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Model of frigate "freia" build 1828 for the Norwegian navy

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crayfish

Taken  me more than 40 years to compleete this model, scale 1:48 or if you like 1/4"-1 foot.

"Laid the keel" back in 1979.

The model is a "plank on frame" build with copper sheeted bottom.

My last model as I am almost 80 now and have other priorities.

Cheers Kai

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BETAQDAVE

Very nice job on a ship that I assume was a scratch build as kits with plank on frame construction were extremely rare back then.  You didn't have much in the way of help from the internet back then either.  

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crayfish

You are quite right, but we cant miss something we never had. However, I have never been in to kits anyhow. That is more assembling than building in my eyes. Dont get me wrong, I have respect for kitbuilders also as there is lots of work building period ships of the line i.e. rigging or hullplanking.

Cheers, Kai

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Martes

Thanks!

Hohlenberg-style narrow sterns are always a bit tricky (I had very hard time trying to figure out the stern on Christian VII) so it's interesting to see other examples.

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tom kinglake

My granddaughter Freya is two years old today, and your beautiful model is the second thing I came across while browsing through the gallery this morning!

 

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