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    Vivian Galad
    woodrat got a reaction from Vivian Galad in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    I have made a new home for the vessel whom I now name La Serenissima

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    popash42
    woodrat got a reaction from popash42 in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    I have made a new home for the vessel whom I now name La Serenissima

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    Cirdan
    woodrat got a reaction from Cirdan in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    I have made a new home for the vessel whom I now name La Serenissima

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    Vivian Galad
    woodrat got a reaction from Vivian Galad in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    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
     
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    Vivian Galad
    woodrat got a reaction from Vivian Galad in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    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
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    GrandpaPhil
    woodrat got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    I have made a new home for the vessel whom I now name La Serenissima

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    Roger Pellett
    woodrat got a reaction from Roger Pellett in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    I have made a new home for the vessel whom I now name La Serenissima

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    druxey
    woodrat got a reaction from druxey in Venetian Round Ship c. 13th century by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 scale - fully framed   
    I have made a new home for the vessel whom I now name La Serenissima

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    Schrader
    woodrat got a reaction from Schrader in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Thanks, Steven, Alberto, andrew and Tony. The Beast is taking shape but I don't know anymore than you what this will be. Since I have applied the bottom strakes, the hull has banana'd a bit and the stress generated has pulled  the keel plank away from the support. This seems to indicate that the hull is finding its own curvature. I rather like the appearance so far and no matter if such a beast was never built in Europe, I'm sure there is an alternate snarky universe in which it was.

     

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    mtaylor
    woodrat got a reaction from mtaylor in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    That was a bit below the belt, Andrew!
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    KARAVOKIRIS
    woodrat got a reaction from KARAVOKIRIS in Le Gros Ventre 1767 by woodrat - Scale 1:48 - POF - French exploration vessel   
    Having taken 5 1/2 years off from this build to complete 2 mediaeval vessels, I feel that I have neglected the Fat Belly too long. I have restarted the build.
     
    Cheers
    Dick
     
     

    Cheers
    Dick
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    Mike Y
    woodrat got a reaction from Mike Y in Le Gros Ventre 1767 by woodrat - Scale 1:48 - POF - French exploration vessel   
    here is the completion of the framing of the bow module. Phew!
     
    The jarrah has been oiled to nourish the wood. It wont remain shiny and the wood will darken.
     

     
    hawse holes are yet to be made.
     

     

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    GrandpaPhil
    woodrat got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Here is the start of planking.
    The garbord strakes

     
    and the next two strakes. Note the rabbeted breasthook at stem and stern into which to bolt the strakes. This I think is the "collar" seen on a lot of pictures of hulcs. 
     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick

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    mtaylor
    woodrat got a reaction from mtaylor in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    It is comforting to think that the unfortunate Baker, when he did vanish away, reappeared in the universe where all Boojums have vanished away.😁
    Cheers
    The Beaver
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    druxey
    woodrat got a reaction from druxey in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    It is comforting to think that the unfortunate Baker, when he did vanish away, reappeared in the universe where all Boojums have vanished away.😁
    Cheers
    The Beaver
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    GrandpaPhil
    woodrat got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Thanks, Steven, Alberto, andrew and Tony. The Beast is taking shape but I don't know anymore than you what this will be. Since I have applied the bottom strakes, the hull has banana'd a bit and the stress generated has pulled  the keel plank away from the support. This seems to indicate that the hull is finding its own curvature. I rather like the appearance so far and no matter if such a beast was never built in Europe, I'm sure there is an alternate snarky universe in which it was.

     

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    EricWilliamMarshall
    woodrat got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Thanks, Steven, Alberto, andrew and Tony. The Beast is taking shape but I don't know anymore than you what this will be. Since I have applied the bottom strakes, the hull has banana'd a bit and the stress generated has pulled  the keel plank away from the support. This seems to indicate that the hull is finding its own curvature. I rather like the appearance so far and no matter if such a beast was never built in Europe, I'm sure there is an alternate snarky universe in which it was.

     

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    Binho
    woodrat got a reaction from Binho in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Thanks, Steven, Alberto, andrew and Tony. The Beast is taking shape but I don't know anymore than you what this will be. Since I have applied the bottom strakes, the hull has banana'd a bit and the stress generated has pulled  the keel plank away from the support. This seems to indicate that the hull is finding its own curvature. I rather like the appearance so far and no matter if such a beast was never built in Europe, I'm sure there is an alternate snarky universe in which it was.

     

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    druxey
    woodrat got a reaction from druxey in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Thanks, Steven, Alberto, andrew and Tony. The Beast is taking shape but I don't know anymore than you what this will be. Since I have applied the bottom strakes, the hull has banana'd a bit and the stress generated has pulled  the keel plank away from the support. This seems to indicate that the hull is finding its own curvature. I rather like the appearance so far and no matter if such a beast was never built in Europe, I'm sure there is an alternate snarky universe in which it was.

     

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    Tony Hunt
    woodrat got a reaction from Tony Hunt in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Thanks, Steven, Alberto, andrew and Tony. The Beast is taking shape but I don't know anymore than you what this will be. Since I have applied the bottom strakes, the hull has banana'd a bit and the stress generated has pulled  the keel plank away from the support. This seems to indicate that the hull is finding its own curvature. I rather like the appearance so far and no matter if such a beast was never built in Europe, I'm sure there is an alternate snarky universe in which it was.

     

     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick
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    BANYAN
    woodrat got a reaction from BANYAN in Yenikapi12 by woodrat - FINISHED - 1/16 scale - a small Byzantine merchant vessel of the 9th century   
    I got the crumbs out by turning upside down and hitting it with a wooden mallet. I am worried that the hulc model may turn out to be a bread-barge in disguise after all. So the Port Admiral may still win.
    Dick
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    EricWilliamMarshall
    woodrat got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Here is the start of planking.
    The garbord strakes

     
    and the next two strakes. Note the rabbeted breasthook at stem and stern into which to bolt the strakes. This I think is the "collar" seen on a lot of pictures of hulcs. 
     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick

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    GrandpaPhil
    woodrat got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Just to show I haven't repented the errors of my ways, here is the "keel plank" being heat bent to shape and stuck to supporting molds .
     

     

     

     
    Cheerio
    Dick
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    Ondras71
    woodrat got a reaction from Ondras71 in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Here is the start of planking.
    The garbord strakes

     
    and the next two strakes. Note the rabbeted breasthook at stem and stern into which to bolt the strakes. This I think is the "collar" seen on a lot of pictures of hulcs. 
     

     

     

     
    Cheers
    Dick

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    EricWilliamMarshall
    woodrat got a reaction from EricWilliamMarshall in The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman   
    Just to show I haven't repented the errors of my ways, here is the "keel plank" being heat bent to shape and stuck to supporting molds .
     

     

     

     
    Cheerio
    Dick

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