uss frolick

And unlike L'Unite, La Tourterelle (620 tons) fought like hell before she struck to a larger opponent. She even used a special oven to heat "hot-shot" in her defense, but it didn't help her. Lively was a rare, 18-pounder 32-gun frigate. Tourterelle's "as taken" profile with carvings is just too beautiful!

So your kit could be used to make La Tourterelle (the turtledove)?

The problem is that most of the builders' plans were drawn up before 1800, at a time when carronades were not overly-common on ships of the line. After that date, bulwarks became planked over, and it was easy to determine where the Carronades went, as their bulwark openings were larger than the nine-pounders. Check later, post-1800 drafts to see where the carronades actually went. After Trafalgar, it was about an even split between the two, and the long guns jumped a caliber to 12-pounders. Harold Underhill's commercial (3/16" scale) plans of the Armada-Class 74's, circa 1806, show where the carronades usually went.

With eighteen long-guns already on the crowded quarterdeck and forecastle, there was no extra room for adding carronades, except maybe on the poop. They sometimes replaced long guns in positions furthest from the chains, so their great flash wouldn't ignite the tar covered shrouds. Where and how many carronades varied greatly from ship to ship, and they increased in number over time. Study the six volumes of William James's "The Naval History of Great Britain" and you'll see what I mean. Their presence was a function of availability and the captain's preference.

Freaking zebra muscles!

Ein Panzerspah-flugzeug-wagen!

I lathed out master barrels in brass for a 12-pounder long gun and a 32-pounder carronade, and took them down to my local pewter artist. He moulded off multiple copies of each for my USS Frolick project. A posted the results few years ago:

Don't forget the relatively recent magnum opus, "Tidewater Triumph: The Development and Worldwide Success of the Chesapeake Pilot Boat Schooner." , by Geoffrey M. Footner, Mystic Seaport Museum, 1998. A modern must-have. Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Tidewater-Triumph-Development-Worldwide-Chesapeake/dp/0913372803

"Grampa. What's a library?"

There is a secret manufacturer codeword, that is only placed on the highest quality wooden ship-model kits. Search carefully for the word "Vanguard" on the box-top.

Clayton Feldman, whose popular Model Ship Builder series on the Fair American was reprinted in paperback form, included all the lofted frame drawings in the latter. Is Dr. Feldman still with us?

Don't forget the old, reliable Fair American!

It's a good deal, if you're not set up to 3D print, which I am not, even if only the barrels are offered. (I still own DVD's!) But there is another French vender who offers a small number of Ancre sets in both metal and resin barrels (click 'l'artillerie' in the left menu): http://www.lahoche.fr

Phillipe! Bienvenue dans notre joyeuse petite communauté maritime! 🛶

This is the tragic last act of the famed Salem frigate. She held an estimated 5.000 Irish prisoners during her twelve final years, who were mostly awaiting transport to Australia. Some of the prisoners' stories are recounted here:

Huzza! I just got the email this morning. Here for example is the L'Egyptienne page. Scroll down the tan box and tick "1/2 serie de canons au 1/48" to see a picture. In this case it is for a half battery in 1/48 for 110 Euros. https://ancre.fr/fr/monographies/102-legyptienne-fregate-de-24-1799-9782952740654.html#/langue-1_2_serie_de_canones_a_1_48 Those ships offering cannon sets, in differing scales, are: LE FLEURON : 1/48 LA NÉRÉIDE : 1/48 HERMIONE : 1/48 LA CREOLE : 1/48 Caronade de 12 livres : 1/12 CHALOUPE Armée 1/36 1/24 1/18 L'AMARANTE : 1/36 et 1/24 ARTESIEN : 1/48 et 1/36 LA BELLE-POULE : 1/48 MAHONESA: 1/48 et 1/36 LA BELLE : 1/48 et 1/36 LE REQUIN : 1/48 LA VENUS : 1/48 LA VOLAGE : 1/24 EGYPTIENNE : 1/48

The original plan was for Volume 2 to be about the spars, sails and rigging; Volume 3 was to be about the hull machinery and official naval items found aboard (joinery, capstan, gun carriages, etc.); and volume 4 was to be about the personal, private belongings of the crew. So perhaps they needed a whole second volume to complete the rigging, hence a Volume 2b.

"My Model of the Essex" by Walter Zimmerman was privately printed, in hardcover, but not very long. I would like to pick up a copy, since it would be a good companion to the AOTS book. I especially like the author's stern-carvings reconstruction. Nothing on eBay nor Amazon. It was recently reviewed on Olha Batchvarov's YouTube channel:

"Hip, hip, hip, hooray!"

Unusual scale. 1:84 is a standard scale for die cast collector cars.

Will you be offering a rum-sipping sloth for the great cabin? A cello? Killick holding tray of toasted cheese and Aubrey's number-one scaper? The twins Sarah and Emily? .... ooooh, the imagination soars ...

Charley, I am so sorry to hear of your family problems. Once the dust has settled, you will be happier as a free agent, especially being a young fellow. The first casualties of marriage are always your hobbies, but rarely hers. At least she doesn't have a horse, like mine has. I would be interested in a copy of each, if you can swing it, and I would, of course, pay any expenses.

Here are a couple French naval subjects that I hope Ancre one day creates monographs for: 1. L'Unite/ La Tourterelle, 28 guns: The most beautiful class of eight-pounder frigate/corvette built for the French Navy. L'Unite could be captured and would, of course, become HMS Surprise of Patrick O'Brien fame. Detailed plans of both survive at the NMM. 2. La Renommee of 1806. A late Sane-designed 18-pounder frigate that would be captured in 1811, and become the famous HMS Java of Constitution fame. There is a large rigged model of Renommee that survives in the Musee de la Marine, so the specific unique details of the ship would not have to be reconstructed. It has been four decades since Ancre last visited the 18-pounder class with the lovely La Venus, but then there were no frame drawings. There are enough differences between the two to warrant a new look at the class. 3. The beautiful 24-pounder Romaine-Class Bomb-Frigate L'Immortalite. Her detailed drawings survive in the NMM, with carvings, and she had a rollicking career in both the French and British navies. From Wiki: "The Romaine class was a class of nine frigates of the French Navy, designed in 1794 by Pierre-Alexandre Forfait. They were originally designated as "bomb-frigates" (Fr. frégate-bombarde) and were intended to carry a main armament of twenty 24-pounder guns and a 12-inch mortar mounted on a turntable in front of the mizzen mast. Experience quickly led to the mortars being removed (in most vessels they were never fitted), and the 24-pounders were replaced by 18-pounder guns. The ships also featured a shot furnace, but they proved impractical, dangerous to the ships themselves, and were later discarded.[4] A further eleven ships ordered to this design in 1794 were not built, or were completed to altered designs. Two vessels of the class became breakwaters in less than 15 years after their construction. The British Royal Navy captured three. One was lost at sea. None had long active duty careers. All-in-all, these ships do not appear to have been successful with the initially intended armament, but proved of adequate performance once their heavy mortar was removed and their 24-pounders replaced with 18-pounder long guns." Please add your longed-for French vessel to this list!

How again can one obtain a copy of the Burrows plans?