The Germanic National Museum is in possession of the oldest datable ship model in Germany. The so-called Peller model. It is clearly dated to 1603.
The model is not a true-to-life representation of a ship. Rather, it is a votive vessel that was probably intended to hang in a church interior. Accordingly, its proportions are severely distorted and exaggerated.
For a long time I have been fascinated by this ship, which shows extremely interesting shipbuilding details. The only thing that annoyed me was the wrong proportions. So I decided to try to reconstruct a ship that could have been a real ship based on the Peller model.
This resulted in 5 planning boards that I would like to introduce to you. Contrary to the rigging of the model, the noticeable difference in my reconstruction was that I omitted the top sails and the sprit mast, which were extremely unlikely for the period around 1600.
Bela
The model is not a true-to-life representation of a ship. Rather, it is a votive vessel that was probably intended to hang in a church interior. Accordingly, its proportions are severely distorted and exaggerated.
For a long time I have been fascinated by this ship, which shows extremely interesting shipbuilding details. The only thing that annoyed me was the wrong proportions. So I decided to try to reconstruct a ship that could have been a real ship based on the Peller model.
This resulted in 5 planning boards that I would like to introduce to you. Contrary to the rigging of the model, the noticeable difference in my reconstruction was that I omitted the top sails and the sprit mast, which were extremely unlikely for the period around 1600.
Bela
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