Question about nailing pattern of cravel planked hull

[Uwek]

I posted this in my building log already........

Question about nailing pattern of cravel planked hull

I have one question and maybe somebody knows the answer, or have some opinion.
I did not find any information in my complete library, so ......

Orientation of the nails in the cravel planked area

In all monographis, also in the planset of the Le Coureur, it is usually shown the stareboard view of the ship, usually never the port side

Here, when you take a look at the nailing pattern the top nail of a plank connection is fore, the lower one is aft

So here is my model, where I made it in the same way

But how is the pattern on the other side of the hull ????

I made it mirrored, so also here the topnail is oriantated towards the bow - the lower one direction to stern

I made the decision, because I had to make a decision, but not based on any clear knowledge, so maybe somebody knows, guess or has a link to any publication describing this orientation of the nailing pattern

 

[Uwek]

so I made it in this way - red arrow is direction towards the bow -simply mirrored

 

[Thomas Marocke]

Hi Uwe!

In the book by "Ancre", Bernard Frolich, The Art of Shipmodeling, Le Coureur, page 254. And "Ancre" Modeles Historiques, Tome 2, La Toulonnaise, page 175. On the illustrations you can also see the mirrored nailings.

Best regards
Thomas

 

[Uwek]

Very good hints - I checked the books and the pages

Modeles Historiques - exactly like I did (refering the pattern and not the modeling quality of this contemporary model)


Frölich


INteresting is here, that Frölich mirrored the pattern, but he also changed the "order", means the top nail is more aft, the lower one more fore, so different to the Boudriot drawings of the Le Coureur


So it seems, that I made it intuitive correct to mirror the pattern.......

BTW, if you are interested now in these books:

Book review - Book Review: "MODELES HISTORIQUES au musée de la marine - Volume 2"

Book Review: MODELES HISTORIQUES au musée de la marine - Volume 2 by Jean Boudriot The book has 288 pages on the collections of the Museum of the Navy. 359 color photographs. Format 24 * 31 cm Only available in French language – price actual via ancre 95 Euro...

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Book review - The Art of Shipmodeling / L'ART DU MODELISME / Die Kunst des Modellbaus" by Bernard FRÖLICH / Frolich

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[neptune]

I posted this in my building log already........

Question about nailing pattern of cravel planked hull

I have one question and maybe somebody knows the answer, or have some opinion.
I did not find any information in my complete library, so ......

Orientation of the nails in the cravel planked area

In all monographis, also in the planset of the Le Coureur, it is usually shown the stareboard view of the ship, usually never the port side

Here, when you take a look at the nailing pattern the top nail of a plank connection is fore, the lower one is aft

So here is my model, where I made it in the same way

But how is the pattern on the other side of the hull ????

I made it mirrored, so also here the topnail is oriantated towards the bow - the lower one direction to stern

I made the decision, because I had to make a decision, but not based on any clear knowledge, so maybe somebody knows, guess or has a link to any publication describing this orientation of the nailing pattern

Beautiful workmanship Uwe, you build nice and crisp ship's,

Best regards John,

 

[Uwek]

Beautiful workmanship Uwe, you build nice and crisp ship's,

Best regards John,

Many Thanks for your kind words -

For everybody interested here is the link to my building log inside the group build

LE COUREUR - french Lugger 1776 - POF kit from CAF in 1:48 by Uwe

Today I want to start my building log of the Le Coureur But before I want to summarize the existing information available here on SOS A detailed Kit Review you can find here: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/le-coureur-french-lugger-pof-kit-in-scale-1-48-by-caf.6002/ The...

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[Masters Mate]

so I made it in this way - red arrow is direction towards the bow -simply mirrored

I'm certainly not experienced on this but I think what you did just makes sense. Whenever you look bow on to a ship everything is symetrical. The way you did the nails makes a symetrical pattern.