Launched in 1719 at Portsmouth. In 1782 Royal William took part in the navy operations which led to Gibraltar’s liberation. Also in that same year, the ship was involved in the salvage attempt of Royal George, which overturned in Spithead causing the death of 900 persons. In the end it was assigned as anchor-watch at Portsmouth, until 1813 , then demolished. Its survival for almost a century compares strongly with the typical six-year life span of so many other ships.
Overall Specifications:
BUILDING PLANS REF. 66/006 - CONSTRUCTION KIT REF. 99/006
MAXIMUM LENGTH 1140 mm.
HULL LENGTH 910 mm.
MAXIMUM WIDTH 510 mm.
HULL WIDTH 160 mm.
MAXIMUM HEIGTH 950 mm.
GUNS 104
SCALE 1:72
NO. PLAN SHEETS 17
I purchased this kit from Euromodel Como online for just around $2,000.00 or so back in 2010. This will be by far the most difficult model to build, as there are no conventional English printed assembly instructions included in the kit, only the 17 plan sheets with instruction in Italian. There are several pieces that are NOT INCLUDED in the kit and three require being built from scratch; the curved staircase or ladder to the quarter deck, both port and starboard versions, the stove with a chimney stack showing above the main deck, and two bow supports at the prow, both starboard and port versions. Although the plans do include detail drawings of the stove, curved staircase, (and bow support with dimensions of these parts. The kit doesn’t include wood stock for the staircase and stove, it does however include a large block of wood with a width, height and length of 2” x 3” x 8” to fashion the bow supports from. The curved staircases can be substituted with either a standard ladder or a “L” shaped ladder and still be historically accurate, as the Royal William underwent several refurbishing during its life and detailed records of exact changes are rare to come by.
There is a set of PDF English instructions by MSW member piratepete007, created while actually building the model kit using the Italian instructions as reference with help and support from the following members; Ken3335, Keith W, Denis R, Vince P, Pirrozzi and Bill Kent. My sincere thanks to them and other MSW members who gave advice and permission to use some of their photos. I have perused all of them and they will be MOST helpful during the FUTURE assembly, thank you MSW member piratepete007 et al.
There are 17 PDF documents of which the first one I already had a copy from several years ago. The remaining list includes the following files:
02 Hull and Main Deck Prep 03 First Planking 04 Main and Foc’sle Decks, Armament 05 First Planking Above the Main Deck 06 Upper Decks 07 Stern 08 Wales, Ornamentation and Bow 09 Hull Fittings
10 Ships Boat 11 Mast Construction 12 Yard Construction 13 Shrouds and Stays 14 Bowsprit Rigging 15 Foremast Rigging 16 Main Mast Rigging 17 Mizzen Mast Riggin
After I had checked if all available parts were included in the kit, I construction some of the hull up to the first battery deck, just to see how it looked.
The first two photos are of the current state of the model, showing the Starboard and Port hull. The First and Second battery decks are installed and according to the plan sheets, I will have to install all completed guns and carriages for the 1st and 2nd Batteries, even though you will ony see the protruding gun barrels. The scratch built stove will also be installed on its proper deck, completly hidden except for the protruding chimney onto the main deck.
I decided NOT to plank those lower gundecks as they won't be visible anyway.
Moving the camera along the Port side you will see closeups of the Port Bow, Midships, and stern.
This hull so far is very solidly built due to the numerous strengthing pieces required by the plans to install, and consequenly relatively heavy compared to a lot of models. The following two photos show those strength pieces installed on both port and starboard sides.
Each frame required pieces along the false keel and bulkheads to add strength to the hull structure.
The Starboard side moving the camera forward toward the bow, you see the Starboard stern, midship, and bow area.
The upper bulkhead support frame detail is in the next three photos.
The stern section facing forward showing the bulkheads.
Looking aft toward the stern from about the midship section.
Looking at the bow, facing aft.
Looking toward the stern, upper deck frame supports.
More frame views.
A closeup of the bow facing aft.
Thanks for showing interest, I would like to thank piratepete007 for the instructions he wrote with other members of this site.
Overall Specifications:
BUILDING PLANS REF. 66/006 - CONSTRUCTION KIT REF. 99/006
MAXIMUM LENGTH 1140 mm.
HULL LENGTH 910 mm.
MAXIMUM WIDTH 510 mm.
HULL WIDTH 160 mm.
MAXIMUM HEIGTH 950 mm.
GUNS 104
SCALE 1:72
NO. PLAN SHEETS 17
I purchased this kit from Euromodel Como online for just around $2,000.00 or so back in 2010. This will be by far the most difficult model to build, as there are no conventional English printed assembly instructions included in the kit, only the 17 plan sheets with instruction in Italian. There are several pieces that are NOT INCLUDED in the kit and three require being built from scratch; the curved staircase or ladder to the quarter deck, both port and starboard versions, the stove with a chimney stack showing above the main deck, and two bow supports at the prow, both starboard and port versions. Although the plans do include detail drawings of the stove, curved staircase, (and bow support with dimensions of these parts. The kit doesn’t include wood stock for the staircase and stove, it does however include a large block of wood with a width, height and length of 2” x 3” x 8” to fashion the bow supports from. The curved staircases can be substituted with either a standard ladder or a “L” shaped ladder and still be historically accurate, as the Royal William underwent several refurbishing during its life and detailed records of exact changes are rare to come by.
There is a set of PDF English instructions by MSW member piratepete007, created while actually building the model kit using the Italian instructions as reference with help and support from the following members; Ken3335, Keith W, Denis R, Vince P, Pirrozzi and Bill Kent. My sincere thanks to them and other MSW members who gave advice and permission to use some of their photos. I have perused all of them and they will be MOST helpful during the FUTURE assembly, thank you MSW member piratepete007 et al.
There are 17 PDF documents of which the first one I already had a copy from several years ago. The remaining list includes the following files:
02 Hull and Main Deck Prep 03 First Planking 04 Main and Foc’sle Decks, Armament 05 First Planking Above the Main Deck 06 Upper Decks 07 Stern 08 Wales, Ornamentation and Bow 09 Hull Fittings
10 Ships Boat 11 Mast Construction 12 Yard Construction 13 Shrouds and Stays 14 Bowsprit Rigging 15 Foremast Rigging 16 Main Mast Rigging 17 Mizzen Mast Riggin
After I had checked if all available parts were included in the kit, I construction some of the hull up to the first battery deck, just to see how it looked.
The first two photos are of the current state of the model, showing the Starboard and Port hull. The First and Second battery decks are installed and according to the plan sheets, I will have to install all completed guns and carriages for the 1st and 2nd Batteries, even though you will ony see the protruding gun barrels. The scratch built stove will also be installed on its proper deck, completly hidden except for the protruding chimney onto the main deck.
I decided NOT to plank those lower gundecks as they won't be visible anyway.
Moving the camera along the Port side you will see closeups of the Port Bow, Midships, and stern.
This hull so far is very solidly built due to the numerous strengthing pieces required by the plans to install, and consequenly relatively heavy compared to a lot of models. The following two photos show those strength pieces installed on both port and starboard sides.
Each frame required pieces along the false keel and bulkheads to add strength to the hull structure.
The Starboard side moving the camera forward toward the bow, you see the Starboard stern, midship, and bow area.
The upper bulkhead support frame detail is in the next three photos.
The stern section facing forward showing the bulkheads.
Looking aft toward the stern from about the midship section.
Looking at the bow, facing aft.
Looking toward the stern, upper deck frame supports.
More frame views.
A closeup of the bow facing aft.
Thanks for showing interest, I would like to thank piratepete007 for the instructions he wrote with other members of this site.
