The Art of Age of Sail - Engineering History

[...] Our HMS Simoom project has been completed. The image below shows the model in her custom display case matching [...]

[...] for a Canadian client whose forefathers immigrated to Canada on the British troop-transport HMS Simoom. HMS Simoom was an iron hulled auxiliary (350 horse power steam engine) screw Frigate. Simoom [...]

[...] We've finished our HMS Simoom model. She has been built as to how she must have looked like after 1852 when she was converted [...]

[...] A commission for a model of the Great Lakes brig USS Niagara of 1813 is well on the way. She has been pieced together from contemporary vessels, the [...]

[...] completed and will be off to the client in December. The design of HMS Indefatigable and the USS Niagara should also be finished by then and their construction should be on the way in January. [...]

[...] A number of design projects are in the works, including HMS Indefatigable and the USS Niagara. HMS Indefatigable is to be built as a frigate, not as the 64 gun ship-of-the-line she [...]

[...] covers were created, the originals had gone MIA, and sails and rigging went back up. The final result is shown in the image above. Hopefully her captain and original builder would approve?!   [...]

[...] were created, metal being used for many of those items. Again, no plastics! The final result is shown below, just before shipping to the client! More about this and other models:  [...]

[...] model as I would in designing a life size modern cruiser. I can only hope it shows in  the final result. A little bit more stern detail shown below. Curves meeting curves, joining with more curves [...]

[...] ://theartofageofsail.blogspot.ca/2013/11/hms-ontario-project-completed.html More about the HMS Ontario project at: http://www.ageofsail.net/aosont1.asp [...]

The HMS Ontario  project is progressing nicely, albeit slowly.  The structure of her hull has been completed while very closely maintaining dimensio [...]

HMS Ontario has been completed! She's been created from the original drawings and from video information from the wreck. The model is carrying spare f [...]

[...] . She has been completed and will be off to the client in December. The design of HMS Indefatigable and the USS Niagara should also be finished by then and their construction should be [...]

[...] A number of design projects are in the works, including HMS Indefatigable and the USS Niagara. HMS Indefatigable is to be built as a frigate, not as the 64 gun ship- [...]

[...] The HMS Indefatigable project is well on the way. Her outer hull has been planked and the stern gallery structure [...]

[...] hull and her sail configuration is as per clients request. She has been built off the original drawings even though most of the drawings contain conflicting data as to many of the details. What  [...]

[...] shown above.  Modern drawings of her make some assumptions as to deviations from the original drawings! According to everything I've seen, her wreck resembles the original Admiralty [...]

[...] HMS Ontario has been completed! She's been created from the original drawings and from video information from the wreck. The model is carrying spare fore and main top- [...]

[...] . To be entirely honest, it's very much the historic 'detective' work that appeals to me. Stern gallery of HMS Diana. More of the finished model at:  http://www.ageofsail.net/aosdian1.asp [...]

[...] practices! A lot of work goes into getting everything as right as can be. For instance, the stern gallery as shown on a flat drawing is really on an angle vertically, and slightly curved horizontally. [...]

[...] : gun-port locations, length of hull, mast locations etc. The form of the quarter and stern gallery was altered slightly, the location and size of the windows stayed the same. The [...]

[...] The HMS Indefatigable project is progressing well. She's almost ready to  receive her masts. Some detailing has to be [...]

[...] The HMS Indefatigable project is well on the way. Her outer hull has been planked and the stern gallery structure has [...]

[...] century. A glimpse of the past, an ode to the creativity of our forefathers. More about ship model restorations at: http://www.ageofsail.net/aosrest0.asp [...]

[...] built for her, she should be good for at least a couple of more centuries. More about ship model restorations at: http://www.ageofsail.net/aosrest0.asp [...]

[...] ship is under glass. A display case can be of the wood framed variety as made by Hallen Display Cases or brass framed such as available from Clear View Designs . As a third option, [...]

[...] the model from decay, dust and moisture, a custom Douglas fir display case from Hallen Display Cases was assembled and finished in red oak. Low voltage LED spot lighting was also added [...]