James H Posted March 9 #721 Posted March 9 Not just a makeover, totally built from the ground upwards. You won't believe the work involved in keeping the old site online, and then the constant battles with flaky software etc. It wasn't viable, so good riddance to it!! A million % improvement!! mtaylor, hollowneck, Clark and 4 others 7 SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! On the bench: 'Oseberg' Viking Ship (V3) - Pavel Nikitin - 1:25 On Hold: HMS Winchelsea Double Capstan - Syren Ship Models - 1:48 Finished US Baltimore Armed Privateer Schooner Grecian 1812 (prototype) - Vanguard Models - 1:64 'Zulu' fishing boat, Vanguard Models - 1:64 Fifie' fishing boat, Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Flirt 1782, Vanguard Models - 1:64. Duchess of Kingston c.1780 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Sphinx 1775, Vanguard Models - 1:64 ERYCINA - Plymouth Ketch-Rigged Trawler 1882, Vanguard Models - 1:64. 'Nisha' - The Brixham 'Mumble-Bee' - Vanguard Models 1:64 'Saucy Jack' fishing boat - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Ranger 'Barking Fish Carrier' - 1864 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Indefatigable - 1794 (production prototype), Vanguard Models - 1:64. HMS Harpy - 1796 (production prototype) - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Indeterminate: Tender Avos - Master Korabel - 1:72. H.M.S. Victory (production prototype) - Amati - 1:64. HMS Granado 1742 (cross section) - CAFModel - 1:48
mgatrost Posted March 9 #722 Posted March 9 Wow 😮 The new site looks great. I never really noticed anything wrong with the old site, but after seeing the new one you can really tell what a huge update it is. It’s obvious you put a lot of thought into it. Congratulations! mtaylor, hollowneck and chris watton 3
AJohnson Posted March 9 #723 Posted March 9 Awesome Chris, good luck with the new site. Morten in Norway, Knocklouder, chris watton and 2 others 5 Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
chris watton Posted Thursday at 08:11 PM Author #724 Posted Thursday at 08:11 PM (edited) I should mention this: A lot of the customer gallery photos are missing. This is because the old website decided to lock us out completely just before the changeover, and before we had finished exporting the files for all the photos the customers sent us, so only a few got through. We will need to rebuild this gallery over the coming months - but for those who no longer see their pictures in the gallery, don't worry, it's not that we didn’t want them, on the contrary, it's just that we just couldn't not export them before the old site decided to throw a wobbly. We did manage to export all existing customer info though, the customer photos was the very last task to changeover. Oh, also, for anyone in the UK, we will have a stand at SMS 50TH Anniversary Exhibition: 10-12 June at Portsmouth! No idea what this will be like.... Edited Thursday at 08:12 PM by chris watton thibaultron, jpalmer1970, AJohnson and 10 others 10 3 Vanguard Models on Facebook
alde Posted 8 hours ago #725 Posted 8 hours ago Chris, I don't know if this is answered somewhere else but I'm wondering if the upcoming HMS Surprise will be based on the actual 18th century ship or the movie ship? I will be getting it either way but I'm just curious. Thanks, Al thibaultron 1 The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED
Murphys77 Posted 41 minutes ago #726 Posted 41 minutes ago Hi Chris, nice new website! But, you haven't posted a pic of yourself designing a model of the Tyger have you? A new Vanguards release perhaps? All the best! M.
chris watton Posted 34 minutes ago Author #727 Posted 34 minutes ago 8 hours ago, alde said: Chris, I don't know if this is answered somewhere else but I'm wondering if the upcoming HMS Surprise will be based on the actual 18th century ship or the movie ship? I will be getting it either way but I'm just curious. Thanks, Al The kit will be based off the original lines of the Unité-class corvette, launched in 1794 and captured in 1796 and renamed Surprise. There will be an option to buy either the original 32-Pounder carronade main battery, or, as standard in the kit, 24 x 9-Pounder long guns as per the novels. Same applies for main pumps. There will be 2 figureheads, one as per the original (or as near as dammit, as what a weird figurehead..), or a choice of one more like in the novels/movie. Vanguard Models on Facebook
chris watton Posted 33 minutes ago Author #728 Posted 33 minutes ago 7 minutes ago, Murphys77 said: Hi Chris, nice new website! But, you haven't posted a pic of yourself designing a model of the Tyger have you? A new Vanguards release perhaps? All the best! M. Thank you Murphys77 1 Vanguard Models on Facebook
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