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  1. bruce d
    I'm wondering if the mystery items are for a specific task. I have read of a carpenter preparing a ship's boats used for anchor work or artillery transport and assumed it was fitting the needed items rather than making any permanent modifications. Having fruitlessly spent some time trying to find details of any of these modifications I concluded the shipwrights and carpenters were directed in some way that was not recorded. The one area where I know very specific arrangements were made was in preparing boats for launching Congreve rockets but alas, they do not appear to have survived. FWIW, I will dig out a drawing I found showing the proposed method of outfitting a boat of that period with a slide for mounting an artillery piece. If memory serves it used rollers ... who knows if it fits but we'll see? HTH, Bruce
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    Very cool, Kurt. I can instantly think of a dozen questions about this desk so, yes please, I would like to see a log and get a look at your processes. Bruce
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    Kinsale played a big role in the 17th and 18th centuries and built at least one RN frigate, HMS Kinsale. Kinsale Dockyard - Wikipedia According to this page HMS Kinsale was the only ship built there for the RN: List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia Nothing I have found in The National Archives catalogue contradicts this. There was a lot of activity but it was almost exclusively maintenance and repairs. Ireland produced a lot of shipwrights for HM shipyards but I speculate that this was due to a healthy trade in merchant craft. HTH, Bruce
  4. bruce d
    Thanks Druxey, you bet. I am not made of the right stuff to attempt doing it in one piece.
  5. bruce d
    It looks like Apollo has landed on his feet. He's a cutie!
  6. bruce d
    Pretty impressive, Chris. You are slowly eroding my resistance to card models ... oh dear, another rabbit hole .
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    Update: I'm chipping away at the frames as time allows, will post photos when I reach a natural break. Also, work has begun on the fixture to hold work in progress for stern decorations. The Society of Model Shipwrights is linked with MSW as a chapter club. A talk on building Berwick is now on their channel: Bruce
  8. bruce d
    These may be of use: Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum HTH, Bruce
  9. bruce d
    FM, good advice (as usual) from Allan, and another book by Philip Reed is close to your stated needs: PERIOD SHIP MODELMAKING An Illustrated Masterclass It's on Ebay, AbeBooks and other places as well. In iit he walks us through building Prince de Neufchatel in 1/192 scale. McNarry and his wife were superb modelmakers and won quite a few pots at early Model Engineer Exhibitions in London. HTH, Bruce
  10. bruce d
    What Allan said, plus check the lines with a straightedge and measure the diagonals (corner to corner) for skew.
  11. bruce d
    Hello Paul and welcome to MSW from the UK.
  12. bruce d
    Update: AL have just announced a whole new Santisma Trinidad: Also, JoTika are promising a 74 with an interesting history. My bet is it will be HMS Defiance, a Trafalgar veteran, but we will have to wait and see.
  13. bruce d
    This is from NMM/RMG Collections, ZAZ6764.
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    From Falconer, 1780: No mention of chains. HTH, Bruce
  15. bruce d
    Fascinating. My only potential contribution is to look at the word FULMINANT when translated into English. The modern translations all steer us to 'angry', 'furious' or 'quick like lightning' but the older translations included 'splendid'. The magnificent drawings have a theme of bundled lightning and flaming spheres. They follow military decorations and emblems of grenadiers of the period so closely that it cannot be a co-incidence. These decorations would have suited a bomb vessel.
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    Bummer. It would help a lot to know a some more such as what paint, was it brushed or sprayed? It looks like a plastic model so hopefully it will stand a bit of handling during the repairs. Bruce
  17. bruce d
    Kevin, just watched your newest video online. Nice work, enjoy your break.
  18. bruce d
    These drawings from the Danish archives may be of help. D206 is for English ships '80 and 100 guns', undated but from late 18th century: D201, as above but for 74 gun ships: G4728, more 74 gun ship masts: You can download hi-res copies free from their website: Arkivalieronline (sa.dk) HTH Bruce
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    Lovely model, Richard, and I like her just the way she is.
  20. bruce d
    Some insights into lessons learned in the 1400's. The_revolutionary_cannon_of_the_15th_cen.pdf
  21. bruce d
    Fantastic job, Ken, and what a great subject. I was lucky enough to see this beast run. Tommy sold it to a guy (name long forgotten) who put a Buick station wagon body on and VIOLA! - instant funny car. It was a crowd pleaser. I have some 8mm film of it somewhere, now that you have reminded me. Again, good job. 👍
  22. bruce d
    Well done! Absolutely beautiful model, superb workmanship: you should be proud of this one. I learned a lot., thank you.
  23. bruce d
    Update: I've remade a handful of frames and am plodding through the steps already described to get them into play. The next step requires all frames to be present and correct. In the meantime, I had a very pleasant visit to Royal Museums Greenwich (a.k.a. The National Maritime Museum). The only plan of Berwick showing the stern decoration and figurehead, J2632, is not available online in hi-res and I am glad to say I was allowed to view the original. The detail is superb and, I confess, more elaborate than I had imagined. There was a 'what have I done?' moment but it passed. For copyright compliance reasons I will not post the images taken directly from the original. However, I have begun a crude process of digitally separating the components and looking for clues as to what was carved and what was painted. It is based on J2632 but is modified enough to allow me to comfortably post it here. This is work-in-progress, a tool to get me closer to the finished model and will evolve. Plan A at the moment is to start on the stern decoration as soon as the re-drawing is completed, the figurehead later.
  24. bruce d
    Allan, I got this message ... ... and downloaded the file. It worked fine (had to click 'enable editing' when prompted).
  25. bruce d
    Kurt, I am sure this will be popular. Which edition is it please?

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