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    The Naval Cutter ALERT 1777 by Peter Goodwin for sale.

    I have a like new copy of "The Naval Cutter ALERT 1777 by Peter Goodwin for sale. Bob
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    Need a view of the Fore Jeer Bits, of La Renommee

    I am in need of a image/view of the fore jeer bits for La Renommee, the monograph shows a top down view, and a side view, but I can't find a front/back view anywhere. Anyone able to help me here? Bob
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    My apprentices latest project completed

    Today is a milestone for my young apprentice, he completed his latest project, a 1:96 half model of H.M.S. Rose (28), a British frigate built in 1783. A replica of this ship was built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1973, and stared in the movie "Master and Commander", and is currently afloat as a...
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    French 8 pounder frigate La Castor, from Le Renommee draught by Jean Boudriot, Combination method, Bread and butter and plank on rib.

    Began to build a model of the French 8 pounder frigate La castor, built in Quebec City at the Royal Dockyard, by R.N. Lavasseur, master shipwright. I am basing it on the plan for Le Renommee, of 1744, of the same class. I am building her in the combination method, lower hull bread and butter...
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    My Apprentice makes progress.

    I believe strongly in passing along the skills that I have acquired over a lifetime along to the next generation. I began teaching an apprentice a few years ago, spent 3 years with my first and am into our second year with my second. This young lad is Felix, and is 12 years old. He began by...
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    New to forum, but not to ship modelling

    Hello fellow ship modellers. Bob Squarebriggs here, a Island born sailor and long time ship modeller. Since I left the navy, something I miss every day, I bring the sea to me through my ship models. I have only ever built one wooden kit and since then, figured I could do better from scratch...
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