Purchased shortly ago / sthg new in your workshop -> present it here

[Ignatius27]

The date is about right for the bui9lding of the ship, but I would be amazed if there are contemporary plans on which these drawings are based.
Allan

Alan - My guess is that they were copied from an old kit. That's why they're giving them away for free! It did come with a good parts list, which I thought would come in handy if I ever decided to build her from scratch.

 

[Ignatius27]

Scratchbuilding? That is far beyond my capabilities

Ronald61 - I've only been plastic modeling for about the last 5 years and wooden ship modeling for the last 2. Three of my last 4 builds were scratch built and in many ways it gives you alot of freedom, within the parameters of the build. It's also cheaper for folx on a budget like many of us old-timers! You will find plenty of resources on SoS to follow your passions! I know I did.

 

[Ronald61]

Thanks! Well, who knows what the future brings. Maybe in retirement in hopefully 3,5 years

 

[Roger Pellett]

Scratch building? Coming soon to School For Ship Model Building on this forum: an easy but sophisticated build of a well known American boat type. Stay tuned!

Roger

 

[Ronald61]

Ok! I will look at it as soon it's there.

 

[Ignatius27]

Scratch building? Coming soon to School For Ship Model Building on this forum: an easy but sophisticated build of a well known American boat type. Stay tuned!

Roger

Roger - Keep me posted! I'm doing the NRG Rigging & Masting Practicum right now and I love these joint projects and learning from each other. Great opportunity for learning the basic skills we all need.

 

[DAWarden-(Jaager)]

Not sure where the drawings were sourced from. They are dated 1571 and I downloaded them from shipmodell.com.

There are carvings. Elaborate carvings. For a hull La Reale 17thC. is simple - it is actually a very big boat. Everything above the waterline is a nightmare of detail.

For something this demanding - maybe a decade of work - I would want to start with plans that were as authentic as time and circumstance allows.

The inhabitants of the Med had been building galleys for thousands of years and the hull form was not all that different over the time span. It is unlikely that there ever were original plans of a form that we would recognize or could use.

This monograph is probably the practical choice - 40EU is nothing in comparison to the project.
https://boutique.aamm.fr/monographi...que.aamm.fr/monographies/plan-reale-de-france

SOUVENIRS DE MARINE VOL.1-6 1890 PARIS,AMIRAL is probably the original source for everything La Galeasse La Royle.
No. 65 - No.71 are devoted to it.

There have been 3 "recent" reprints: 1975 18"x12" ***** 1999 ?x? **** and this one from ANCRE - which is the most useful because the plans are loose sheets - for a project like this even 440EU is a minor investment balanced against the time this will take.
https://ancre.fr/en/reprint/136-sou...ouvenirs-de-marine-francois-edmond-paris.html

Here are some pix:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:La_Réale_(ship,_1694)

Before 1995 here is what is in journals starting in 1970:
THE FRENCH GALLEY LA REALE PART 1-6
HERIZ-SMITH,P
MODEL SHIPWRIGHT
1975 - 1976
11 -16
240-249
17TH NA

LA REALE
VALAT,CLAUDE R.
MODEL SHIPWRIGHT
1995
94
26-35
17TH WATERLINE MINIATURE OAR CARVING

All of the relevant journals are available a digital - except Model Shipwright. Pen & Sword must have to recruit from a special school to fill their ranks of Suits.