Ferrus Manus
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Wonderful paint job! However, from sources such as Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom, you will find that the Spanish had given up the fancy paint jobs by 1607. That being said, it is your model, and you should choose whatever looks best to you.- 69 replies
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Another piece of advice is to decide early on which "version" of the kit you intend to replicate. If you do a version of the galleon from the Spanish Armada, it will look significantly different than a galleon from 1607. This will affect the paint job and parts of the rigging. The primary sources you intend to use will also be different. I personally prefer the "1607" version better, but the choice is yours. Outside of obvious design differences driven by a difference in the intended look of the model, if Kirill has done something significantly different than I have, you should probably default to his techniques. For example, the painting of lines, the use of rope coils, etc.
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You can make silkspan sails look realistic for this model, and it would be more scale-accurate than cloth at 1/100. However, it would take some effort. I suggest using an actual tutorial instead of looking at how I do mine, as I recognize mine could be better. I wish I had done my own shrouds and ratlines for mine. Maybe I'll do this same model again someday.
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When taking into account scale, you should always try to err on the side of things being too small. If it looks like it's out of scale, it's probably much too big. I work at the scales of 1/96 and 1/100, so I should know this. For example, here's a detail shot of my current project: I have a 1/96 scale figure from one of the kits I've done, and I check the sizes of all the pieces of equipment on deck against that figure. For example, the smaller maneuvering anchor is about half the size of a man (maybe 3 feet max) and the cat tackle device is about 8 feet tall at scale.
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Great job starting on this project! I have done one myself. If you would like any kind of advice on construction, visit @kirill4 and try your best to make your model look like that. I look forward to seeing your progress!
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Kirill, this piece of work is exactly why I personally admire and look up to you. You have been a personal inspiration for me to do more research and attempt to build more accurate replicas. You, sir, are a legend among men.
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I'm pretty sure he has an unfinished model of the clipper Donald McKay, but he might have gotten it done since I last checked.
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Good job, Kirill! I couldn't wait to watch you start on this one.
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First of all, this is one of the best reconstructions of the Nina I have ever seen. This is my reconstruction of a Medieval caravel: How did you build yours completely without power tools?
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Also remember how hard iron was to forge in the Middle Ages. If they didn't absolutely need it, they would have gone with wood. If I remember correctly, sliding stocks weren't seen until well into the 18th century. I would suspect anchor designs hadn't changed much from Roman times by that point, especially considering the fact that the aforementioned anchors were so time and labor intensive to make.
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The funny thing about this post right here is I just PM'ed you about late medieval anchors just now, before having read this post. Cheers!
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As an American myself, I can confidently say that everyone behaves better than American kids.
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Isaiah, I sent you to a question log that should evolve into something that explains the blocks on the Sherbourne.
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Thank you both for your answers. Now, how on earth would I replicate those nets at 1/100 scale?
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I was actually referring Isaiah to your question, in hopes that he would learn more about the Sherbourne's blocks. He and I already had this discussion about blocks. I also referred him to the specific table used above. I was hoping he could glean some information from this topic.
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Has anyone ever seen a picture of a working oyster smack? Specifically the equipment they use to haul up oysters? I swear I saw an image of an oyster smack hauling up some kind of net somewhere, some time.
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@Isaiah you should check this out.
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That's what I noticed. Maybe the "waterline mark" is actually just part of the paint scheme for this ship. This is SS Czar, built in 1912. It was built in Scotland.
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I usually end up painting windows the same color because in my opinion, yellow/white looks more realistic than blue. However, your execution looks great.
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The way I paint lanterns is to paint the fields of the windows yellow with white centers, to give the illusion that they're illuminated with light from the inside. Awesome job on the lanterns!
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Isaiah, that's what I meant to say in one of these messages. I am aware of Vanguard's good design, but that can't be replicated in a home shop without some kind of ludicrously expensive and massive CNC machine. Fun fact: paper is, in fact, a 3-dimensional object. If this isn't the worst mock up you've ever seen, stop lying to yourself. My main goal in doing this was to determine whether any of the frames were too wide, and they aren't. My precise measurements earlier in the build paid off. Now, I just have to disassemble this thing without ripping the paper.
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