Sovereign of The Seas by SawdustDave - FINISHED

[SawdustDave]

Getting the proper scale of these little swab buckets was most critical. 

Fairly easy to create out of walnut dowel....the brass strapping and wire handle makes them pretty time intensive. 

Only sixteen more to go!

 

 

 

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Dave

Bloody marvelous buckets. Love your tiny details like the brass straps and handles.

Don't forget to make 2 buckets with a rope connected to wipe the sailor's backsides! Lol

Great going mate

Greg

[Piet]

Nice going Dave, the buckets look exceptional.

 

Cheers,

[Omega1234]

Hi Dave

 

A bucket load of goodness in them buckets. Sorry for the bad pun...I couldn't resist!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[NenadM]

Extraordinary work! My buckets only can hide in a mouse hole

[BLACK VIKING]

I take my hat off to your patience and eyesight,very nicely done

 

Rgd BV

[SawdustDave]

The powder kegs are traditionally barrel-shaped and noticeably larger than the swab buckets.  
Also, having four banding straps and a wooden peg in the center of one side of the keg.

 

Note, the smaller bucket seen here will be used on the upper decks around the dime-cannons.

Question.... Would the powder keg have been used laying on it's side in some type of cradle or with simple chocking blocks?

 

 

[edmay]

Great work on buckets and keg,edwin

[Canute]

Dave, I've read in some journals that the powder barrels were stored on their sides. I suppose they used gravity to interlock the barrels. And the barrels were bound with copper bands; no sparks in magazines.

[SawdustDave]

Dave, I've read in some journals that the powder barrels were stored on their sides. I suppose they used gravity to interlock the barrels. And the barrels were bound with copper bands; no sparks in magazines.

Wondering if they would have been upright on deck, while in use?  All photo's I'm finding depict them upright. 

Obviously, if used on their side, they would have been chocked or cradled, to prevent them from rolling around.

[Canute]

Maybe back in Elizabethan times the barrels were out on deck. Later on the gunner loaded cartridges, usually cloth, with powder, way down in the powder magazines. They worked in cloth slippers, no shoes with metal on them.

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

Maybe back in Elizabethan times the barrels were out on deck. Later on the gunner loaded cartridges, usually cloth, with powder, way down in the powder magazines. They worked in cloth slippers, no shoes with metal on them.

G'day Dave

This might not be correct for you, but when I was on the replica of the Endeavour in Sydney, I was told that the power was in a small bag that was left under the boats on the decks along with all the other tools for the canons. The historian guy told me that the keg was never on the deck except when they were in port to get new powder.

I would assume that woud be the case for every ship.

Great job on all of the buckets. You could change the powder barrel to a rum barrel and havadrink on me!

Havagooday mate

Greg

[mtaylor]

I'm with the others on the powder keg, Dave.  You wouldn't want one in harm's way in a gunfight.  err.. cannon fight.  At some point, as I understand it, they painted them red to distinguish them from all other kegs and barrels.  Not sure when that occurred, though.  

[SawdustDave]

G'day Dave

This might not be correct for you, but when I was on the replica of the Endeavour in Sydney, I was told that the power was in a small bag that was left under the boats on the decks along with all the other tools for the canons. The historian guy told me that the keg was never on the deck except when they were in port to get new powder.

I would assume that woud be the case for every ship.

Great job on all of the buckets. You could change the powder barrel to a rum barrel and havadrink on me!

Havagooday mate

Greg

Hmmmm....

We now have two kegs of the finest rum! YaHooo!

[SawdustDave]

Main deck guns ready for action....

 

Pretty much done with the main deck guns.

 

 

Decide for yourself whether the kegs are filled with gun powder or rot gut rum.

 

 

[mtaylor]

Fortune favors the well-armed and your vessel is indeed well-armed.  I hope it's rum for the post test-firing party.

[SawdustDave]

I keep trying to imagine what it would be like.....
Picture this....

You're the Captain of a fairly small pirate ship, sailing along in the open sea, and you hear from above "AHOY CAPTAIN!...yonder ship!."

Pulling out your telescope to scan the faint speck on the horizon, you see something like this....in range and already turned broadside!

 

 

So what is your command!

 

 

 

  

Edited April 21, 2016 by SawdustDave

[Greg.Ashwood]

Howdy Dave

New to this site and you are incredible. Keep up the work mate.
All the best

Greg

[SawdustDave]

Howdy Dave

New to this site and you are incredible. Keep up the work mate.

All the best

Greg

Welcome aboard Greg. Thanks for popping in.

Not too serious here....mostly having fun and enjoying our MSW friends.....And, a little ship modeling along the way.

 

Cheers

[CaptainSteve]

So what is your command!

 

 

 

  

 

Maybe something similar to that which Nelson reportedly said to Hardy when he first spotted the Spanish Armada ...

"Fetch me my brown corduroy trousers !!"

Edited April 25, 2016 by CaptainSteve

[EdT]

Bravo, Dave.  Lovely carvings.

 

Ed

[SawdustDave]

Update....Beak carvings completed....

 

After several months of carving and sculpting, finally able to post photo update with essentially all carvings done.  I only say it that way because there are still several ornamental carvings that fit into rail corners, and atop the transom cap rails.

Also, not forgetting the most challenging of all the carvings.... the full three dimensional beak head figure of King Chuck mounted on his mighty steed.  Think I'll save that one for last.  
Or.... if I could talk my friend Mr. Short into knocking that one out for me and dropping it in the mail.... (I somehow doubt that will ever happen)  

 

 

 

 

There is plenty of inboard work to turn to now.... all fun stuff.

 

Still seems a long way from the final rigging stage, which I am still completely undecided on.  

Right now, I am leaning strongly toward rigging her to the lower tops with no spars, simply because I have no space left in my home to display another fully rigged model of this size.

 Admiral has ruled against adding another room onto the house dedicated to model ship displays.

Edited May 22, 2016 by SawdustDave

[modelshipwright]

Lovely work Dave. She looks magnificent..

 

Bill

[Omega1234]

Hi Dave

 

Outstanding!!! It's a pity that your Admiral has ruled out the extra room, because it'd be lovely to see the ship fully rigged. Oh well.....best not to argue with the Boss.

 

All the best

 

Patrick

[mtaylor]

It's a pity that the Admirals are spoilsports.       That  is impressive and a feast for the eyes, Dave.

[SawdustDave]

Thanks Bill, Patrick, Mark, and those who dropped in for a visit.
Quick personal up date .... 

On Tuesday of this week, I underwent a long awaited surgical procedure to repair the large hole in my left eardrum.
The good news is, it was a complete success and my hearing has finally been restored in that ear.

Feels great for the first time in over a year. 

[WackoWolf]

Glad the surgery did good for you. Best of Luck

[Omega1234]

Woohoo!  Well done, Dave.  Your Admiral must be happy because now you have no excuse for not listening.....    

[Piet]

Congtrats on the ear Dave and that's a mighty fine ornamental looking ship.  Great job you did on making it look so very impressive, as the King intended it.

 

Cheers,

[yancovitch]

exquisite detail, and wonderful sculpting.....inspired me to go ahead and build something again......jolly good shew!!..............