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Joined: 13/02/2012 Posts: 651 Points: 1,903 Location: croydon
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Hi Jase. Hope your family and yourself are well. Thank you so much for sharing these pictures with us  . I for one am looking forward to your build of this iconic ship and i know that you will do a perfect representation of Warrior. Very best regards. Mark
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mark 2 wrote:Hi Jase. Hope your family and yourself are well. Thank you so much for sharing these pictures with us . I for one am looking forward to your build of this iconic ship and i know that you will do a perfect representation of Warrior. Very best regards. Mark Thanks Mark. I have wanted to build a model of this amazing ship for many years, I have no idea why she has been overlooked by by every kit manufacturer she is such great looking ship J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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I will start the walk around amidships on the port side moving forward then down the starboard side to the stern and back up.
The first thing that strikes you is that once you are on deck you can not see out to sea. The bullworks are solid and extend to about 7 foot at a guess. the only vantage points are two entrance gaps on each side and a small number of gun ports. otherwise there are two bridges. There is a small number of gun ports on the top deck and interestingly theas open by dropping down, being hinged at the bottom. We can see the retaining chain on this example and two eyes for rope, it is not clear to me yet how this was lashed back.
There is a single Sheave block in the bulkhead as well as two large eyes to the left of the gunport,
Hear we can see the shape of the waterway. As said before this should butt up to the deck plank.
There are a number of these iron plates on the deck I believe, due to there locations, that they must have been used for lashing down the cannons in conjunction with the eyes mounted on the other side of the gun port.
The rigging blocks are all hidden in the bullwork tops. This pic gives me the moulding shape, and a sense of proportion.
A close up of one of two booms? cast iron, again some nice detail to capture If i can confirm these were stowed like this.
Again not sure how original this feature is but all the bullwork planking is bolted into place. I am pretty sure metric hex bolts were not used, but if this feature is correct it could easily be captured with use of a drill bit.
This pic is interesting as it shows pudding of the shroud.
Base of the main shroud
This pic of the capstan shows the base being bear wood, an important detail easy to miss. The centre point is brass I will need to use the many pics on the net as further reference.
This is the conning tower. Because Warrior's two bridges were open this armoured tower gave the ships officers protection when in battle. The Ports are for viewing events, I guess not the best visual arraignment! We can see the boarding pike storage arraignment and the large beams that the open bridge is mounted on. you can also see the business end of the capstan bars which are stowed under the bridge.
This pic shows the capstan bars more clearly. we can also see the rope trim on the base of the bridge which is wood but I guess would have been cast iron. We can also see the mounting points for the bridge rails.
 “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Great pic's, thanks for sharing 
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Looks like you had a fab day on this ship Jase and its great to see your research pics.... Going to look forward to seeing you build this beauty...  Regards Alan
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Thanks Alan, Like I say a bit off yet a lot of research to do and some projects to get out the way. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Hi Jase
Some really good pics of the deck detail. Brings back nice memories of my visit to the Warrior in 2010 - even though it was freezing cold, blowing a gale and raining, but I was fascinated by this historical ship.
A detailed model would be a real challenge. I wish you luck.
Regards
JohnP
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Thanks John, I dio have some more pics to post stern, hull main gun when i get a moment “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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