Bob Legge

Of interest to boat builders both large and small. Globe and Mail, February 17, 2021.
 

And now, after 5 years and seven months to the day since I first began planning the model . . . the final steps.
 
I've assembled the case with a background of the Harbour of Theodosios in Constantinople, where the Byzantine galleys were found from which I got so much information in building the model. The buildings in the background are part of the Boukoleon Palace complex, the Emperor's main residence.
 

 

 
 
 

 
And here are the remains of the very same buildings, in today's Istanbul.
 

 
I had a bit of trouble getting the frame to fit tightly and square - one of the screw-holes had to be re-drilled. And while I had the ship on the stand and inside the case, and everything glued in place, just about to screw everything together, a fly got inside! Had to pull the perspex off and get rid of the fly. Grrr! All ready to go, just getting things adjusted so I could start screwing together, and the fly got back inside!
 
Fortunately sanity prevailed, in the form of my lovely wife who said "You hold the case, I'll get rid of the fly." Just as well - I had visions of disaster at the last moment with me throwing the whole kit and kaboodle across the room.
 
But now, here it is in all its glory.
 

Slocum's SPRAY:
I remembered this article
 
https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/slocum-s-spray.30617/page-26
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_Alone_Around_the_World
See Reference link.
 
Bob

A paper on an amazingly complete 17th century Baltic craft.
"Eriksson, N. & Rönnby, J. The Ghost Ship'. An Intact Fluyt from c.1650 in the Middle of the Baltic Sea"
 
 
Eriksson_N_and_Ronnby_J_The_Ghost_Ship_A.pdf

The Skipper somewhere on the Thames late 19th Century 16.5” X 11.75”

A highlight for me was a trip from SPB aboard an RF Navy auxiliary (Navigation Trainer) to Kronstadt! The Mariners Cathedral. But of course I knew something of the history of the place, and about  the raid by the CMB'S BY Capt Agar. Even had a friendly discussion about it with an ex soviet Sub, Capt. Who pointed out the various landmarks .
Jim

HMS EAGLE on a hot windless day in the Tropics.Buccaneers parked in Fly 1&4, Sea Vixen about to touch down , with another on Finals and the good old Gannet plodding 'Down Wind', no doubt looking forward to something long and cool in the Wardroom
w/c 16.5”X10.75

Todays painting Corvette HMCS Cobalt passes SS Empire Captain. w/c 16.5 X 10.75

Thanks Mark !
 
To day works :
 

 

Medieval Ship Project - Specialist Report: RIGGING
 
Newport_Medieval_Ship_Project_Specialist.pdf

Starting the carving......
 

 
 


And.... let see the final result with the capital included......
 

I could not hold the temptation to see it beside the ship....
 

 
 
 

Thanks Steven and Carl and all others for the likes. I have largely completed the running rigging and all that now remains is to decide on the sails. Should I leave it with bare yards or bend sails which may obscure a lot of detail in the rigging or maybe not. I have a cunning plan to do the sails in Silkspan to reproduce the bellying of the sails ( see my carrack build for a similar technique).
 


 



Cheers
Dick
 

I have fitted the rope Jacob's ladders for access to the "crow's nests". I have positioned them so that they would not foul the running rigging . This was before ratlines appeared on the shrouds, at least in the Mediterranean.
 



Cheers
Dick

I did take these photographs but did not like how turned out. Will do some more once mounted.






 
 
 

A_Plague_of_Ships_Spanish_Ships_and_Ship.pdf
 
Bruce

Hello and thank you all for the like, more photos.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Un Saluto.

Good morning and thank you all for the like. More photos.
grazie wefalck.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Un Saluto.

Good morning and thank you all for the like, more photos.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Un Saluto.

Good morning and thank you all for the like, more photos.
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Un Saluto.

Boat's mast ring position : 1 or 2 ?   Thanks...
   

A new step of boat's job :
       

Yes, I will carve every single piece of ornament in boxwood. I had a proposal by a russian modelist to make me every sculpture of the SR in resin, (or wood with cnc I don't remember) in exchange of my plans, and a proposal just like Michel Saunier by a french modelist to offer me some of the decorative parts in resin but I declined both, I want to make as much as I can by myself and I want only wood for the decorative parts. Resin looks good on Michel Saunier's model but who knows how the wood will turn in a few years... Resin will always look the same so maybe in a couple of years the difference between the two materials will be too obvious. 
For my photos I only use my Iphone... with the light of my workshop. Only the last picture is made by daylight in my living room. I find the Iphone make some really good photos, with much faithful colors than my canon compact camera I previously used. The only inconvenient is when you need to zoom, the precision of the image runs down. And I like to take some distance from the subject and then zoom rather than make closer shots because the closer you are the more deformed is the image. Especially with rounded shapes as a ship's hull. I have not found a solution for that.
These last days were my week of "holydays", and I tried to stay offline from the work as much as I could because I needed to. On sunday I return to work and I will make my part of the job of course. 
Take care everyone, best regards !

 

Thank you Victor ! I didn't know about it, I will try ! 
Work on the Soleil Royal goes on, this time I shoudn't disapear for a few months... well, I hope !
I'm working on the decorative parts of the third deck, much time to adjust these small elements... But the result is there, it's quite good looking. The boxwood parts are 0,5mm, and they are made round on there edges. (sometimes I struggle with english language to exprim simple ideas !! 😅)
 
 
 

Hi all !
Marc, for the quarter galleries I have no precise plan yet, but I think I will make a quite elaborate form with balsa wood as a draft to study the volumes. Then I will build the stern and the galleries the way it's meant to be, building the frame then planking and then adding the ornaments. 
I finally made a last correction on the sheer cap railings, wich on reflection I found a bit too stiff and straight. I remade the last level and gave a bit more plunging; it's only 2mm but it makes a difference. So I post the same views as before for a comparison. For the susbandes I resigned myself to use what Alexey Baranov had graciously sent me at the time. It's not bad, and for what will be seen it will do the job. For the guns of the upper decks I will do them by myself but for the first two decks it will save me considerable time. I also post again a pic of the carpenter, I love this little guy. It puts a touch of colour, of life, it pops much more than my little wooden Tourville. It immediatly give a good idea of the size of the ship !

 

Hi everyone
 
this is my last build Pazar caique. this is a traditional bosphorus boat used frequently back in empiral times for cargo or passanger transportation. I am done with the hull and the decks. next will be the cargo on the boat.