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| Mahuna |
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 Registered Member #2611 Joined: Wed May 23 2012, 01:42pmPosts: 5 | I have the plans from Seaways Publishing for the Dunbrody Irish Famine Ship, and I hope to someday complete a scratch build of the ship. On a recent trip to Ireland I visited the replica ship in New Ross and took lots of photos for reference. There are too many to post here, so I have built a share site on Shutterfly to share the photos. Here's the link to the photos: http://dunbrodynewross.shutterfly.com | ||
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| aew |
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aew   Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2779 | The pictures look good, though I've only skimmed them so far. Can you post some information on the ships themselves? | ||
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| Tim C |
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 Registered Member #4126 Joined: Fri Feb 15 2013, 05:19amPosts: 1111 | Took a quick look at the pictures. Going to take a much longer look at them tonight. Been thinking about this project as some of my relatives may have come over from Ireland on these ships. Later 42rocker | ||
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| Mahuna |
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| Registered Member #2611 Joined: Wed May 23 2012, 01:42pmPosts: 5 | The Dunbrody is a 3-masted Barque, length overall is 176 feet, hull length is 120 feet, beam is 27 feet, and depth is 19. The original Dunbrody was built in Quebec in 1845 for the Graves family, a shipping family from New Ross, Ireland. A detailed history is on the ship's web site, at http://www.dunbrody.com/visitor-info/the-history-of-dunbrody/ The replica was built by the JFK Trust in the 1990's. President Kennedy's great-grandfather sailed from New Ross to the USA in 1848. I did notice some differences between the replica ship and the plans. There is no windlass on the replica, the fife rails are different, and there are iron rings on the masts with belaying pins at the same level as the fife rails (these don't show on the plans). There were no sails on the ship when I visited, probably because it was docked for the winter. | ||
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| aew |
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| aew Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2779 | Thanks Mahuna. | ||
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| Beankicker |
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 Registered Member #4295 Joined: Wed Oct 09 2013, 06:20amPosts: 2 | Just received the Dunbrody plans myself , I was hoping to maybe start that , after I get more experience . Would like to know how your making out on your build. | ||
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| Mahuna |
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| Registered Member #2611 Joined: Wed May 23 2012, 01:42pmPosts: 5 | I finished the sectional model. I wanted to show the living conditions of the emigrants, so the sectional model was the best way to show it. There's a detailed build log on the ModelShipWorld forum, at https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/13125-dunbrody-irish-famine-ship-by-mahuna-148-sectional-model/ | ||
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