Kevin

good evening everyone, im back. just had my daughter husband and granddaughter visit. for the last week, 

 

This arrived today, i wonder what it is

 

 

11 November

 

 

 

1758

Adam Duncan was promoted to First Lieutenant of HMS Torbay

1779

HMS Tartar (28) took Spanish frigate Santa Marqarita (28) off Cape Finisterre.

1806

HMS Sceptre (74), Cptn. Joseph Bingham, and HMS Cornwallis (54), Cptn. Charles James Johnston, engaged frigate Semillante and batteries in St. Paul's Bay, Isle of Bourbon.

1807

HMS William ran aground off Gut of Canso

1811

HMS Skylark (16), James Boxer, and HMS Locust (16), Lt. John Gedge, engaged 12 gunbrigs of the Boulogne flotilla. They cut out gunboat No. 26 (4), Enseigne Bouchet, and drove the flotilla commodore ashore in the Calais Roads.

10 November

 

 

1716

HMS August (60), Cptn. Robert Johnson, ran ashore on the island of Anholt during heavy weather.

1721

HMS Royal Anne Galley (42), Cptn. Francis Willis, wrecked during a gale off Lizard Point, Cornwall

1777

HMS Siren (28) ran aground at Rhode Island

1805

HMS Biter Gun-brig (12), Lt. George Thomas Wingate, wrecked near Calais.

1807

HMS Leveret Sloop (18), Richard James O'Connor, wrecked on the Albion Shoal, Galloper Rock, near Great Yarmouth in a gale.

1808

HMS Amethyst (36), Cptn. Michael Seymour, captured French frigate Thetis (44), Cptn. Pinsun (Killed in Action).

1742

George Rodney promoted Captain

1800

HMS Havick (16), Philip Bartholmew, wrecked in St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey.

1805

Cuthbert Collingwood promoted to Vice-Admiral.

1810

HMS Conflict Brig (12) foundered in the Bay of Biscay.

1813

Batteries at Port Nouvelle captured by HMS Undaunted (38), Cptn. Thomas Ussher, and HMS Guadeloupe(16), Arthur Stowe.

Hi Kevin 

 

I do not blame you one bit for staying out of that discussion, however these were two great skips, beauties to look an be amazed at all the fire power that they possessed at the time. What amazes me now is just how fast you are building your new ship the Bismark , at the rate you are going she will be finished before x-mass, Enjoy.

 

Regards   Lawrence

LOL - i havent done anything to it yet, very little is glued, i am still  changing bits that the kit is lacking in

The lack of the fitting kit is starting to bug me though, as i know it is available in the UK, Just that i asked a shop to obtain one for me, and oviously the importers that they use are different to the company that  i know has it ib stock  (hope that makes sense)

lovely work, well done

you carry on, i need all the friends i can get - lol

I regard Bismarck as the most slender and elegant battleship ever built. The Germans certainly built the best ships in my opinion.

 

 I wonder how she would have faired against the U.S.S Missouri in combat  ?

i bet some one will have worked it out, but truthfully we will never know

7 November

 

 

1795

HMS Scourge (14), William Stap, foundered off the Dutch coast

1800

HMS Netley (16), Lt. Francis Godolphin Bond, captured Spanish privateer schooner San Miguel (9) off Lisbon.

1808

HMS Excellent (74), Cptn. John West, and HMS Meteor engaged French land forces at Rosas.

1861

US Naval forces under Rear Admiral Samuel F. DuPont capture Port Royal Sound, SC.

 

8 November

 

1810

Boats of HMS Quebec (32), Cptn. Charles Sibthorp Hawtayne, captured French privateer schooner Jeune Louise from her anchorage in the Vlie Stroom.

1813

Boats of HMS Revenge (74), Cptn. Sir John Gore, cut out a French privateer.

HMS Atalante, Frederick Hickey, wrecked off Halifax by running on the Sisters Rocks, or the eastern ledge, off Sambro Is. having mistaken guns fired by HMS Barrosa (36) for the fog-signal guns at the lighthouse on the same island.

1861

Cptn. Charles Wilkes seizes two Confederate diplomats from the British steamer Trent, causing an international controversy with Great Britain (known as the Trent Affair). 

Good afternoon everyone

 

i keep sneaking into the man cave and doing small changes to the build, a door here and another hatch there, surprising just how much extra can be put onto this build, but i do miss the victory

 

the case is temporary, not deep enough by about 1/2 inch but would be a lot more when all the waiste extras (gangways etc) are added

 

6 November

 

 

1794

HMS Canada (74), Cptn. Charles Powell Hamilton, and HMS Alexander (74), Cptn. Richard Rodney Bligh, which had been escorting merchantmen as far as the western approaches, were chased by a French squadron of five 74's and three large frigates, under Rear Ad. Neilly. After separating to confuse they tried to rejoin for mutual support but Alexander was taken.

1798

Horatio Nelson created Baron Nelson of The Nile.

1799

HMS Speedy (14), Jahleel Brenton, engaged twelve Spanish gunboats off Europa Point protecting her convoy.

1807

Boats of HMS Renommee (44), Cptn. Sir Thomas Livingstone, and HMS Grasshopper (18), Thomas Searle, under a heavy fire of grape and canister from the Torre de Estacio, near Cartagena, took possession of a Spanish brig (6) and a French tartan (6). With little wind and a strong current both ran aground and it was impossible to get them off. They were not burnt when abandoned due to the number of men, women and children, many wounded, on board.

1813

HMS Woolwich (44), Cdr. Thomas Ball Sulivan, wrecked off Barbados.

5 November

 

 

1775

Commodore Esek Hopkins appointed to Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy. 

1783

HMS Superb (74), driven from her anchors in Tellicherry Roads, struck a rock and sank.

1799

HMS Sceptre (64), Cptn. Valentine Edwards, wrecked in storm after dragging anchors and drifting in Table Bay.

HMS Orestes (18), Cptn. W. Haggitt, foundered during a cyclone in the Indian Ocean 

1813

British squadron, under Vice Ad. Sir Edward Pellew, of HMS Caledonia (120), Cptn. Jeremiah Coghlan, HMSSan Josef (112), Cptn. William Stewart, HMS Boyne (98), Cptn. George Burlton, HMS Pompée (80), Cptn. Sir James Athol Wood, HMS Scipion (74), Cptn. Henry Heathcote, HMS Mulgrave (74), Cptn. Thomas John Maling, HMS Pembroke (74), and HMS  Armada (74), Cptn. Charles Grant, engaged the French Mediterranean Fleet of 14 French ships-of-the-line and 7 frigates including Wagram (130), François Legras, Agamemnon (74), Ulm (74),  Magnanime (74), Borée (74), Pauline (40), Melpomène (40), Charles Beville, Pénélope (40) and Galatée (40) off Cape Sepet.

HMS Tweed (18), William Mather, wrecked on a rock in Shoal Bay, Newfoundland 

1816

HMS Briseis (10), George Dourett, wrecked on reef off Point Pedras, Cuba.

thank you, they look like cut down railings

4 November 

 

 

1778

HMS Maidstone (28), Cptn. Alan Gardner, took French Lion (40) about 60 leagues to the east of Cape Henry.

1800

HMS Marlborough (74), Cptn. Thomas Sotheby, wrecked on the Bervadeux Shoal, near L'Orient, France.

1803

Boats of HMS Blanche (36), Cptn. Zachary Mudge, cut out a French schooner and Albion.

1805

Battle of Cape Ortegal. British squadron, under Rear Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, of HMS Caesar (80), HMSHero (74), Cptn. Hon. A. H. Gardner, HMS Courageux (74), HMS Namur (90) and four frigates, defeated and captured a French squadron, under Rear Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, of Formidable (80), Scipion (74),Duguay-Trouin (74) and Mont Blanc (74) that had escaped from the Battle of Trafalgar two weeks previously.

1806

HMS Redbridge (12), Lt. Edward Burt, wrecked near Providence

1810

Boats of HMS Blossom, George Pigot, captured Cesar.

1834

HMS Nimble (5), Chas. Bolton, wrecked in the Old Bahama Channel

hello my friend

 

where did you obtain the mesh for the engine inlets on the sea chest, i have been unable to find it in the aber website ( as per the flory) build

 

or is in the deluxe fitting package?

3 November 

 

 

1758

HMS Buckingham (70), Cptn Richard Tyrrel, engaged French Florissant (74) and two large French frigates

1796

HMS Helena Sloop (14), Cptn. Jermyn John Symonds, wrecked on the coast of Holland.

1809

HMS Curieux (18), Henry George Moysey, wrecked in the West Indies.

1839

HMS Volage (28), Cptn. Henry Smith, and HMS Hyacinth (18), William Warren, engaged war junks in Canton River.

1840

Bombardment and fall of Acre.

1853

USS Constitution seizes suspected slaver H. N. Gambrill. 

good afternoon

 

For anyone following my log, there is no logic in the build order, i am just changing bits here and there to fill in some time,

 

i looked at the small hangers and noticed a vent was missing so broke out a 3mm drill, make a hole, rolled up some styrene sheeting and put into the hole, gued into place, not quite worked out the best way to make a mesh cover, might be some spare at the end

 

good morning,

The only glue used so far is where any modules come in two 1/2, like the funnel, and all  parts to the small hangers, every thing else is dry,

This delay on the fitting kit, as annoying as i am making it out to be, is not a problem as it is giving me the opportunity to try all sorts of thinks,

Three years ago i purchased a compressor air brush, yesterday it was opened for the first time, lol got i a bit of a mess working out how to use it, well impressed with it yhough

i have purchased different weathering effects, from a company called flory, like rust and streaking to improve my skills they are like washes, paint on and wipe off and slowly build up

Also teaching myself  that in reality there is no real difference between wood and plastic,they both are quite forgiving when a mistake is made, one creates sawdust the other, well, mess on the floor, it still annoys the wife when i go into the house trailing it from my socks

all this means that come a couple of weeks time, I would think that the build progress would be a lot faster having done some of the prep work, lol - it is not going to be completed by christamas

Good afternoon

 

i have much better start to a build than this one. unable to get on with it with out the fitting kit, but never mind, it has given me the chance to try a bit of scratch, this might all be taken off as i try to improve my skills, 

 

wire conjuncts, and electrical boxes, and the doors into the search light platforms have been my first attempts

 

please bear with me the doors look to thick and the wire looks out of scale and the painting/glue all looks poor

 

 

2 November 

 

 

1758

HMS Antelope (50), Cptn. Thomas Saumarez, captured French ship Belliqueux (64) off Ilfracombe

1780

HMS Zephyr (14), Cptn, John Inglis, took French corvette Senegal (18), Lt. D'Allery, off Barra Point at the entrance of the River Gambia. The French set fire to an armed transport and two sloops before the engagement.

1806

Boats of HMS Pique (40), Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross, took one privateer and destroyed another off Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rica.

1809

HMS Victor (18) captured by French frigate Bellone in the Bay of Bengal.

1839

HMS Volage (28), Cptn. Henry Smith, and HMS Hyacinth (18), William Warren, engaged 29 Chinese war junks and put them to flight.

well back to work then Chris and start making some more nice things for the ship modelers of the future, hope i am around long enough to see your work, on the online shelfs

 

thank you again for all the work you put into this hobby

1 November 

 

1806

Boats of HMS Pique (40), Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross, in Carbaret Bay, Puerto Rico.

1809

Boats of HMS Tigre (80), Cptn. Ben. Hallowell, HMS Cumberland (74), Cptn. Hon. P. Whodhouse, HMSVolontaire, HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Bridges W. Taylor, HMS Topaze (38), Cptn. Henry Hope, HMS Philomel(18), George Crawley, HMS Scout (18), William Raitt, and HMS Tuscan (16), Cptn. Wilson, captured or destroyed all the vessels of a convoy in Rosas Bay.

1811

HMS Imperieuse (38), Cptn, Hon. Henry Duncan, HMS Thames and army units took Palinuro Heights and, in the harbour, sank 2 gunboats, took 6 gunboats and took  22 feluccas in 3 day engagement.

1813

HMS Snap (12), William Bateman Dashwood, captured the French privateer lugger Lion (16) off St. Valery

1841

"Mosquito Fleet" commanded by Lt. Cdr. J. T. McLaughlin, USN, carries 750 Sailors and Marines into the Everglades to fight the Seminole Indians.

lol - now Gil is back i feel even more guilty for putting the build away for the winter

October 31

 

1745

Squadron under Rear Admiral Isaac Townsend took great part of a large French convoy off Martinique.

1762

HMS Panther (60), Cptn. Hyde Parker, and HMS Argo, (28) Cptn. Richard King, took Galleon Saintissima Trinidada off the Phillipines.

1780

HMS Ontario (22) sinks in Lake Ontario (found intact almost 230 years later)

1793

HMS Quebec (32) and consorts attacked Ostend and Nieuport.

1803

HMS Admiral Mitchell (12), Lt. Alexander Shippard, drove ashore a French gun-brig, and one vessel from the convoy he was escorting, under the battery at Patel.

1808

HMS Circe (32), Cptn. Hugh Pigott, captured La Palinure (16), Lt. Fourniers, off Diamond Rock, Martinique

1860

Thomas Cochrane died

good to see you back, my friend