly said:

gobsmacked

Thanks Steven.

Gobsmacked, a new word for me.

 Is this "Australian" English ?

yep,
after 42 years of working in the metal and chemical industries. And 8 months of military service in Germany with the Belgian army.
I have a constant buzzing and ringing in my ears.

If you made a comment about a noisy environment you got this answer:
You get used tothaat, after a while you don't hear it anymore...

🙉

Very impressive 

Beautiful  work 👍

14 hours ago, Reverend Colonel said:

Charlie, are you still here? Logging on, making models? I’m a Long Islander, too. Drop me a note. 

Probably not 😪

Next,

The further finishing of the cannon deck. And start building the basis for the  waist and the fore castle.

There is also a cabin at the front. The crew of the (optional) cannon has a lot of space again...
The sloping side of the cabin will later serve as a basis for a staircase

I run out of wood supplies. So the men from the sawmill were put to work (me...)
There is material of 3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9mm thickness back in stock.

Thanks for following