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  1. John Garnish
    It's a pretty little model all round, but the figure really is a work of art. Congratulations!
  2. John Garnish
    Caustic was one of a fleet of 12 gunboats built by the British on Lake Champlain around the end of the War of 1812. The work was overtaken by the Treaty of Ghent, ending the war in 1814, and the fleet was mothballed without ever having entered service. Nevertheless, plans for two of the boats were retained, and survive in the Canadian National Archives. These draughts were reproduced by Howard I Chappelle in his book “The History of the American Sailing Navy”, which is where I came across them. The gunboats were 62’3” overall, with a beam of 16’2” and depth in hold of 4’1”. They were rigg
  3. John Garnish
    Caustic-stern.jpg

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

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    9. Caustic gunboat 1814 - aft 24pdr

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

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    6. Caustic gunboat 1814 - midships

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

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    8. Caustic gunboat 1814 - aft 24pdr

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

  7. John Garnish
    7. Caustic gunboat 1814 - midships 24pdr

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

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    4. Caustic gunboat 1814 - bow 24pdr

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

  9. John Garnish
    1. Caustic gunboat 1814

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

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    5. Caustic gunboat 1814 - bow 24pdr

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

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    3. Caustic gunboat 1814 - scale 1/36

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

  12. John Garnish
    2. Caustic gunboat 1814 - scale 1/36

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

  13. John Garnish
    10. Caustic gunboat 1814 - aft 24pdr

    From the album: Caustic, British gunboat 1814

  14. John Garnish
    Caustic gunboat 1814 - aft 24 pdr
  15. John Garnish
    Caustic gunboat 1814 - midships 24 pdr
  16. John Garnish
    Caustic gunboat 1814 - 24pdr gun
  17. John Garnish
    Caustic gunboat 1814 - bow 24 pdr
  18. John Garnish
    Caustic gunboat 1814 - scale 1/36
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    Caustic gunboat 1814
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    Caustic gunboat 1814 - scale 1/36
  21. John Garnish
    Caustic gunboat 1814 - aft 24 pdr
  22. John Garnish
    Seren, Another (distorted) photo from McGowan's book. Note that there is another wale supporting the channels.
  23. John Garnish
    Siren You are right in wanting to include the wales, because they are essential to the appearance of the model. I attach a photo of the side elevation from Alan McGowan's book. The photo is very distorted because of the curvature of the pages, but the positions of the wales is still pretty clear. I have tinted them to help. Note that, if you want to be really accurate, the lower wale uses anchor stock planking. John
  24. John Garnish
    Building on the above, the fore and mainstays will be the heaviest ropes, followed by the shrouds and backstays in decreasing order and finally down to ratlines and lanyards. A golden rule for rigging models is that, if in doubt, make it lighter rather than heavier.
  25. John Garnish
    Don, This is purely a guess, because I haven’t tried it, but it seems to me that one of the characteristics of a weathered hull is that the seams crack and the individual planks start to show. It may be possible to simulate this, after painting the base colour on the hull, by using some slightly textured paint (paint with some dust in it?) and touching in each plank separately. That may provide the necessary delineation and texture. Any treatment of the planking prior to painting seems more likely to merge the planks rather than to delineate them.

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