Kevin

hank - do you have any progress on your build please - hope you are well

well done my friend - she looks very nice, im pleased to have followed yr journey, i hope the topics that take us atray, but cause the giggles will return, enjoy the fishing

 

all the best

JULY 29

 

1710

HMS Kent (70) captured Superbe (64)

1710

HMS Swallow Prize (32) wrecked off Corsica

1775

HMS Resolution, Cmdr. James Cook, arrived in Britain after 2nd voyage of discovery.

1778

HMS Kingfisher (14) captured by a French Squadron.

1782

HMS Santa Margaritta (36) took Amazone (36) of Cape Henry

1800

Boats of HMS Impetueux (74), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, captured French brig Cerbere.

1809

Boats of HMS Excellent (74) Cptn. John West, HMS Acorn (18), Robert Clephane, and HMS Bustard, John Duff Markland, cut out six Italian gunboats and ten trabaccolos from Duino.

1813

HMS Martin (18), Humphry Fleming Senhouse, aground on the Crow's Shoal, attacked by 10 American gunboats.

USS President (44), John Rodgers, captures and burns British brig Alert.

1846

Sailors and Marines from U.S. sloop Cyane capture San Diego, CA 

good afternoon, apologies for not getting back recently to the builds that i follow, Real life keeps getting in the way

 

i have sorted the two missing gun port problems out, and the lids are kind of ok, bit the fds lower deck one does not follow the shape of the hull very well - ie it is flat where as the hull is curved, they still  need to be touched up

 

the two after fenders are in - bit of a pain to get right, - i should off perhaps done it a lot earlier

 

JULY 28

 

1784

HMS Boreas (28), Cptn. Horatio Nelson, arrives at English Harbour, Antigua. 

1806

HMS Mars (74), Cptn. Robert Dudley Oliver, captured Rhin (44), Capt. Chesneau, in the Bay of Biscay

1808

HMS Volage (22), Cptn. P. L. J. Rosenhagen, captured sloop Requin off Northern Corsica

1861

Frigate USS St. Lawrence, Cptn. Hugh Y. Purviance, spotted a schooner flying English colors and engaged the vessel. Fleeing, the schooner then ran up the Confederate flag and fired three shots. Returning fire, St. Lawrence hit the vessel twice, once in her bow. Survivors of the sunken vessel revealed it had been the Confederate privateer, Petrel.

sorry - i missed yr birthday

i will be following you as always - Gils build is a good example to follow,

lovely to see you posting - doesn't matter what project you happen to be working on

stbd side gun ports - the problem has now gone away, it was nerve wracking cutting the hull open at this stage, but it went ok the nery foward is a different sice to the rest of the middle deck units,  

fenders

 

the plans call for cutting all the wales or adapting the fenders to fit around all the bits and pieces, i chose this option

lol - im not moaning about the weather, it's all my dissapearing gun ports that's the topic of conversation in our household today

just lovely, one day - im going to have a go at that, and if it only looks 1/2 as good as that ill be a happy wabbit

what are they doig here?

do the stun yards realy get in the way when setting all the sails

JULY 27

 

1703

Squadron under Rear-Admiral Dilkes destroyed French ships off Granville.

1711

Jamaica squadron under Commodore James Littleton captured a Spanish galleon.

1756

Sir Robert Holmes' action off Louisbourg with De Beauzier.

1770

William Bligh entered as an Able Seaman on HMS Hunter (10)

1776

As the Continental brig Reprisal, Cptn. Lambert Wickes, approached St. Pierre Harbor, Martinique, she was attacked by the British sloop-of-war Shark (16). After a sharp encounter, Shark withdrew and Reprisal entered port.

1778

First Battle of Ushant. British fleet of 30 ships of the line, under Admiral the Hon. Augustus Keppel, fought an inconclusive action against a French fleet of  29 ships, under Admiral Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers.

1808

HMS Pickle schooner,  Lt. Moses Cannadey, wrecked on the Chipiona shoal at the entrance to Cadiz as she was entering carrying dispatches. .

1811

Boats of HMS Active (38), Cptn. James Alexander Gordon, captured 18 vessels and destroyed 10, in a creek of Ragosinza, without the loss of a British man.

Mark i think someone is filling them back in - but doing a dam good job on it 

there are not enough gun ports , at least two short on the stbd side fwd, so this evening i have had to resort to rectifying the situation, hopefully, i will have some photo of the result

oh dear

what is wrong with this photo

http://modelshipworld.com/uploads/monthly_04_2013/post-846-0-82138900-1366465096_thumb.jpg

i taught myself a little tip today with regards to touching up the spray painted areas, as the attempt to touch up from the pots seamed well - naff, i have been spraying a 1 second burst into a little pot, - and providing you use it with 10 - 20 seconds- whilst still in liquid form, and a decent brush with some thinners hanging around, i have managed to cover up a load of stratches, knocks etc, and cut ends of the etched parts

Looking great Kevin. Is there a decoration missing on the stern? (I probably missed when you mentioned that).

Grant - it is to remind me that the stern is not finished

JULY 26

 

1798

HMS Brilliant (28), Cptn. Hon. C. Paget, engaged Vertu and Regenre.

HMS Garland (28), Cptn. James Athol Wood, wrecked on the coast of Madagascar.

1806

HMS Greyhound (32), Cptn. Charles Elphinstone, and HMS Harrier (18), Edward Thomas Troubridge, took Dutch frigate Pallas (36), Cptn. N. S. Aalbers (mortally wounded), and armed ships Vittoria, and Balavia near the Straits of Salayer. Corvette William (20) escaped. 

1812

USS Essex (32), Cptn. David Porter, captures British brig Leander off Newfoundland

Good morning

 

Happy Birthday my friend

welcome back

and yes i checked to see what you wrote was right