Hanseatic Ship c. 1500 by goetzi73 - 1:50 - first scratch build

[goetzi73]

a short update. Small detail, but a great improvement (just my opinion).

 

 

 

 

[goetzi73]

being silent for a while, here's another view of the forecastle. Some further detailling and planking in progress. Installing the ropes for the anchors, the upper deck is ready for planking.

During the last month I've made a board for my chisels and improved my workshop a little. Thus making working easier, it also reduced the time for ship modelling.

 

 

 

 

 

[Louie da fly]

Nice precise work. Looking good.

 

Steven

[goetzi73]

thanks Steven, and everone for all the "linkes".

My skills are improving during this build. It will help making the next ship model a lot better.

 

Thanks for following,

 

Götz

Edited April 8, 2019 by goetzi73

[Vivian Galad]

Great work so far, Götz!

[goetzi73]

Hello everyone!

 

Time for the next update. Rope Coils underneath the forecastle deck were finished, Planking of the forecastle deck can be started now.

Railing of the rear castle finished. Made from square stock (swiss pear) and walnut. A tedious work making them all fit properly.

Here's an overall view. It looks more and more like a ship

That's all folks (my son was watching woody w. on TV)...,

 

Götz

 

 

 

[Baker]

Great work Götz 

[goetzi73]

Hello Everyone,

 

it's time for a small update. Finished the deck planking of the forcastle. Work keeps me quite busy. And my wife has a lot of things to do for me around the house. This will result in a significant reduction of "ship-modelling-time-amount".

 

Sorry for the bad quality of the photo. My camera does not work properly, don't know why.

Edited June 11, 2019 by goetzi73

[goetzi73]

Hello everyone,

 

time for a "micro-update" or just a proof that this log is still alive.

Didn't habe much time for working in the shipyard. I've finished the stancions for the reling of the forecastle. Quite a lot of work

filing each piece by hand.

 

 

Also had to make an inlet for my router. Quite time consuming, but every piece is in one box now.

 

That's it for today.

 

Götz

 

 

[goetzi73]

Happy new year everyone!

An unusual update (in order to avoid someones deleting my log for inactivity...):

At the moment my spare time goes into cabinet making. I have to finish some projects at home.

Here's a shelf rack for music sheets:

I like working with hand tools - like my grandfather did, he was an organ builder. The "downside" is a slower progress.

During the next weeks I have to finish some woodworking in the kitchen... and then "back to the shipyard".

 

So long,

 

Götz

 

 

 

 

 

[stuglo]

Another thoughtful craftsman- good work

[goetzi73]

Thanks!

[goetzi73]

After a few month of silence, here's another update.

Finished the rails on the forecastle. Next were the two ladders. I did not take pictures of the work in progress, sorry.

 

Small parts will be next. 

 

 

 

 

 

[druxey]

Just found your log. Nice craftmanship - both on the model and your other projects!

[Louie da fly]

Nice precise work Goetzi. The model is making good progress.

 

Steven

[goetzi73]

Thanks Steven and druxey and the others for all the likes.

Hopefully the next update will go a little faster, but there's only 24h a day.

 

Götz

[Chuck Seiler]

    Newly dabbling in cogs, I have become interested in medieval ships, particularly of northern Europe...but not exclusively.  As Louie da Fly said, I have been lured to the dark side (wait...I thought that was scratch building).  Expanding from the cog, the more I read the more confused I get.  On one site it lists Lisa von Lubeck as a late era cog or krewaal.   Some have noted that this is also a caravel....is it?  MATTHEW, the replica of John Cabot's ship is listed as a caravel also.  When I think caravel, I think Nina and Pinta while MATT and LISA look more like carracks. 

 

    I plan to do more research, including reading Louie (Stephen) and other medieval modelers, but thumbnail...how is LISA a caravel and not a carrack?

[Louie da fly]

You're right, Chuck. Lisa is a carrack by the generally accepted definition.

 

BUT . . . now we come up against the changes that language goes through from place to place and from era to era. Krewaal is a Northern corruption of the word caravel - but the ships called krewaal were nothing like Columbus' caravels. And the Mediterranean "cocca", whose name comes from "Cog", has probably only the stern rudder and the square sail in common with those of the north.

 

There's an excellent paper which among other things deals with this issue. It's called "Bayonese cogs, Genoese carracks, English dromons and Iberian
carvels: Tracing technology transfer in medieval Atlantic shipbuilding" by Daniel Zwick of the University of Kiel. If you put the title of the paper into Google you can find it easily - it's available free both on Researchgate and Academia.edu.

 

I'd highly recommend you download and read it. I have it among my most valued reference material.

 

Oh, and you might like to look at my Pinterest page - https://www.pinterest.com.au/lowe1847/boards/ - I've collected every contemporary representation I could find of cogs, carracks, nefs, Mediterranen lateeners and others, and put them into categories for easy reference - enjoy!

[goetzi73]

Thanks Steven.

 

@ chuck:

I'am glad there are quite a few experts on this forum. Unfortunately I'am a chemist not a historian.

One more tip - in "middle low german" the word "kraweel" was commonly used, especially in the period of the hanseatic league. "Krewaal" was used also, but it is less common.

Another point: The phrase "hanseatic cog" (Hansekogge) is often used in common language as an generic term for all types of ships of this era.

 

Götz

 

 

[Chuck Seiler]

Many thanks to both of you.  Good info.

[goetzi73]

Hello everyone,

 

a long time has gone since my last post.

In the meantime, I've made little progress.

Finished the channels, main mast and the crow's nest.

Crow's nest: After 10 (!) attempts I'am somehow satiesfied with the results. Still another one to do...

 

 

 

 

[Baker]

Welcome back 😉

And great work