Sovereign of the Seas - Mantua by Brian

[Bri62]

Had enough for today.

 

[Bri62]

More progress on the bowsprit and had s good tidy as my ocd was starting to kick in

 

[Bri62]

Found another part of this kit that is more or less useless for me, the parts are suppose to be soaked and bent around the dowel used for the bowsprit yard but they de-laminate as soon as they get wet so another work around was needed I used 4mm cherry strips left over.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

I understand that the Mantua/Sergal instructions have you make yards which have octagonal portions at the center, but I believe this feature really was used starting with late 17th century vessels, and not one as early as the Sovereign, unless they were added as part of the refits made to the vessel after construction. The Lely painting has enough detail to show the yards as being round in cross section along the entire length of each yard.

 

[Bri62]

I understand that the Mantua/Sergal instructions have you make yards which have octagonal portions at the center, but I believe this feature really was used starting with late 17th century vessels, and not one as early as the Sovereign, unless they were added as part of the refits made to the vessel after construction. The Lely painting has enough detail to show the yards as being round in cross section along the entire length of each yard.

Interesting, thank you Kurt