Another... Halcon - 1/100

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Hi Kurt. What you wrote makes sense. I am wondering if this was a Baltimore Clipper. There were five British ships name Halcyon, but none named Halcon so it is not a real British mortar or bomb vessel. If this is a representation of a Baltimore Clipper, didn't some of them have a swivel ring and long gun somewhere on the centerline of the deck?
Interesting stuff.
Allan

The Chinese model of Halcon is a Baltimore Clipper, though built in Spain from what I found online.

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

@AllanKP69 @DARIVS ARCHITECTVS
Thank you for starting this interesting discussion!

A thought on the origin of this vessel. Searching online for the name only returns models. My build is the 1:100 cheap chinese kit. There seems to have been a 1:60 kit which some of the detailed plans originate.
I think the Halcon is supposed to be a generic American Navy Baltimore Clipper (Eagle on the transom) but not representing an actual vessel.

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Also, I am almost 100% sure that the chinese kit is based on the older plans, since it matches almost exactly.

About the mysterious center gun.
I had also wondered about it. In the original (1:60) plans, some ropes are shown, to move the cannon, but there is nothing to hold the recoil. It would not have been able to be be fired like this.

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Might be just missing details, but the side cannons have all details displayed.
I have also seen similar vessels with a center swivel gun/mortar.

I am now very inclined to scrap that center long gun as it is and either

• exchange it for a proper swivel gun/ mortar similar to this:
  
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  or
  
  
• equipping the Halcon with 4 more of the smaller side cannons.

Convince me of one or the other!

Have great sunday!

If you want to have another gun, a small mortar would be the way to go. I wonder if the ship could handle the weight.

 

[jackofalltrades]

The Chinese model of Halcon is a Baltimore Clipper, though built in Spain from what I found online.

@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS
The 1:60 plan is Spanish. Perhaps this is where this myth comes from?
Isn't the eagle on the transom an American thing?

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

@DARIVS ARCHITECTVS
The 1:60 plan is Spanish. Perhaps this is where this myth comes from?
Isn't the eagle on the transom an American thing?

It's not an eagle, it's supposed to be a hawk. "Halcon" is "hawk" in Spanish.

 

[jackofalltrades]

It's not an eagle, it's supposed to be a hawk. "Halcon" is "hawk" in Spanish.

Can't argue that. Thanks for the clarification!

 

[jackofalltrades]

Chapter 16

Jack is back!
The model shipyard has opened up again after a long break.

Although there are still a few details to make/ finish for the deck equipment, I decided to start on the rig.
As always the original 10$ kit plans are very vague. So I looked at a a lot of online images of the Pride II, the Lynx and other model plans about the masts and especially the cross trees. The parts for the cross trees are from the kit and at this thickness were very fragile. So I soaked the thin sections in superglue which stabelized the wood enough to be able to drill holes near the ends.




At 1:100 the bottom parts are 4mm and the top parts 3mm tapering to 1.5mm


The top part of the 4mm lower mast got squared off to match the sources.





The 3mm top masts got a square footing by filing the bottom 1.5cm square, glueing flat pieces to the sides, filing everything down to 3mm again and then creating the small transitions.
I am rather happy about the extra effort I took even at this scale because it just looks just so much better then just leaving 'round dowels'.