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My Scratchs until today.

The Mediterranean Sea was long forgiven for commercial purposes, so it was not easy to find tartans or xebecs in the market ... I need it!

They was made with common materials such plastic, staples, sewing thread, wire... The crew figures are Peter Pig.

Firts atempt to a Xebeq and a small flotilla of improvised gun boats



Galleys


Sageties (Saittia)



One mast Tartanne


Two Xebecs








Xebec & Sagetia with two mast Tartanne


Comparaison of size with the large Merchantman from Peter Pig


Lateen sails allow to do very impressive configurations


Thanks for comments

Very, very, nice (again)!

Those white threads work well for rigging and look suitably thin - what do you use?

(https://i.imgur.com/MfxoVKB.jpg)

Gütermann thread to sew, Col.1026, fine coated with white glue for make it stiff and better manipulation, glued with a droplet of white glue on the ends.

The glue do not affect the color, but in photos using flash as me, can shine and look clearer. Maybe using matte varnish instead glue the results are better... I must test!

Thank You!

Thank you Acronim - some good tips there!

Simon

Yes thanks.

Hey! This is my gaming mate Alex!  :D
Glad to meet you here, man  :)

I've had the pleasure to hold these beauties in my hands, and to play with them too -and they are fantastic, I swear.

Hopefully I'm going to release a 1/600 scale xebec next year or so, but meanwhile Alex has mastered the job of lateen sailed ship building from scratch, so our Mediterranean fleets have grown a lot in few months.

These will be great for the large campaign we're preparing by next Winter, that will be related to the 1714-1718 Ottoman-Venetian War.
We played at home a small introductory scenario some days ago --a Sardinian coast guard half galley happened to intercept a mystery Corsican firearms smuggler east of Bonifacio straits. Here below you have my galliot chasing his settee (both scratch built):

(http://www.wargames.cat/defiant/aventures/g_contraban_01.jpg)
(http://www.wargames.cat/defiant/aventures/g_contraban_02.jpg)

Lluís

Always like seeing this sort of post. I can send time just looking and enjoying.  Ahhhhh!

I posted my building of "the Black Pearl" on scratch building a galley posts.
Miles

We know, but I think your beatiful Black Pearl merit your own post! Why don't start it? More people can enjoy and find it in the forum then!

Because I ve only finished one ship at the moment. So I thought tagging it onto what is ongoing would be better.
I ve got a lot more PBI related WW2 to do at the moment, in between finishing my main projects I will try and finish off another ship.
Miles