chris watton
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I am still waiting for printed materials, everything else is ready. They should not be too long now, as I know they went into production early this week, and they are all paid for. -
Will have the 32 foot pinnace on line soon, plus what you see here, the Indy 3-d printed boat full set, which replaces the laser cut frames and planking for all boats. (If ordered with an Indy, you still get the standard kit boats too) 32 foot Pinnace: 32′ Pinnace – VANGUARD MODELS Complete Indy boat set: HMS Indefatigable Boat Set – VANGUARD MODELS
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Not really, instead of the customer paying VAT at point of sale (like they would if buying from another EU country), they pay import or customs duty. It's not all one way, too, as I pay import duties on all supplied and materials I buy from the EU, pear, photo etch etc.
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We are about to ship AgesofSail a new order tomorrow, which includes Sherbournes
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Oops, corrected, am always doing that!
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Here is a pick of the first off (trial prints, not production) with the integrated fore and aft gratings - I had 2 files, one with and one without gratings, and I have chosen this one for production hulls. (Also has integrated coxwaines seats at the stern) Next to the 2 test print hulls is the 14 foot yawl hull!
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After many test prints, I am NOW doing production prints for the 64th scale 32 foot pinnace. This is quite large at almost 154mm long (so takes over 9 hours to print). The hull does include the fore and aft gratings (intergrated) and feint hull planking lines. Once I have produced these, I need to laser cut the pear parts, and then this will be for sale. Also, I was waiting for this one to complete the Indy full set for 3-d printed boats (Sphinx to follow, as 28 foot pinnace is next)
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Such a shame, Glenn
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OK, the 3-d printed boats pages have had a revamp. I was hoping to have my pinnaces and shallop by now, but still waiting for those. However, I have now available cutters, yawls and launches, all with detailed 3-d printed hulls and laser cut pear seats etc. and all 64th scale. All are clinker hulls except the 24 and 26 foot launches. 3D-Printed Ship’s Boats – VANGUARD MODELS
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Thank you! the machine has a 12 week lead time from ordering, so won't have it until around February. For anyone interested, this is what I ordered:
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I have been told that Harpy printed materials should be with me by the end of next week. I have just put a deposit down on a second large laser machine, which has more power (100w) and larger bed size, with my very first little 40w machine as part exchange, as this is redundant now. Quite an investment, but I believe is necessary for the future growth of VM.
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Well, Surprise isn't exactly 'Just around the corner', this will be a latter half of 2025 release.
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Thanks, Brian! Still ill, dammit, but not too bad
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We now have LED lighting sets for peiod ships kits in stock This lighting set is adaptable to most model ships, and is highly recommended for our HMS Sphinx and HMS Indefatigable, amongst others. Each set includes: 10 yellow candle-effect LEDs 4 yellow continuous LEDs Battery holder (for two AAA cells) Button cell battery holder Power switch 8 metres of red and black wire 0.5m of heat-shrink sleeve 1m of tin solder: LED Lighting Set – VANGUARD MODELS
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Thank you, Glenn, I hope you enjoy the build!
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OK, plans, box label and manual now sent to printers. Harpy product page is live and is now open for pre order: HM Brig Harpy – 1796 – VANGUARD MODELS
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OK, I just got word from Jim (Hatch) that the model for Harpy is now complete! This means I can now complete the manual and finalise box art, and then send the files off to the printers early next week. At that point, it will be open for pre orders. Thank you, Jim, another wonderful job! To recap the details for the kit: VM/17 HM Brig Harpy (November release) £425 VM/17/XL HM Brig Harpy (PE copper and machined blocks) £490 Scale - 1:64th Hull Length only - 551mm Overall Length (with boom and bowsprit) - 845mm Overall Height - 580mm Overall Width (Main Yard and booms) - 277mm 16 A0 sized plans, with 6 sheets dedicated to fully mast and rig the model, including all sheets, tacks, clews, bowlines etc. 100 page full colour construction manual. The 2 x 3-d printed boats are inluded (18 and 22' cutter) And lots of laser cut and engraved parts!
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...And talking of boats, I have just had a couple of new renders for my 32 foot 'Shallop'. Looks like the laser and 3-d print files will be ready to send to me soon! This would suit modellers who only wish to display one boat on their model, I think.
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Still ill, won't go away, cannot get rid of this damned cough... OK, for Sphinx, once I have my pinnaces ready, I shall be offering a full set for both Sphinx and Indy. Sphinx has the 22 foot yawl, 24 foot launch and 28 foot pinnace, and Indy has an 18 foot cutter, 2 x 24 foot cutters, 26 foot launch and 32 foot pinnace. I should have the pinnaces within the next week or so. For Alert, a 14 foot yawl or 16 foot cutter would suit. Those two would be fine for any of the smaller kits. I will still always offer the laser cut plank on bulkhead boat kits, I just wanted there to be a choice with a pre made hull, as most of the boat hulls, apart from the launches and pinnaces are clinker.
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I have just finished printing the 9 boats I have, I do have another 3 coming soon (28 and 32 foot pinnaces and 32 foot barge barge, making 12 different boats in 64th) I am just laser cutting the wood parts for each and all will be online soon (A pic shows the 24 foot cutter with main laser parts dry fitted) The yawl is quite tiny, just over 68mm long!
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There is no centre bench shown on the drawings used for this one. Also, if a centre bench is added, this means that the grain would be going the wrong way for the thwarts, making the whole part very fragile.
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I have some progress renders of a replacement for my old Admiral's Barge, a 32 foot 'Shallop', which I have had commissioned. This will be a 3-d printed hull and laser cut pear parts. Also having a 28 and 32 foot pinnace done, which are almost ready, I am told - I will then be able to offer full sets for both Indy and Sphinx
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For those that have been asking for a smaller boat, I listened, and have this little cutie almost ready to produce, a 14 foot yawl! Am yet to print the first one, but the STL file looks good, so don't envisage any problems with it. Would suit smaller vessels like cutters or something like Endeavour.
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You can never ever please everyone, so there's no point in trying, it is futile. I have been designing for over 30 years now, and it was/is/will be always the same. All I can do is ensure all fundamentals of the actual vessels are as correct as they can be. The modeller can then do whatever they want and fit it out however they want - and paint it however they want. From my own personal perspective, I think the paint shade arguments are mad, as surely this is dependent on the mix of the paint and then add to that, weathering when out at sea! I haven't done much designing over the past few weeks, I have been ill (3 weeks now, dammit)! and all my time and energy has been taken up producing kit parts, as orders have been quite healthy! I have put Indy out of stock for a while, as I need to re stock on the laser cut parts. These do take an age to produce. However, all Harpy production is complete, and I am now just waiting for Jim to complete the prototype. I am just about to complete another run of Sherbourne laser cut parts, and after this, I need to re stock Indy laser cut parts. With so many kits now, I need to really stay on top of stock!
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I have never added lights to any of my models, but I will assume they need to be installed as you build the model.
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