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Just found a photo from a handgonne, displayed in the same Museum. It is in the hall dedicated to the civil war 1382-1384 and the subsquent invasion by Castilla (the kingdom that conquered everything in the Iberian Peninsula except Portugal). I read about the limited use of firemarms in this...

There was also a lighter built gun called a "berço" (direct translation= cradle). I would say it is from a later period than the XVth century. The breech is still in place. I suspect that the cavity at the end of the gun would serve as attachement for a wooden pole to help as a butt. The "berço"...

Interesting details on coulevrines (colibrinas in Portuguese). One of the most interesting aspects of this light gun was the use of a breech, quite obvious on the one dated form 1460 in the last image. The other coulivrine dated from 1440 "coulivrine a main" translates for handgun, meaning an...

Great thread here. It is a must to colect all conversations and photos as a reference guide. Thank you PaperAir

Hi Alcides: I recommend to take a look at shapeways so you can see the range of things being done in 3D. http://www.shapeways.com/model/543988/oo9-small-battery-electric-loco.html This link will direct you to a particular model of one of the many designers. Just explore the site. As for...

Hi jarobinson: The copperlining was a a techonology used some two centuries later. And it was a European technology. The Asians never felt their need, I don't know how they solved it. The Caribbbeans were being "visited" in the period of the galleon San Salvador by the Spanish. As for the worms...

Hi Shrug52: It might come late, but there is a plastic static model of a monorail produced by the Japanese firm GreenMax. If in your sci-fi dio fits a retro look, as a dereclit leftober from the past, maybe this could do. There is an European mainstream firm that launche some 12 years ago a...

Hi PaperAir: Only now I found this thread about this galleon. Then I read about your demise. i've been there also and papermodeling was a good therapy, painful in the begining, but paid off. I'm enjoying your build, especially when you resize it to 1:33. Boy! how tall shall be the masts?! This...

Hi Silveroxide: What a marathon! Looking back at sequence of photos I kept on saying to myself "..and it is scracthcbuilt! and it ist scracthbuilt!) Three points here: one- original theme. two - scratchbuilt, not a kit. three - very good craftmanship Thank you very much. Even as a spectactor I...

Hi Silveroxide: A lot of work redoing the wheels, but very rewarding. They really look lighter. You're really launched on this project. Everything is coming out very good. Rgds Carlos

Hi Silveroxide: the bronze league with the color we know it, i believe it was developed much later. The Greeks used it, the romans as well. But in this Period you're depicting, the colour was yellow like gold. That because the composition of the league had different proportions of copper and...

In fact the 4th photo is depicting a chariot form another people. Maybe a country where is today Israel, Jordan and eventually southern Syria. The egytinas always had problems on that area. But the building tecnhology is basically the same. I undestood you started with one version in a bigger...

Hi Silveroxide: I compared your model with images from old Egypt and some ilustrations from the Osprey book. It seems to me that the harness is a little to backwards. It can be for the photo, not the final assembly position. Also I noticed that the metal parts on the wheels seem to be painted in...

Looking very impressive.

Hi Silveroxide: Congrats for finishing it so fast and so well. For the pedestal a neutral black should g well. Or then "borrow" from Jules Perdana the pedestal of Hannubis, I think. To find the model is a little tricky as he reorgonized the site in a way that cultural themes and monuments are...

Hi Silveroxide: Great texture! It is very convincing the wicker weave. This project is coming out very impressive. The idea is very original, seldom people work on this period of History. The only thing I remember to see is from Schreiber-Bogen an egyptian house of the higher classes.

Hi silveroxide: The figurines in the boxed diorama are from the Magdelenian Period, ca.33.000BC. My reference was a cave found in the 90s in the South of France, an amzing finding as it contraditected the preceptions of that period in Pre-History. The cave' name is Chauvet-Pont d'Arc The caves...

Hi Oliver Bizer: Great model. I love the graphism and the technique of layering. We're always learning. Rgds

Hi Silveroxide: If I understood well you changed to 1/35. You can find some figures. Andrea makes in 54mm, porbably you might find some to use as a base. Another alternative could be the Preiser figures "Academy nudes" or something like that. They are multipose male (and female kits). They have...

I'm following this thread and must say it is dificult to comment. The craftmanship impressive and workflow at very good pace.