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LeTigre - French Privateer 1780

This model diorama is based on the Vanguard HMS Alert Cutter kit. The kit is excellent, however I did modify components and added sails and their required running rigging. I chose to place the model in Caribbean waters making headway from the Leeward islands. I imagined the French privateering crew on their way to raid English shipments and plantations on the U.K.'s "sugar islands." I kept the diorama's base in a neutral color to keep the focus on the setting. 

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Viggen

Viggen

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Beautiful work! Great photographs as well, draws me into the scene. 

BobG

BobG

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Stunningly beautiful and wonderfully realistic! This is one of the best dioramas I've ever seen. Congratulations! 

hollowneck

hollowneck

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Bob,

Thank you; I am humbled by your praise. As I've previously posted, I am hooked on sailing ships being depicted in seriously fun sailing settings. Say that five times, fast!

Ron

hollowneck

hollowneck

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Oops! Sorry, I meant to say "Thank You" to you too, Viggen.

Ron

Cadence

Cadence

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You can almost hear the swoosh of the sea down the sides, and smell the salt

 

Really nicely done - the sails look suitably taught

hollowneck

hollowneck

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Thanks Cadence! I do like the sounds and the smell of the ocean.

Even the taste! (love fish, shellfish)...

Ron

captain_hook

captain_hook

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That is a very beautiful diorama, the ship and water look very realistic. Well done!

hollowneck

hollowneck

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Thanks Captain! A little late here on my acknowledgement, but 2020 COVID put quite a few things on the back burner! Haven't checked into my gallery in a while.

Ron

 

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