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Le Saint Philippe 1693 after Jean-Claude Lemineur (Ancre) in scale 1:48

Good morning.A huge congratulations to you, Grandma and your kids on the birth of Theodore Joseph. Fabulous Paul.

I love the pic with you and ……..(sorry,man, gone blank on his name now) he is soooo cute. Cool car. It is good to hear that he is doing well. I’m really envious of your grandkids…….”I want one” …said in a spoilt brat voice ROTF.

OH very cool gunports and nailing BTW.
Cheers Grant
 
-Waldemar- said:
Congratulations, Paul :). Are you going to take the initiative and buy Theodore a planetary ropewalk or the latest monograph by Ancre for his first birthday, even now without any further delay? :) You can borrow it from him later.
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My wife seems to believe we have an unlimited budget relative to grandchildren - to that end I can see your suggestion working out wonderfully, Waldemar!
 
dockattner said:
A question. I think in those places where a wale crosses over a gunport the wale should continue (that is, it should not stop and restart at the gunport opening).

Right now, I have the gunport covers in place, but the wales stop and restart (they don't run over the gunport cover itself). I assume this is wrong. Am I right that I have done it wrong?

If so - what happens to the hinge that will be installed later? Does it just bend around the wale (simulated wale since I already have already built it wrong and have no desire to build these covers again)?

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I realize this is the dumbest question you have ever heard on the forum. What you don't know is that I have even dumber questions I don't bother to ask ROTF.
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Hi Paul,

See herewith some pictures of a contemporary model in the museum in Rouchefort. You see on the last gunport lid the wale is present.
Added also the other pictures of this model, maybe they are helpfull.
This is a 70 gun ship of 1710, called the Royal.
The model was build at the naval yard of Rouchefort.
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Maarten said:
Hi Paul,

See herewith some pictures of a contemporary model in the museum in Rouchefort. You see on the last gunport lid the wale is present.
Added also the other pictures of this model, maybe they are helpfull.
This is a 70 gun ship of 1710, called the Royal.
The model was build at the naval yard of Rouchefort.
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Thanks, Maarten. This topic once again proves that any claims of uniformity and 'the right way' are more in the minds of the modern-day modeler than the shipbuilders - and this becomes increasingly true as we look across time and country of origin.

I don't need to decide what to do on my model right now - but since I used a different color of pearwood for the wales the break at the gunport covers feels visually disruptive. Perhaps when I am in the mood for metalworks, I'll make a sample hinge or two and see how that changes the appearance...

Thanks for the excellent collection of pictures.
 
dockattner said:
Thanks, Maarten. This topic once again proves that any claims of uniformity and 'the right way' are more in the minds of the modern-day modeler than the shipbuilders - and this becomes increasingly true as we look across time and country of origin.

I don't need to decide what to do on my model right now - but since I used a different color of pearwood for the wales the break at the gunport covers feels visually disruptive. Perhaps when I am in the mood for metalworks, I'll make a sample hinge or two and see how that changes the appearance...

Thanks for the excellent collection of pictures.
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Most probably both can be used and it was done to the taste and liking of the builder.
 
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