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The Diana was one of the six Mahonesas-class 12-pounder frigates built at the Mahón shipyard in Minorca. Her designer Julián Martín de Retamosa, Ingeniero General of the Armada, perfected the English and French construction techniques that had influenced the Spanish shipbuilding during the 18th century.
Hi Everyone.
I bought this kit some time ago and thought I would do this unboxing as this kit is quite close to the top of m build list.
As you would expect from Occre the quality of the wood is really good and there is a lot of it, plenty enough for planking, decking furniture and fittings.
Parts wise I have added more full Cannons and carriages as the original content only had 12 full Cannons and 28 dummies. I intend to open the lower gun deck up and install fully rigged Cannons. I have also added cloth flags to the kit to replace the vinyl one, for this kit I don't think I will be adding sails this time as I fancy leaving her open to be able to view everything. Personally I think a Frigate is one of those ships that looks better without sails but that's just my own opinion.
The only thing I can really gripe about is the use of Metal boats, especially on a kit this size, I wished they had wooden boats just like the Endeavour I had built.
I may well shop around to see if there is any wooden ones I could purchase to replace the metal ones before and nearer the time of the build.
Definitely value for money for this size of kit and what I paid for it at the time.
Occre Diana sizes....
Length 850mm
Height 635mm
Width 360mm
If anyone has any questions about the kit feel free to ask...
Hi Everyone.
I bought this kit some time ago and thought I would do this unboxing as this kit is quite close to the top of m build list.
As you would expect from Occre the quality of the wood is really good and there is a lot of it, plenty enough for planking, decking furniture and fittings.
Parts wise I have added more full Cannons and carriages as the original content only had 12 full Cannons and 28 dummies. I intend to open the lower gun deck up and install fully rigged Cannons. I have also added cloth flags to the kit to replace the vinyl one, for this kit I don't think I will be adding sails this time as I fancy leaving her open to be able to view everything. Personally I think a Frigate is one of those ships that looks better without sails but that's just my own opinion.
The only thing I can really gripe about is the use of Metal boats, especially on a kit this size, I wished they had wooden boats just like the Endeavour I had built.
I may well shop around to see if there is any wooden ones I could purchase to replace the metal ones before and nearer the time of the build.
Definitely value for money for this size of kit and what I paid for it at the time.
Occre Diana sizes....
Length 850mm
Height 635mm
Width 360mm
If anyone has any questions about the kit feel free to ask...
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