Wow, you have my admiration for your talent, skill and patience on building these models.
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Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
Want me to send you some Live Oak for frames and ribs? :jester:
Many years ago when Mystic Seaport Museum rebuilt the whale ship "Charles W. Morgan" I supplied the Virgin Longleaf Pine Timber for side planking (Came from over on Eglin, AFB where Ned got dosed with Agent Orange :yikes:). Mystic also wanted a Live Oak timber--forget the dimensions--but I couldn't find one with the correct diameter and length to saw it out. Good friend of mine did find a Live Oak big enough, diameter and length wise growing close by, to saw the King Post out of.
I just finished "South," Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance. Apparently them wood hull ships took the ice alot better than the steel hulls of that time. Guess you're the builder and carpenter now. :up:
My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.
Old Ironsides was planked with Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) cut in the far western Panhandle of Florida close to where Fisheadgib is. This is an extremely tough and dense "diffused porous" hardwood that does not have annual growth rings. Rather, the annual growth is all inter-twined and interlocking, weaving back and forth creating a bond of the cells that even an axe or wedges can't split and separate. It was impossible for the deck guns of the period to penetrate it or even split it.
White Oak, (Quercus alba) is a ring porous hardwood that, during the growing season, will lay down springwood cells and summerwood cells side by side. This wood can be easily split with an axe or by cannons, but it does have an important part to play in building wooden ships and boats. The wood can be steam bent very easily, and will hold its shape after being steam bent. Its extremely strong, and was used extensively for ships ribs and bent frames. England and Western Europe does have oak species, but none are as tough as Live Oak, so we had a strategic advantage England didn't have during the RevWar Period!
The Whale Ship at Mystic Seaport Museum had been ribbed and planked with timber cut in the present day Tifton, Georgia area in the late 1839ish period. The Museum wanted to use rebuilding materials from as close to the original sources as possible, and that's how I got involved.....due to my involvement with re-establishing Native Longleaf Forests in the South Georgia/north Florida area. It was a fun job!
Planked up the lower hull today.I ran out of the 15 basswood strips I bought yesterday so i used some left over mahogany.That is ok because i plan to either paint the hull white or copper it.
To add to Woodsrunners post, just east of Pensacola in Gulf Breeze is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore called the Naval Live Oaks Reservation. It's a stretch of land that was purchased by the Government in 1828 to provide lumber for naval vessels and was the first and only federal tree farm. There is no museum but it's a really nice park that extends from the gulf to the bay and has lots of walking trails and picnic areas. The whole area around Pensacola just oozes history.
Back when a hurricane toppled a number of Live Oak trees along the SE coast, not to long ago, shipwrights from all over paid a handsome fee for them for wooden planks.
What is the ship a model of? I wish I had that level of patience.
Not too many problems you can't fix
With a 1911 and a 30-06
That is absolutely spectacular. Always wanted one of those for my office but I don't have the tools, workshop, talent or patience so it stays in the bucket list...
"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching." General George S. Patton
Thanks guys!funny you should say that about guns that actually shoot, as I saw Some vids on Youtube where they had r/c battleships that shot bbs.The ships had balsa sides and they would sink each other!very cool!
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Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
"If you get it and didn't work for it, someone else worked for it and didn't get it..."
Many years ago when Mystic Seaport Museum rebuilt the whale ship "Charles W. Morgan" I supplied the Virgin Longleaf Pine Timber for side planking (Came from over on Eglin, AFB where Ned got dosed with Agent Orange :yikes:). Mystic also wanted a Live Oak timber--forget the dimensions--but I couldn't find one with the correct diameter and length to saw it out. Good friend of mine did find a Live Oak big enough, diameter and length wise growing close by, to saw the King Post out of.
White Oak, (Quercus alba) is a ring porous hardwood that, during the growing season, will lay down springwood cells and summerwood cells side by side. This wood can be easily split with an axe or by cannons, but it does have an important part to play in building wooden ships and boats. The wood can be steam bent very easily, and will hold its shape after being steam bent. Its extremely strong, and was used extensively for ships ribs and bent frames. England and Western Europe does have oak species, but none are as tough as Live Oak, so we had a strategic advantage England didn't have during the RevWar Period!
The Whale Ship at Mystic Seaport Museum had been ribbed and planked with timber cut in the present day Tifton, Georgia area in the late 1839ish period. The Museum wanted to use rebuilding materials from as close to the original sources as possible, and that's how I got involved.....due to my involvement with re-establishing Native Longleaf Forests in the South Georgia/north Florida area. It was a fun job!
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What is the ship a model of? I wish I had that level of patience.
With a 1911 and a 30-06