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Silent Mary by Mellpapa

You are so right with this ship. O I want to build it. I saw a kit years ago but it had 4 towers that I can remember. Do you know the time frame that this ship was built? I will be studying your build. You have got a excellent start to this build. I am not proud when I say this but I hope I can copy the hell out of you.
 
You are so right with this ship. O I want to build it. I saw a kit years ago but it had 4 towers that I can remember. Do you know the time frame that this ship was built? I will be studying your build. You have got a excellent start to this build. I am not proud when I say this but I hope I can copy the hell out of you.
Hello, Jim Conacher.
The Silent Mary's blueprints were completed around 2018.
Starting from scratch with nothing, I managed to gather the necessary reference materials and created the blueprints based on them. Some details were clarified later, so the blueprints contain a few errors.
The Silent Mary is said to be a first-rate ship of the line with about 108 cannons, which would make it roughly the same size as the British Royal Navy's HMS Victory...
However, I couldn't find any official length specifications for the Silent Mary online. So, if I used the Victory's length for the Silent Mary and scaled it down to 1/72, it would end up over 140cm long...
I wanted to keep the model under 90cm somehow, so I arbitrarily set the Silent Mary's length to about 87-90m (hull length around 65-69m). Scaling it down to about 1/98 would make the model roughly 89cm. That seemed just the right size to me, so I decided to draw the plans at that scale.
I set the human figures to about 1/72 to 1/75 scale.
Maybe it's better to leave the scale indication unspecified.
Movie sets aren't always built to actual size, after all.
I've been working on it since 2018, with several interruptions along the way.
Combined, that's about two years of breaks.
Since I worked on it sporadically, it ended up taking about five years of total work time.
Jim Conacher, you should give it a try too.
Nowadays, since I drew the blueprints and a lot of reference material is available online, it might be a bit easier for you. :D
 
I would love to try and build her buy I have no idea where to get the drawings or anything. Thank you for all your input on this ship. Thank you Jim
Jim Conacher,
Thank you for your message.
My drawings are only rough guides, so feel free to copy them.
I've included where you can copy the drawings in my reply email, so please take a look. ;) Ship-1
 
Hello Mellpapa,

Thank you for your New Year's wishes for 2026. Yes, I am also looking forward to it and already have many ideas in mind for how I will continue to build the Athena... :D
Happy new year there is a great ship you have made. I have made the 3 others . Pearl. Revenge and dutchman. This one is the last i need to make and i started 5 days ago. The only thing i dont have enough drawings/plans so i hope i wil make it
Best regards shipsbyme
 
Happy new year there is a great ship you have made. I have made the 3 others . Pearl. Revenge and dutchman. This one is the last i need to make and i started 5 days ago. The only thing i dont have enough drawings/plans so i hope i wil make it
Best regards shipsbyme
Hello, Ships By Me.
Thanks for the comment.
Are you perhaps building the Silent Mary?
Or maybe GIG1810's Athena?
Could it be you need plans for the Silent Mary?
Sorry if this is none of my business.:)
The Silent Mary plans I created have some errors, but they're free.
Please see my blog below:


Low-resolution drawings are available at the bottom of the above page.
Clicking each drawing opens a 200dpi jpg drawing.
Size is 1000mm x 500mm, resolution is 200dpi.
These are rough drawings.
Feel free to copy them.
Please use them at your own risk.
The stern section is unclear and not accurate.
I made corrections during construction based on new discoveries,
but these revisions are not marked on the provided drawings.
These drawings are strictly for reference only.

Wishing you smooth progress in building Silent Mary.Ship-1
From mellpapa:D
 
Hello, Ships By Me.
Thanks for the comment.
Are you perhaps building the Silent Mary?
Or maybe GIG1810's Athena?
Could it be you need plans for the Silent Mary?
Sorry if this is none of my business.:)
The Silent Mary plans I created have some errors, but they're free.
Please see my blog below:


Low-resolution drawings are available at the bottom of the above page.
Clicking each drawing opens a 200dpi jpg drawing.
Size is 1000mm x 500mm, resolution is 200dpi.
These are rough drawings.
Feel free to copy them.
Please use them at your own risk.
The stern section is unclear and not accurate.
I made corrections during construction based on new discoveries,
but these revisions are not marked on the provided drawings.
These drawings are strictly for reference only.

Wishing you smooth progress in building Silent Mary.Ship-1
From mellpapa:D
Hallo there mellpapa. Yes i am collecting wood plates and all materials this days my next project is yes silent mary. Your silent mary is the best one out there gratulations with a great build. And your have imspired me a lot. The one i want is like your build it looks to good tbh. I wil do my best to reach your level. I hope one they you can take a look ar my ships they are top level too. My queen annes revenge is a scratchbiild as well. I have chanel on youtube and tiktok . Im calle shipsbyme
 
Hallo there mellpapa. Yes i am collecting wood plates and all materials this days my next project is yes silent mary. Your silent mary is the best one out there gratulations with a great build. And your have imspired me a lot. The one i want is like your build it looks to good tbh. I wil do my best to reach your level. I hope one they you can take a look ar my ships they are top level too. My queen annes revenge is a scratchbiild as well. I have chanel on youtube and tiktok . Im calle shipsbyme
Hello, Shipsbyme.
Thanks for getting in touch.
I watched the YouTube videos.
Queen Anne's Revenge is absolutely amazing!! :D
My Silent Mary has all sorts of mistakes.:eek:
There were parts I didn't understand, and since I just couldn't figure them out, I built it as best I could. Later, I figured out the parts I didn't understand.
I didn't fix them, so if you look up the mistakes, you can see them.ROTF

Your craftsmanship is top-tier.
You'll surely complete a Silent Mary far more splendid than mine.Ship-1

I wish you smooth sailing in building your Silent Mary.Thumbsup;)
 
Hello, Shipsbyme.
Thanks for getting in touch.
I watched the YouTube videos.
Queen Anne's Revenge is absolutely amazing!! :D
My Silent Mary has all sorts of mistakes.:eek:
There were parts I didn't understand, and since I just couldn't figure them out, I built it as best I could. Later, I figured out the parts I didn't understand.
I didn't fix them, so if you look up the mistakes, you can see them.ROTF

Your craftsmanship is top-tier.
You'll surely complete a Silent Mary far more splendid than mine.Ship-1

I wish you smooth sailing in building your Silent Mary.Thumbsup;)
Yes great to be in touch and thank you for quick replay. Thank you for watching my chanel. your ship is realy 10/10 . Silent mary is realy hard to build. I dont have a 3d printer i got to modify everything in wood . There is so many details on this ship. I wil try my best to figure it out . And your plans are realy helpful im studying them everyday.i make plans how to figure out to get lights in it . I cant wait to start up. I wil keep you updated or just take a look somtimes on yt. You can ad med there. I tryed to look you up on yt but i couldent find you by name mellpapa. Thank for all the help that you are sharing all this plans to everyone in here
 
Yes great to be in touch and thank you for quick replay. Thank you for watching my chanel. your ship is realy 10/10 . Silent mary is realy hard to build. I dont have a 3d printer i got to modify everything in wood . There is so many details on this ship. I wil try my best to figure it out . And your plans are realy helpful im studying them everyday.i make plans how to figure out to get lights in it . I cant wait to start up. I wil keep you updated or just take a look somtimes on yt. You can ad med there. I tryed to look you up on yt but i couldent find you by name mellpapa. Thank for all the help that you are sharing all this plans to everyone in here
Shipsbyme, thank you for your reply.
I don't post on YouTube.
I have my own homepage, which I think is sufficient. My homepage is as follows:


Work keeps me from working on the Silent Mary much. (I plan to make barrels and crew members, though.)
I'll post one image of the Silent Mary with AI-generated sky and sea composites.

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It's a magnificent model. Just one point: I see the double-headed eagle is supporting the current flag of the Spanish monarchy. For the period in which I would place this galleon, the next flag would be more appropriate. But the author always has the final say.

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