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Very nice, Karl. The finish is perfect, may I ask what is the wood?

George, that thesis is a breath of fresh air in this subject. Thank you for providing a ray of light on a shaded corner of the hobby of modelling. 👍

While on the subject, I have made small featherboards from tongue depressor/lolly-pop sticks, they are invaluable on the fiddly bits. The medical grade tongue depressors in my stash seem to be made from pretty good wood.

The cutter was from a USN ship and ended up in another navy. See ... I don't know about the differences in rudder shape.

Hello Mark, I am late to the game but delighted to have found the thread. Beautiful model, great use of the grain for visual effect, looking forward to seeing more. Bruce

Hello Pete, Welcome to MSW, perhaps you will say a few words in the 'New Member Introductions' thread. This build is a bit special, isn't it? David has quite a fan club. Regards, Bruce

Great looking model Neil, has Steven Spielberg put in a bid yet? 🤑 You have nailed the well-used, tired old working boat look.

Hello Alex and a warm welcome from across the channel. "La Provençale" looks good, you should be happy to have such a result for your first build. I hope we see more from you. 👍 Regards, Bruce

Amalio, you are making a great model. Well done 👍

Glad to help. To quote Old Lodge Skins, 'Sometimes the magic works, sometimes it doesn't.'

Sorry, hit SUBMIT before I meant to. The proportions of the room created by the bulkhead and decks in your highlighted drawing seem more like the pens & coops for livestock.

Allan, is there a clue in the window height and position? In other words, does the cabin below the poop have 'normal' dimensions?

Very nice Pat.

Caulking was a trade and was carried out under the eye of the master shipwright. It had specialist tools, agreed rates of pay and working conditions. I have never seen anything that indicated that the job of 'caulker' was concerned with anything other filling the seams and holes of the boat to whatever was the agreed specification of the day and doing it quickly. Anything is possible but I believe Bob's view ... ... is correct. Some other worker drove and wedged the treenails and the caulker followed behind. And don't forget, my comment is worth what you paid.

Exactly. The contract would have specified woods to be used and, once this was spelled out, sometimes it was not repeated within the different sections/clauses of the contract. I haven't seen your source so that is a general observation, hopefully on point.

Thank you, Eberhard, it is a real pleasure to see that kind of skill. What a model!

Looking good, nice work.

Hello Drummer1061, welcome to MSW. May I suggest you post a bit about yourself in the New Member Introduction thread? https://modelshipworld.com/forum/3-new-member-introductions/ Bellona is a great subject, and this is a great place to get input on the details you will come across.

I recieved this from the Society for Nautical Research. The links are within the text. They ask for it to be shared, so .... New Podcast Episode and Video! Great Sea Fights 3: Tsushima, 1905 The Battle of Tsushima was the decisive naval action between Japan and Russia that effectively ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5 and one of the most important naval battles in history. It was the first in which radio played a major part; the action that demonstrated the power of the all-big-gun battleship, leading to HMS Dreadnought of 1906 and the Anglo-German dreadnought race; the first time a modern battleship was sunk by guns, and largely fought at previously unimaginable ranges of up to 12,000 metres (eight miles); the first, and last, decisive steel battleship action (the Russians lost eight battleships and more than 5,000 men while the Japanese lost only three torpedo boats and 116 men); the first modern defeat of a great European power by an Asian nation; and arguably the battle that made both the First World War more likely and another great fleet action less likely. The Mariner's Mirror Podcast is running a 3-part special: Part 1 explores the events and strategic build-up; Part 2 explores the Russian perspective and part 3 the Japanese. This podcast episode has been designed to sit alongside an innovative video we have created of the battle. The video shows the animation of an eyewitness battle plan drawn by William Packenham, a Royal Naval officer then attached to the Japanese fleet – who witnessed the events first hand from the decks of the battleship Asahi. The battle plan has been redrawn using the time-stamps given so that we can now see the positions of the two fleets in real time as the events unfolded – you can, in effect, watch the battle plan be drawn as if you were Packenham sitting at his desk. You can find the podcast via any podcast app on a smartphone and on our own website on the Mariner's Mirror podcast page. How can you help? Please share links to the podcast on all social media - if you do we will give you a shout out on the next podcast! If you have an iPhone please 'rate' the podcast with lots of stars on the Apple podcast app/iTunes and if you have time please also leave a review. You can find the podcast here on iTunes. It is enormously important at this stage to get as many ratings and reviews as possible!

HAZZZAHH!!!!! Chris, what a good looking canoe, well done.

I did not mention the glue. All joints would be glued before cutting apart. Ignore if still off the mark 🤐

I was looking at the problem and decided this is how I would approach it, however with one twist: I would attempt to do one thick half-grating and then slice it in two. Also, I would use a large, thick workpiece. Once the gratings were glued in place, cut away surrounding wood to leave the half-shape before slicing off the two halves. This is not an original thought. I saw something like this done in a video by a Japanese woodworker making an irregular shaped grating. Admittedly he was working with larger components but the idea works. If I can find the video I will post it. HTH Bruce

Rumpelstiltskin?

Hmmmmmm. If the tiller is in place, where does the Queen sit? The many layers of protocol surrounding HM probably dictated that no tillerman's bum shall point at the Queen, so a couple of lines past her elbows may have been the deal.

My opinion: Armour. As the ships got better armament and engines, the close quarter fighting of the previous centuries simply could not develop. After the fight between Kearsarge and Alabama, the navies of the world knew that future battles would look different. Captains could use their engines to keep away from their opponent and hammer away with long range weapons. So weapons with even longer range were developed and armour to protect the crews who manned the weapons. Prior to this development, the outcome of a battle between wooden ships was usually determined by casualties inflicted; even a dismasted opponent would be fired upon until surrendered. After the introduction of armour and long guns the correct approach to fight a metal ship was to disable or sink the opponent. I expect others may have something to say 🤐.