Mary Rose "Your Noblest Shippe" 1545 scale 1/50

[FreebirdChris]

No,
I used to be a military model builder.
But I got a bit tired of it. That's why I only make wooden ships now.

I also like painting miniature figures (most of them tin) but my eyes are getting worse throughout the years, building has also been a hobby of mine, picked up one i started in 73 as i saw the completed model at baillien and was impressed by the finished look (the pergrine galley by Sergal, I still have the original kit with the metallic parts, nowadays they are all wooden)

grtz,
Chris

 

[Backer64]

The bottom of the bulwark was finished first.

Then painted

And now work has started on the final jigsawpuzzle

 

[Backer64]

As always. Thanks for following, likes and comments

The last deck has been laid and sanded. I used a lot of "leftovers"

Afterwards, a major clean-up was done outside in the garden using compressed air.
Current status

 

[dockattner]

Outstanding! I love the irregular planking!

 

[Backer64]

I love the irregular planking!

me to .
Thank you

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

Wow!

 

[Roger Pellett]

The original builders probably used a lot of leftovers too.

 

[Magic Mike]

The original builders probably used a lot of leftovers too.

Patrick, I agree with Paul, the irregular planking looks awesome! Nicely done, Magic Mike

 

[Backer64]

Thank you all for following and the nice comments.

Pencil preparations for painting.

After contacting the Mary Rose Museum, it turns out that my two forged cannons are much too heavy for this lightly constructed deck.

Presumably, one or two light "sakers" were positioned here.

This part will therefore only be continued after reading some new info first.

 

[Peter Voogt]

Thank you all for following and the nice comments.

Pencil preparations for painting.

After contacting the Mary Rose Museum, it turns out that my two forged cannons are much too heavy for this lightly constructed deck.

Presumably, one or two light "sakers" were positioned here.

This part will therefore only be continued after reading some new info first.

Luckily it’s not to late to make this changes, Patrick. And it’s always nice to have such contact with the museum.
And I also do like that ‘irregular’ deck planking.
Regards, Peter

 

[Backer64]

The front of the rearcastle is largely painted, though not yet entirely to my liking.

The two openings on the deck have been finished all around.

And now the shields on the mid-deck. A first impression. As usual, nothing identical...

To be able to glue these shields between the 2 beams, some adjustments are needed first. Not historically accurate, but so be it.

Thanks for watching, likes and comments

 

[dockattner]

I love the feel of this model. Well done!

 

[Backer64]

I love the feel of this model. Well done!

Thank you

 

[Steef66]

Didn't they use real shields for that Patrick? Like on the Gokstad but than square not round.

 

[Backer64]

Didn't they use real shields for that Patrick? Like on the Gokstad but than square not round.

No, not here.
On the Anthony drawing, there are beautifully painted shields in this location. On the ship itself, these were rectangular wooden panels.

On the original version, most were removable to give archers a clear field.
On the improved version, some of the shields were even simply nailed down. With a few remaining removable.

It is also not certain whether they were painted or not.

A propos, hoe gaat het al met je?

 

[Steef66]

No, not here.
On the Anthony drawing, there are beautifully painted shields in this location. On the ship itself, these were rectangular wooden panels.

On the original version, most were removable to give archers a clear field.
On the improved version, some of the shields were even simply nailed down. With a few remaining removable.

It is also not certain whether they were painted or not.

, these ships where illustrated in the book of Peter Kirsch. So not every ship got shields, good to know.

A propos, hoe gaat het al met je?

Dank voor het vragen. Op enkele mankementje na eigenlijk best goed. Ik heb vandaag nog aan mijn spiegelversiering gewerkt ( LINK ) Best een pittig projectje om te doen en een uren vreter, het gaat erg langzaam. Ik had even geen zin in touwtjes en zeilen dus maar weer eens een snijwerkje, dat is altijd leuk om te doen.
Thanks for asking. Aside from a few minor issues, things are actually going pretty well. I worked on my stern decoration again today. It's actually quite a challenging little project and a real time-sucker—it's moving along very slowly. I wasn't in the mood for ropes and sails right now, so I decided to do some cutting work again; that's always fun to do.