Javier Baron

Thank you very much for the kind comment!

Thank you for your kind comments!

Thank you very much for your comment, Nils.

Thank you very much for your kind comment.

This model is number 98 of my collection of miniature boats, which are not built to the same scale, since what I choose is that the length of the model is almost always between 10 and 12 cm, which translates in a wide range of scales from 1:80 to 1:220 depending on the actual ship.

10 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

Very nice model Javier,

 

Nils

Nils, thank you very much for your comment and for the constancy in your kindness in each new model that I present.

On 2/16/2023 at 9:01 PM, Gabek said:

Beautiful work!  And I really love the scale.  Well done, Javier!

Clear skies and sharp tools,

Gabe

Thank you for your kind comment!

Yes, it is a typical arrangement of trabaccolos. They carry the ratlines on the opposite side of the sail, wich is alternated on both masts.

Thank you for your comment, Hartmut.

17 hours ago, BETAQDAVE said:

    You must have quite a fleet of these unusual small boats Javier.  How much time is invested each one of them anyway? 

    While the sail cloth is a bit out of scale, I think that it does lend a certain amount of charm to them.  One thing for sure, you don't need a lot of space to put them all on display.

Thank you for your comments.

 In doing one of my models it takes from one to two months, depending on its complexity.

 You're right, working with small sizes makes it possible to do and be able to exhibit a large enough collection in your own home; at the moment my collection reaches 67 models.

 And you're also right about the fact that the sails are escaping, especially in this model I did five or six years ago. The sails of my current models, although still out of scale, disguise it better.

4 hours ago, Bob Cleek said:

Fantastic work at that scale!

 

Can you tell us what the purpose of  the painted post above the stem ... or an extension of the stem... might be?

It had no reason for functionality, it was merely decorative.

Thank you,   Betaqdave and Nils.

Regarding the rudder, in the text with which I present this model, I indicated that "The rudder of the vessel particularly called Hennique´s attention because of its dimensions since with a longitude of 4.55 meters draught a lot more than the boat and had a surface close to a third of the plane of the central dagger boards. When the vessels entered port or found scarce bottoms, the rudder elevated itself using for this one of the two backstays that sustained the mast on each bulk ward rail”

It is painted with very diluted acrylics so as not bind the cloth

 Thank you for your comments.

The plans that I use for the boats in my collection have very different origins. In the best and least frequent of cases I use complete and detailed plans of commercial kits. More often I use plans of forms with the water lines and sections that I obtain in different books (for example, those of Howard I. Chapelle, those of Sergio Bellabarba and eduardo Guerreri or those of Basil Greenhill or many others ...) and also, in some cases, through the internet. For the details of roofing and rigging, in case they do not appear on the plans, I document in additional sources, such as photographs or drawings, other existing models of both private collectors and naval museums, etc ... I do not know how you could solve the theme of the schooner that you want to do without having the basic plane of forms. In some cases, but for small boats, I used pictures to deduce the shapes of the hull, also applying the analogy with other similar boats.

At half height of the mast there is a block with a line that collects the central part of the sail and pulls it up, allowing the pilot to see below it.
The block and that maneuver are called in Portuguese espiadoiro, which means spy post

It is a Portuguese river boat, destined to transport Oporto wines, and today it has become a tourist attraction in the city of Porto, where you can continue to see sailing on the Douro River.
I attach some old and recent photos of rabelos.

Congratulations, the planking work you have done is first class, I love it.

Javier

1. Thanks for you comment, BETAQDAVE. You are right about the scale. Actually, I think that in my miniature models almost nothing is rigorously to scale, except the general dimensions (length, width, height ...) of the hull and the masts. The rest, and especially the small pieces, keep a proportion that does not bother me at sight and be harmonious with the model. That way of working is called a sensitive scale, and it seems to me an appropriate denimination.

12 hours ago, BETAQDAVE said:

That's a nice job on an unusual little ship.    I see that it has a pilot house and a tiller.  Is this something peculiar to this ship?  Seems like they would need someone at the tiller to steer the ship and someone else in the pilot house to run the engine. 

    Then there is the idea of having someone at the rear of the ship trying to steer while looking around or thru that pilot house.  I've always wondered about that, especially when the ship is much larger where they are even farther back.  The only experience that I've ever had steering a boat was in a runabout where I was in the forward end of the boat (more like driving a car than a boat) at the steering wheel.  One sure wouldn't want to drive a car or truck while sitting in the rear end!  

Thanks a lot, BETAQDAVE, for your comment. The observation you make seems very accurate. I enclose some photographs of boats with cabin and tiller, although there are also very frequent boats with wheel rudder in the cabin.
I think that, possibly, those that maintain the tiller were initially sailboats that have been subsequently motorized.
Greetings,

Javier

Thanks, Michael. The scale is 1:24

Thanks, Nils. I love small work boats.

14 hours ago, the learner said:

They look fantastic! did you do a build log for them?

Unfortunately, I did not do it at the time and I have almost no photo of the construction process.

Javier

Thank you very much, Nils, fot your kind comment.

Javier