Mercator
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Ready to get into a new type of modeling. After 40 years building styrene kits I have decided to take the proverbial jump. My first try is the Swift, the older kit with the double planking and the lower deck. It seems ago be a good start. Did acquire several books on this type of modeling. Originally from Belgium, maybe this is where I acquired my attraction to anything nautical. Spend several years in the Marine Corps, I was young and confused. Now I am older but some people think that I am still confused. Beside a lot of reading and watching videos on the subject I am building my own jig and acquiring some of the basic tools, which include as I understand many different types of clamps. My favorite city to visit Astoria and Port Townsend.
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Hello all, Found some good informations in the Cogs, Caravels and Galleons from the Conway's history of the ship. Photo of the 1/10 scale model inBremerhaven. The windlass was used to raise the anchor and hoist the main yard/sail while the capstan was used to orient the yard . Seems to make sense and will go with this explanation.
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Thanks, Also found some info in the book "Sailing into the past" dealing with various replica of sailing vessels. John
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Presently I am building a cog in 1/72 scale, got the model, deadeyes( very tiny), and figures (a lot of them!). The ship has a capstan on the upper level of the stern superstructure and a windlass on the main deck under the stern superstructure. I suspect that one is used to raise the sail while the other is used for the anchors. The conundrum is which one doe what and how does this work. The capstan seems too far up for the anchor, the windlass seems to be the answer but seems to be far to the stern. I have attempted to retrieve photos of reproduction of cogs such as the one in Holland the Ubina and Kiel in germany but none of the photos are helpful. I have several books that show how the cogs were build but very little concerning the rigging. Any suggestion would be appreciated. ps My goal is to have a diorama with a couple of ships and a medieval crane. The cog would be unloading cargo that would be transferred to river boats.
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Thank you both will try those two place. Sometimes web searches are somewhat unreliable. Hate to spend so much time on models then to have an error that I know about and will bug me every time I look at it.
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I am in the process of building a medieval cog, most of my researches show that ships of the medieval era had triangular deadeyes instead of the round one of later eras. I have been unable to find any supplier of this product in the US, did find in Poland, NZ, Australia, and England but the shipping is several times more than the product. I have tried to make them myself but the size is an obstacle (3mm). Does anyone has any idea where I could find the little buggers in the US. Thank you in advance.
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