Kevin

HMS Enterprize was the lead ship of the Enterpize class of 1770. The class was designed by Sir John Williams with a gross dimensions and tons of 120’6” (gun deck), 99’6” (keel), 33’6” (beam), 11’ (depth of hold) and to carry 200,men. Armament was 24 x 9 pound guns on the upper deck, 4 x 3 pound guns on the quarter deck, and 12 swivel guns. She was ordered in January 1771, Keel laid on September 9, 1771 at Deptford, launched August 24, 1774; hulked in 1791. Twenty-seven ships composed this class. A pair of paintings of the ship by Joseph Marshall in 1775 is held by the Science Museum in Kensington and the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Enterprise served as a cruiser and convoy escort. Her most notable action occurred on June 7, 1780 whilst at Gibraltar when her crew spotted six Spanish fire ships drifting into the harbour toward the fleet at anchor. A warning salvo was fired to alert the fleet and the Enterprize’s cables cut to allow the ship to drift away from the hulks and opened fire on the hulks in an attempt to sink them. The Spanish fleet lay outside the harbour for any British ships trying to escape so the British seamen boarded the small the fire ships to attach lines to away from the fleet and burn themselves out. On April 27, 1782 near the Leeward Islands she captured the 22-gun American privateer Mohawk which was later taken into Royal Navy service. Mohawk was sold in1783. Enterprize was decommissioned in May 1784 and from 1790 she served as a receiving ship and hulked in 1791. In 1806 she was taken to Deptford and broken up in 1807. Lines, profile and decoration drawings of Surprize as built can be purchased from the Royal Museums Greenwich (National Maritime Museum). The Kit CAF MODELS of Shanghai, China has created a stunning 1/48 scale Admiralty model of HMS Enterprize. Before reviewing the kit a few words about wooden sailing ship kits from Chinese producers is warranted because they are not all created equal. In 2001 China was allowed to formally join the World Trade Organization (WTO) which meant the country had to abide by international trade agreements and practices such as copyright protection. Prior to 2001, China was the largest source of counterfeit goods that focused on covered luxury goods, cosmetics, sportswear, and appliances. As a result of joining the WTO, far fewer counterfeit goods are no longer produced or available in China, but remains a problem because copying has become a way of life and normal practice for many manufacturers. This problem is endemic among many wooden model kit producers in China who readily use copyrighted drawings to produce their kits without acknowledgement or licence, and these kits are readily available on shopping websites. They will continue to do this as long as it is profitable so do not buy these unlicensed and counterfeit kits. A concerted effort by Model Ship World and the Nautical Research Guild to highlight these practices and alert model makers to the counterfeit products is having success and has gone further to lend an open and willing hand to any Chinese producers who wish to abide by the WTO and international agreements. One of these companies is CAF MODELS located in Shanghai, China. CAF MODELS first came to attention for producing unlicenced kits of French vessels from the ANCRE collection of drawings and monographs. With the help of members of the Model Ship World community, proper agreements between ANCRE and CAF MODELS are being negotiated and to CAF MODELS’ credit, has stopped selling any models based on ANCRE material until an agreement is signed. These kits will return once the agreement is finalized and signed. In the meantime, CAF MODELS has a number of original kits for sale such as HMS Enterprize, with several more under development. CAF MODELS kits are designed and manufactured by Mr. CAO Feng, or in English -- Tom Cao. Tom is an engineer by profession and used CAD to design kits from Admiralty drawings and other references. His CAD designs have become very precise and is able to detect and correct draughting errors in commercially available plans and well-known sources. I had the pleasure of meeting him and his lovely family in Shanghai in 2018 where he kindly took me to his home to show me how he designed model kits and his extensive reference library.

brilliant work, after all the bad things you said about it. im so pleased she turned out so well

Hi Ken the build will slow down again for a while as my HMS Enterprise arrived this morning, but i was looking at the AV canopy yesterday, and wanted to remove the superglue on there form 12 years ago, put a few drops of debonder on it, and within 30 seconds, all i had was a pile of poo, it just disinterested whilst the wife and myself watched

yipeeeee mine is on;y 30 odd miles up the M5

Good evening everyone top strip has been primed and ready for top coat did a check on what is still to be made and laid them out on the plans the port hole strips were used to mark out where the holes have to be drilled, i was then going to discard the strips put the brass ports and eyelids directly onto the hull. then mask and paint over them in black, however i was a bit heavy handed in places, so the strips are back on the build table these strips are fine providing the hull is right, and so far mine have gone on ok i used Halfords appliance white as the top coat, it will need another layer on at a later date

thank you Bob, been put away for a while, whilst i progress the AV

Hi Greg M nice to see you back 10-12 would be about the time i joined on here possible with my AV build that i have just restarted, all old material was lost in the great crash of feb13, i will look forward to your Winni build, I am about to start my first POF kit HMS Enterprise, but at present it is stuck in a German international airport

i may resort to soldering mine this time, and your photo etch cabin walls are better than my lazered wood

lovely to see another mountfleet kit on here, im sure you are going to enjoy all that cleaning of the white metal bits, but build into a lovely kit

im two days away from the Enterprise arriving

thank you, but you are going to the trouble of all the extra brass work, maybe mine will take another 7 years just like the Victory, as no doubt it will get left behind when the Enterprise arrives, i have told the Admiral that the Dorade will get completed next month the two builds I had in my stash as next on the todo list , Deans Marine Komet, and Billings Cutty sark, went onto Facebook market place and were sold within the hour

good morning everyone i have spent many hours doing the hull, so decided to take the step and put white primer on, what a difference there are still issues with the hull finish, but they may have to stay now, but compared to where it was last month (well im happy) there are several builds i am following @ken3335 and @schiffebastler here on MSW so i keep looking for bits i can do that are not included in the instructions, which are basically a waste of trees eyebrows, i first came across these on the Victory build and then realised all ships have them, these will all be yellow ochre, i am at this time not going to contrast everything with bright shiny metal work,

thank you OC, been pushing this build on, she is getting much needed time spent on her, i am now passed where i left her off all those years ago, and looks so much better in white primer (pictures to follow)

good morning Sjors, look forward to following your build, hope you sre both well

just found on Facebook https://mb.secureorder.co.uk/modb/summer20/?fbclid=IwAR1KDXf0IE1hxb8YNS76dtLtgL4xb_Xmaco1o8zTsQk_O-5evflbwi1DvPI https://mb.secureorder.co.uk/modb/summer20/?fbclid=IwAR1KDXf0IE1hxb8YNS76dtLtgL4xb_Xmaco1o8zTsQk_O-5evflbwi1DvPI

love the boiler work Brain, this is going to look fantastic when finished

those figures look brilliant

actually, im not sure that i am brave enough anyway, the rivet counters would have me hung drawn and 1/48

Good morning everyone thank you for comments and likes very much appreciated well the deck planking is done, just a couple of edges that need sorting, as it got quite thin on the edges for over sanding so far, every thing that was messed up last time has sorted its self out, although the boat seams to have got 10mm longer in 12 years, still growing maybe the main porthole strips on the port side went on with out any fuss, but i put an extra infill in to cover the 10mm gap i want to be brave and do a different colour scheme on her, any suggestions, as the decking is quite light, i was thinking about renaming her now and taking her a very different vessel I like her in this scheme will be interesting to find out how others feel, maybe now is the time to take to just a composite 3 master

following with interest, im waiting for the 1/48 Enterprise by CAF to arrive

that looks very very nice

Sorry, i never replied on here as i sent you a PM at the time you asked

lovely review, After a couple of messages with @cafmodel i have part1 being dispatched from China today, I look forward to working on this, and creating a build log

coming to the end of the best submarine built i have ever seen, and in all the time i have watched you bring this build together, i have not seriously wanted to try it myself, all the time i have spent at sea in one means i could not replicate the memories

good evening everyone took a break from the Dorade for a couple weeks, as i wanted to progress the AV the hull has been sanded and primed 3 times now and as a result, it is much better, deck planking in 3mm lime, means she will look totally different to the real thing, thats by choice and intentional