Dan DSilva
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum replied. The Curator of Maritime History says that "claw-footed" means ship-rigged and sent some period illustrations. On the whole I think my idea about their appearance (smallish full-rigged ships with curved decks and partially closed bulwarks) being in the same vein as the Bounty isn't far off. Probably any small bluff-bowed three-master from that period would make an acceptable starting point. By the way, is any scale smaller than 1:100 particularly common for sailing ships, like how 20th-century warships are common in 1:350, 1:700, 1:1250, etc.?
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Thank you. I'm e-mailing NHA right now and I'll look into the other two as well.
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I recently had the idea to build my own Pequod out of a modified kit, and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on which one to start with. I'm looking for a small wood kit. According to the novel, the Pequod is "rather small," "claw-footed," and more than 50 years old at a time "some years" before 1851. I don't know what "claw-footed" means, but I take it to have been built around the 1770s-1780s and be somewhat short of 100 feet overall. So do you know of anything suitable? The only 18th-century whaleship I've found on the market is Occre's Essex, which, although appropriate in more ways than one, is a lot larger than I have shelf or work space for. The other idea I had was to start with an HMS Bounty, which would mean buying or fabricating a lot of extra parts (which I'm willing to do -- if I have to).
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Thanks. That's something I hadn't thought of. FWIW, I had planned on this taking a long time, and I have some woodworking experience (although probably little or none pertinent to model-building). I'll start in the wood model forum then. -
I'm interested in making a wood model. I've assembled a lot of plastic kits, but this would be the first real wooden one I've done. So you recommend that, after background research, I start by asking for a kit recommendation in Wood model ship kits and then ask about the other topics in the appropriate subforums as they come up?
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Hello, I'm seeking advice about a plan I have for the near future which involves heavily modifying a factory kit. My questions range from which model to choose, to which aftermarket accessories to add, how to fabricate parts, and which paints and finishes to use. Could you recommend to me which subforum(s) I should ask in? Thank you.
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