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The model kit of the Alert is depicted after her refit with twelve six-pounder guns and a full complement of twelve half-pounder swivel guns, giving an ordnance total of twenty-four guns. We have many pages about the history of Alert here at SOS, I will rather concentrate on the kits itself...
Hi there, so I decided to build my own HMS Victory model. I searched for different ones and my eyes stopped on the H.M.S. Victory from Constructo 1:94. It is a big and complex model as I wanted. Honestly, I was surprised to realize that the length of this model is 111 cm.
Size
It is a 1 to 94...
Hallo my friends,
I received a sample of the new revised add on kit of one of the boats of the La Salamandre from CAF, which I want to introduce today
It is the Cutter in scale 1:48, full rib construction with a total length of 130mm
Before I want to show you the "old" version which was built...
"The yawl boat - a small four-oared boat carried over the main hatch -was missing, suggesting that at least some of the missing people could have left the Mary Celeste in it"
Russian Tsar and his family retreat in a "Yal-4" (4 oars)
Yal (from...
HMS ALERT
the naval cutter 1777
SHIPYARD 1:72 Laser cardboard kit 1
Kit Info
Name: HMS Alert
Cat. No. ZL:001
Scale: 1:72
Lenght: 540 mm
Width: 220 mm
Height: 460 mm
Quantity in package: 1 piece
Type of packaging: Box (500x350x50 mm)
Laser-Cut Kit includes:
- all parts cut by laser
-...
STATEMENT
It's not my responsibility to investigate the design source of this model.
As a modeler, I only post information of this kit here.
Please let me know if there is any infringement of intellectual property.
Relevant Link...
Based on the extreme good quality I could see in the building log of @OlegM with his USS Bonhomme Richard from the same manufacturer
https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/uss-bonhomme-richard-1779-1-48.3383/#post-66384
I was convinced, that this section model will be also a very good...
Ordered 5 days ago from UK, got it today. I am really chopping at the bits to build the vessel called Terror. Let alone the history of this ship from, our Star Spangled Banner to lost in the Polar Ice Cap. Over all is not bad at all. The material looks on pare with todays mfg's. No plains...
Hello at all,
I think it`s unsual to write a review about a kit nearly two years after opening the box - I try my very best!
Photo by manufacturer
Manufacturer: Billing Boats, Scale 1/75
Type of ship: 3 masted warship, launched in 1765, deleted from the naval register in 1798
Measurements...
Happy Holidays season! Today I would like to show relatedly new kit from Falkonet (Russia), simple design, and great materials make me decide to build one.
foto by Falconet
Kit data specification:
Scale 1:24
Length 214 mm
Width 77 mm
Height 222 mm
Art. F0503
Ship wooden kit...
I have recently built Master Korabel's 75mm Lifeboat and I was impressed by the quality, ease of construction and the instructions, so I decided to get one of their larger boat kits. I oredered this from M.K's dealer in Europe and it arrived here in the U.K. from Germany a week later. What do...
Kit Review:
HMS Victory, 1765 - Nelsons Flagship - scale 1:78 - Panart / Krick
Photo by Manufacturer
Specification of Kit:
Length: 1300 mm, Height: 920 mm, width: 450 mm
Sails are available as add-on, but not included in kit
Panart Kit similar to Sergal, but in Panart kit the copper-plates...
This is CAFMODEL’s La Belle kit in 1/48 scale plank on frame with interior details and rigging. This was one of French explorer Rene Roberts De La Salle’s ships during his exploration of the Texas and Louisiana coast in the 17th century. The lines and proportions of this ship make it look it...
Also an untouched kit I have in my shelf waiting for better times, or a shipwright touching her.
"HMY Royal Caroline, 1749" - scale 1:47 by manufacturer Panart / Mantua, available also via Victory Models or Krick
The history of the vessel mentioned by Panart:
Royal Yacht the Royal Caroline...
Today I want to show you one of my favourite kits I have stored, hope to build it once.
It is the scale 1:64 kit of
HMS Agamemnon 1781, a 64 gun ship of the line of the Ardent-class, which is produced by JOTIKA Ltd. from UK
In Germany and some other countries it is sold via Krick under their...