Take a look at the photos I made on the Hermione - you will find some photos showing this or parts of this rigging detail
for example
Hermione - a 32-gun Concorde-class frigate fitted for 12-pounder guns - dockyards of Rochefort, France
During the visit of the modelers event in Rochefort I had the chance to visit also the frigate Hermione in the docks of Rochefort. In the first post you can find a short description, following the photos I made during my visit....if questions, please do not hesitate to ask photo by Uwe From...
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for example
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My opinion on this subject the ship model kits and even replicas of the original ship not historically accurate.
I think the kit is wrong, the replic of the Hermione have hearts.
This is also shown on the rigging book by Petterson
Book review - Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intricacies of Square-Rig" by Lennart Petersson
Rigging Period Ship Models: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Intricacies of Square-Rig by Lennart Petersson my copy Hardcover: 128 pages Publisher: Chatham Publishing; First Edition edition (1 July 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 1861760612 ISBN-13: 978-1861760616 Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 26.2...
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I am not all that into rigging BUT in all my days of sailing on the high seas
I have never seen blocks in a main stay they are always hearts
I have never seen blocks in a main stay they are always hearts
@Uwek @Oktay Yaylacıkoral @zoly99sask @Dave Stevens (Lumberyard)
Guys thank you very much. It looks model kits care more about appearance than historical or naval accuracy. The replica according to Uwek pictures is corect. In the mean time I have trace another picture of the replica.
Thank you all again for your help.
Guys thank you very much. It looks model kits care more about appearance than historical or naval accuracy. The replica according to Uwek pictures is corect. In the mean time I have trace another picture of the replica.
Thank you all again for your help.
Hello,
Some ships have heart, others blocks, others deadeyes. sometimes even, simple rings.
Just a question of time and country of origin.
GD
Some ships have heart, others blocks, others deadeyes. sometimes even, simple rings.
Just a question of time and country of origin.
GD
Oh sorry, I did not see it was for L'Hermione. Hearts, definitely.
GD
GD
I guess so - and I hope that @G. DELACROIX will confirm or explain more in detail.
I advice usually to buy, or take a closer look, if possible, to the detailed monographies.......
Here is the related page in Jean Claude Lemineur monograph of the Hermione, which would help you very much .
Planset review - HERMIONE - 12-Pdr frigate of the American War of Independence 1779-1793" in scale 1:48 by JC Lemineur
PLanset Review: HERMIONE 12-Pdr frigate of the American War of Independence 1779-1793 in scale 1:48 by Jean Claude Lemineur with assistance by Patrick Villiers Translated by François Fougerat This monographie is available from ancre in different languages, which can be choosen -...
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Hallo Gerard, hope so, that you use the original documentations - and you have a direct access and knowledge of them / and you speak fluently french.
Modelers like me, and purchaser of the monographs from ancre, Delacroix etc. , trust in your work, when you make the huge research for your monographs.
We trust in you......... and check only sometimes.......
I would be so happy, if I could speak french - unfortunately I had in school Latin as second foreign language
Hm....Latin, is very interesting to know. Like the fact, many countries, Democratic society in the Soviet Union (SSSR) period learned the Russian language as a second in schools. Here are some of them: Germany, Polish, Hungary...
IF THE LOVE OF MY LIFE WERE STILL WITH US, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE FRENCH, AS SHE WAS FRENCH CANADIAN, SPOKE EXCELLENT FRENCH AND AT ONE TIME A FRENCH TUTOR, unfortunatly i have enough trouble with English. Don
@Uwek @G. DELACROIX
Thank you both so much. Very informative knowledge which I have ignored. It seems that my kit cares more about beeing not so expensive, than beeing naval or historical accurate.
Please @G. DELACROIX if you are so kind, does L'Art de la Mature says that all other tension pairs on the stays (except the two heart pairs of the lower stays, mizzen stay and main preventer) were bull's eyes (thats what AL says in the kits instructions), or those were (main stay,fore stay and fore preventer) also hearts?
@Uwek Sorry but my english isnt good enough to comprehend the copys you have send me.
Thank you both so much. Very informative knowledge which I have ignored. It seems that my kit cares more about beeing not so expensive, than beeing naval or historical accurate.
Please @G. DELACROIX if you are so kind, does L'Art de la Mature says that all other tension pairs on the stays (except the two heart pairs of the lower stays, mizzen stay and main preventer) were bull's eyes (thats what AL says in the kits instructions), or those were (main stay,fore stay and fore preventer) also hearts?
@Uwek Sorry but my english isnt good enough to comprehend the copys you have send me.
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Hi Uwe,
Great pictures, interesting to see that on Hermione next to the stays also the shrouds are cable laid instead of hawser? Do you have more detailed pictures of the rigging? As far as I know stays were always cable laid but shrouds were different from yard to yard or country to country.
Hallo Maarten, did you use the link to my Hermione visit? These are all photos i made