scratch building

[Philski]

Philski,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will research and report to the forum if anything turns up.

Found the plans at OcCre. Too large to post here (I tried). Google occre essex plans. The select the essex from the list and save as a pdf...

 

[Hoss6262]

I read through all of the replies, albeit quickly. Ancre is a great source for monographs/plans for French ships, mostly, but a great source.

Monographies - Ancre

Les monographies

ancre.fr

 

[Roger Pellett]

Howard I Chapelle includes a sail plan for Essex in his History of the American Sailing Navy. The Smithsonian Institution sells most of the drawings from his various books. Essex’s is figure 25 from the book.

Chapelle makes a point saying that American Warships were more heavily canvassed than those from other countries so spar dimensions from a British warship would not be correct. I would favor Chapelle’s work vs a drawing from a model kit drawn by unknown drafter.

Roger

 

[AllanKP69]

Excellent point Roger. I would have suggested Lees Masting and Rigging lacking better information, but your comment is something I will remember.
Thanks
Allan

 

[Tobias]

In this section you will find a small overview of the books available with the corresponding plans, mainly from the publisher Ancre from France.

overview - Overview of available Plan Set / Monographie Reviews

actual OVERVIEW - Plan Set / Monographies Reviews Remark: to go to the Review please click on the title of the Planset LE FLEURON - 64-gun Ship by Joseph & Blaise OLLIVIER by Delacroix, Gerard SAINT PHILIPPE (1693 - 1715) - 90 gun built by Francois Coulomb at Toulon by Lemineur, Jean...

shipsofscale.com

 

[polydoc]

I have a partial scratch build project upcoming and would appreciate suggestions about my planned strategy.
I bought the USF Essex kit without realizing it was an "admiralty" version, without full masts and spars. Without any sort of American jingoism, I'm not interested in the admiralty approach. Essex is almost ready for masts and spars. Happily the plans include partial masts. Also happily the kit is the same scale as my completed HMS Surprise and almost exactly the same size.
I've done some arithmetic and figured out the dimensions of the masts and spars needed for Essex. Between dowels, leftovers from other kits, and chopsticks, I've collected enough material for masts and spars and cut them to size. I've also figured out the dimensions of various platforms and connectors.
As with other projects, I plan to build each mast off the ship, then dry fit each before gluing in place. Then it's the rigging that needs to be designed and manufactured.
Suggestions, comments, and criticisms are welcomed.

I suggest you buy a copy of the Anatomy of a Ship book on the Essex. All the rigging plans are available in this book. You can save some money by looking for a used copy. This is from abebooks.com:

 

[Na Daeyong's Apprentice]

I was wondering if some one could tell me where I could buy plans for scratch building ships please. I live in Canada and want to scratch build a ship. Thanks.

Welcome to the madness. Out of curiosity, what sort of ship are you hoping to make?

 

[bill36]

I was wondering if some one could tell me where I could buy plans for scratch building ships please. I live in Canada and want to scratch build a ship. Thanks.

1. Try the site ancre.fr. You could write books on the info available.
2. There is TOO MUCH info available to answer such a general question as you ask it.
3. Do some research. Narrow down your areas of interest. You will get the answers you seek.
Bill