chris watton
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Vanguard Adder boats - which boat should be used?
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I cannot recall right now, but I definitely read it in one of my books when looking for as much detail as I could when researching.- 4 replies
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When researching for Adder, I too wanted to know what type of boat they would have had, as I intended to include one. To my surprise, I read that this particular class were not issued with a boat, I assume because they operated near the shore.
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Looks amazing! I have seen many kit built models with a lot less detail than what you have done in scales much larger!
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kit review 1:48 La Renommée 1744 - CAF Model
chris watton replied to James H's topic in REVIEWS: Model kits
There certainly are plans, and very good ones, too: MONOGRAPHIE DE LA RENOMMEE - Frégate de 8 - 1744 - Ancre- 16 replies
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Looking good! I just checked the amount of 'Keys' on the 2mm MDF sheet, and there are a total of 8, with only 5 required, so you should have 3 extra
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I never said I was doing a kit of Tourterelle - what I said was that there are 2 figureheads in the kit, one fictional (as seen on my prototype), and the original, which we used the Tourterelle for the detail. So you can build the Tourterelle from the Surprise kit, if you so wish, as they are the same class of vessel.
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This is the 3-decker I have earmarked for my 'Flagship Kit'
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There will be only one optional extra for Surprise, the machined walnut blocks. All else will be standard for the kit, PE copper plates, flag set, Aubrey and Maturin figures etc.
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I wonder what people would think of this as a kit in the (distant) future, a behemoth of a 2-decker (for a British made ship) - the Second Rate 80-Gun Foudroyant - just a couple of feet shorter than Victory:
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I think pre orders will be around March, when the build manual is complete and ready to be sent to the printers. Also, assuming I will have completed all production laser cut parts for the first 100 kits by then...
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Thank you and Happy New Year to you and everyone on here! Laser machine running today with Surprise production - but have to stop to do more Sherbourne laser cut sheets, keep running out for that one! There will be a pre order window for Surprise. If I can, and if I have the time; for every pre order, like the Indy, I shall try and do a personalised nameplate with the name of the purchaser on each nameplate.
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Recommended First Machine
chris watton replied to vvvjames's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
If it's for mainly period ship modelling, I think a small lathe would be very useful for masts and yards. A Dremel type multi function drill is always useful, as is a belt sander and electril sanding mouse. -
Well, we start moving some stuff into new work unit tomorrow. The laser machines will not be moved until mid January (laser machine engineers are moving them and setting them back up). I did a little floorplan to see what I needed, rack and worktable wise, (which is now all ordered and arriving next week) and this is what I came up with: I am sure that after the year is up, I will need something larger, but for now, it is three times the space I have right now, and I will be able to run both machines in concert for the first time! Hope everyone's having a great Christmas week!
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Sphinx has the same: In fact, most ships of this period with quarter galleries have this. And here is the one on the original Surprise plan:
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If the price looks too good to be true... The price of their Victory on the main site is around $1400, the one on that site you bought from is showing $259.99. This huge discrepancy should have set off massive alarm bells with it being over $1k cheaper than the main AL site.
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