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Alvb
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That's better
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It's been a while since I've shown anything here. I'm currently trying to make guns for the ship's deck. It's difficult. The gun shown has a total length of 1.8 cm, or 0.75 inches. The wheels have a diameter of around 5 mm, or 0.2 inches. I'm curious to see how much of it will still be visible under the anti-boarding nets. Alvb Unfortunately, the image is very poor....
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many thanks to all I use these subframes made of sturdy cardboard. The shroud ropes are clamped into them, and then the web lines are placed over them. At the intersection points, I use a needle to apply tiny drops of shellac as glue. Finally, the entire shroud system is removed from the frame and any excess length is trimmed off. It's ready for installation on the boat.
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Without knowing more about your specific case, I can say that color shows flaws more clearly rather than hiding them. Bela
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But then we also need the view from behind
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"Tempus fugit" My last post was on August 15th! However, progress was still made in small steps. The standing rigging of the lower masts is nearing completion.
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Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71
Alvb replied to Ondras71's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1501 - 1750
Don't the jib halyard's cable and the lower block of the mainstay get in each other's way? Bela -
This is better. The masts have been lengthened and the fighting tops have been reduced in size. I'd like to depict the sail as billowing as Brueghel did. I've used Bible paper for other models at this scale. However, it's difficult to curve it in two directions. Perhaps someone here has a tip on how I could create such a billowing, curved sail. best regards Alvb
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I think the masts are too short and the tops are too big. I think they need to be redone.
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After a somewhat longer break, the mast builder has resumed his work and built the two fighting tops. (the masts are not yet completely fixed) I'm wondering where the men left the missing pavises lying around?
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I'm a bit skeptical. Why such an impractical route? First, somehow get to the bow, and then take this dangerous route to the next deck.
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What is the basis for the theory that the arches served as access? On the interpretation of these drawings? We know many illustrations that show how the arches merge onto the upper edge of the waist.
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Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Is there any evidence of what the hull and frame lines of older carracks looked like, around 1450 to 1470? And were there differences between English and Dutch carracks? -
Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
@WaldemarThank you very much, basically its clear, but your drawings make it much easier to find the connecting arches. -
Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I meant the texts you and others have linked from time to time, not the posts in this forum. -
Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
If only these texts were available in a precise German translation, how I would love to delve into them... -
The ominously obscure object on the chainwales and the scuppers.
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Thank you backers and everyone else for the recognition and likes.
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The chainwales: No details are discernible in the Brueghel painting. Chainwales aren't even visible for the fore-shrouds. My interpretation: The main shrouds are attached to chainwales, while the fore-shrouds simply have their wales reinforced at the lower edges of the forecastle. Its bent side makes wide chainwales unnecessary. The shrouds still run freely from the side.
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She's getting prettier and prettier, my "menina portuguesa", my little Portuguese.
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Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I'm currently building a small model from roughly this era. I realized that the bow area doesn't match the visual impression Brueghel creates in his depiction of "Icarus." The design presented here, with its strongly curved breadth sweeps in the bow, comes closer to that. Therefore, I've taken the liberty of applying the presented method to my design. Thanks to your clear description, it's easy to transfer. Only the reconciling sweeps—circular segments that connect tangentially to given arcs—should be easy to find using graphical methods, but no! Could you perhaps briefly explain to me how to find these sweeps? Thank you very much. -
The macro shots are merciless... ...but slowly it is taking shape.
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Wales (Is this the correct plural form?🙄) and Standarts in progress. In fact, I am not sure how to construct the railings with the shields on top of the castles.
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Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Thank you for your detailed explanations. I consider your work extremely valuable. The constructions are understandable and easy to follow. The only thing that wasn't entirely clear to me was how the regression curves were determined. -
Mary Rose 1511 — the epitome of the Northern tradition
Alvb replied to Waldemar's topic in Nautical/Naval History
I am just a little surprised that on the one hand people had experience with such stability problems and knew methods to mitigate them, but on the other hand they built ships with these very deficiencies.
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