HMS Diana by Caldercraft

Tony H said:
Looking good wish I was building my one.
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Hey Tony,

Nothing compared to your Constitution. As I said many times, I admire your sense of detail and finish. Unmatchable....right?
Hopefully you have taken note of the many comments... Even with the included plans you will not be able to do the rigging and you will need books like this one by James Lees. Any idea when you will start on your Diana?

I still have about 2 months of work to finish the rigging and the lifeboats.

But then?
I think I'll put out a call here. What ship to make now?
It has to be big (hull min 85 cm, quite complicated, lots of details....Which manufacturer..)...
Do you have a suggestion?
 
HMSFly said:
Hey Tony,

Nothing compared to your Constitution. As I said many times, I admire your sense of detail and finish. Unmatchable....right?
Hopefully you have taken note of the many comments... Even with the included plans you will not be able to do the rigging and you will need books like this one by James Lees. Any idea when you will start on your Diana?

I still have about 2 months of work to finish the rigging and the lifeboats.

But then?
I think I'll put out a call here. What ship to make now?
It has to be big (hull min 85 cm, quite complicated, lots of details....Which manufacturer..)...
Do you have a suggestion?
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Hi Marc
I'll be referring to your log as I build my Diana if I ever complete the Constitution.
There are lots of very good kits on the market right now. The only advice I will give is choose the one that appeals the most to you. Lets see if you can pick another one that I have in my stash, I only have 3 to build.
Tony
 
HMSFly said:
I will certainly need your advices before building them
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The boats you mention are very close to those suggested by W.E. May for late 18th cnetury 38s in The Boats of Men of War. There are contemporary drawings of all types of boats at RMG as well as some in high resolution on the WikiCommons site. There are also scantlings for various types and sizes of English ships' boats in works by Steel, W. E. May and Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships. These can be used to compare to the boats you have for your Diana model if you are not sure about something.

The most common errors seem to be double banked pinnaces and cutters which did not exist for the most part and cutters that are carvel built instead of lapstrake.

Allan
 
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AllanKP69 said:
The boats you mention are very close to those suggested by W.E. May for late 18th cnetury 38s in The Boats of Men of War. There are contemporary drawings of all types of boats at RMG as well as some in high resolution on the WikiCommons site. There are also scantlings for various types and sizes of English ships' boats in works by Steel, W. E. May and Scantlings of Royal Navy Ships. These can be used to compare to the boats you have for your Diana model if you are not sure about something.

The most common errors seem to be double banked pinnaces and cutters which did not exist for the most part and cutters that are carvel built instead of lapstrake.

Allan
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Wow, I have some home work to do here....
Thx Marc
 
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