HMS Indefatigable 1794 by alex791 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

[alex791]

Hello everyone,
My name is Alessandro and I am writing from the port city of Livorno, Italy.
I have been building ship model kits for almost 40 years, mainly plastic and resin in 1/350 scale
(some recently completed models are published in the gallery), but the HMS Indefatigable is my 
first serious work with a wooden ship model. Although aware of the intrinsic complexity of the 
model in question, the passion for two-decker ship of the lines and frigates pushed me to attempt 
the construction of a subject that in my opinion combines characteristics of both categories of vessels.
I started building this model in February 2024, to date I have finished laying the external planking 
and will soon move on to building the interiors. 
I have made some changes to the original model as illustrated in the images that will follow.
I hope my work will be of interest to you. Greetings!

Alessandro

Edited May 27 by alex791

[ccoyle]

Welcome aboard, and very nice work!

[Knocklouder]

Bob  M.

[Ronald-V]

Nice clean work!

[Blue Ensign]

Very nice work, well done. 👍

 

B.E.

[alex791]

Hello everyone,

first of all i want to thank you for your kind words, now a small update: these days i added wash cants and gun ports interior for 24 pdr guns.

Next days I will trace deck beams and start planking the deck area. 

Cheers!

[Kevin]

very nice indeed,

i like the painted hull, very clean and tidy

[alex791]

Two steps back, two steps forward. Nearly same place.

In the previous months I reviewed the construction contract for HMS Nassau of the Ardent class, sister ship of HMS Indefatigable. Due to some discrepancies between what I had built and the contract, particularly the dimensions of the black strake, I had to remove and replanked all the staff between the gun ports and the black strake. This time, I carved the port stops directly into the wood around the gun ports, as was historically made, instead of adding wooden planks inside the gun ports as I had previously done.

I then added the spirketing and upper ledge staff. I painted the insides of the gun ports and the inside sides of the gun deck using Atom acrylic paints, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and performance of these paints.

In the near future, I will focus on building the interiors and installing the gun deck planks.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Alessandro

 

Edited Friday at 03:01 PM by alex791

[RolandR]

 Exquisite wood working.

What paint did you use for the white colors?

[Ronald-V]

That is beautiful work Alessandro!

Edited Friday at 03:11 PM by Ronald-V

[alex791]

15 hours ago, RolandR said:

 Exquisite wood working.

What paint did you use for the white colors?

Mr. Base white surfacer, a lacquer base primer. 

Obviusly, in a later stage the hull will be covered with copper plates.

Edited Saturday at 07:01 AM by alex791

[TJM]

This is looking really nice!

[delfo]

On 12/26/2025 at 3:53 PM, alex791 said:

Two steps back, two steps forward. Nearly same place.

In the previous months I reviewed the construction contract for HMS Nassau of the Ardent class, sister ship of HMS Indefatigable. Due to some discrepancies between what I had built and the contract, particularly the dimensions of the black strake, I had to remove and replanked all the staff between the gun ports and the black strake. This time, I carved the port stops directly into the wood around the gun ports, as was historically made, instead of adding wooden planks inside the gun ports as I had previously done.

I then added the spirketing and upper ledge staff. I painted the insides of the gun ports and the inside sides of the gun deck using Atom acrylic paints, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and performance of these paints.

In the near future, I will focus on building the interiors and installing the gun deck planks.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Alessandro

 

 

[delfo]

Ciao Alessandro, innanzitutto complimeti per il lavoro che stai facendo !!!! Siccome vorrei costruire pure io lo stesso kit, dove posso reperire la documentazione necessaria ??? C'è qualche libro in commercio ??

 

[delfo]

On 12/26/2025 at 3:53 PM, alex791 said:

Two steps back, two steps forward. Nearly same place.

In the previous months I reviewed the construction contract for HMS Nassau of the Ardent class, sister ship of HMS Indefatigable. Due to some discrepancies between what I had built and the contract, particularly the dimensions of the black strake, I had to remove and replanked all the staff between the gun ports and the black strake. This time, I carved the port stops directly into the wood around the gun ports, as was historically made, instead of adding wooden planks inside the gun ports as I had previously done.

I then added the spirketing and upper ledge staff. I painted the insides of the gun ports and the inside sides of the gun deck using Atom acrylic paints, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and performance of these paints.

In the near future, I will focus on building the interiors and installing the gun deck planks.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

Alessandro

 

Cosa c'era di sbagliato ??