GeorgeKapas Posted Saturday at 09:39 PM #1 Posted Saturday at 09:39 PM Good evening all! So I have this idea to create a series of 1/144 scale models of greek 19th century ships (along with some other older types of vessels related to the history of Crete specifically). The brig "Ares" was the first of the project to finish. I'll start a thread for each one of them, with a goal to finish this collection in about 2027-2028. This thread is about the frigate "Hellas" the flagship of the revolutionary Greek Navy. She is quite famous over here, even though she served very briefly and her demise is a rather indicative of the chaos during the early modern greek state. Built in the US, a formitable two decker frigate of 64 guns, the largest sailing ship ever properly commisioned in the Greek navy. Paid, along with a second sister ship, using foreign loans that were poorly managed, her sister was never delivered, and was commisioned instead in the US navy as USS Hudson. That is fortunate for us modelers, as her plans (and therefore Hellas') are available. She arrived in late 1826, and served until 1831. During the chaos of a large scale insurection against the Greek governor early after the independence, she was scuttled by burning along with several other ships. Drag files here to attach, or choose files... Thanasis, GrandpaPhil and ccoyle 3 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
GeorgeKapas Posted Saturday at 09:59 PM Author #2 Posted Saturday at 09:59 PM The above plans, taken from "the History of the American sailing navy" have no deck arrangement and no rigging plan, so I made one by refering deck plans of similar designed frigates from the same book, like the USS Macedonian USS Raritan etc. Thanasis, Ronald-V and GrandpaPhil 3 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
GeorgeKapas Posted Saturday at 10:04 PM Author #3 Posted Saturday at 10:04 PM GrandpaPhil, Siggi52, Ronald-V and 1 other 4 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
GeorgeKapas Posted Sunday at 07:52 AM Author #4 Posted Sunday at 07:52 AM A lot of sanding down, alternating primers between white and black to see what I am doing GrandpaPhil, davyboy, archjofo and 2 others 5 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
GeorgeKapas Posted yesterday at 09:30 AM Author #5 Posted yesterday at 09:30 AM Using styrene stripes of various thicknesses to add the wales and side cheaks of the bow Thanasis, GrandpaPhil and Siggi52 3 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
GeorgeKapas Posted 1 hour ago Author #6 Posted 1 hour ago The top side of the bulwarks, where the hammocks are stored has a simple decorative pattern, I took inspiration from a painting of admiral Miaoulis show this part of the ship. I doubt the painting is very accurate tbh, but it is similar to other US frigates of the era I've seen Keith Black and Siggi52 1 1 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
GeorgeKapas Posted 1 hour ago Author #7 Posted 1 hour ago Some closeups. I am going through older photos so all the projects are up to date. I have been following the work of fellow modeler @threebs for Hellas, as it is a large US built frigate. Keith Black and Siggi52 1 1 Current scratch builts: Greek brig Ares - 1/144 Greek frigate Hellas - 1/144 Greek corvette Loudovikos - 1/144 Greek steam sloop Karteria - 1/144 Greek ship of the line Emmanuil - 1/144 - Soon Completed scratch models: paddle steamer Arkadion for the Maritime Museum of Crete Ottoman Ship of the Line Mahmudiye - 1/350 - scratchbuilt 17th century Venetian galley by GeorgeKapas - 1/350 - scratchbuilt Armored cruiser Georgios Averof - 1/700 - scratchbuilt
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