Greg.Ashwood
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Dan,
many thanks, your nice comment is very much appreciated....
also thanks to all fellow modelers for the "likes" related to the build so far....
Nils
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to shipmodel in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Top notch work, Nils. It's those eye-catching complicated fittings that make your work so captivating.
Dan
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
thank you very much Lawrence,
Nils
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Piet,
thank you very much for that nice compliment...
Nils
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Fantastic demonstration of modeling Nils, winches look superb.
Cheers,
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Greg,
thanks so much for your much appreciated good wishes, I`ll do my best to get on deck asap
Nils
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Thank you very much Druxey,
your nice comment is well appreciated
Nils
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to druxey in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Those are really nice fittings, Nils.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line
Thanks for your nice compliments Denis and Bob,
Nils
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Greg.Ashwood got a reaction from Piet in Holiday Harbor by popeye the sailor - 1:20 scale - multi build
Howdy Denis
New to this site and I'm very impressed with your boats. I'll be watching in the future
All the best
Greg
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Greg.Ashwood got a reaction from Piet in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Howdy Dave
New to this site and you are incredible. Keep up the work mate.
All the best
Greg
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to SawdustDave in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
I keep trying to imagine what it would be like.....
Picture this....
You're the Captain of a fairly small pirate ship, sailing along in the open sea, and you hear from above "AHOY CAPTAIN!...yonder ship!."
Pulling out your telescope to scan the faint speck on the horizon, you see something like this....in range and already turned broadside!
So what is your command!
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to mtaylor in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Fortune favors the well-armed and your vessel is indeed well-armed. I hope it's rum for the post test-firing party.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to SawdustDave in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Main deck guns ready for action....
Pretty much done with the main deck guns.
Decide for yourself whether the kegs are filled with gun powder or rot gut rum.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to SawdustDave in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Hmmmm....
We now have two kegs of the finest rum! YaHooo!
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to mtaylor in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
I'm with the others on the powder keg, Dave. You wouldn't want one in harm's way in a gunfight. err.. cannon fight. At some point, as I understand it, they painted them red to distinguish them from all other kegs and barrels. Not sure when that occurred, though.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Canute in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Maybe back in Elizabethan times the barrels were out on deck. Later on the gunner loaded cartridges, usually cloth, with powder, way down in the powder magazines. They worked in cloth slippers, no shoes with metal on them.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to SawdustDave in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Wondering if they would have been upright on deck, while in use? All photo's I'm finding depict them upright.
Obviously, if used on their side, they would have been chocked or cradled, to prevent them from rolling around.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Canute in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Dave, I've read in some journals that the powder barrels were stored on their sides. I suppose they used gravity to interlock the barrels. And the barrels were bound with copper bands; no sparks in magazines.
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to edmay in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Great work on buckets and keg,edwin
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to SawdustDave in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
The powder kegs are traditionally barrel-shaped and noticeably larger than the swab buckets.
Also, having four banding straps and a wooden peg in the center of one side of the keg.
Note, the smaller bucket seen here will be used on the upper decks around the dime-cannons.
Question.... Would the powder keg have been used laying on it's side in some type of cradle or with simple chocking blocks?
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to BLACK VIKING in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
I take my hat off to your patience and eyesight,very nicely done
Rgd BV
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to NenadM in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Extraordinary work! My buckets only can hide in a mouse hole
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to Omega1234 in Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED
Hi Dave
A bucket load of goodness in them buckets. Sorry for the bad pun...I couldn't resist!
Cheers
Patrick
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Greg.Ashwood reacted to popeye the sailor in Holiday Harbor by popeye the sailor - 1:20 scale - multi build
thanks Patrick, Nenad, and Carl ....and all who hit the like button. I have been out all morning running errands......now I'm back I do have an idea for the deck, but I want to keep the work boat appeal. I also have a backup plan...and this is something I've never tried. I think it will look neat I still have to make the helm room.......sorry to say I was lazy yesterday. I get something going
I could do interior stairs....but I don't think they'd be seen once the roof is on the helm room. I'll do some external stairs and add to the detail
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