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Pepite 1/60 said:
This great work of art in progress was supposed to represent "HMS Beagle". It's rather loosely based on a somewhat elder Mamoli kit.
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Disclaimer: any resemblances with a ship called the “Beagle”, dead or alive in past, present or future times are wholly by chance and purely based on the modeller’s fantasy and incompetence.
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Sure looks more like the Beagle than my HMS Victory does her namesake
 
HMS Enterprise 1774 midship cross-section in 1/160

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ERSRich said:
Going insane rigging cannon….
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Hi Rich,
Sort of like making ratlines, lots and lots and lots, and lots to make. Is this the American merchant ship Defence that the RN re-named Badger in 1777 and which Nelson commanded? Looks like a really nice model.
Allan
 
AllanKP69 said:
Hi Rich,
Sort of like making ratlines, lots and lots and lots, and lots to make. Is this the American merchant ship Defence that the RN re-named Badger in 1777 and which Nelson commanded? Looks like a really nice model.
Allan
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Sounds like it, made by Caldercraft/Nelson’s Navy….
 
ERSRich said:
Sounds like it, made by Caldercraft/Nelson’s Navy…
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It is really good to see you rigged two single blocks instead of a double and single which we often see on kit models even though a single and double was not used on guns smaller than 32 pounders on English ships according to Caruana. What size are the blocks they provided for the rigging?
Tx
Allan
 
Hello Ignatius,
The scale is 1:98, which means this fine model is just over a metre long.
I work at a financial institution with several branches.
There are empty or rather drearily filled display cases all over the place, which I am gradually filling to the delight of our customers.
The Victory is the fourth model to serve this purpose.
My wife would stone me if I filled our House with models.
Regards
 
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Good for you! In previous years I also worked for a financial institution where the corporate owner had a fascination with English, French and Spanish ships of the line from the Battle of Trafalgar 1806 and filled our headquarters with 1/12 scale models of HMS Victory, HMS Bellerophon, Santissima Trinidad, Redoubtable and others. Wish I was building wooden ships back then!
 
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