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Roman Liburnia Bireme - Ramming Speed !!!
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Author:  Red Devil Squadron [ Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Roman Liburnia Bireme - Ramming Speed !!!
Greetings!

Just completed Roman Liburnia Bireme. Starting with the wood kit from Mantua, subsequently modified and enhanced in several areas. Rather than the ornate configuration featured in the Mantua kit, I decided to depict a more austere and streamlined vessel that I imagined better reflected what a commonly deployed Roman Liburnia would look like. Double plank on frame construction with a scratch built styrene ram modeled after a recovered artifact. Sail is modified from the kit and the eyes are decals I made on my printer. Finished in stained and natural wood, sealed with satin polyurethane. Not certain as to the scale, it seems to be around 1/48 based on my best guess. Many thanks for looking, your questions and comments are always welcome.

Cheers,

Bill

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Author:  Silenoz [ Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Roman Liburnia Bireme - Ramming Speed !!!
Looking good... that ram is pretty bulky, Ok it had to absorb a lot of force, but mostly they don't seem that blunt...
Author:  Red Devil Squadron [ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:41 am ]
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Thanks for the kind words. The ram is based from the Athlit ram, an actual ancient warship ram found in 1980 off the coast of Israel -

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Also the Olympias, a reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme built with a copy of an original ram now in the Piraeus archaeological museum -

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Author:  Red Devil Squadron [ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:46 am ]
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A few more images . . . .

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Author:  Miguel [ Wed Mar 13, 2019 1:21 pm ]
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So beautiful ,excellent craftsmanship :thumbs_up_1:
Author:  Strategos Augustus [ Wed Mar 13, 2019 2:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Roman Liburnia Bireme - Ramming Speed !!!
Looks great! A handsome and visually interesting subject.

Nice to see this type of ship. A sadly underrepresented genre in ships models.

Please build more. :thumbs_up_1:
Author:  jackeck1216 [ Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:41 pm ]
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Really interesting !! And a real demonstration of skill...

Very enjoyable to look at.. Well Done !!
Author:  Red Devil Squadron [ Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Roman Liburnia Bireme - Ramming Speed !!!
Thanks everyone for the kind words! This wood model was a nice change and a new challenge for me. Different from a plastic or resin kit, working with wood is very rewarding and I look forward to building another future.

Cheers,
Bill
Author:  pascalemod [ Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Roman Liburnia Bireme - Ramming Speed !!!
Strategos Augustus wrote:
Looks great! A handsome and visually interesting subject.

Nice to see this type of ship. A sadly underrepresented genre in ships models.

Please build more. :thumbs_up_1:


Wait, what, you won't wanna see another Bismarck? :D

I agree, nice to see variety and this is a very nicely build model to boot!
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