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There’s also a third book in the same series about anchors.
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Hallo my friend,
maybe you can make a short review or look inside of these books - they are looking very interesting
I like the idea. Will see what I can do, maybe like a short overview.
Hello everyone,
since I've apparently been good, my wife put a lovely present under the Christmas tree for me. La Mahonesa, a Spanish frigate from 1789 in a scale of 1:36. I think it's a very good monograph by Adrian Sorolla and Fermin Urtizberea.
since I've apparently been good, my wife put a lovely present under the Christmas tree for me. La Mahonesa, a Spanish frigate from 1789 in a scale of 1:36. I think it's a very good monograph by Adrian Sorolla and Fermin Urtizberea.
Added one to my collection again "Navy Board Ship Models 1650-1750" by John Franklin.
I finally bought a set of books that I had on my wish list for a long time.
"The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes", a catalogue of paintings of the elder and younger Willem van de Velde by M.S. Robinson (2 volumes in slipcase) (isbn 9780856673894).
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Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger were the most accomplished and successful of all maritime artists. They worked as a team first in Holland and from 1672 onwards in England, where they were commissioned by Charles II to paint sea battles. Van de Velde was a consummate draughtsman who sailed with the fleet and made on-the-spot drawings of naval actions and royal embarkations. His son used these drawings as raw material for his paintings. Although much in demand for pictures of warships and se battles, Van de Velde the Younger was equally adept at calms. His tranquil estuary scenes were greatly admired by Turner and Constable, and were the inspiration for generations of marine artist in England.
This book is a catalogue raisonné of the paintings and grisailles of these celebrated artists. It is life's work of the author M.S. Robinson, whose profound knowledge of 17th-century ships and seamanship, meticulous research into the provenance of each painting, and analysis of the studio works and copies have produced a monumental work of scholarship.
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"The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes", a catalogue of paintings of the elder and younger Willem van de Velde by M.S. Robinson (2 volumes in slipcase) (isbn 9780856673894).
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Willem van de Velde the Elder and his son Willem van de Velde the Younger were the most accomplished and successful of all maritime artists. They worked as a team first in Holland and from 1672 onwards in England, where they were commissioned by Charles II to paint sea battles. Van de Velde was a consummate draughtsman who sailed with the fleet and made on-the-spot drawings of naval actions and royal embarkations. His son used these drawings as raw material for his paintings. Although much in demand for pictures of warships and se battles, Van de Velde the Younger was equally adept at calms. His tranquil estuary scenes were greatly admired by Turner and Constable, and were the inspiration for generations of marine artist in England.
This book is a catalogue raisonné of the paintings and grisailles of these celebrated artists. It is life's work of the author M.S. Robinson, whose profound knowledge of 17th-century ships and seamanship, meticulous research into the provenance of each painting, and analysis of the studio works and copies have produced a monumental work of scholarship.
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WOW! Nice books ! ! !
Hi Kurt, I find this set of books very interesting. I particularly like the division of the chapters into different wind strengths per nationality of the ships.
It is a quite heavy set, in total 1153 pages divided over 2 volumes, both filled with lots of black and white drawings. in both parts you will find in the back a number of pages with color images.
I also own the set of 3 volumes "The Willem van de Velde drawings in the Boymans-Van Beuningen museum", which I showed earlier:
Father and son Van de Velde have been a very productive couple!
It is a quite heavy set, in total 1153 pages divided over 2 volumes, both filled with lots of black and white drawings. in both parts you will find in the back a number of pages with color images.
I also own the set of 3 volumes "The Willem van de Velde drawings in the Boymans-Van Beuningen museum", which I showed earlier:
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Two weeks ago we took a short vacation on the Isle of Texel. Besides walking the dog on the beach I had some time to actually read some books and as my admiral said "Idle hands are the devil's workshop" so I could not contain myself and went shopping around for books and besides the mentioned...
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Father and son Van de Velde have been a very productive couple!
Today my copy of the book "British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863" arrived.
I had been looking for an affordable copy for some time because the asking price for these books in this series, especially the 4 books about the British Warships in the Age of Sail, has risen considerably in the last few years.
Should have started collecting these books a few years earlier.
I had been looking for an affordable copy for some time because the asking price for these books in this series, especially the 4 books about the British Warships in the Age of Sail, has risen considerably in the last few years.
Should have started collecting these books a few years earlier.
Hello everyone, I was able to acquire this wonderful work by L’Artesien from a colleague in France.
And another book of the serie Warships in the Age of Sail. This time the Russian Warships.
I just received a copy of Nautical Dictionary by J. O'Flynn. If you are looking predominantly for definitions of terms from the early 19th century and earlier this book is lacking. Even the few archaic terms that are included are not well defined.
Allan
Allan
Fighting at Sea in the Eighteenth Century, The Art of Sailing Warfare by Sam Willis
A slightly different approach to the conduct of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century. The write up on the back cover provides a general content overview from initial contact to damage repair. Media reviews from respected sources are very good and include the International Journal of Nautical Architecture, The Nautical Research Journal, Military History and the Journal of British Studies amongst many others. I believe this 254 page book will complement other warfare and fighting at sea books written and researched by other well respected authors.
Samuel Bruce Adlam Willis (born 24 April 1977) is a British historian, television presenter and writer. He is a visiting Fellow in Maritime and Naval History at the University of Plymouth, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He is the editor of Navy Records Online, the online-publishing branch of the Navy Records Society. Willis has published fourteen books and numerous academic articles on maritime and naval history.
A slightly different approach to the conduct of fighting at sea in the eighteenth century. The write up on the back cover provides a general content overview from initial contact to damage repair. Media reviews from respected sources are very good and include the International Journal of Nautical Architecture, The Nautical Research Journal, Military History and the Journal of British Studies amongst many others. I believe this 254 page book will complement other warfare and fighting at sea books written and researched by other well respected authors.
Samuel Bruce Adlam Willis (born 24 April 1977) is a British historian, television presenter and writer. He is a visiting Fellow in Maritime and Naval History at the University of Plymouth, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. He is the editor of Navy Records Online, the online-publishing branch of the Navy Records Society. Willis has published fourteen books and numerous academic articles on maritime and naval history.
Haven't dug in yet but this will be the reference for my next scratch build.
Boudriot's Bonhomme Richard was a great help in building my cross-section kit. Hope this will prove to be as accurate, well drawn and insightful!!
Boudriot's Bonhomme Richard was a great help in building my cross-section kit. Hope this will prove to be as accurate, well drawn and insightful!!
Hi Brad, are you building another section? I also have this monograph in 1:48 and the plans in 1:36, although the quality of the 1:36 plans isn't very good.
Tobias,
I hope to build a complete hull (1:48). Navy Board/Admiralty style, with much external planking left off to show the internal framing.
Two options I will consider to show even more of the mortar, mortar beds, reinforcements, etc are:
1) Slicing the entire hull as Uwe did with his bomb ship Granado (sample of photo model built in 1971 by Lightley, Robert A. and owned now by the NMM)
2) "Windows" created by cutting away sections of the frames to allow internal viewing of lower deck details (like Alexandru Gurau did in below photo of La Salamandre):
Much thought will have to go into exposing the inside of the lower decks.
All involve cutting perfectly good frames (akin to jumping out of a perfectly good airplane) but the payoff should be as exciting as a good skydive!!
Wow, Brad, this is going to be a great project.
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Brainstorming!!
Museum curators have been using endoscopes to examine the interiors of models. Has the technology; endoscopes fiber optics, etc. developed and reached a price level to where you could set the model’s display up to be able to look at the inside without cutting away hull structure?
Roger
Museum curators have been using endoscopes to examine the interiors of models. Has the technology; endoscopes fiber optics, etc. developed and reached a price level to where you could set the model’s display up to be able to look at the inside without cutting away hull structure?
Roger