Ten-oared boat 25 feet, Scale 1:72 by Falconet

[pugwash]

Vladimir has gone to extraordinary lengths to expedite my order of several 'FALCONET' 1:72 boat kits.

2 of each 4, 6 and 10 oared boats.

Look forward to receiving them.
The shipping is the killer; the kits themselves aren't expensive, hence the multi order due taking advantage of the 1kg shipping category.

Looks to be a busy winter!

Thanks for the masting suggestion, though I would have thought lug-sails would have been more practical and convenient?
I assume the 'shrouds' would be anchored to belay pins on a rail inside of the gunnels?

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

Some extracted pages from a Russian book. It's not exactly the right timeframe but tells some stories. I might have more later.

cheers

Dirk

 

[pugwash]

Very interesting, thank you, Dirk.
I normally hate pdf files, but these are useful images of lug sail rigs.

 

[Marquinius]

Wonderfully done. And an interesting concept with that jig. Lots of detail on the inside of the boat. Lovely.

 

[AllanKP69]

In the last picture the oars appear to be set up for each rower to being using two oars. I do not recall ever seeing a set up with a pair of oars for one rower on the ships' boats, thus my question. I have only seen double banked with two rowers per thwart or single banked with one rower and one oar per man on alternating thwarts on pinnaces and other boats with less breadth. Great model, great photography!!
Thanks Dirk,

Allan

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

I am in hurry so just another image

I am sure it is double banked and just the CAD rendering being strange ;-)

 

[AllanKP69]

Thanks Dirk, I thought that might be the case. Much appreciated. I was going to ask about the three masts, but the contemporary drawing you posted answered perfectly.
Allan

 

[pugwash]

Hate PNG files too

 

[AllanKP69]

Hate PNG files too

Which files do you prefer? I find PNG OK as they seem better than JPG for distortion. PDFs are very clear but hard to scale and not useable in my CAD software. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Allan

 

[pugwash]

JPG every time for me, always found them to be perfectly adequate.

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

Usually jpg is a good way to go because it is in most cases smaller, png is a great fileformat with one big, important difference to jpg, it has an transparent alpha channel. As example Logo on a different colored background.

PDF is just a "container" it can include a wide variety of file formats, an image in a pdf can be a pixel based non good scalable image like a jpg or png, or it can include a vector based fully scalable image format like dwg, dfx and else. It can even include different video formats. It's just a container.

I get regularly a laugh when I get a pdf with just a jpg, why the heck not sending just the jpg dear customer

To "hate" any of this is a strange emotion though as all of these has their usecase. :-D

cheers

Dirk

 

[pugwash]

I simply find JPG easier to manipulate images.
No part of a PDF can be treated like that....the entire file is set in stone, images can't be copied or expanded, text can't be highlighted, edited or moved.

Anyway, what has this to do with ten oared boats?

 

[Dubz Modelling World]

Nothing, but it is always good to share experiences

Dirk

 

[pugwash]

As to shared experiences....

I'm getting confused with the 'FALCONET' family, please help clear my muddy waters.

Are 'Falconet' and 'Dubz Modelling World one and the same?
What association with the above do 'Dirk' and 'Vladimir' (Yakunchikov?) have?

Who would like to answer questions about the kits and build issues.

Is there a definitive list of currently available 'Falconet' products?

Thank you