HMS President by Ondras71 - FINISHED - Sergal - modified

[donrobinson]

She looks great!

[Ondras71]

On 22. 8. 2017 at 3:32 AM, donrobinson said:

She looks great!

Placed Mizzen topgallant sail ..

 

The construction will soon be over, I'm stretching the last ropes and only the stern lantern is to be done..

 

Edited September 4, 2017 by Ondras71

[Ondras71]

I'm finishing the rigging, most of the control ropes of Mizzen mast sails already tied..

And other ties and rope roles ..

A little coin measurement..

 

[Bill Morrison]

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Beautiful job!  I have this kit as well, but I lost interest in it when I couldn't quite figure out just what it was supposed to represent.  You have inspired me to go ahead anyway.  Thank you!

 

Bill Morrison

[Ondras71]

I clamped the last control ropes of the mizen mast sails and the main yards tackle ..

Again I have to pause over the functionality of the rigging. Everything works and after tying, "it" doesn't move a bit...

 

Further measurements with harder currency .. 

[Ondras71]

The last rope on the boat - Sheet, Tack..

 

Finishing the build is a bit slow, as I have already begun building a new model .. 

 

[Bill Morrison]

I believe that you did an exceptional job with this kit!  Very well done!

 

My comments are not meant as criticism at all, but, I am still trying to figure out precisely what the kit is supposed to depict in  the eyes of the kit designers.  It has too few guns to be a Post Ship/Sloop-of-War, too many masts to be either a cutter (of which there were two named HMS President) or a Brig, and "HMS" applies to ships commissioned  into the Royal Navy. That rules out a merchantman.  I'm not sure about the type of ship stated on the box as being a "Light Frigate".  To the best of my mind, no such nomenclature ever existed.

 

Perhaps someone could enlighten us. It sure would make for an interesting discussion!

 

Bill

[Ondras71]

19 hours ago, Bill Morrison said:

I believe that you did an exceptional job with this kit!  Very well done!

 

My comments are not meant as criticism at all, but, I am still trying to figure out precisely what the kit is supposed to depict in  the eyes of the kit designers.  It has too few guns to be a Post Ship/Sloop-of-War, too many masts to be either a cutter (of which there were two named HMS President) or a Brig, and "HMS" applies to ships commissioned  into the Royal Navy. That rules out a merchantman.  I'm not sure about the type of ship stated on the box as being a "Light Frigate".  To the best of my mind, no such nomenclature ever existed.

 

Perhaps someone could enlighten us. It sure would make for an interesting discussion!

 

Bill

Hello Bill. I'm just like you looking for the original of my model, and I actually found it among Chapman's plans. 
Unfortunately, I found it too late to get closer to it, I was a long way into building. The kit is really very much 
simplified, the original has a total of 18 cannons .. According to the hull's shape, I guess it really was 
a merchant ship.

digitaltmuseum.se/011024789732/ritning?aq=&i=22

 

 

[Bill Morrison]

That is what I was thinking.  I know that the RN also had a couple of sloops-of-war named President in the late 1600's, and a few cutters the next century.  The Sloops had 18 guns.  Perhaps cutting two more gun ports on each side and fitting guns there would give a reasonable sloop of war.  I might try that approach.

 

Bill

[Ondras71]

I agree to assign cannon ports according to the Chapman plan..

 

The last rope of the driver is in place, so there is no longer just the lantern, the boat name and the glass cabinet..

 

[Bill Morrison]

I admit, your President does look fantastic!  My compliments on a job well done!

 

Bill

[donrobinson]

Beautiful build, congratulations

[Old Collingwood]

Superb work  you made her look amazing.

 

OC.

[S.Coleman]

Made this one into a masterpiece. Great job.

[Ondras71]

Thank you all and I greatly appreciate your positive reactions, which really encourage me to continue my work.  Ondra

 

Before finishing, the last important thing is the glass case ...

 

..and a label with the name of the ship, inspired by the original ship ...

 

[Bill Morrison]

Excellent touch!

[Waitoa]

Truly an amazing build, this was the first ship I built and what you have done with this kit is great

[Ondras71]

Thank you Waitoa!! 
Lantern finished ..

 

Edited November 12, 2017 by Ondras71

[Ondras71]

Placed label on stand ..
Latest photos before placing in a glass cabinet ..

 

[Old Collingwood]

Really nice work  well done  she is a beauty.

 

OC.

[Ondras71]

Thank you for your support.
So after five years and three months it's done. Created a wooden board under a glass case ..

..Model placed on an honorable place in the dining room ..

figurines of sailors built as a "scale" next to the ship ..

Already starting a new construction...

[Jean-Pierre]

Beautiful job.  I dare say that this is the best president around!!!!

[Bill Morrison]

I have to agree with Jean-Pierre.  It is stunning!

[Ondras71]

Thank you!  Presentation of the building with music here: 

 

 

[Jean-Pierre]

Congratulations.  This is a very nice build indeed. A President to be looked at with respect!

[Ondras71]

With the completed model, I participated in the Czech Championship 2018 in the C8 category and here is the result..  O.

 

 

 

 

[donrobinson]

Congratulations!!!

[Thunder]

Blimey, what do you need to do to get a gold! An amazing build well done, and I never comment unless seriously impressed.

 

Perhaps could describe as a merchant ship brought into the Royal Navy for convoy escort protection? The problem with a lot of these kits is they seemed to go out of their way to take real plans and make the description as inaccurate as possible so that you cannot trace the original. Or as in the Unicorn and Royal Caroline, have a full set of plans and then not bother to use them for the model, very strange!

[Baker]

A beautiful model 

Congratulations with your silver medal. 

[Ondras71]

On 9/26/2018 at 11:22 AM, Thunder said:

Blimey, what do you need to do to get a gold! An amazing build well done, and I never comment unless seriously impressed.

 

Perhaps could describe as a merchant ship brought into the Royal Navy for convoy escort protection? The problem with a lot of these kits is they seemed to go out of their way to take real plans and make the description as inaccurate as possible so that you cannot trace the original. Or as in the Unicorn and Royal Caroline, have a full set of plans and then not bother to use them for the model, very strange!

 

I think the problem was with starting by following the kit accurately, e.g. wide deck boards and gaps between them. After that, I started studying more. But I'm still happy as it is. I also found out that little would be enough to make the kit more accurate, but the manufacturer probably doesn't want that or it would be too expensive. 

 

Thank you very much for your feedback! Ondras71