Mediterranean Galleys by yancovitch - FINISHED

[Louie da fly]

Looking very good. An impressive collection.

 

Steven

[yancovitch]

thanks man....lot of oars to make......a friend has  a 3d printer and will print the 170 oars for the trireme....lucky me ......

[EJ_L]

It looks like you have an invasion fleet forming!

 

They are looking great!

[yancovitch]

thanks ej....will remove the viking ship from the display as they only sailed there once or twice and hundreds of years later....may try to add a minoan galley after the trireme is built, if i can find enough info..

Edited April 7, 2019 by yancovitch

[Louie da fly]

Well, actually there was a regular Viking trade route down the rivers of Russia to Constantinople, and the Vikings of Russia sailed south to attack the City at least once (fleet destroyed by Greek Fire). Also, Harald Hardrada did a fair bit of sailing around the mediterranean working for the Byzantines.

 

BUT . . . Viking ships in the Mediterranean? Not sure. Harald would have been sailing in Byzantine ships, and the trading vessels may not have got south of Constantinople. On the other hand there was at least one Viking fleet that came through the Straits of Gibraltar and roamed and raided around the Med.

 

But the Minoan galley sounds really interesting.

 

Steven 

[yancovitch]

ha....you're sure a knowledgeable young fella 😀.......

[Louie da fly]

Young! Why, thank you sir . . .

 

Steven

 

 

[yancovitch]

ok...viking is done, but it is going to a friend.....hmmm...i think i'll darken the oars first now that i look at it.......i may build another, as i could do better, now that i know the in's and out's of the kit...or i may leave it out of the display altogether........haven't decided....

   well the trireme trust's trireme is on it's way....the brain melting part is over, trying to decipher their plans......and a friend sent me the 3d printer oars....all 170 of them....al la prochaine

  

[yancovitch]

  next step.....

Edited April 21, 2019 by yancovitch

[cog]

Your friend must be thrilled with the Viking, looks marvelous.

 

The trireme is coming along superb, that will be another splendid model, very spiffy

[yancovitch]

yea, the dusek trireme is probably a nice kit, but i wanted to get it closer to the full sized replica in greece.......although my oar configuration will be somewhat different....

   also the lumber will be a bit oversized, as my fingees would find it too hard to do scale .......  i had a hard time trying to figure out the trireme trust's plans...so again, it will be a close enough for jazz model .....

Edited April 24, 2019 by yancovitch

[yancovitch]

this is how they  will be displayed with a burgundy velvet background.........i removed the viking ship and am replacing it with a minoan galley from wall drawings at knossos.......working on the case for them to keep off the dust while i finish them......

[Louie da fly]

A very nice collection, mate. keep up the good work.

 

Steven

[yancovitch]

still have much more work to do on all of them but the hardest parts are over with...this is how they will appear...couldn't light it properly but i ordered some strip led's to go around the front sides and top which i hope will work well.....the minoan will have a colored tarp on top hanging down a bit on the sides...all guess work of course....i figured the platform on back was for boarding and there will be a couple of ladders hanging down ....guess they backed the ship on to the beach...i made the platform wide to accommodate this....

    next the relaxing picky work....stress work is over.....

[cog]

I wanted to give you a standing ovation, but that will have to be postponed since you are not quite ready ... nevertheless ... a very beautiful set of galleys

[EJ_L]

That is a great looking display for those ships.

[yancovitch]

thanks mucho....it seems i'm getting more of a kick out of building these then anything i've done before 😁

[mtaylor]

Why wait?  I start a standing ovation for this build. 

[yancovitch]

☺️......merci m.......grateful....

[yancovitch]

minoan is done....ran out of oars on the trireme ...friend will make some more when he has time.....little more painting and have to add the all seeing eye

[Louie da fly]

Very nice indeed. You can be justly proud of them.

 

Steven

[yancovitch]

well, i don't have the patience to do the fine workmanship and detail like you do, but i'm happy with them so far.....

[druxey]

A very impressive flotilla! Nicely done.

[yancovitch]

haha...flotilla....thanks.....

[yancovitch]

ok...basically all is done..just need to add more oars to the trireme and add the eye of horus at the bow......and that's the end of this log....and the end of my model building....will focus mainly on the piano for the time remaining for me.....thanks for all the feedback.....cheers, vic

oh...i added the finished version.......

Edited August 29, 2019 by yancovitch

[cog]

A lovely finish of your build, those are real stuning galleys. Very impressive. So what is that about you sticking to the piano from now on?

[Landrotten Highlander]

wonderful work.

[yancovitch]

too much mess...too much fumes...too much dust....too much money....too much strain on the brain trying to figure things out where info is so scarce........just getting too much old and over sensitive i guess....and i've kind of lost interest, as i've built all the styles of ships that i liked..... and my wife has been so patient and supportive.....was fun while it lasted, but i can improve all i want on the piano...or keyboard...(mostly classical, but a bit of everything) and there is none of the above to deal with.....and the house will be so clean from now on 😃......can enjoy looking at whats been done anyways.....thanks all and cheers, ......vc

[cog]

"too much" doesn't sound good. So, enjoy your piano play. A pitty I can't hear you perform!

[mtaylor]

Interests and life do change over time so have fun with the piano.  Like Carl, it's a pity we can't hear it.  I do love the display you did.