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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in American sailing warships with no plans or records
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.
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Admiral Nelson
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?
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in American sailing warships with no plans or records
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.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in Admiral Nelson
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?
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uss frolick got a reaction from Roger Pellett in Admiral Nelson
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?
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
Was this the same 14-gun brig Boxer that fought the USS Enterprise in 1813?
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
Was this the same 14-gun brig Boxer that fought the USS Enterprise in 1813?
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick reacted to chris watton in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
No, that would have been a much later namesake, with all of the 1797 Acute Class being decommissioned well before 1812.
Adder was part of a class that was second generation for this specialised type of vessel (The first being Conquest Class in 1794). Later classes like Archer and Confounder are less interesting, as they are nothing more than smaller standard brig hulls and armed with only carronades. Almost a pre curser to the Cherokee Class of brigs, as they were, at that time, expected to operate a lot further from home waters, as the threat of an invasion of Britain receded.
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uss frolick got a reaction from thibaultron in Chris Watton and Vanguard Models news and updates Volume 2
Was this the same 14-gun brig Boxer that fought the USS Enterprise in 1813?
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uss frolick got a reaction from Chapman in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Canute in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from ccoyle in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from bruce d in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from thibaultron in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick got a reaction from druxey in Beautiful contemporary watercolor of the French Corvette La Tourterelle.
From the French site Drouot.com.
The 28-gun "La Tourterelle", or "The Turtledove" - a wonderful name for a man of war - was captured in 1795 by the 32-gun frigate HMS Lively. While the two ships seem to have been a close match for each other, Tourterelle mounted only 8-pounders on her lower deck, while Lively mounted 18-pounders on hers. But the stubborn frenchman just didn't want to give up, and only struck after heavy casualties. Historian William James reported 18 dead and 25 seriously wounded. Tourterelle reportedly even used an oven to heat hot-shot in the action, but to no avail. The painting, a watercolor wash on paper, ("lavis sur papier") shows her at the conclusion of the action, greatly damaged, have lost much of her top-hamper. Tourterelle was a sister ship to L'Unite' - later HMS Surprise. Her draught survives in the NMM and is, IMHO, the prettiest sloop there, and she and the painting closely agree on all the details! She was broken up in 1816.
https://drouot.com/fr/l/10996015
To see a full screen, click the black bar marked, "Voir les Resultats" ("See the results"), then click the four-arrow tab on the left.
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uss frolick reacted to KLarsen in La Mahonesa by KLarsen - Scale 1/48 - stern cross-section
Continuing with the puzzle. Cutting those pieces out by hand was "fun", maybe I should invest in a scroll saw... 🤔
Now I just need to fit everything and then I can sand down the pieces to the correct thickness and slope. Luckily the plans show the slope well, I just need to be careful.
By the way, the stern post seems too high in the photo: in reality it's not, I just didn't align it well enough on the plan when taking the photo. The keel is maybe 0,5mm too tall but I can sand that off later.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Ferrus Manus in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from reilly in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from tkay11 in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from AJohnson in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from mtaylor in Are ZHL kits now legit?
Thanks. I had not heard of the Model Shipyard kit.
I do hope Ancre comes out with a Corvette L'Unite/La Tourterelle (later HMS Surprise) monograph. It would sell rather well.
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uss frolick got a reaction from Ferrus Manus in Are ZHL kits now legit?
I was just wondering, which kit or commercial plans is ZHL pirating with their 1/48 HMS Surprise kit? That stern doesn't look anything like AL's offering... not that I would buy from a pirate company.
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