Kishmul

The grain will also depend on how the planks or billets were sawn from the original log.
In English this is known as "conversion" and there are four principal methods.- through and through, flat (or plain) and quartersawing (modern or traditional). Each method has both strengths and weaknesses and the conversion method is chosen to suit the intended purpose.
Terry Porter's book "Wood Identification and Use"  is a fine resource and will introduce readers to a vast range of woods to consider for use.
 
Ken

The grain will also depend on how the planks or billets were sawn from the original log.
In English this is known as "conversion" and there are four principal methods.- through and through, flat (or plain) and quartersawing (modern or traditional). Each method has both strengths and weaknesses and the conversion method is chosen to suit the intended purpose.
Terry Porter's book "Wood Identification and Use"  is a fine resource and will introduce readers to a vast range of woods to consider for use.
 
Ken

The grain will also depend on how the planks or billets were sawn from the original log.
In English this is known as "conversion" and there are four principal methods.- through and through, flat (or plain) and quartersawing (modern or traditional). Each method has both strengths and weaknesses and the conversion method is chosen to suit the intended purpose.
Terry Porter's book "Wood Identification and Use"  is a fine resource and will introduce readers to a vast range of woods to consider for use.
 
Ken

Another suggestion for hiding the wiring is to use copper tape laminated into walls or supports. 1mm ply for the interior with veneer or whatever (to scale) for the exterior with two (+ve and -ve) strips in between. Lead these down into the hull where wiring is more easily hidden. Then through the keel and supports into the baseboard.
 
Ken

Try searching for dolls' house lighting. These come in strips of various lengths (and number of lights) around 6mm wide and less than 2mm thick and are easy to hide. On Amazon UK search for "Topledshop" for examples and prices. They are what is going into my sternwheeler this summer.
 
Ken

I  agree on the 0 errors point. It must also be said that Boudroit's volumes on the 74 gun ship were never intended to be a practicum for model makers. That said, they are an essential reference for anyone who intends to make such a model.
I own the English translations of Boudroit's  masterwork and some of the errors may derive from that, whilst all the drawings are scaled, that the dimensions vary from French "pieds" to metres requires concentration.
As an example, the width of the keel varies along the length, in several drawings this is not shown, the width being the same as at midship.
No, I have not built a 74, perhaps I never will, but I have begun to tackle the project in 3D CAD.
No, I do not think that I cannot build a 74 because of the errors, I simply have to surmount them. I have my (many) doubts about my wood working ability but fewer about a 3D CAD "build" -errors are easier to spot and correct in the virtual environment.
My point remains the same, Boudroit's books and Lemineur's plans offer, probably, the most comprehensive resource to the building of a 74. Though not without inevitable errors, their value remains. That these publications are all you need for perfection is misrepresenting the truth, there is still a lot of drafting work to be done. And skill. Time will tell as to how well I will do, probably not at all well, but the journey will be interesting, as will discussions along the road.
 
Ken

Try a web search for copper slug tape. It has an adhesive backing and is easily cut. I have used this before. If nothing else it is cheap enough to give it a try at no great loss.
 
Ken 

Try a web search for copper slug tape. It has an adhesive backing and is easily cut. I have used this before. If nothing else it is cheap enough to give it a try at no great loss.
 
Ken 

I have the Boudroit books and the Lemineur plans (at 1/48). I can confirm that there are errors, discrepancies and omissions. You will have to do a lot of lifting, lofting, thinking and drawing to produce a model.
 
Ken

Try a web search for copper slug tape. It has an adhesive backing and is easily cut. I have used this before. If nothing else it is cheap enough to give it a try at no great loss.
 
Ken 

The website vikingship.se has an article on how to row a longship. It states they sat on chests.

Another suggestion for hiding the wiring is to use copper tape laminated into walls or supports. 1mm ply for the interior with veneer or whatever (to scale) for the exterior with two (+ve and -ve) strips in between. Lead these down into the hull where wiring is more easily hidden. Then through the keel and supports into the baseboard.
 
Ken

Another suggestion for hiding the wiring is to use copper tape laminated into walls or supports. 1mm ply for the interior with veneer or whatever (to scale) for the exterior with two (+ve and -ve) strips in between. Lead these down into the hull where wiring is more easily hidden. Then through the keel and supports into the baseboard.
 
Ken

Try searching for dolls' house lighting. These come in strips of various lengths (and number of lights) around 6mm wide and less than 2mm thick and are easy to hide. On Amazon UK search for "Topledshop" for examples and prices. They are what is going into my sternwheeler this summer.
 
Ken

Another suggestion for hiding the wiring is to use copper tape laminated into walls or supports. 1mm ply for the interior with veneer or whatever (to scale) for the exterior with two (+ve and -ve) strips in between. Lead these down into the hull where wiring is more easily hidden. Then through the keel and supports into the baseboard.
 
Ken

Try searching for dolls' house lighting. These come in strips of various lengths (and number of lights) around 6mm wide and less than 2mm thick and are easy to hide. On Amazon UK search for "Topledshop" for examples and prices. They are what is going into my sternwheeler this summer.
 
Ken

Access.

Access.

Access.

Indeed, the NMM does not own the copyright to original 17th century plans (though they might be covered by Crown Copyright) but they do own the copyright to the photographs or scans that they have made from them.

Indeed, the NMM does not own the copyright to original 17th century plans (though they might be covered by Crown Copyright) but they do own the copyright to the photographs or scans that they have made from them.

Indeed, the NMM does not own the copyright to original 17th century plans (though they might be covered by Crown Copyright) but they do own the copyright to the photographs or scans that they have made from them.

I am in a series of discussions and correspondence with a recently retired lawyer who specialised in such matters.
She is forthright in drawing the distinction between copyright, patent and intellectual property rights.
She also accepts that advances in technology make it hard for the law makers to keep up.
Straightforward copying of another's plans is an obvious infringement of copyright but, whilst still offensive, using the same plans to produce  3D prints of (say) a set of cannon it would be hard to prove that an infringement of intellectual property rights had taken place.
I am happy that this forum takes a hard line on such matters, but worry that there is a grey area in law and practice that is growing greater at quite some speed.

I am in a series of discussions and correspondence with a recently retired lawyer who specialised in such matters.
She is forthright in drawing the distinction between copyright, patent and intellectual property rights.
She also accepts that advances in technology make it hard for the law makers to keep up.
Straightforward copying of another's plans is an obvious infringement of copyright but, whilst still offensive, using the same plans to produce  3D prints of (say) a set of cannon it would be hard to prove that an infringement of intellectual property rights had taken place.
I am happy that this forum takes a hard line on such matters, but worry that there is a grey area in law and practice that is growing greater at quite some speed.

I am in a series of discussions and correspondence with a recently retired lawyer who specialised in such matters.
She is forthright in drawing the distinction between copyright, patent and intellectual property rights.
She also accepts that advances in technology make it hard for the law makers to keep up.
Straightforward copying of another's plans is an obvious infringement of copyright but, whilst still offensive, using the same plans to produce  3D prints of (say) a set of cannon it would be hard to prove that an infringement of intellectual property rights had taken place.
I am happy that this forum takes a hard line on such matters, but worry that there is a grey area in law and practice that is growing greater at quite some speed.