Kit review Cutter HMS ALERT 1777 - POF in scale 1:48 - by TRIDENT MODEL

[Uwek]

Kit Review:
Cutter HMS ALERT 1777
POF in scale 1:48
by TRIDENT MODEL

in the beginning some older renderings of the 3D-model - when I receive actual one´s I will change them





Trident Models is a very new chinese manufacturer (since 2018) and this model is the very first kit they produce on a limited basis.

We here in SOS were able and followed the development of this kit from an early phase and already a lot detail solutions and parts were already published and exclusively shown here in our forum. In addition we agreed with Trident, that there will be also a gift for every SOS member. Also to mention is the exclusive group build of this model here in SOS. All this will be explained much more in detail in the near future

Topic Development of the kit:

Trident Model - New Kit - HMS Alert 1777 1:48 Plank on frame by Trident Models

1/48 HMS Alert. The new kits from a Chinese Model company.

shipsofscale.com

But now in the following I will describe the Content of Kit I received some days ago


Boxing

The kit comes well packed and secured in a very rigid outer box - The total weight is appr. 6kg - not a light kit and looks like a lot of timber


The box of the kit with the Trident Models logo and the Slogan: "Born for the Limit, Live for the Challenge" - also a very solid one



General Overview of the Content

The view Inside after lifting the cover and removing the first layer of bubble wrap
Very safe and secured, the timber sheets are wrapped with some foil in order to protect the timber from moisture


The different packages outside the box


In the following I will show without any bigger descriptions the content of the packages and will afterwards go more in detail into the different types of timber sheets etc.
If you read already the Unboxing topic, you will recognize partly the same photos, but afterwards I will show more

Package 1


Package 2


Package 3


Package 4


A lot of timber, a nice tower of 15cm


The box with fittings and metal parts, also separately bagged


Manual and Drawing


Please take also a look at the following posts ..... to be continued

 

[zoly99sask]

Looking great ,now I need my stash

 

[donfarr]

AMAZING, JUST FANTASTIC FOR THIS KIT, EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE Don

 

[Uwek]

Kit Review: Part II
Cutter HMS ALERT 1777
POF in scale 1:48
by TRIDENT MODEL


The JIG(s)

The hull Construction JIG

A lot of manufacturer do not care about how the modeler is constructing the models - so often or most there is no JIG included.
For POF models a temporary construction Jig is necessary or very helpful - so often in such kits a jig is available giving some help
Seems, that Trident Models produced now a new top mark and raised the bar......



In the following the sheets made out of medium density boards - laser cut (the ruler in the photos has a length of 50cm)








The frame construction Jig(s)







These are Jigs and not the frames by itself - also medium density board.
These jigs, existing for every single frame of the hull, shall help the modeler to install the single frame elements


photo taken from the development topic in order to explain the use

We will see how this will work, but a very clever idea and I guess it will work much better than to align the floor timbers, futtocks and chocks on a sheet of paper......
Great Idea

 

[Uwek]

Kit Review: Part III
Cutter HMS ALERT 1777
POF in scale 1:48
by TRIDENT MODEL


In principle most of the timber is Cherry wood.
Trident Model don't divide the wood into ABCD grades like other manufacturers. The timber has good quality with some wood color difference, lighter edge, slight black line which are normal phenomena. And I am pretty sure, that a hull construction with elements with slightly different colors are not boring
Very important: Trident Model didn't choose a collection of perfect boards and sheets for me, they just picked a kit out of the production.


TIMBER Sheets

elements of the framing - CNC cut




I checked the thickness of the different boards with my ruler (I pressed it together - a very continuous thickness -> Great)






I found one real knothole in all of the boards, but outside of the kit part


the darker wood is black walnut


some closer look to a frame element board








Some details, which should be mentioned and shown in more detail

The sheets are CNC-cut and not laser cut - and the boards are not cut completely through the complete thickness - this production way has some pros and cons

holding one against a light - photo taken from the Development Topic

The elements have to be cut out (the last micrometer) - a best way will be explained later on during the building log and also by Trident - with this way you do not have the stupid connections (Sorry, but I not not know the correct english term - like in plastic kits)

A small but acceptable disadvantage is the fact, that often sawdust is picking in the slots, especially in small edges - cleaning of these slots takes some time, but goes fast - I tried it with such a hook for rigging works and it works well and fast


A great advantage of CNC is the fact, that you can mill notches inside the element - with laser cut you have to produce such parts with sandwich construction of two or three laser cut parts glued together - above you can see already the notches for the carlings in the beams

The same boards (the two on the left side)


And on the back side with the CNC-cut notches - with this way you have already a beam with all notches prepared - no sandwich, no chisel, only cleaning






Here another example of a gun carriage with the cnc-cut notches

taken from the Development Topic





a walnut board

 

[Uwek]

Kit Review: Part IV
Cutter HMS ALERT 1777
POF in scale 1:48
by TRIDENT MODEL


The Laser Cut boards

Some of the boards are laser cut, also with very high quality



some close up photos to see more details







The wooden rods


what to say? Good quality - straight - nothing more

With this post I finish the Review and description of the Content of the wooden parts - tomorrow the metal parts will follow

I am positively impressed - it will be a great fun to build this model

 

[donfarr]

WONDERFUL REVIEW UWE, GREAT DETAIL, ONE QUSTION HOW ARE THE FRAMES NUMBERED FOR I D, AND WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE IDENTIFICATIO. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE Don

 

[Uwek]

WONDERFUL REVIEW UWE, GREAT DETAIL, ONE QUSTION HOW ARE THE FRAMES NUMBERED FOR I D, AND WHERE CAN YOU FIND THE IDENTIFICATIO. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE Don

Every board is shown in the manual, so you have to use the manual for identification - no numbers on the timber - advantage is, that you do not have to remove some laser char numbers by sanding, only writing with a pencil and if not needed use the rubber - I will show this in the manual description

 

[DocBlake]

The frame futtocks and chocks appear to be CNC cut, Uwe. Is that correct? LOTS of sanding if lasered!

 

[Uwek]

The frame futtocks and chocks appear to be CNC cut, Uwe. Is that correct? LOTS of sanding if lasered!

YES - all of them are CNC !!!

 

[Jimsky]

Obviously we knew that this should be a top notch kit as we were follow the development process from the ground up until production. We were also seen some of the models building from this kit, and they indeed a great quality. We have seen number of proofs that this kit can be build without actually bashing it. At the same time, there are many possibilities you can add to the kit and make your model unique.
All I can say, the kit exceeded our expectations and made his debut in to word of existing kits as a high grade kit! Bravo @Trident Model

Many thanks to Trident Model for providing us the evaluation kit, and huge Thank You to Uwe for such detailed open box and kit reviews! A high quality images can speak for themselves.

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Now my tongue is hanging out like a dog panting for a bone!

This will be a good POF build for a near beginner like me with only a few builds of experience.

 

[stuglo]

I honestly think that the amount of thought and planning in the development of this kit, is amazing. Considering the kits I have been making over the last 30 years we have moved from slide-rule and log tables to supercomputers. Whatever next?

 

[ron0909]

Thank you Uwe for your presentation. Trident, I think you have created a small masterpiece in design and quality of workmanship that will be your trademark. Looks like all the others will have new heights to strive towards. Wonderful!

 

[donfarr]

HI STUGLO, I HAVE USED THIS IN ANOTHER CONTEXT ( MY GENERATION WAS BROUGHT UP ON RADIO, MY CHILDRENS GENERATION WAS BROUGHT UP ON TV, MY GRANDCHILDREN GENERATION IS BEING BROUGHT UP ON COMPUTERS, WHAT COMES NEXT). GOD BLESS STAY SAFE Don

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Next Gen will have Androids like DATA from Star Trek to help them with homework and communications.

 

[KentM]

Great review Uwe. Looking forward to your build log and also receiving this great kit.
Kent

 

[Hedley]

Thank you Uwe.

 

[gisel]

I did not reserve a kit. too many other projects still on my to do list.
It will be great to watch Uwe attack this project in his usual extreme professional way. Just hope he does not neglect his Bonhomme Richard, I need to see how he works the gates, I am looking at my kit and cannot find any instructions

 

[zoly99sask]

I did not reserve a kit. too many other projects still on my to do list.
It will be great to watch Uwe attack this project in his usual extreme professional way. Just hope he does not neglect his Bonhomme Richard, I need to see how he works the gates, I am looking at my kit and cannot find any instructions

Would you start a build log for any of your projects?