Jump to content
New Publication - Ship Modeler's Handbook - They're back in stock! Thank you for your patience. ×

uss frolick

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,123

  • Joined

  • Last visited

7 Followers

Recent Profile Visitors

5,914 profile views
  1.    dvm27 reacted to a post in a topic: US Frigate Boston, 1799: "Probably the swiftest sailing ship in the world."
  2.    paul ron reacted to a post in a topic: US Frigate Boston, 1799: "Probably the swiftest sailing ship in the world."
  3.    ScottRC reacted to a post in a topic: US Frigate Boston, 1799: "Probably the swiftest sailing ship in the world."
  4.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: US Frigate Boston, 1799: "Probably the swiftest sailing ship in the world."
  5.    Marcus.K. reacted to a post in a topic: US Frigate Boston, 1799: "Probably the swiftest sailing ship in the world."
  6.    François de Saint Nazaire reacted to a post in a topic: Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
  7.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
  8.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
  9.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
  10.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: USS Pennsylvania 1837 by threebs - 1/72 scale - second build in this scale
  11.    druxey reacted to a post in a topic: Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
  12.    oakheart reacted to a post in a topic: Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
  13. uss frolick
    And unlike L'Unite, La Tourterelle (620 tons) fought like hell before she struck to a larger opponent. She even used a special oven to heat "hot-shot" in her defense, but it didn't help her. Lively was a rare, 18-pounder 32-gun frigate. Tourterelle's "as taken" profile with carvings is just too beautiful!
  14. uss frolick
    So your kit could be used to make La Tourterelle (the turtledove)?
  15.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
  16.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: location of carronades on a RN 74 gun ship
  17. uss frolick
    The problem is that most of the builders' plans were drawn up before 1800, at a time when carronades were not overly-common on ships of the line. After that date, bulwarks became planked over, and it was easy to determine where the Carronades went, as their bulwark openings were larger than the nine-pounders. Check later, post-1800 drafts to see where the carronades actually went. After Trafalgar, it was about an even split between the two, and the long guns jumped a caliber to 12-pounders. Harold Underhill's commercial (3/16" scale) plans of the Armada-Class 74's, circa 1806, show where the carronades usually went.
  18. uss frolick
    With eighteen long-guns already on the crowded quarterdeck and forecastle, there was no extra room for adding carronades, except maybe on the poop. They sometimes replaced long guns in positions furthest from the chains, so their great flash wouldn't ignite the tar covered shrouds. Where and how many carronades varied greatly from ship to ship, and they increased in number over time. Study the six volumes of William James's "The Naval History of Great Britain" and you'll see what I mean. Their presence was a function of availability and the captain's preference.
  19.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Kingfisher 1770 by Remcohe - 1/48 - English 14-Gun Sloop - POF
  20.    uss frolick reacted to a post in a topic: HMS RESOLUTION 1667 by KarenM - 1:48
  21. uss frolick
    Freaking zebra muscles!
  22. uss frolick
    Ein Panzerspah-flugzeug-wagen!
  23. uss frolick
    I lathed out master barrels in brass for a 12-pounder long gun and a 32-pounder carronade, and took them down to my local pewter artist. He moulded off multiple copies of each for my USS Frolick project. A posted the results few years ago:
  24. uss frolick
    Don't forget the relatively recent magnum opus, "Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Pilot Boat Schooner." , by Geoffrey M. Footner, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998. A modern must-have. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Tidewater-Triumph-Development-Worldwide-Chesapeake/dp/0913372803
  25. jcurtis55 started following uss frolick
  26. uss frolick
    "Grampa. What's a library?"
  27. uss frolick
    There is a secret manufacturer codeword, that is only placed on the highest quality wooden ship-model kits. Search carefully for the word "Vanguard" on the box-top.
  28. uss frolick
    Clayton Feldman, whose popular Model Ship Builder series on the Fair American was reprinted in paperback form, included all the lofted frame drawings in the latter. Is Dr. Feldman still with us?
  29. uss frolick
    Don't forget the old, reliable Fair American!
  30. uss frolick
    It's a good deal, if you're not set up to 3D print, which I am not, even if only the barrels are offered. (I still own DVD's!) But there is another French vender who offers a small number of Ancre sets in both metal and resin barrels (click 'l'artillerie' in the left menu): http://www.lahoche.fr
  31. uss frolick
    Phillipe! Bienvenue dans notre joyeuse petite communauté maritime! 🛶
  32. uss frolick
    This is the tragic last act of the famed Salem frigate. She held an estimated 5.000 Irish prisoners during her twelve final years, who were mostly awaiting transport to Australia. Some of the prisoners' stories are recounted here:

About us

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

SSL Secured

Your security is important for us so this Website is SSL-Secured

NRG Mailing Address

Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917

Model Ship World ® and the MSW logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,929,264 & No. 6,929,274, registered Dec. 20, 2022)

Helpful Links

About the NRG

If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.

The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.

The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.

Our Emblem ®

Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research

Nautical Research Guild ® and the NRG logo are Registered Trademarks, and belong to the Nautical Research Guild (United States Patent and Trademark Office: No. 6,999,236 & No. 6,999,237, registered March 14, 2023)

×
×
  • Create New...