HMS Alfred 1778 1/48 scale. scratch build

Tommyhawk · Tuesday at 10:15 PM

Thought I would add a couple of photo's of Alfred. Hope you enjoy seeing her.

Y.T. · Tuesday at 10:19 PM

I did. It is amazing. Superior.

Y.T. · Tuesday at 10:20 PM

What kind of drawings you used to build this?

Bryian · Tuesday at 10:59 PM

Well done. I built this model myself in 1/64 scale following the Romero practicum.

RichardG · Wednesday at 1:15 AM

Very impressive

GrantTyler · Wednesday at 7:17 AM

Tommyhawk said:
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Good afternoon. A fabulous rendition. I love the way you have exposed the frames along the gun port line. Cheers Grant

Tommyhawk · Wednesday at 7:47 AM

Hi YT. The plans/drawing came from the National Maritime museum.

Tommyhawk · Wednesday at 7:48 AM

Thanks every one. more to come

AllanKP69 · Wednesday at 1:39 PM

I see you joined SoS in 2020. Wish you had shared your beautiful build with SoS before.

I for one look forward to seeing more of your work in the days ahead.
Allan

Bryian · Wednesday at 5:39 PM

I remember corresponding with you about the Alfred a few years back. Is your name Garry ?

AllanKP69 · Wednesday at 7:31 PM

Bryian said:
I remember corresponding with you about the Alfred a few years back. Is your name Garry

I was wondering the same thing

Dave Stevens (Lumberyard) · Thursday at 8:54 AM

Bryian said:
I remember corresponding with you about the Alfred a few years back. Is your name Garry ?

i kind of remember this build a few years back. There was a build long here then it was gone later to appears on MSW.
you might be right Bryian this is Gary Bishop and his Alfred build back again.

arban007 · Thursday at 9:28 AM

So beautiful! I just love the way the decks crisscross! I have absolutely no resistance to it! Thumbsup

Tommyhawk · Thursday at 12:07 PM

Yes guy's this is Gary glad to be back.

AllanKP69 · Thursday at 12:41 PM

Emailed you directly about an hour ago asking, just in case you wanted to keep mum on the subject in public. Glad to see you here.

Allan

CLB · Saturday at 8:03 AM

Good to see you back Gary - this model has always inspired me for years - hope to see some more progress soon !

Tommyhawk · 2026-05-11T17:26:37-0500

Hi every one its time to add a few more photo's. Hi Bryian and Dave. Glad to see you here on SOS. Bryian I look at your log of Alfred and must say it really is a good one to see.

Tommyhawk · 2026-05-11T17:29:53-0500

Hi Grant and Allan. Good to see you guy's here. Nice to have a home here on SOS.

AllanKP69 · 2026-05-11T18:33:33-0500

With MSW back on line I hope you continue to share your work here as well. It is great to see for all of us here at SoS.
Allan

HMS Alfred 1778 1/48 scale. scratch build

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