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One of the hardest parts of building these small monitors is getting the hull right. Everything after that is gravy. The difficulty is due primarily to the very low freeboard and the necessity of preventing warpage. I tack the hull base plate to a small sheet of glass to hold everything flat during construction. The kit includes optional dressing belts, which I included; these are fairly difficult to install because of their extreme length and narrow width. Once the basic hull is complete, the addition of the superstructure and turrets goes rather quickly.
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The Spanish monitor Puigcerda (named for the city in Catalan and the only monitor ever to serve in the Spanish navy) was commissioned in 1875. She displaced 553 tons and carried three bronze muzzle-loaders, one of 12 cm and two of 10 cm. After brief service during the Third Carlist War, she was laid up until the Spanish-American War in 1898. Re-armed with two 16 cm guns and two 12 cm guns, she patrolled the Vigo River during that conflict. She was sold out of the service in 1900 and converted to a civilian steamer. Puigcerda is another of the excellent offerings from Paper Shipwright. Designer David Hathaway's models are well regarded for their fit and detail. Despite their small size and relatively low parts count, builders should have some experience working with card due to the number of very small parts. My kit was a laser reprint sold by Paper Models International; their website is still up, but hasn't been updated in ages. The kit includes several pages of parts, instructions, diagrams, and railing jigs.
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The model goes together relatively quickly and makes an interesting finished product. It is by no means a difficult model compared to what else is available in card model subjects, but it does have a fair amount of small parts, so builders should have some experience working with card before attempting this or other Paper Shipwright subjects. Cheers!
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The railings are made by gluing the template to a piece of stiff cardboard, then wrapping quilting thread (very little fuzz) around the template. I wick some CA glue into the thread to fix the joints and stiffen everything, then spray the railings with an appropriate color. In this case, gray primer was perfect. The CA-stiffened thread trims nicely and is easy to bend where necessary.
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Next up is the addition of the hull superstructure. Once the turret is in place, the remaining build consists of adding various deck details... ...until the job is basically done, except for the railings. Not much to it on such a small subject.
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I built this model in the spring of 2011. Folke was one of a small class of monitors built for the Swedish navy. Alone among her sisters, she carried her main gun facing aft, the idea being that she could cover a flotilla in the event of a withdrawal. My particular kit is the laser reprint sold by Paper Models International, but the model can also be purchased directly from Paper Shipwright. Owner David Hathaway has designed a number of monitor kits, as well as a variety of working craft. These kits are well-regarded in the card modeling community for their fit and detail. The kit includes the printed parts on two sheets, instructions, diagrams, and railing templates. Step one is to build up the egg-crate style hull skeleton and attach the deck and sides, all temporarily affixed to a sheet of glass to prevent warpage.
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Same designer, likely to have roughly the same level of detail. Go with whichever one makes your heart beat faster.
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Nice work! Seeing it makes me want to get back to work on my own HMS Fly. Cheers!
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