17th Century Ship Design and the Sovereign of the Seas (1637)

All this information is going right into my model, @CharlieT . That includes fixing a couple errors such as filling in the outermost gunports on the beakhead bulkhead. I mistakenly placed six gunports instead of 4, believing that the outermost ones were obstructed from view in the Payne engraving by the bulkhead decorations. The additional ports should be attributed to changes as part of the rebuild of 1658-1660. Your descriptions of the cheeks and the changes made during the rebuild were truly helpful!
1418 Test Fit Forcastle & Halfdeck Bulkhead Jigs.jpg
 
Kurt, the street runs both ways. I've been following your excellent build, and will be stealing lifting purloining borrowing several ideas from you, too. I once again compliment you on your terrific decorations.
 
I did compare it with the Pett painting. It suggests an angle closer to 18 degrees. I chose 12 degrees because artistic perspective may have distorted the angle, and because the smaller angle puts the figurehead in a more favorable position with respect to the guns. Perhaps even more important is that the ship's trim would act to increase the angle, so the angle suggested by the Pett painting is likely too big. I do not know if the painting accurately portrays the trim, nor was I able to precisely estimate it on the painting. Nevertheless, one of the main reasons I called my choice as subjective was because the painting suggests a greater angle, so others may prefer it.
 
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