"SYW Naval" Topic
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| Digger | 03 May 2009 12:00 a.m. PST |
Hi everyone,
I'm looking for 1:1200 scale miniature ships to represent vessels of the Seven Years' War period. I've searched back over the forum without much luck. I could only find one post and that dealt with Quiberon Bay. I also haven't been able to find any manufacturers that focus on the period. So how appropriate would it be to use Napoleonic vessels for the 1750s and 1760s?
Thanks for any advice.
Digger |
| Khazarmac | 03 May 2009 2:23 a.m. PST |
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 Virtualscratchbuilder   | 03 May 2009 4:37 a.m. PST |
There are no minis out there specific to the SYW. For that period There are only minor differences from the Napoleonic ships – mostly in the mizzen rigging, style of stern decor, and length of beakhead – all minor and over-lookable in 1/1200. There would be a preponderance of smaller ships – 60-64's and 70-74's, and no ships larger than 100 guns, save 1 or 2 Spanish. The Navwar ships in the prior link are all from the previous century and are very different ships – further from SYW than Napoleonic. Navwar would be the least detailed and least accurate of the manufacturers. |
| Khazarmac | 04 May 2009 2:18 a.m. PST |
I stand corrected guys, I thought those would be suitable for SYW. Malc |
| 138SquadronRAF | 04 May 2009 12:07 p.m. PST |
Remeber Nelson's HMS Vicory was built in the 1750's. Tee biggest difference is actually in the paint scheme – a lot more 'bright side' i.e varnished wood rather than the lines of white/yellow/read along the gun decks. A good painting guid should put you streight. I'm at work at present. Hope that helps |
| Virtualscratchbuilder | 04 May 2009 2:56 p.m. PST |
Remeber Nelson's HMS Vicory was built in the 1750's. Just by a hair. She was laid down in July 1759, and work ceased almost immediately – not to resume until 1763, and then only enough to get her off the slip. She was left in ordinary, unfinished until the late 1770's. |
| dantheman | 17 Jun 2011 3:36 p.m. PST |
Also, ships from that period still had lateen yardarms, though spanker type sails were starting to get mounted on them around that time. Other than that, there really isn't that much of a difference that paint can't cover. |
 Der Alte Fritz | 17 Jun 2011 6:41 p.m. PST |
A fellow named Jeff Knudsen sells some wonderful looking paper ships for the SYW. You have to see them in person to see how nifty they are. Jeff frequents TMP often so maybe he will see this. |
 War Artisan  | 17 Jun 2011 10:29 p.m. PST |
Thanks, DAF. However, mine are the wrong scale for the OP's plans. My own take on his question would be to use Napoleonic 1:1200 models, painted in a more typical SYW style, and substitute a lateen mizzen for the spanker (the only really noticeable difference in this scale); however, using unaltered ships from the latter part of century as proxies would not be out of the question. Jeff |
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