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20 November 1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay/Cardinaux. British fleet of 23 ships of the line, under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke, defeated a French fleet of 21 ships of the line, under Marshal de Conflans, near St Nazaire. 6 French ships were taken and many others foundered or ran ashore. 1793 French prize Scipion (74) caught fire and destroyed in Leghorn roads. 1806 Boats of HMS Success (32), Cptn. John Ayscough, captured privateer felucca Le Vengeur, in Hidden Port near Cumberland Harbour, Cuba but she was sunk by fire from the shore. Boats of HMS Orpheus (32), Cptn. Thomas Briggs, captured Spanish schooner Dolores (3) in Campeachy Bay
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some great tips there - thank you, no build tonight - Fat club - still on my weight loss journey going by the hints and tip offered - i hope to follow the colour scheme as per the Flory build http://www.florymodels.co.uk/trumperter-1200-bismark-file/ and have her looking like this, but as stated before this is all new to me, once again thankyou NOT MY PHOTO (Flory) -
i had considered doing the sticky out bits a different colour to the superstructure, cranes, Ariels, and masts, but i guess i will tow the line and perhaps do them a darker shade of grey, the same as the hull colour
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this link still works for me
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19 November 1746 HMS Winchelsea (24), Cptn. Henry Dyve, took French frigate Subtile off Scilly Isles during which Lt. Samuel Hood wounded. 1804 HMS Romney (50) wrecked off the Texel 1813 Cptn. David Porter claims Marquesas Islands for the United States.
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anyway i have taken the criticism like a man, well whimp and done something about it, to me it's better than it was, i removed the front HMS Victory waterway replaced it with 1mm copper wire, the guards look bigger in the photo, i think the shadow is catching them as they dont look quite so big in the side elevation
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my sister just rang, you finished that plastic kit yet, No was the reply, on asking why i was being subjected to the Spanish inquisition - she remembered me making one about 40 years ago made from about 20 pieces and glue in a tube, when i explained 1700 kit pieces and another 1700 in the PE and longer than the victory she changed the subject- oh hum
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yep you win, i will endevour to try again this evening, but i will keep the back lift support in place i just found this photo
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you carry on and offer any remarks after all we are all here to learn, otherwise we would not post our stuff but wrt to your comment, do you mean all the vertical pipes or the lift assembly on the left, that caused me the most grief, as i don't have anything that looked suitable for the job, unless i was to order some plastic strut (other makes are available) i did notice that on the underside of the top platform there are two hatches, but not on the detailed side, im not going to slate the manufacturer, as it is not on the PE kit
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18 November 1793 HMS Latona (38), Cptn. Edward Thornborough, whilst supported by a British fleet under Lord Howe, engaged French Tigre (74) and Jean Bart (74) 1800 HM frigate, Leda launched at Chatham. The first of the largest class of sailing frigates ever built for the Royal Navy.
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im afraid it is to late to rip it out, im on a big steep learning curve here, but i wish i had done more research on the dam lift, but even out of scale it looks it makes that bottom platform serve a purpose, lol god know where the stbd side ladder has gone to, ooooooops, and carry on with the criticism - lol i doubt you would learn anything from me though
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Item Name German Bismarck Battleship Bar Code 9580208037028 Scale 1:200 Item Type Static Kit Model Brief Length: 1265mm Beam: 181mm Total Parts 1700+ Metal Parts anchor chain , propeller shaft, Photo Etched Parts 13 pcs Film Parts n/a Resin Parts n/a Total Sprues 45 sprues , hull , decks and superstructure Paint Schemes German Bismarck Battleship Released Date 2012-09 More Features One-piece hull made from two-directional slide molds - The Deck is a single piece casting - 4 sprues for 4 Ar196 w/ fine details. - Accurately detailed gun - 13 pieces of photo etched frets for handrais，ladders , radar parts etc. - Bonus : A full structure main gun turret with two metal gun barrel
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my scratch building capabilities are being stretched, i don't have the skills yet, or a variety of materials to use, but this is my first attempt at the lift, well over scale, and a lot of i,imagination is required as to how it would work, the over scale upright are some spare waterways from the Victory i will see if it still looks stoooopid when primed, _ LOL stayed tuned
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17 November 1797 HMS Anson (38) and HMS Boadicea (38), Cptn. R. G. Keates, captured the French privateer, Railleur, off Yeu Island, France. 1799 HMS Espion (en-flute), Cptn. Worsley, wrecked on Goodwin Sands with Dutch prisoners of war on board. 1800 Boats of HMS Captain (74), Captain Sir Richard John Strachan, HMS Magicienne (32), Captain William Ogilvy, HMS Nile (12), Lt. George Argles and HMS Suwarrow (10), Lt. James Nicholson, destroyed French corvette Reolaise (20), Lt. Chaunay Duclos, in Port Navalo. 1809 HMS Chiffonne (36), Cptn. John Wainwright, burnt pirate vessels at Linga, Persian Gulf.
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lol its 0730 and have spent the last two hours in bed thinking how the hell am i going to make this lift. it need to go in, oh and bye the way, good morning everyone
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hello everyone it's me again spent 10 hours on the build today, lol i expected to have 1/2 finished the whole lot by now, not still putting pipe work on the smoke stack why oh why can they not get some things right, where the white boxes are that i have put in, they sit above a platform, there is meant to be a lift there, that goes up to the search light platform, dam it was to late for me to rectify it, even the PE kit does not detail it, so the Bismarck wont be sailing with it Tomorrow i will try to have this area finished, up to the stage of attaching the two small hangers
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good evening everyone an enjoyable day for me, as i now start doing things with the build that are not in the kit, yep i ques that's scratch building,there is a lot of pipe work extra to be put on, i will do the big bigs also there was nothing to secure the cranes, so i have just put a small tripod in to give the impression that the davit would be sceured
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16 November 1776 First salute to an American flag (Grand Union flag) flying from Continental Navy ship Andrew Doria, by Dutch fort at St. Eustatius, West Indies. 1797 HMS Tribune (36), Cptn. Scory Barker, hit shoals and sank whilst entering Halifax Harbour, NS, Canada with the loss of 240 souls. 1798 HMS Carnatick (74), Commodore Loring, impressed seamen from USS Baltimore (20), Cptn Phillips. 1803 HMS Circe (28), Cptn. Charles Fielding, wrecked on the Leman and Ower shoal, off Yarmouth, while chasing an enemy. 1807 HMS Warspite (76) launched at Chatham 1816 HMS Bermuda (10), John Packenham (2), wrecked near the Tampico Bar, Gulf of Mexico.
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Sherry, just caught up on your log, sorry to hear of your loss
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i am using elmers watered down and medium c/ahttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330859307250?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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