Advice on French 2nd or 3rd rate ship of the line

[James Flynn]

 I'm looking to find a decent French 2nd or 3rd rate ship of the line. Hopefully 1/48 scale, something that will compare with something like the HMS Bellona from CAF model. for a gift to a friend. Any advice would be greatly appreciated 

[ccoyle]

That is going to be slim pickings. French subjects are somewhat neglected by kit manufacturers, and a 2nd or 3rd rate in 1/48 would be a massive kit. For that subject and scale, you're looking at scratch-building.

[brunnels]

13 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

French subjects are somewhat neglected by kit manufacturers

It's a shame as well as there are some beautiful French ships, I was just looking around recently to see if there were any good 18th century French Frigate kits around 1:64 scale and sadly there wasn't a lot out there. 

[Kevin]

this link is wrong scale,  not that many that i have seen, other than CAF

 

https://www.euromodel-ship.com/eng/la-renommee.html

Edited January 11 by Kevin

[ccoyle]

2 minutes ago, Kevin said:

wrong scale

 

Also not a 2nd or 3rd rate, but the point is still valid.

[James Flynn]

2 hours ago, ccoyle said:

That is going to be slim pickings. French subjects are somewhat neglected by kit manufacturers, and a 2nd or 3rd rate in 1/48 would be a massive kit. For that subject and scale, you're looking at scratch-building.

Well how about a good sorce for plans to do a scratch build then 

[vossiewulf]

13 minutes ago, James Flynn said:

Well how about a good sorce for plans to do a scratch build then 

Ancre Monographs, they have several books on ships of the line, I saw at least one Napoleonic three decker in there.

Edited January 11 by vossiewulf

[James Flynn]

Can anyone help me find plans for this. 

America gave This ship to the French as a gesture of friendship. America was the first ship of the line built for the Continental Navy, but she never saw service there, being given to France after launching. French ship America (1788) America was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1794 at the Glorious First of June. She then served with the British under the name HMS Impetueux until she was broken up in 1813. She became the prototype for the Royal Navy America-class ship of the line.

[James Flynn]

14 minutes ago, James Flynn said:

Can anyone help me find plans for this. 

America gave This ship to the French as a gesture of friendship. America was the first ship of the line built for the Continental Navy, but she never saw service there, being given to France after launching. French ship America (1788) America was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1794 at the Glorious First of June. She then served with the British under the name HMS Impetueux until she was broken up in 1813. She became the prototype for the Royal Navy America-class ship of the line.

I found that it was part of the French Temeraire class but I'm unable to find any sort of plans 

[Kevin]

same class and build log here on MSW 

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/29603-le-redoutable-by-oliver1973-148-pof-based-on-own-reconstruction/

Edited January 11 by Kevin

[GrandpaPhil]

Don’t forget AAMM!

 

https://boutique.aamm.fr/index.php?route=common/home

 

That is one of my favorite places to buy model plans from!

[James Flynn]

Has anyone seen these plans? I ask because there exceptive but if there detailed and complete, they may be worth the perches, but I would hate to be the sucker after dropping my wallet

https://www.modelerscentral.com/model-ship-plans/?product_cat=model-ship-plans

 

ADMIN: Removed strange brown format/colour.

[ccoyle]

Those are all plans published by kit manufacturers. Since they are published by different entities, it's impossible to make a blanket evaluation of the quality of the entire group. Some will be better than others in terms of detail, accuracy, and completeness.