Great job and a very impressive result. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Nicely done, Joe. Kit is in my stash. Someday I will get to it.
Bob
Very nice build! [t$t] [t$t] [t$t] Read the entire build tonight. Learned a lot. Congrats for sticking with it with all the problems you had.
Jim [cptn]
Stay Safe.
Thank you guys for you comments, As I mentioned, my next job was going to be The Black Pearl.
Well guess what, I started the model and already completed it, It is all dark gray and black, it looks like it have been in the dept of the ocean and that is the way it is supposed to look.
I have a build log if you guy are interested in looking at it.
Now I have to decide what I going to tackle next.
Joe
Splendid job.
Bill
Beautiful!
I have a question!
Do you think the sailors in that Navy had a problem? Lookit where the Potties are on that ship for the crew! That’s the two vertical round objects on the bow platform at the Beakhead. (" Ship’s Head"-Get it?")
Well, the instructions refer to the deck were the heads are located as “Poop deck”, I wonder the reason for that… LOL
Wonder no longer, assuming that I’m correct. A ship’s poop deck is located at the stern of the ship. Sailors did indeed poop, but at the head of the ship not the stern. But a ship is said to have been “pooped” if a following wave overtakes the ship and floods the poop deck.
Bob
English gets the term “poop deck” from poupe (middle French, IIRC) for upper ot topping (or propped up). and refered, originally to a roof/deck toping over the tiller at the stern.
The bow “accommodations” at the head of the ship, were entirely practical, as the crew was housed in the forecastle, and, typically, the wind was abaft, and carried any aromas away.
Officers’ Quarters (which were on the quarter deck, quelle suprise) had “Quarter Galleries” which were plumbed with lead pipe to “accommodate” the officers. Which was why they overhang the stern to either side.
Midshipmen and Warrant Officers (Master’s Mates) typically had to get by using the lee chainplates (although some first rates had some “water closets” at the forward edge of their quarters).
Stunning build!