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Work is going on on the replica.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-59236347

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Yes, I've been following her progress on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/saxonship - fascinating stuff. You can even pay to own one of the iron rivets holding her together.

 

But not - NOT - a Viking ship. She's Anglo-Saxon (well, Anglian, actually).:P

 

Steven

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Inside the long shed - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cRspPEw3sY

Cleaving a log - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3LvvoSzsjw

Making the Garboard strake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB62jxhazqo

Fixing the garboard strake -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkNDsE4DlE0

Using a finishing axe - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eYV-sZFUnE

 

By the way, you can see two of these finishing axes (and one "woodaxe" - far left), plus another, short-handled axe, an awl and a bow-drill in this panel from the Bayeux Tapestry - 

 

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Steven

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