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His Majesty's Ship Fowey (44) 1744 by AllanKP69

Some more information on the knee of the head was sent to me by the archeological team. I will be discussing it with them over the next day or two, but based on the joinery, it is totally different than anything I had found before. Sadly, it was lost/buried again in 2017 when hurricane Irma blew through so further studies are not possible. (unless we get another hurricane to uncover it :) )
Allan

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I will be remaking the knee of the head after more study by two accomplished ship modelers, the archeological team, and me. The drawing below by Blaise Ollivier from 1737 when he was "visiting" the English shipyards shows the assembly to use similar construction to the drawing from the wreck site.
Allan
Ollivier sketch from 1737
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I am pretty sure that I took my pattern for the knee of the head from Goodwin.
My view of it was and is: complicated and the why of it seems obscure at best. Then- whatever, if I gotta, I gotta.
I now wonder if the model that Goodwin used to derive his pattern was someone using leftover scraps?

Ollivier is logical. If I was limited by what the wood ghouls could find and the sawyers cut that would be my choice.
From the number of layers that Ollivier has - that had to be a first rate and even then probably an exaggeration.
For the sake of my sanity - I am going to ascribe the table mortising to Ollivier adding in French practice while he was drawing it.

I would not replicate the tabling. I would do a straight line. I see no evidence of tabling on the outside of Fowey. The tabling adds a lot more end grain exposure for water infiltration and rot. Much more fiddley to caulk.
Something more complex was probably hidden inside - but for a model: so what?
I would make no effort to highlight - or darken the seams - just what Titebond II sets as.
A slight difference in wood shade or grain will show that the knee of the head is built up on the model.
That is an easier fabrication job.
 
AllanKP69 said:
I will be remaking the knee of the head after more study by two accomplished ship modelers, the archeological team, and me. The drawing below by Blaise Ollivier from 1737 when he was "visiting" the English shipyards shows the assembly to use similar construction to the drawing from the wreck site.
Allan
Ollivier sketch from 1737
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Thanks for this. I couldn't really interpret the previous picture but this one clarifies it.
 
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