JimO

Awesome work on the Mary Rose and the other one. Rather relaxed way to catch some ice. No ice fishing hut to sit or rather lay in? LOL.

Found the right size blade, got two for good measure.. Onward and upward anchors away, all four done, under the watch of Sir Drake and not Gary

Back to store wrong size blade for bandsaw, may have to amazon it. Meanwhile one anchor done.

Thanks OC. I wanted to build a larger scale aircraft carrier because the aircraft would have been bigger and more detaied but that kit was more expensive. I have been eyeballing the larger USS Hornet though.LOL. Same with the Bismark but they would have taken up more room as it is these two GH and SR will fill the void. I did not know of this site when I built them so ya no log. The 1/72 scale landing craft that I built for my museum display was also a great build which I added the Arty OP tanks, Priests with the porpoises, and universal carriers with wading equipment on all of them plus crew was a very pleasent build, It was a resin kit by Milcast. I noticed their no longer producing them or are out of stock. They also made a 1/35 scale as well but same story on supply. I wish I had pictures of it to show (may have some on file somewhere). Still deeply annoyed that that guy gave it away, It was $$$. The large scale Yamamoto would be nice to buld. Thanks Baker as well. I will be adding more ribs as the build continues. Meanwhile as I wait till tomorrow to get a new blade belt decided to make a start on 4 anchors. Small one is the 1/72 scale. Question: the cannon and trucks of the GH, that would the size be in 1/35 scale of the various types used? The 1/72 scale trucks were 7.0 mm wide minus wheels X 18.3 mm length X 5.9 mm high and the cannon are 31 mm wide by 32.5 mm length ( the upper deck guns “weather deck”?) Will also be adding swivel guns. The trucks also look like they varyfrom 4 wheels to 2. Thanks again for any and all info.

Filling in the bottom with block. Band saw blade belt broke. Girrrr.

Le Soleil Royal has arrived after a little more than two months, but I must now store it until my scratch build Golden Hinde is done 😥. The SR at 1/100 scale and the GH at 1/35 scale are the same size so no room to do both at the same time. So far looking at the SR it will be an interesting build and helpful at the same time in the GH build as far as info. My furry friend thinks otherwise😜.

Some good news. Postal strike is over so I should be getting my Soleil Royal that I had ordered back in October and held up in transit. It will have to wait on that build as I have no room to build two large ships at once. Today I sanded the ribs to the GH and cut out the middle to again dry fit on keel. Sander worked well.

Made two cradles, one for my ship, and one for my power drill to act as a disk sander. The red spots on the ship ribs is not paint.

Thanks. Plywood ribs cut and temporary placed on keel with spacers but need to smooth them out. Need to make a desk clamp to hold level..

Yes I see that thanks. I will be going with mast in front of forecastle. On a question of ship hull planking and decking how wide, length and thickness are your wood strips? I found a source for birch strips that are 5 or 6mm wide and 5-7.5” long. How was your ice fishing? Catch any ice?

Out of town for weekend. Decided to go without gallery and 7 guns other than stern guns with small guns on side in the forecastle for bow guns. Have seen pictures of the forecastle mast forward of the forcastle as in the airfix model but a lot of pictures of the mast located up top of the deck. I think the mast forward is the more accurated but hard to decide based on some scale drawings on line. Any thoughts?

Done for the day. Tomorrow transfer templates to plywood and cut out ribs. Fingers crossed. And toes.

Think I have decided on side profile but not yet on gallery and 7 guns or 7 guns and bow guns.

Wish I still had pictures of the Landing Craft Tank D-Day diorama that I did handy, may have on some disk on file. It was a 1/76/72 scale Milcast model ( now looks like out of stock) resin. It was a nice model to build. Pictures shows model from Milcast and pictures of them on D-Day. The 22nd field battery of the 13the Field Regt fired the first rounds of the landing on Juno while still in the landing craft prior to landing. The 13th would later gave up their Priest SPGs much to their dismay sortly after D-Day and re-converted back to towed 25 pounders. The SPGs would be then converted to the Troop carriers known as Kangaroos. The 13th RCA had their own cartoonist for their unit newspaper ( sorta like the stars and stripes of the U S). For any Star Trek fans out there the actor who played Scotty, James Doohan was a member of the Canadian 13th Field Artillery Regiment which my unit perpetuates. Posted is an excert from our Regimental History book. He was wounded on D-Day+ and took wounds to his body by his own troops and lost a couple fingers which he hide during his actng years, but you can see in his hand prints in cement in Hollywood.😁 After his medical treatment he got his pilots licence and flew as forward artillery spotter for his unit. Guess he thought it was safer in the air than on the ground from his own soldiers.

Size comparison of the Golden Hinde in 1/35 scale to my 1/350 USS Enterprise by Tamiya, the 1/350 Bismark by Tamiya, the 1/427 USSArizona by Revell, 1/35 Sd Kfz 254 Armoured Car by Hoby Boss and in the back window my 1/35 scale Leopold 283 mm Krupp K5 rail gun by Trumpeter. Would love to get the much larger 1/72 scale Dora Krupp 800mm rail gun by Hobby Boss but the size which even at 1/72 scale is larger than the 1/35 Leopold and hard to find a spot in my room and the cost $$$$$. My army unit during WW II (29th Armoured Regiment- The South Alberta Regiment) captured it in Essen Germany. I could donate it to the military museum I established but the now current curator is not what I would call a sufficent curator, as it is, he gave away the 1/72 scale diorama of a Tank landing craft unloading Priest SPGs with porpoise ammo sleds and FOO tanks on Juno beach during D-Day of the 22nd Field Battery ( another unit we perpetuated). The guy apparently doesn’t equate it with the SAR, who landed after D-Day +35 as a worthy unit to display in our museum. To say the least I was perturbed not just because I used my own funds to buy and build it but because I also co-authored our Regimental history book. Grrrr.

Thanks. What was the thickness of your hull planks as I would use the same but need to subtract it from the rib width . Snug the Chinook winds can occur any time of the year but it is more welcome in the dead of winter after a long and bitter cold spell. To say the winds can be strong is an understatement with wind warnings sometimes inforced for truckers. Some images indicating a chinook is coming your way with the infamous “Chinook Arch”. Some other Canadian Chinooks plus a Griffons and a Kiowa which as an armoured recce patrol commander I was trained to do helo ops in as part of wheeled recce. Was a fun part of my training. When I was in Germany Canada was still using the Centurian tank which I think was the last or second last NATO ex they were used. The first Leopard ( the rent a tank version) arrived just before I left.

We had that much snow last week but we then had what we call in this part of Canada “a chinook” wind and now snow is all but gone. The winds are warm blowing east off the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with temperatures some times going from -40C to + 15C in less than 24 hrs. In other news as luck has it I found a Canadian 1 cent penny stamped “1976” the year I graduated high school and the year of my deployment to Germany for a NATO fall ex. A “2013” 10 cent dime the year I retired Both as a Reserve soldier (37 yrs) and as a Defence Science Bio/Chem Tech. (34 yrs). And as luck would have it a “2024” 25 cent quarter with King Charles III on his first Canadian quarter as king. For those who may not know the profile for each monarch changes direction when one becomes king…or queen. Today I laid a temporary keel rib layout using cardboard on the actual keel to work on hull form, plus get a feel of the size. Some of my art work in background. My usual interuption by my little fur buddy “Gary” named by the grand sons. Wife wanted a small lap dog and we ended up with a neck dog LOL.

At the end of my day I decided to “split the main brace” with a glass of Xmas Cheer, that being Eggnog with some “adult” liquid nurishment. Not sure if doing a cutout fitting of the ship ribs to the keel would be concidered a keel laying or when the actual ribs are fitted? That said I will of course attach some coin to the keel once I do “lay the keel” as per tradition dictates. Going to attach three coins. A Canadian penny (1 cent), a dime (10 cent) and a quarter (25 cent) to represent the scale of the ship 1/35. — 1 penny that are no longer used (out of ciculation since 2012), which I need to find around house somewhere. — 1 dime that has on reverse side the Canadian Bluenose schooner, and on obverse side the now deceased Queen Elizabeth II second to Elizabeth I who was queen in Drakes time. —. 1 quarter for the quarter deck and if I can get one with our new sovereign King Charles III (not sure if in circulation yet) it would symbolize a new build. The coin laying for the keel is tradition to “ pay the ferryman” to convey the souls of the dead across the seas. Of course once I start the rigging I will do a more ceremonial “splitting of the main brace”.

Thanks OC I have seen pictures and writeup on those two,interesting but they utilize old metal boat hulls and have some descrepancy in their designs. The third replica that is also in that area, and also seen on the net is closer to historical view as it is stated that the build was based on a three year study. The problem there is that the hull has that bulge along its waterline and due to safety issues to sail it has a wheel to stear the ship instead of a whipstaff. The stairs to the various decks I have questions about. It shows the hull and upper sides in black. Some of the features on that ship I intend to add to my build. Still undecided on adding a gallery to the back stern.

Thanks. Have a good vacation and enjoy the time. I’m retired so on permanent vacation for past 11 years plus.😁👍. Where are you vacationing by the way?

Questions to those in the know please and thanks. 1. As I draw out my GH draftings drawn off measurements of the 1/72 GH and lacking any other source, I found that the main deck level is different than the bottom level of the keel. Are they to be the same or is the keel to be angled to the deck or the deck to the keel? 2. Same question to the lower gun deck. Are the main deck and the lower gun deck level to each other? And again what would the poop deck, forecastle deck and the bow sprit deck angle be in relation to the main deck? Would the lower gun deck be level so that I can work out my gun ports from the bow to the stern. I do know that the decks would have a side to side bow or curve to aid in the shedding of water off the decks but the angle of the decks from bow to center, and center to stern is as said a question to know. 3. Questions I also have is in regard to the masts, both width (thickness) and length and their yard arms, actual size or in 1/35 scale. a. Bow Sprite b. Fore Mast ( from top of forecastle deck), Fore Top Mast, and Flag pole. c. Main Mast ( from top of main deck), Main Top Mast, and flag pole. d. Mizzen Mast e. Yard Arms for each masts. 4. Cannon/Guns and their trucks length and width, actual or in scale. a. Type, bore/calibe 5. Rigging a. Anchor cable size b. Shrouds c. Deadeyes and blocks d. Basic Thanks for any info.

Thanks lol I just posted a question on your Mary Rose log.. Nice work.

Hello there. You do some very nice work. I have been following your build and viewed your Golden Hind build log. It has inspire me to build my own GH in 1/35 scale based on cross ref to an older 1/72 scale GH Airfix plastic model I have. Since I have no diagrams of the GH to go off I have used my 1/72 hull to draw measurements from but lack angles such as the slope on the various decks and the angles off 90’ of the various masts. I also have a question as to the length/ height of the masts and their yard arms. If you are able the help me in those regards I would greatly thank you. Please view my scratch build posts of the GH on the forum. Thank you and again …great work. Jim

Marking out the keel for the framework. Where to cut.

Leaning to this line drawing version of the GH with slight change with added bow ports, mini guns on main deck and swivil guns on the other decks. The colour plate looks good but minus the extra mast.