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About chris watton

  • Birthday 11/21/1966

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    www.vanguardmodels.co.uk/

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    Forest of Dean, Gloucester, UK
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    Ships and cars.

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  1.    chris watton reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Sussex by Ab Hoving - A dockyard model from card
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  14. chris watton
    Igor's very first job for me was the Surprise lower drop, the rest of Surprise 3-d printed parts was done by another company (figureheads and the Aubrey/Maturin music scene) and a nice fellow from Canada (Lantern, boats, done previously, and stove), and a few things I did myself (like the new pump bodies, rudder fittings and carronade wheels) Igor's first big job for me will be the figurehead, decoration and a few other aspects for the new development of HMS Agamamnon. I suspect this will not be his last job for me.. Today I ordered and paid for the production photo etched brass sheets for Surprise, which are being done in Italy and will be ready well before kit release. In fact, all of the Surprise PE copper sheets will be with me this week (ordered those extra early in case there was any issues with supply).
  15.    chris watton reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Surprise 1796 (prototype) by James H - Vanguard Models - 1:64
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  22. chris watton
    OK, we now have Sherbourne's back in stock (keep running out...) Also, I have made up 5 Flirt Master Shipwright kits (boxwood), which are also in stock.
  23. chris watton
    I will have other scales available at some point, but not for a while, as we are very snowed under right now.
  24. chris watton
    And here is the full scene, Aubrey, Maturin, table with candles and music note stand - standard in all Surprise kits.
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  26. chris watton
    This is it, well worth a watch, very entertaining, and Ab is in there somewhere!
  27. chris watton
    Here is the finished STL for Aubrey
  28. chris watton
    Ab, was it my imagination, or did I see your good self in a You Tube doc relating to 17th Century sea warfare, which was quite excellent?
  29. chris watton
    Regarding my research for Agamemnon, and the Ardent Class in general, I shall preempt any possible concerns regarding the stern and number of stern lights/windows. For me, it is settled that this is a true reflection of the Ardent Class, designed by Slade: Now, it is very easy to get confused with another HMS Ardent, a Crown Class 64 launched in 1782 , so two decades after Slade's Ardent, of which the plans do show the stern and with 8 windows on the lower tier. But it is NOT the Ardent of the early 1760’s, of which class the Agamemnon belonged. The only plans of all of the Ardent Class (I know this because I bought a copy of every single available plan just to make sure) that show the stern detail is that of the Indefatigable, as shown above, and it is this that I shall be working to. I do not care so much about what paintings show, they can be wrong and most times done many years later. So in lieu of anything more concrete than the actual plans of the original, which I am working to, the above stands. According to my research, Agamemnon, all of the Ardent Class, had 7 lower lights at the stern, and not 8, and the kit will be modelled/developed as such.
  30. chris watton
    That is already done. We have sent small parcels via RM in the past couple of days to the US. The customer pays more in postage (done automatically on our 'Live' Royal Mail shipping system) to cover the new tax. We do not send kits with Royal Mail, however, they only ship via UPS, as most parcels for kits are too large for them to accept.
  31. chris watton
    Development costs for Surprise are already very high, as I have ordered, and still ordering the materials for production, so no more figures at release. (costs of the large 0.8mm pear sheets for the engraved bulwarks and the 0.1mm PE copper plates in particular are very high). When I decided to develop Surprise, I envisioned from the start having an Aubrey and Maturin figure in the cabin, playing their instruments. I thought this would be a nice little touch, as you could see their silhouettes through the stern windows and upper deck beams. These figures are not cheap to commission (and lead times are very long), but I felt they would be worth the cost, as I always trust my initial decisions when working out how I want a new kit to be presented, and what's included as standard to enhance the experience for the modeller.
  32. chris watton
    A mere trifle, I'll get right on it!
  33. chris watton
    Ask again in a couple of months, as I am knee-deep in Surprise development right now, I would need to set up new files just for your scale.
  34. chris watton
    Not as bad as an enquiry I just had, asking what stain I used for the pear colour on the pear wood I use for the kits to give that pear wood colour, as I don't mention the stain at all!
  35. chris watton
    As I understand it, this figure is a work in progress, and sent to me just for comfirmation that the seating position is OK
  36. chris watton
    And progress with the second Aubrey figure....

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