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Apple-wood carves very well and is cheap and plentiful. August Crabtree carved almost exclusively in apple.
 
 

Apple-wood carves very well and is cheap and plentiful. August Crabtree carved almost exclusively in apple.
 
 

The HMS Shannon is indeed part of the collection, and is a fifth-rate 38, built in 1806. Asked any modeler to name a ship in the Rogers collection, and 95% will say, if they can, the Fair American, thanks to Modelshipways.
 
As for the Shannon, please ship to 54:20 of this Naval Academy video. That's the HMS Shannon model standing in for HMS Guerriere:
 
 
 
Note that he mentions the Minerva. That is in reference to another model shown earlier. He calls her "unidentified", but the catalog says "Shannon", and she was allegedly purchased from the estate of Shannon's captain, Phillip Broke. Hopefully, she is covered as an "unidentified frigate", circa 1812. I think she is the fir-built sister-class of the Shannon, the Eurotas Class of 1812, modified with a victory figurehead. The model has a square tuck stern.

The HMS Shannon is indeed part of the collection, and is a fifth-rate 38, built in 1806. Asked any modeler to name a ship in the Rogers collection, and 95% will say, if they can, the Fair American, thanks to Modelshipways.
 
As for the Shannon, please ship to 54:20 of this Naval Academy video. That's the HMS Shannon model standing in for HMS Guerriere:
 
 
 
Note that he mentions the Minerva. That is in reference to another model shown earlier. He calls her "unidentified", but the catalog says "Shannon", and she was allegedly purchased from the estate of Shannon's captain, Phillip Broke. Hopefully, she is covered as an "unidentified frigate", circa 1812. I think she is the fir-built sister-class of the Shannon, the Eurotas Class of 1812, modified with a victory figurehead. The model has a square tuck stern.

The HMS Shannon is indeed part of the collection, and is a fifth-rate 38, built in 1806. Asked any modeler to name a ship in the Rogers collection, and 95% will say, if they can, the Fair American, thanks to Modelshipways.
 
As for the Shannon, please ship to 54:20 of this Naval Academy video. That's the HMS Shannon model standing in for HMS Guerriere:
 
 
 
Note that he mentions the Minerva. That is in reference to another model shown earlier. He calls her "unidentified", but the catalog says "Shannon", and she was allegedly purchased from the estate of Shannon's captain, Phillip Broke. Hopefully, she is covered as an "unidentified frigate", circa 1812. I think she is the fir-built sister-class of the Shannon, the Eurotas Class of 1812, modified with a victory figurehead. The model has a square tuck stern.

The HMS Shannon is indeed part of the collection, and is a fifth-rate 38, built in 1806. Asked any modeler to name a ship in the Rogers collection, and 95% will say, if they can, the Fair American, thanks to Modelshipways.
 
As for the Shannon, please ship to 54:20 of this Naval Academy video. That's the HMS Shannon model standing in for HMS Guerriere:
 
 
 
Note that he mentions the Minerva. That is in reference to another model shown earlier. He calls her "unidentified", but the catalog says "Shannon", and she was allegedly purchased from the estate of Shannon's captain, Phillip Broke. Hopefully, she is covered as an "unidentified frigate", circa 1812. I think she is the fir-built sister-class of the Shannon, the Eurotas Class of 1812, modified with a victory figurehead. The model has a square tuck stern.

Mike, will the Frigate Shannon and the Brig Fair American be covered in this final volume?

Mike, will the Frigate Shannon and the Brig Fair American be covered in this final volume?

The release has been delayed a few times already since last summer, but on each occasion, I received a notification from the third party called Purple Dot.  But just before the date expired I would get a new notice, advising me of the new later shipping date.
 
But January 21-31 has come and gone, and no new notification. So hopefully they are close! Or they gave up ... [joke] ... and moved to Uruguay, which I hear is quite nice.
 
Here's the last:
 
PRE-ORDER REFERENCE: #PD565894
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Hi stephen,

SeaWatch Books has just let us know that the estimated shipping date for your pre-order has changed:
Original estimated shipping date: Jan 5 – 7 New estimated shipping date: Jan 21 – 31 Thank you for trusting Purple Dot with your pre-order. You can always change your mind and cancel for free anytime before your pre-order ships here.

Thanks,
Team Purple Dot
 

The release has been delayed a few times already since last summer, but on each occasion, I received a notification from the third party called Purple Dot.  But just before the date expired I would get a new notice, advising me of the new later shipping date.
 
But January 21-31 has come and gone, and no new notification. So hopefully they are close! Or they gave up ... [joke] ... and moved to Uruguay, which I hear is quite nice.
 
Here's the last:
 
PRE-ORDER REFERENCE: #PD565894
New estimated shipping date
Hi stephen,

SeaWatch Books has just let us know that the estimated shipping date for your pre-order has changed:
Original estimated shipping date: Jan 5 – 7 New estimated shipping date: Jan 21 – 31 Thank you for trusting Purple Dot with your pre-order. You can always change your mind and cancel for free anytime before your pre-order ships here.

Thanks,
Team Purple Dot
 

The release has been delayed a few times already since last summer, but on each occasion, I received a notification from the third party called Purple Dot.  But just before the date expired I would get a new notice, advising me of the new later shipping date.
 
But January 21-31 has come and gone, and no new notification. So hopefully they are close! Or they gave up ... [joke] ... and moved to Uruguay, which I hear is quite nice.
 
Here's the last:
 
PRE-ORDER REFERENCE: #PD565894
New estimated shipping date
Hi stephen,

SeaWatch Books has just let us know that the estimated shipping date for your pre-order has changed:
Original estimated shipping date: Jan 5 – 7 New estimated shipping date: Jan 21 – 31 Thank you for trusting Purple Dot with your pre-order. You can always change your mind and cancel for free anytime before your pre-order ships here.

Thanks,
Team Purple Dot
 

Hi Everyone!
 
Allow me to provide an update here. First to @Mark P, my apologies on not returning your email. I am looking into whether my spam filters are blocking emails from the website (I've had a few people mention this to me recently).
 
To everyone, I am sorry for the repeated delays and I am embarrassed that it keeps happening. Simply stated, when I turned on pre-orders last summer (!), I thought the book was further along and that there were just some simple edits to do ahead of sending it to the printer. It was actually a much more involved process to get it print ready (note this is on me, not the author). Then, each time I think we're close, I find something else in the layout.
 
Here's where things stand: I am expecting the final layout from the designer in the next 24-48 hours. Then we just have the dust jacket to finalize, at which point it will go to the printer and when it does, I will have a rock solid delivery date.
 
This is not how I wanted things to go - chalk it up to some rookie mistakes on my part. But we are on track and as always thanks for your patience.
 
Mike

I second Herr Jaager-meister on the US Corvette Jamestown, or her antebellum stable-mates , the Portsmouth, or the Albany, especially in  3/16" scale.

A story I heard, about 50 years ago. I worked in a defense industry, designing military radars.
 
Gray is a very difficult color to mix consistently between batches, even commercially, Well a high ranking officer got a bug up his rear, and decided to check one type of equipment color as compared to the official paint chip he had.
 
Sure enough none to the field equipment matched, and he went into a tirade! He demanded all that type of equipment be repainted, to match the paint chips he handed out! He said he would be back in X amount of time, and check again. Dire consequences were promised!
 
Well the time came, and he returned. All but one of the equipment at the various locations failed, but one!
 
Afterwards, the other locations call the successful one and asked how he had managed to match the paint chip he was given. He told them he repainted his chip at the same time he repainted the equipment!

I second Herr Jaager-meister on the US Corvette Jamestown, or her antebellum stable-mates , the Portsmouth, or the Albany, especially in  3/16" scale.

All historians agree that the Congress was built to Humphries 36-gun draught. It is fairly complete, given that most of the inboard profile is superimposed over the lines. With that, and the 1820-ish Charles Ware sail plan, one could make a reasonably accurate post-1812 model of her, except for the carvings and once again, that freakin stern! Makes me kinda wish that the British had captured her ... kinda.

I second Herr Jaager-meister on the US Corvette Jamestown, or her antebellum stable-mates , the Portsmouth, or the Albany, especially in  3/16" scale.

I second Herr Jaager-meister on the US Corvette Jamestown, or her antebellum stable-mates , the Portsmouth, or the Albany, especially in  3/16" scale.

Jamestown 1844  corvette 
There is much detail for the class on the HIC plan for Germantown.

Heres the Connie I finished the year before last. 

Thank you for likes, views, comments ...
i have small update from another chapter. 
rather poor carving nameplate attempt. 
well, here is it...im not sure how am i going to incorporate this into that carved blanket that hasnt yet  been started...
 

Good evening. 
I will start new log for 24 pdr french frigate Egyptienne starting new year 2024. 
There has been some intensive work ongoing as Im finishing pob bulkheads work from monograph plans. 
This is my first ancre build, but hull seem pretty straightforward, yet it is very difficult subject due to intense and  advance carving at stern. 
Anyway, I wont go in detail about her history, however, its so little of her here for many reasons. Im fan of napoleoninc era etc. Its important to stress, that this magnificent vessel carried famous rosetta stone from egypt to england alrrady under english flqg as been captured in siege of alexandria and became english afterwards. 
designed by Faro, Two vessels were similar. I see one or two logs on her so there will hopefully be a lot to discuss . 
 
I already started but unusual. backwards so I have most difficult part behind me. I hand carved stern plate on boxwood, and painted black so its different that colorless prototype. you can see slightly simplified ornamentals as those acanthus leaves are beyond my skill. thus even with this omission   I hope I stayed true to 
original as well as with female figure with mirror palm trees and pyramids. Floral element below is not yet fyluply completed but almost. Bow elements are verybdifficult but i hope to obtain some machinery in next year or so so I can simplify work. I intend to plank her with boxwood so light tone with black wales. But many to discuss later :).

I will apreciate any comment suggestion remark etc...Sure im learing from more experienced builders here, and with experiences I already have. 
So excited to enter my first french territory. I count few years until completed, planned full  with rigging and sails. 
Good productive week to  everyone and MERRY CHRISTMAS, good health etc...
 
Vlad 
 
 




 

I read that the battery of twenty-eight new French 18-pounders, cast specifically for the Bon Homme Richard, were instead mounted later on the Alliance, and she used them against HMS Sybille in 1783.
 
P.C.F. Smith, in his book The Essex Papers, stated his belief that the Essex was built to a modified plan of the Alliance.

Yet most of the kits and the POF plans are for the American Revolution, or earlier ... 🤔
 
Can you imagine if Harold Hahn had drawn POF plans for the President, Essex or Hornet, instead?
 
 

I read that the battery of twenty-eight new French 18-pounders, cast specifically for the Bon Homme Richard, were instead mounted later on the Alliance, and she used them against HMS Sybille in 1783.
 
P.C.F. Smith, in his book The Essex Papers, stated his belief that the Essex was built to a modified plan of the Alliance.