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Cottage Industry Models makes several in 1/8" scale:
 
http://cottageindustrymodels.com/?page_id=141
 
 

Cottage Industry Models makes several in 1/8" scale:
 
http://cottageindustrymodels.com/?page_id=141
 
 

Cottage Industry Models makes several in 1/8" scale:
 
http://cottageindustrymodels.com/?page_id=141
 
 

Cottage Industry Models makes several in 1/8" scale:
 
http://cottageindustrymodels.com/?page_id=141
 
 

Thanks Mike. I just ordered my copy of Vol 2! The beloved Admiral will not be amused ....
 
I should add that I just checked Abe Books, and used copies of Volume 1 range from about $1.6K to $2.6K ... 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/mary-rose-royal-navy-mystery-060000763.html

You gotta listen to something proper while you build her ... "Roll Alabama Roll!"
 
 

You gotta listen to something proper while you build her ... "Roll Alabama Roll!"
 
 

You gotta listen to something proper while you build her ... "Roll Alabama Roll!"
 
 

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

Brian Lavery redrew a simplified model plan "profile" for the Centurion in Volume 1 of his The Ship of the Line series from the 1980's.

Thanks Mike. I just ordered my copy of Vol 2! The beloved Admiral will not be amused ....
 
I should add that I just checked Abe Books, and used copies of Volume 1 range from about $1.6K to $2.6K ... 

Saw this topic over at CivilWar Talk by poster AndyHall! It sounds too good to be true.  A Lion figurehead, burst guns and surviving stern decorations ???? Well it isn't April 1st ...
 
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/wreck-of-bonhomme-richard-located.152451/
 
It referenced the following article:
 
http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2018/12/wreck-of-john-paul-jones-ship-uss-bonhomme-richard-located-off-yorkshire/
 
Here's  "The Daily Mail" article of December 11th:
 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6341261/Historians-claim-discovered-wreck-Bonhomme-Richard-sunk-Yorkshire-coast.html
 
But how would a wooden figurehead survive in salt water?
 
Here's more info from the Scarborough News :
 
"He said that other parts of the ship have also been found, including a carving of a shepherdess from the stern and a seahorse artefact that links the vessel to its previous days as a cargo ship in the Orient. "The figurehead we have identified is a rampant lion with shield. The ear and nose bear marks of cannonballs which hit the ship before it sunk. "The seahorse image connects the vessel to its French colonial days." He added that the shepherdess from the stern indicates the carving has burned legs, consistent with explosions that sunk the Bonhomme. "
 
Full article:
 
https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/business/bonhomme-richard-could-bring-huge-tourism-boost-to-yorkshire-coast-1-9484782
 

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

I heard that the Ukrainian Navy wants to hire the ship ...

Very interesting, me thinks ...
 
 

Very interesting, me thinks ...
 
 

Very interesting, me thinks ...
 
 

Very interesting, me thinks ...
 
 

Very interesting, me thinks ...