greenstone

On this 22-gun cutter-brig Mercury сaptain Robert Crown, a Scotsman in the Russian service, attacked the Swedish 44-gun frigate Venus in 1789 and was able to capture a superior enemy. Then Robert Crown commanded his prize - this frigate Venus.

Therefore, in the Russian archives there are drawings of this frigate Venus, which served in the Russian fleet.
So, I do not think that in the Swedish archive can be drawings of the cutter-brig Mercury.

Although, who knows ..
Although the cutter was bought in England, it could have been built in another country. I guess it was built in Denmark.

I have not seen a similar drawing in the English archives.

But something similar I could see in the Danish archive

For my part should be explained.
The photo shows a model from the Central Naval Museum in St. Petersburg.
Model cutter  with a brig sailing. The figure is the god Mercury.
1/24 scale
Model made in the 19th century

According to the museum, this is the model of the cutter-brig "Mercury", which was bought in England in 1788, and which in 1789 captured the Swedish frigate "Venus".

I found in the archives information that after the purchase in England, this cutter was immediately sheathed with copper on the Thames River in private shipyards, why its arrival in the Baltic Sea was delayed a few months from the plan
 
That is why I have a question.
On the one hand there is a museum model with clinker, and on the other it is known for certain that there was a copper plating.
And where is the truth?

My personal opinion is that - probably, the creator of the model was wrong when he made clinker.
Sailing equipment on the model is shown as of the 19th century, not at the time of purchase of the cutter in 1788

P.S. Long stored in a warehouse in the basement. The condition is very deplorable.

Now the model is under reconstruction in the museum.

6 hours ago, greenstone said:

Could a clinker-built cutter-brig of the late 18th century be sheathed with copper?

Colleagues, what can you say about this particular question?

47 minutes ago, Backer said:

probably paint 

This cutter-brig served in the Baltic Sea.

The sea with colder waters and the paint  should be White Stuff, as you wrote.

On 9/7/2018 at 1:06 AM, rafine said:

Will Model Expo have the yawl kits, and if so, when?

 

Bob

Hello Bob!

I see,  Model Expo started selling our new kit MK0103 yawl 68mm 1/72

https://modelexpo-online.com/Master-Korabel_c_164.html

You can also buy this kit in the store CraftySailor:

https://craftysailor.com/collections/all?page=2

But most importantly, the entire range of our products is presented in this store (block, etc).

Good afternoon, colleagues!
I have an interesting question.

Could a clinker-built cutter-brig of the late 18th century be sheathed with copper?

There is one older model of a 96-foot-long cutter-brig in the marine museum of St. Petersburg with a clinker.

Below the waterline is a dark brown color.

Does it imitate copper plating or a protective paint?

Wayne

WOW!!!!

I am very grateful to you, especially for the last link, where the Russian language is in the dictionary

Gentlemen, thank you for responding so quickly to my request!
I'm flattered!

Thomas

Thanks so much for the tip!
Found this dictionary.
I will watch it now

Eugene

Dear colleagues,
Tell me where can I find ship-modeling terms in German (for boat hulls) ?

This is necessary for the correct translation of instructions.
I would be very grateful for help 

in addition to my post
Here is the approved coloring of the ship by the Russian emperor Alexander the First in 1824.

This is an official document.
I think the  color of the board from the inside was on the brig Mercury

This color looks like

My regards!

Brig Mercury (1820) had a specific color, as painted russian ships in the 20-30s of the 19th century

We have a real image of the brig Mercury, which was painted by the navigator (sailing master) Prokofiev.

He was on board during the battle with the Turkish ships.  He is an eyewitness.

This drawing is kept in The Central Naval Museum ( St. Petersburg, Russia)

I note that under the gun ports was a narrow white stripe.

The presence of this narrow strip is confirmed by other archival documents

P.S. All other images of the brig are fake. None of the other artists (including Aivazovsky) have seen the brig in reality.

Eugene

Our new project 

8-oars18ft Launch 

Lenght in 72 scale - 76.2 mm, wigth - 24 mm

We have an additional new dealer СraftySailor.com in Calgary, Canada
At the moment he has all our kits, even a new artillery, blocks and a new boat

https://craftysailor.com/collections/boats

Our distributor in Australia:

Darya Churilina
124 Hubert st.
Lilyfield, NSW 2040
Australia

darya.projects@gmail.com

1 hour ago, Richmond said:

Greenstone

 

Who are the dealers in Australia?

 

Richmond

Richmond, Of course.

I am pleased to do it.
In a few hours I will send you the contact of our distributor in Australia.

7 hours ago, Chuck Seiler said:

Just ordered one. Thanks.

Good afternoon.
   We do not officially sell on Ebay.
These are some private individuals selling there.

ATTENTION!
Our official dealers in the US, Australia and EU sell our kits with instruction in English.
If you buy from individuals from Russia, then you will not have instructions in English (only Russian).

3 hours ago, Richmond said:

Greenstone

 

Is there an English language version of your website?

 

Richmond

Richmond, hello!

Buy our kits from the official dealers.
In this case, the kit is completed with an instruction in English.

Eugene

My respect, colleagues!

The translations for our kits were done by the translation company.

If you happen to have any suggestions for improving them - you are very welcome.

Eugene

MASTER KORABEL

Good afternoon, dear colleagues!

I want to bring to your attention YouTube videos

for assembling one of  woodenkit by Master Korabel - Cannon Jolle 1801 1/72 scale art.MK0202

The videos were made by Alexey Vikulaev

The video has subtitles and in YouTube you can choose a translation into any language.

Pleasant and useful viewing,

Eugene

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

I wish everyone good and happiness!

I want to show a video of one sudomodelist from Russia - Alexey Vikulaev
He shows you how to make a boat 95mm that goes to our woodenkit "Brigantine Phoenix"

Enjoy

Eugene

6 hours ago, rafine said:

Will Model Expo have the yawl kits, and if so, when?

 

Bob

Bob,

Model Expo didn`t order this kit.

Maybe you should make them pre-order.

But GK-Modelbau will have the yawl in store.

They ordered ten kits of the yawl yesterday.

So I advise you to hurry up, if you need this kit now or or from the next batch.

Regards,

  Eugene

9 minutes ago, Jim Rogers said:

Eugene the Phoenix I purchased through Model Expo has the instructions in English but no English name plate.

Jim, I told about kit "Tender AVOS"

1 hour ago, DocBlake said:

Eugene:  When will Model Expo begin to sell the kit?

Dave, maybe in 1.5 months

Eugene 

One more photo of guns for the Russian fleet at the end of the 18th century.

L-45mm

Of course!
Boxes of kits that we will officially supply to foreign countries will have nameplate  in English,

as well as instructions in English.

Therefore, it is worth buying the only kit from our official partners as

in Europe

http://www.gk-modellbau-shop.de/epages/61220080.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/61220080/Categories/Fremdherstellern/Master_Korabel

in USA 

https://modelexpo-online.com/Master-Korabel_c_164.html

My regards,

Eugene