Louie da fly Posted September 5, 2021 #61 Posted September 5, 2021 (edited) From the wreck of the Gribshunden, Denmark 1495. A "griffin-hound" swallowing a screaming man. "Dragon head" figureheads were a common feature on large ships of this time. http://moocs.southampton.ac.uk/shipwrecks/2016/02/09/the-loss-of-the-gribshunden-1495-and-preliminary-archaeological-investigations/ Steven Edited September 5, 2021 by Louie da fly Archi, mtaylor and Snug Harbor Johnny 3 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht
bruce d Posted March 30, 2022 #62 Posted March 30, 2022 from "The Woodcarvers of Nova Scotia" by George E G Maclaren. mtaylor 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold
bruce d Posted March 30, 2022 #63 Posted March 30, 2022 More from the same source: HMS Conqueror: Marcus.K., Archi, druxey and 1 other 4 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold
Marcus.K. Posted April 11, 2022 #64 Posted April 11, 2022 The Conquerer - reminds me a bit on Sean Connery as "Man who would be King" Well - only a bit .. mtaylor, Beef Wellington, uss frolick and 2 others 1 4 Quote
Peter Reynolds Posted June 27, 2022 #65 Posted June 27, 2022 Does anyone know definitively what the figurehead of Britannia 1840 looked like. F.H.Lane shows a shield in her left hand (port) (low) in 1842. Other models show no Shield in her left hand and the figurehead to be guilded rather than painted as is the replica figurehead on the QE2. The figurehead on QE2 shows her with shield on the starboard (right lower) and spear in her left (opposite hand). the other way around to that seen in Lane's painting. mtaylor 1 Quote
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