Renown1980

10 hours ago, ikkypaul said:

quite a brave venture, but will succeed

Thanks Paul. It will definitely be an adventure and as to success, we'll have to wait and see

Stuart

43 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

monograph available at ANCRE.

Thanks for the welcome Mark. Thanks for the book pointer, not a cheap book.

1 hour ago, barkeater said:

pretty cool idea to build all the ships

I thought so too, especially all lined up together in the same scale but I can't see that happening.

Stuart

56 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

a kit for only one of the Renowns

Thanks Chris for the welcome and pointers. I didn't list Battleship Renown and battlecruisers as I already have these kits. The 1744 Renown looks like a very impressive model but its physical size and price is a bit phohibitive but we'll see. I very much like the idea of building waterline, so I think it'll be scratch all the way but the advice is to start off easy so I'll hunt down something close to the subject period, witha couple a guns to get some practice.

Cheers Jon from Oz @Jim Lad

Stuart

Hi All,

With a little dabble in modelling many years ago, I have been modelling solidly for about 25 years building plastic kits of various subjects in various scales. On the nautical front, I've built plastic kits of submarines , an MTB and currently scratch building (albeit slowly) a tug and gearing up to scratch build the Japanese steamer 'Fushimi Maru' in 2021...all in plastic.

As my username may imply, I have a naval connection in that I served in the Royal Navy, the last ship (submarine)  being HMS Renown SSBN. Nearing retirement and more time, I am keen to build ships bearing the name Renown and so my journey has led me here.

I have no knowledge of sailing ships, where to find plans & data, what's possible in what scale, etc and I will be calling upon the expertise of MSW to help me. As a heads-up, Wiki states:

• 1651 20-gun fireship, a captured French frigate(?) named Renommee.
• 1747 30-gun fifth rate ship, captured French ship named Renommee.
• 1774 50-gun fourth rate ship.
• 1798 74-gun third rate ship.
• 1857 91-gun second rate ship.

All the best for 2021

Stuart