Sailor1234567890 Posted April 6, 2017 Share #1 Posted April 6, 2017 What's the difference? They're by the same designer but what other differences are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkay11 Posted April 6, 2017 Share #2 Posted April 6, 2017 They are indeed very similar as cutters and I almost bought the Lady Nelson kit as a first model except that they were out of stock at the time and I took the Sherbourne instead. If you're talking of the Amati/Victory Models version of the Lady Nelson, there's plenty of pictures and builds to see on this forum and the web to compare with the Sherbourne -- as well as with the various kit suppliers, but essentially rigging, spars, deck layout, pump positions, companionway, number of guns, age. The Lady Nelson design also is not of any particular real ship, whilst the Sherbourne is based to a large extent on the plans of the ship in 1763 at the National Maritime Museum in the UK. If you're talking of Chris Watton who designed the kit of the Lady Nelson, he designed kits of the Victory and several other ships, but I didn't know he designed the kit of the Sherbourne. The original designer of the Sherbourne was Sir Thomas Slade, who also designed the Victory, so I am not sure about the point you are making about the designers. Tony mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted April 6, 2017 Share #3 Posted April 6, 2017 Chris Watton did design both kits. Canute, mtaylor and tkay11 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Pierre Posted April 18, 2017 Share #4 Posted April 18, 2017 I'm not sure, but I think that while the Lady Nelson is a little more expensive than the Sherbourne, it had a wooden base included, which I think is worth considering. There is also a nice Anatomy of the Ship book named "The Cutter Alert", which allows fantastic super detailing of either kit. Ther are (were) several build logs of the SQherbourne, some going to the extend of making a clinker built hull which most cutters seem to have featured. There is yet another kit by Euromodel of Como, which has a lovely shape, but I wonder about its authenticity. Happy modelling! JP Canute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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