Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad

[Lorenzo]

Looking very fine indeed

Gracias Grant!

 

[Lorenzo]

We continue with artillery, now with howitzers.

 

[Lorenzo]

All the artillery is in place. It's repetitive, tedious work, and the rigging is still missing. A bunch of blocks with their eyebolts. I don't think I'll include all the rigging; the smaller blocks I've managed to get will still be out of scale. Looking closely, I think the howitzers are small, although there isn't much room for larger ones. It's also possible the cannons are bigger than they should be. But it's going to stay like this. It's a kit I've changed and/or "improved" many things on, and I'm eager to finish it.

 

[sevish]

Why to go
Looking really great with the new guns
i also added new guns from hismodel to the Montañés

 

[Lorenzo]

Positioning the artillery

 

[Peter Schaap]

Hola Lorenzo,
Slowly but surely, you are showing more and more beautiful modifications.
You are definitely giving me a lot of ideas that I would like to adopt as well.
I do have a small question: what are those loose cables (ropes) for?
I have always understood that a ship's deck had to be as clear as possible, without loose ropes and other items lying around, in order to prevent accidents.

 

[Lorenzo]

Thanks, Peter. I’m happy that something you see in my ST serves as inspiration for you.I’m still positioning the cannons; once I finish, I’ll tidy everything up so no one trips.

 

[Lorenzo]

You’ll notice that the companionway leading down to the main deck has a different layout. When I installed the stairs according to the plans, I saw that they ended up positioned almost directly over a cannon. Then I remembered seeing a model in a museum with the stairs arranged the way I have them now. Did the actual *Santísima Trinidad* have them that way? Probably not.
I’ve thought about changing them again, but I’m undecided.
I’m letting myself get carried away with this model. Am I being historically rigorous? Perhaps not.
No one really knows exactly what this ship looked like. There are plans in an archive in St. Petersburg (Russia)—apparently originals dated 1796 and signed by Romero Landa—since the Russians wanted to replicate the *Santísima Trinidad*.
The ship underwent two major refits. Yet, even today, there is doubt about whether it was painted with red and black stripes.
Since this model is a rather questionable kit (the Artesania Latina one is much better), I’m doing my own thing and building my own version.

Salud

 

[GrantTyler]

You’ll notice that the companionway leading down to the main deck has a different layout. When I installed the stairs according to the plans, I saw that they ended up positioned almost directly over a cannon. Then I remembered seeing a model in a museum with the stairs arranged the way I have them now. Did the actual *Santísima Trinidad* have them that way? Probably not.
I’ve thought about changing them again, but I’m undecided.
I’m letting myself get carried away with this model. Am I being historically rigorous? Perhaps not.
No one really knows exactly what this ship looked like. There are plans in an archive in St. Petersburg (Russia)—apparently originals dated 1796 and signed by Romero Landa—since the Russians wanted to replicate the *Santísima Trinidad*.
The ship underwent two major refits. Yet, even today, there is doubt about whether it was painted with red and black stripes.
Since this model is a rather questionable kit (the Artesania Latina one is much better), I’m doing my own thing and building my own version.

Salud

Good morning Lorenzo. Each model I start my intention is to get it historically correct and then "Grants interpretation" ends up being more prevalent. I think to get something truly authentic we would have to make a scratch build as kits are never really 100% accurate.

I’m doing my own thing and building my own version.

You are speaking to the converted .
Cheers Grant

 

[Lorenzo]

That's right, Grant—exactly. If I were to receive a commission from a museum (which isn't going to happen), I certainly wouldn't start with a kit. I would build it from scratch, basing it on good blueprints and thoroughly researching every detail.
I’d have to rename my model the *Santísimo Lorenzo*

 

[Lorenzo]

In fact, several ships named *San Lorenzo* existed throughout history. One of them was of the same class as the *San Juan Nepomuceno*. It did not take part in Trafalgar because it was in dry dock in Havana.

Cheers

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Hola Lorenzo,
Slowly but surely, you are showing more and more beautiful modifications.
You are definitely giving me a lot of ideas that I would like to adopt as well.
I do have a small question: what are those loose cables (ropes) for?
I have always understood that a ship's deck had to be as clear as possible, without loose ropes and other items lying around, in order to prevent accidents.

The loose lines from the gun tackles are typically coiled on the deck. He just hasn't done that step yet.

 

[Peter Schaap]

The loose lines from the gun tackles are typically coiled on the deck. He just hasn't done that step yet.

Thank you Kurt.

 

[Lorenzo]

All the artillery is in place. I haven't included all the rigging; I didn't want to see the deck cluttered with out-of-scale blocks. At a larger scale than this ST (1:90), I might have included them. Next up will be the cleats, the cannonball racks, positioning the boats, preparing the rigging that's fixed to the deck, and a few other details.

Salud

 

[GrantTyler]

All the artillery is in place. I haven't included all the rigging; I didn't want to see the deck cluttered with out-of-scale blocks. At a larger scale than this ST (1:90), I might have included them. Next up will be the cleats, the cannonball racks, positioning the boats, preparing the rigging that's fixed to the deck, and a few other details.

Salud

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Good afternoon. Very cool. Looking very neat and tidy. A very fine ship indeed. Cheers Grant

 

[Lorenzo]

Good afternoon. Very cool. Looking very neat and tidy. A very fine ship indeed. Cheers Grant

Thanks Grant!