Baker

Thanks

3 hours ago, Rock_From_Korea said:

I am wondering if anyone has encountered any historical evidence of 16th century English galleon grating

No

But,

I do have a non-binding opinion about late 16th, early 17 th century grating  (post 406)

17 hours ago, LCdr Dave said:

Any hints, tips, comments would be welcome

A few "filler blocks" in front and back will give your planking more support during gluing the planks.
You don't have to this , but I think it will be easier to work (Billings kits usually only have one layer of planking)

A great collection.

Welcome to MSW

Welcome back 😉

And great work 

Nice work and Welcome to MSW 

10 hours ago, Bill Morrison said:

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

Indeed, that drawing could be the Revenge

My Pelican / Golden Hind started 6 years ago with these 2 drawings from Mathew Baker.

 Ps

My name on this forum no comparison to the real Mathew Baker 😉

Very nice work  Michael.

And welcome back.

As always.
Very nicely done Ondras 👍

After about 5 weeks an update 

Because the bathroom renovation caused quite a bit of dust...The Pelican was temporarily stored behind plexiglass.

Meanwhile, a batch of new blocks has been made.

For the martnets I wanted to use Deadeyes and fiddle blocks. But with 3 ropes per sail side, deadeyes are hopeless and fiddle blocks don't fit well either.
So, the deadeyes became heart blocks and the fiddleblocks became shoe blocks (names come in Tudor warship Mary Rose)

The martnets from the fore sail are ready.  A small metal pin is used to hold them in place.

Thanks for comments, likes and following 

Much appreciated 👍

Great start 👍

17 hours ago, CDW said:

wheels, trucks, drive sprockets, idlers, and tracks = more than 800 separate parts

WOW, What a challenge.

Good luck

2 hours ago, Egilman said:

Looks beautiful doesn't it Ed... 

 

Excellent Work Craig !!! it will definitely be a shame to cover all that masterful work....

 

As far as the M-3?

 

The M-3 and all it's variations was a derivative from our 1938 M-2 Medium Tank.... The M-2 came about in the buildup before WWII and was what the designers thought would be sufficient, it was based upon all previous experience and experimentation with tanks that was done between the wars... Forward to 1939....

 

The Invasion of Poland revealed that the M-2 was wholly inadequate when compared to the Pz II's used by the German army....  We of course had observers all over Germany and France while waiting for the German invasion of France which everyone knew was coming... There we got a first hand look at the effectiveness of the Pz III with it's 50mm HV gun and it's sheer speed... It was quickly realized that the M-2 was as of that date completely obsolete, the Pz III would eat them for breakfast and then there was the Pz IV which in 1940 was just an infantry support tank based upon the Pz III.... 

 

Very quickly the US Army started putting together a design that would handle the Pz III & IV in most any situation they would be encountered... The engineers that were designing tanks at the time responded that it would take about two years to come up with such a design, (eventually became the M-4 Sherman) so the decision was to build something based upon current technology that was at least equal to the Pz's being used by Germany... It would be an interim design until such time as the real design could be realized and delivered... It was designated the M-3.... The suspension is a beefed up version of the M-2 suspension bogies with an enlarged hull, (either cast or riveted) with the HV 75mm M-2/M-3 gun in a sponson and the standard 37mm AT gun in a revolving turret...

 

The British ordered them in Quantity cause they were a world far more advanced beyond anything they had in inventory, they had a redesigned 37mm turret built for them and named then the "Grant" following their procedure of naming foreign equipment for famous figures from the producing country, the US version they took delivery on were named "Lee" you can easily tell the difference by the much bulkier British designed top turret, otherwise they were identical... The US Army immediately replaced all their M-2's on a 1 for 1 basis as soon as they were delivered....

 

Their first action came in the Eastern African desert against the Pz III's of the German 12th armored division, and took the Germans completely by surprise, they had no clue of what they were approaching... the Pz III's were being destroyed by that 75mm gun like they were targets in a shooting gallery... It wasn't long though, in an act of desperation, before the Germans started using their 88mm's against the new tank, and with the results that typically an "88" produced against most armor of the day... Soon, the Germans developed tactics that negated the 75mm's effectiveness against armor... (being sponson mounted, the gun had a limited amount of travel) A fast maneuvering tank could flank it on the right and effectively remove the usefulness of that powerful gun....

 

The M-3, (and it's derivative the M-4) was designed to defeat the Pz III & early Pz IV, clearly when employed properly, it was more than capable of doing just that... at that point in time, the Germans had advanced and were producing the Pz V and Pz VI, the Panther and Tiger respectively, which in a few short months the American Army would get their first look at (tigers) in the Western African desert, and the push was on for a heavy tank to defeat it (the M-6 Heavy Tank which was never delivered to the army) and would eventually produce the M-26 Pershing which ate Pz VI's  for breakfast.... (and eventually T-34's as well)

 

Nothing advances engineering rapidly like warfare....

Correct and clearly explained 👍.

And very nice work CDW 👍

very nicely done 👍

5 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

Funny how these things turn out, that an earlier mistake solves a later problem

I'm glad everything turned out okay for the knight and mizzen stay

Billing's plans are indeed usually rather simple.
Google for Model Shipways' Mayflower plans. They are much better and can give an answer many of your questions.

Step 1 

Start a build log 👍

Step 2

Step by step we will get to the finish 😉

6 hours ago, ships88 said:

What do you think

Indeed.

Much better 👍