Mary Rose by Baker - scale 1/50 - "Your Noblest Shippe"

[Waldemar]

 

The fact that the joinery is anything but sloppy (or perhaps better: irregular) does not mean that the design itself was also careless. Let's take, for example, the buildings of the Incas, the pyramids of the Egyptians or Neolithic Stonehenge. Despite the considerable irregularity of the stone components used, astronomers still find remarkable precision in the assembly of these structures. The same is also perfectly true today — aesthetic aspects aside, it actually does not matter whether the floor in flats and offices is made of boards or tiles of varying dimensions, as long as it is level and sufficiently even. So why waste a good material?

The oldest shipbuilding manuals very rarely mention the width of the planks, if at all, as opposed to their thickness and sometimes the minimum length required for more "strategic" components of the structure.

 

 

[Baker]

Small update 

Planking upper deck "work in progress" .

[Louie da fly]

Very nice. It messes with my mind. 

[tartane]

The head seams of the planks should probably end on the underlying beams. Otherwise you can't nail it down.

I wouldn't place the capstan exactly in the middle. If, for example, the anchor also has to be raised with it, it is useful if the rope runs along the mast foot without touching it.

Constant

[Baker]

16 hours ago, tartane said:

The head seams of the planks should probably end on the underlying beams. Otherwise you can't nail it 

Indeed, the underlying axis distance between large and small beams is approximately 1cm on this scale

Therefore, the distances between the seams, measured from the dale, are always with one centimetre in between.

This is almost the only constant in this planking

 

And the Anchor cable wil not toutch the main mast 

btw,

There are anchors on starboard and port side.

if I place the capstan off center then i can only operate the anchors on one side

Edited yesterday at 05:37 AM by Baker

[tartane]

Usually the capstan  (spil) was set up in front of the mainmast and then in that case  it could be set up on the axis of the ship. In this way he could hoist the lower beam of the mainmast (the line then went along the foot of the mainmast via a bitt placed diagonally behind the mast). The lower beam of the jib mast could also be lifted from the capstan (also via a bitt, but behind the foot of the jib mast). And the anchors could also be retrieved by the capstan. A capstan was the only very strong power source on a ship and was used for everything (hoisting cannons, sloops, cargo) and was on large ships indispensable. Small ships used a windlass.

Constant

 

[Baker]

10 hours ago, tartane said:

Usually the capstan  (spil) was set up in front of the mainmast and then in that case  it could be set up on the axis of the ship. In this way he could hoist the lower beam of the mainmast (the line then went along the foot of the mainmast via a bitt placed diagonally behind the mast). The lower beam of the jib mast could also be lifted from the capstan (also via a bitt, but behind the foot of the jib mast). And the anchors could also be retrieved by the capstan. A capstan was the only very strong power source on a ship and was used for everything (hoisting cannons, sloops, cargo) and was on large ships indispensable. Small ships used a windlass.

Constant

 

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