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I'm waiting on this monograph myself so I'll be following this log with interest

Very nice ship Wish my polish was better than none exixting

Very nice model But any chance you could reinsert the pictures that have gone missing from the build log?

Just wondering if its just me or does everybody have problems with the ancre.fr pages? Sometimes they work, most times I keep getting error messages

That is one fantastic build you have there Just wondering, when did you start to build this ship and do you think it will be finished?

Stringers arrived a few days ago. Now I just have to find a few quite hours to get some work in

Thanks to Pete and Euromodel my stringers are now on their way from Italy. Great support and custumer service from Euromodel.

Some more dry fitting made today, and some beveling of the bulkheads started Everything seams to be ok, no warped bulkhead or badly cut decks One problem has arisen though... The kit is missing the stringers They are listed in the italian components list but not in the english. And they are not among the included materials

AntonyUK I got it on one Model Expo´s weekly deals At $525 I think it was a good deal. (incl. shipping)

Jimbob I would love to see the pictues. Maybe I´ll get some ideas for improvements This will by the way be my first atemt at some scratch building later on. Dont like the longboat that came premade in the kit, and I will try out some of Peter Coward´s construction tips from the Euromodel site.

This will be my log for the Falmouth. First some history. 1750 " Falmouth," East Indiaman, was commenced by Mr. Perry on 1752 the 22nd of August, 1750, and launched on the 14th of August, 1752, a copy of one of the elaborate plans of this vessel now hanging in the office at Blackwall is here given. In this year Mr. Perry's wife, Ann Perry, died at the age of thirty-six. Taken from "Chronicles of Blackwall Yard" by Henry Green and Robert Wigram 1881 It was the first trading vessel of the English Indiaman Companies and showed a close resemblance to a warship in sail plan and rigging, with the most up-to-date reef-points to her topsails The ship was equipped with a large amount of artillery, unusual for the trading vessels of that period. In that she was run along the lines of naval discipline was due to the fact that the vessel could sail alone without any convoy ship, since its rich load was a good bounty for all the enemy vessels and pirate ships. The Falmouth could easily combat a war-ship of the same tonnage, thanks to its crew of 180 experienced men including the best trained gunners. The superiority of the crew was partly due to the incentive granted to each gunman allowing each individual to transport his own 5 tonnage of goods there and 2 tonnage back. These goods were usually sold as smuggled goods to the black market. The Falmouth was of 499 tons and was in service until 1764 completing five voyages for the East India Company under the Captain George Hepburn. She was lost on her sixth voyage, wrecked at Sogar Bank in 1766. (From the Euromodel site) Just some first pictures It only took ten days from the US to Norway by regular post, I was impressed. No wonder the box was so heavy... Having the inlaws visit for two weeks put the start off a little, but tonight I got to dry fit the frames Will fix that one bulkhead..

They sure are quick down there in France Got a reply already saying they´ll ship my english book on monday!! And I´ll get a refund for shipping the french book back. I´m going to buy more from them soon I think

Today I got my book Only one problem..... I got the french version!!! I´ve sent them an email to get a replacement, hopfully they are as quick this time around. But I must say, This is a fantastic looking book, and so big!!! For now I´m just studing the pictures, can´t wait to start reading this thing I´m not suffring to much though. Also got two other books today: -The anatomy of Nelson´s ships, by Longridge -Ship Modeling simplified, by Frank Mastini

I´ll try to do a build log I guess, it will probably be quite messy and erronious so feedback will be needed Just have to wait for delivery... two to four weeks Oh!! And I need to finish my Oseberg (Billing)

Model expo had such a nice deal for the Falmouth from Euromodel so I got one of those

Got a conformation of shipping today. They are quicker than I expected

Ordered my copy of The Art of Shipmodeling Bernard FRÖLICH now. Will be interesting to see how long it takes from france to norway

After more than 20 years I´ve startet building some ships again. So far all models I´ve done have been Billing Boats (Norden, Norske Løve, Bluenose and Sperwer) Currently working on the viking ship Oseberg. But for next winter I´m already making plans. I´m down to two choieses HMS Victory or HMS Royal William It´s a step up in complexity from my previous builds but I want more of a challange next time. Maybe trying my hand at some scratch modifications to. But I would like some input as to the difference between the two models I might be leaning towards the Euromodel but I´m not desided yet -Hans Christian