Keelson material

[MESSIS]

Was it more out of metal or was that wooden? Amati believes it was out of metal. Has anybody a hint

[mtaylor]

Which ship?  Up until the age of iron hulls, they were wood.

[Matrim]

Indeed, unless they have a kit where they are using a copper keelson to avoid fiddly coppering..

[MESSIS]

Matrim do you say that maybe the keelson on viking ships was coppered wood?

[MESSIS]

Mtaylor we are talking abou the viking osenberg ship from amati

[allanyed]

Messis

 

The kits are not always accurate in many respects.  I have seen a number of them where the decorations and moldings are metal as well and those were not made of metal on the ships.  These are the areas where a lot of folks go into kit bashing and replace such parts with pieces they make themselves.

 

I am curious about what ship/kit you are building. This may be a simple matter of Amati using the wrong term.  I was under the impression most, if not all, Amati and most other kits were plank on bulkhead, thus it would not be possible to put in a keelson.  The false keel under the keel makes sense to me but I cannot picture a keelson which goes on top of frames. 

 

Allan

[MESSIS]

I ll send u a pic Allan...

[MESSIS]

Its a viking ship

[allanyed]

Thanks Messis

I got curious and did a little digging on Viking ships construction (see picture below)  and metallurgy.  They certainly appeared to have copper, iron, and other metals, so maybe it was copper.  I would bet on wood, but that is just a guess, nothing more. Based on the drawing I found, the piece in the photo you posted looks like the mastfish in the foreground.

 

Sorry this was probably of little help, but I find it interesting none-the-less.

 

Allan

 

[MESSIS]

Thx Allan for ur concern. Yes thats the mastfish on my pic. Mastfish it seems it was wood. Now got a book from British Museum.... talks only of wooden keelsons... but always of ships found in burial areas .... have a look at the pic

[MESSIS]

Thats one