17th century ships are by far the most aesthetically pleasing in my opinion.

sorry was talking about the soleil royal the one on the front cover

The comments about the errors in the book - switched captions, wrong captions, repetition of pages, by the way, are spot on! I suppose I ought to have mentioned it in the video. My copy is like this, too. Sloppy work, sure, but ... it is the best available source for this information.

love actually made this models from heller but cant find a good one with wood base. love this ship , thanks for that vids🤗🥰🥰🥰

I hope your manuscript comes along fine, and will be done on time. 😊

"Preaching to the choir" - това за въжетата - обиколка вместо диаметър - го научих днес от вас. И това при положение, че съм израстнал с четива включващи "Експедиция Тигрис", "Археология на морското дъно", "Детска морска енциклопедия", "Пътешествия и открития" и др., а вместо телевизия гледам KZbin клипове, голяма част от тях - историци и занаятчии - попадал съм буквално на въжари. И бях чувал буквално за 11те инча котвено въже на "Ваза", но едва днес научих какво имено значи това.

Simple query, if you have the faired hull lines, do you draw the frames directly as is, or are the hull lines the exterior hull shape including the width of the hull planking?

I created a set of plans of a Baltimore clipper from a page in a book using CorelDRAW, which I found to be a surprisingly good for the job, imo. CorelDRAW has b-splines, so it was fairly straight forward to transfer intersections of, say, waterlines with stations in the sheer plan to the body plan. This showed me how to adjust the curves in the body plan, which I could fair by eye. Then, once the body plan seemed acceptable, I could transfer the intersections back to the other plans. The process was fairly time consuming, but it got faster as I developed some work flows. I found this be a valuable experience for several reasons. I found some errors in the original plans, and I became thoroughly familiar with the vessel before starting any modeling.

thanks again KROUM i apreciated.

Thanks again.

An enjoyable review, another book to look out for. Thank you.

when were diagonals added to hull plans? thank you.

Fascinating as ever, thank you. I love the mustard yellow jumper though. Very smart. Was that a choice of Mrs B.?

After that intro you better take she who must be obeyed out dancing. I own and have slept becuase of this book. She is the reason I bought it. On the tugs I work on, we refer to the size of line regardless of material by diameter for small stuff around 2-2.5 inches and then switch to circumference above that. The smallest circumference line would be a small “barge line” @ 7”, for shifting 100 ‘ scows and the like. Happy New year to you and SHE.

Very interesting review and video!

Thanks for critiquing another book. Love your comments!

Can I ask why Speedy is refered to as a Sloop and not a brig? Thanks for your time!

Another merchant vessel model that nearly is required to have sails is the skipjack. (Which is yet another example of "over-canvased" fishing vessel seen in American waters.) The pinkies affect the inshore racing boats that became playthings of those who became rich from the Pinkie's work. It's easy to see some of the lineage in the various form of "sharpie" that were popular racers in New England.

Rhis or the 2020 edition??

Спасибо

I have been excited about this release for a long time. Haven’t had much time to read through it, but did have a chance to flip through it. I’m tempted to stick the smalschip hull together for fun since all the pieces are already prepared in the data.

Ahh, finally ship modelling I can afford , thankyou.

I like the dutch ships from this period. even the prussian ( Brandenburg) ships of this period where all build in the netherlands. I tried also some papermodels. but in the end it was to filigran for me.

Hello: Mr. Kroum, let me know when the publication of the book comes out. I am interested in having it. I know it will help me a lot with my models.; Thank you.Greetings from Puerto Rico.

Весела Коледа и успех с книгата!

Happy Christmas and Merry New Year!!!

FANTASTIC! How can one acquire those books when living in Europe (Portugal)?

Thank you and a very merry one to you and your family! Very much not a quick question, following your own prompt: are there any good overviews of Ottoman ships and/or their construction? English, French, Italian, Spanish? I have always been keen to learning the particulars but I have not a lick of either Arabic or Turkish. Hope to hear from you in April ;)

Thankyou and good luck.

And a merry one to you and Olha

Happy Christmas Kroum! And keep in mind the quote by the late Douglas Adams: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." 😂

Merry Christmas to both you and Olha, Dear Doctor.

Kroum, I think the old maxim of "publish or perish" has been around far longer than your producer! I do look forward to that collab with the "other Batchvarov"- I expect tremendous results! Merry Christmas to both of you- and most specially to the Assistant Ship Modeler", Imbir!

Merry Christmas to you and you know who. Now back to work.

Merry Christmas, and please let us know when the publication becomes available!

I am (trying) to build a not particularly good model kit of the Victory, The book Anatomy of Nelson Ships, is an excellent read and reference. I had been in the fortunate position to have dined about the Victory. Which included a late evening guided tour. Thank you for you guide to books. I will certainly look out for Alan McGowan book, to add to my collection

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all!

And a Very Happy Christmas to you both. I’ve watch your content with great interest and am awaiting delivery of Osteberg for my next challenge. Kind regards and respect Chris Satchwell UK

This was fascinating

As a schoolboy in the 1970s, I frequently visitet the naval museum in St. Nicolai Church - Public museums had free entry in those days! And on the contrary of what they tell you in the present museum, the collection comprized several stunningly beautiful models of first rates ships of the line. There is something ominous about the fact that the museum seems to pretend these models don´t exist anymore!

What is the name of the ship in 16:35?

thank MR KROUM

The Chinese claim they had the rudder 2000 years ago.

Thanks for the tour. You are going to become the archive of museums of the past. On a tangential note: do you know off hand when ship wrights started using steam boxes to bend their planks and frames? I don’t want to influence you , but there may be a little money riding on your responce.

Thank you so much Kroum Batchvarov 💙💛

Thankyou , made my day, the collection is extremely beautiful.

Thank you for the tour Dr. Batchvarov I am impress by the level of these models considering they where built by hand without the aid of power tools the present day model builders take for granted.

Yacht is derived from the Dutch Jagt, or to hunt. German too: Jagt, die Jäger (hunter) and various names in military use. Exactly that: this type of ship is a hunter. Fast, nimble. Thus sleek and: 3 masts for relatively lots of sail. Not too deep. In a fleet formation, could add interesting striking capabilities or take orders and move quickly to another fleet with a message. They would be the ideal scout. And thus an excellent ship to investigate the unknown. It's greatest asset: to outrun any other ship of the time, used as part of the fleet. As I understood it. Thanks for your explanation! Thumbs up - the ship in the US still looks very Dutch but indeed, this is the type that a ship owner would use to sail from Amsterdam up the Vecht river to the summer residence .... or to Texel where the larger fleets would gather before departure from Dutch waters to cross oceans.

Spijkerpennen - pronounced properly! And wow, what a story!! Thank you for your historic review!! Started my personal love of ships per my parent's purchase of the National Geographic overview in the 1970s: Men, Ships and the Sea. How an awsome book triggers an interest and decades laters, KZbin figured out that I may be interested in your work: oh wow! Thanks again. And a question to all: could the Dutch not build larger ships in Rotterdam or Vlissingen (Flushing)? The latter the city of Michiel de Ruyter - the Dutch also had some masterful admirals, is seems. The guts to sail up the Thames and steal the English flag ship, take it to Rotterdam and allow tourism, to board the English flag ship and pay for the visit .... English diplomats complained about that level of humiliation and thus the Dutch closed that 'attraction'. Practical, at war but chivalry still played a role. Of course, later the Dutch and English typically supported each other for centuries. The British holding the larger empire - The Dutch simply invested in many of the English ventures ... like the Dutch bank's London office who arranged the financing for the US purchase of the Louisiana Purchase during the Napoleonic wars ..... America needed gold, financed in London so they could pay Napoleon who used this to build canon and warships to fight the English. And those Dutch? They just took a cut ...

I found an affordable copy not long ago. It’s almost a rigging encyclopedia with the variety of vessels listed. Very helpful for scratch building.