Planset review LE REQUIN - Xebec - 1750" - scale 1:48 - by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti

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Planset Review:
LE REQUIN - Xebec - 1750" - scale 1:48
by Jean Boudriot & Hubert Berti
translation into english by David H. Roberts
booklet available in french, english or italian language

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available at ancre:
https://ancre.fr/en/monograph/18-monographie-du-requin-chebec-1750-.html

Synopsis:

The ships of the Mediterranean are not often well-known or documented. As a consequence we felt it necessary to preface this monograph with a study of those ships, limited to those in the service of the Royal Navy in Toulon, with the addition of those ships that constituted the commercial version of the xebec.
As usual our sources are comprised exclusively of documents of the period, with no "second hand" information. We follow our usual order of presentation. Not a simple booklet that is merely a companion-piece to the plates, this volume is a complete study whose subject justifies its importance.
Feluccas, brigantines, oared galiots, half-galleys, tartans, lateen bark, polaccas, pinks, and finally xebecs are successively examined. This monograph on the xebec LE REQUIN is based on documentation that gives us a complete picture of this ship. Painstaking research has allowed us to collect period plans of this vessel, exhaustive information on its rigging as well as the full history of the ship in peace time, at the beginning of its career, then through its racing campaign during the Seven Years' War, and finally a full account of a 1762 squadron expedition under the orders of Monsieur de Bompard.


COMPOSITION OF THE MONOGRAPH

153 p. booklet, 24 x 31cm format, including :
- A study of Mediterranean ships in the port of Toulon
- A study of the xebec
- Xebecs in the Royal Navy, 1750-1779,
- The xebec LE REQUIN, its description, history, 1762 expedition,
- Detailed commentary with full explanation of the plates at 1:48 scale,
- Commentary on 21 photographs of a period model of LE REQUIN
- All rigging rules for xebecs
- Glossary,
- Commentary on 13 photographs of details of the rigging.

A set of 23 plates including :

-22 plates at 1:48 scale showing details of the timber works, the rigging and fitting with an illustration of all the frames and full details of the prow and stern formations at 1:48 scale.
-A plate at 1:72 scale which may be used for building the model at this scale.


The Drawings:

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The content of the booklet you can see with Look Inside photos in the following post
 

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Is there a cross section of Chebece1750 kit available or this all scotch built?
There are off course cross sections included (please see the photos), but off course not specialist for the kit construction.
It is a pure drawing set with which you can built a scratch model of the Xebec
 
Many thanks!
I was also interested if someone had a used set and was interested in selling them.
You are, however, extremely kind to show me what a meticulous collection this monograph is. Jordan
 
I was hoping to find a set used already, in english. Thank you
It is sometimes the strange situation with ancre monographs from Boudriot, that the books on the used market are more expensive than the new copy directly from the publisher.
Some people are trying to make additional money.......

On the used market the Requin- planset is in moment only in french language available, and every time for a higher price than 200 Euros.
From ancre you can order a brand new copy of the monographie in the language you want for 135 Euros.

So everybody who wants to buy a planset published by ancre - check first the publisher web-page
 
Now the plans of the Xebec Le Requin are also available from ancre in the bigger scale 1:36 - this will be huge model

 
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