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chris watton
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I remember doing that, I did that and I think a Ballahoo Class Schooner at the same time back in 2000, took about 3 weeks from very start to finish. This one took quite a bit longer, and I hope it will show in the kit. -
..And second prototype model done. Well, still have the clear acetate stand to add, but rig completed literally minutes ago... Sherbourne (64th)
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I very much like this: (STEVEN DEWS (1949-) HMS Centurion & the Spanish Treasure ship Nuestra Señora de Covadonga
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Well, it wouldn't stand up to too close a scrutiny - used lots of CA for securing knots instead of the usual PVA, so if damaged, it will be a nightmare to fix. Also lots of simple knots instead of the more usual seizings. I have included minimal rig for this, with running rigging being just tyes, lifts and braces - but still manages to look pretty busy up top. Still laser cutting the parts for both kits, onto the laser etched decks. This time, for both Adder and Sherbourne, I am using more power for the engraved parts, so they are not so light, as seen on the prototpe models (which have the exact same batch of 0.8mm pear I used for the prototypes and the same laser engrave and cut settings).
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I did rush the rig, cut a lot of corners, meaning it took around 5 days from shrouds to braces - but I only need the model to look presentable for box art...
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One down, one to go...
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You can send them via PM, no problem! Am currently masting and rigging Adder (only on shrouds, first job for rigging), this will be another two weeks, then I do the same for Sherbourne. After this, I need to put the manuals together (last job, which will take a full week at least - plans are already fully complete). So am thinking the end of next month for release, assuming no delays for printed stuff. Whilst trying to finish the models, I am also laser cutting the production sheets for each, which is about 30% complete as I type. All PE is already here with me and all resin fittings complete. Adder will go in a Grecian sized box, and Sherbourne Fifie/Zulu box. After these two, work will start on a medium sized kit, but I will take my time on this, I feel I need to slow down a little....
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CA gel, it is what I used for the prototype model for your kit, and is used for 99% of all my second planking.
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Thank you, I do not mind at all - for the more experienced, kits should be seen as a blank canvas to which the modeller can stamp their own interpretation to the finished model. Looks fantastic, I like this little kit, as there's so much going on along the deck.
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I have shrank the file for a 16 footer (3-d print and laser cut parts), which I shall produce in the next few weeks (64th) I say a few weeks because right now, I am laser cutting production parts for Adder and Sherbourne.
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The thread diameters are given by the suppliers, but I know 0.1mm is not really 0.1mm, it is thicker than that, so do not put too much stock in the diameters for the thinnest threads - what is suplied is as correct as I can get it. Ratlines were not thick rope as their job was to take the weight of one man at any one time.
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I do plan to have a full suite of these in this form, but they take time. Concentrating on clinker boats first is my priority, as these are never easy to plank in small wood form. Not quick to produce, too, the smallest takes 5 hours to print, the middle size 7 hours, and the 32nd scale hull is 12 hours.
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Now live: Cutter (full kit – various scales) – VANGUARD MODELS
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48th laser cutting done, so will be live soon
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It is not up yet, I need to produce the laser cut parts, which I shall do over the weekend
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Another small update. I was never happy with the 3-d printed cutters I offered, being quite generic. I aim to put this right by having a new set of boats done over the next year or so. The first is the first of 2 cutter hulls, and the lines used are the same lines I used when designing the laser cut wood 18 foot cutter, so it is more of a direct replacement for the laser cut version. This is much more detailed than the old 3-d printed cutter, with more internal detail and correct hull shape, complete with clinker planking. For now, there will be three scales for this, which will include the hull and laser cut pear thwarts, knees, rudder, fore and aft flooring and oars. Scales will be 1:64th, 1:48th and a few at a monsterous 1:32nd
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They are certainly much cheaper than the black acetate balls I supply with the kit.
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James asked me reply, to test the lag.
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Thank you I will not do another Cruiser Class, but I have a slightly earlier 18 gun brig earmarked, Diligence Class, Harpy (love the name, and it was in action throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars), which has nicer lines (almost like a much larger Speedy) and only a few feet shorter along the gun deck than Snake/Cruiser, being 95 feet (Cruiser Class was 100 feet). But the exact same armament as the later class, 16 x 32 pounder carronades and 2 x long 6-pounder chase guns.
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OK, this is the 16th kit and will be released in concert with Adder (both developed together), and it is a revisit, as I felt I wanted to do it a little more justice. Here is the new design for HM armed cutter Sherbourne, 1763, designed by Sir Thomas Slade and using all of the reasearch I could lay my hands on to develop an accurate representation of this cute little cutter. This will be the last for my range of naval cutters, being content with a small (Sherbourne), medium (Trial) and large (Alert) cutter. I have added 8x3 pounders, but in reality, she was armed with 6, and she is shown with 12 swivel cannon, but only allocated 8 for the real version - but some moan if they cannot fill gun port slots or populate all of the swivel posts... As with Trial and Adder, all detail at main wale level and above is all pre cut with laser engraved plank lines and treenails. I decided not to paint the inner bulwarks red so the detail could be more easily seen. Hull just needs a final spray varnish, then it's ready for the masts and rig, which I shall do together with Adder. Oh, 64th scale, if anyone asks...and I haven't skimped on the bulkhead spacing....(17 bulkheads) ETA - the skeletal hull was a pre prototype, and the first time I fitted the parts together from my initial designs.
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It is strange, in that they all seem to sell well, but do so in phases. For example, one week it will be all Trial Cutters, another week Speedy's, then Sphinx, then a run on Indy's etc.
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I did try to get threaded bars for the carronades in the appropriate diameter. However, the quotes I got were comical.
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