Modellismo navale statico antico - Carlo Corucci

28/10/2017

Si riprende dopo un po' di mesi di pausa... primo fasciame finito e levigato

26/04/2017

Lynx is a square topsail schooner based in Newport Beach, California. She is an interpretation of an American letter of marque vessel of the same name from 1812. The original Lynx completed one voyage, running the Royal Navy blockade; the British captured her in 1813 at the start of her second voyage and took her into service as HMS Mosquidobit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(tall_ship)

07/03/2017

Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Thermopylae was built for the Aberdeen Line, which was founded in 1825 by George Thompson. She measured 212' × 36' × 20.9', with tonnage 991 GRT, 948 NRT and 927 tons under deck. The under deck coefficient was 0,58. Rigged with royal sails, single topgallant and split top-sails. Thermopylae was designed for the China tea trade, and set speed records on her maiden voyage to Melbourne—63 days, still the fastest trip under sail. In 1872, Thermopylae raced the clipper Cutty Sark from Shanghai back to London. Thermopylae won by seven days after Cutty Sark lost her rudder. From 1882 onward, Thermopylae took part in the Australian wool trade; however, on this route Cutty Sark proved faster. In 1897 she was sold to Portugal for use as a naval training ship and renamed Pedro Nunes. On 13 October 1907, the Portuguese Navy towed her down the Tagus river using two warships, and before Amelia de Orleans, Queen of Portugal, she was torpedoed with full naval honours off Cascais.

26/02/2017

Il Thermophylae riposa dopo la meticolosa fase di "aggiustaggio" e rastrematura delle ordinate. Prossimo step: il primo fasciame

18/02/2017

Oggi, ore 14:00 di Sabato 18 Febbraio 2017, iniziano le lavorazioni legate ad un nuovo progetto: il clipper Thermopyle! Primo modello costruito a quattro mani, da nonno (Carlo Corucci) e nipote (Francesco Corucci) :-)

Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. Thermopylae was built for the Aberdeen Line, which was founded in 1825 by George Thompson. She measured 212' × 36' × 20.9', with tonnage 991 GRT, 948 NRT and 927 tons under deck. The under deck coefficient was 0,58. Rigged with royal sails, single topgallant and split top-sails. Thermopylae was designed for the China tea trade, and set speed records on her maiden voyage to Melbourne—63 days, still the fastest trip under sail. In 1872, Thermopylae raced the clipper Cutty Sark from Shanghai back to London. Thermopylae won by seven days after Cutty Sark lost her rudder. From 1882 onward, Thermopylae took part in the Australian wool trade; however, on this route Cutty Sark proved faster. In 1897 she was sold to Portugal for use as a naval training ship and renamed Pedro Nunes. On 13 October 1907, the Portuguese Navy towed her down the Tagus river using two warships, and before Amelia de Orleans, Queen of Portugal, she was torpedoed with full naval honours off Cascais.

18/02/2017

Da Wikipedia: Il Cutty Sark è un clipper inglese con stazza di 963 tonnellate, varato il 22 novembre 1869 nei Cantieri Navali di Scott & Linton a Dumbarton, inScozia. Navigò sulla rotta delle Indie per il commercio del tè e della lana. Deve il suo nome ("Cutty Sark" significa "camiciola, sottoveste" in lingua scozzese) allapolena che ne adorna la prua e che raffigura la strega semi-svestita Nannie, personaggio del componimento Tam O'Shanter del poetascozzese Robert Burns.

10/09/2014

Ecco alcune foto relative all'avanzamento dei lavori sulla Sovrana dei Mari. Come potete notare la nave è costruita interamente a mano fin nei minimi particolari (inclusi sculture lignee, incisioni, ancore in ferro, cannoni in ottone, ecc.).

La Sovereign of the Seas rappresentò un'importante pietra miliare nella progettazione delle unità da guerra e, sotto questo aspetto, si rivelò un grande successo. Voluta fortemente dal Re d'Inghilterra Carlo I che desiderava una nave da guerra che risultasse la più grande e la migliore del mondo, quando venne completata, risultò anche la nave in servizio più ricca di ornamenti ed abbellimenti, tanto che gli olandesi, contro i quali fu impiegata moltissime volte, la battezzarono "il diavolo d'oro". Nel settembre del 1637 la nave era pronta per il varo. Fonte: Navievelieri.it