| KniazSuvorov | 02 Apr 2016 5:15 a.m. PST |
I painted this one about 4 years ago, and finally got around to rigging it. Better late than never! I think it's the British 24-gun 6th rate from Langton's Napoleonic range. These 24-gun ships are often called "frigates", although the British formally called them "post-ships" (as opposed to the 28-gun ships, which were also 6th rates, but which were considered frigates). Most other navies simplified matters by rating any ship with 20-some guns as a corvette. The sails are all homemade, as I've been doing with my other Langtons; I've discovered I really hate working with the photoetch brass sails. Typically, I went for a heavy sailplan with at least some staysails and studding sails, although this model was annoyingly tiny and cramped to work on, especially between the main an mizzen. Overall build time was about 17 hours--twice what it took me to do the far-larger USS Constitution. Next time I build one this small, I think I'll stick to a lighter sailplan. There are all sorts of minor problems with the build on this one, starting with how the foremast is shorter than it ought to be; I actually broke it off at deck level while trying to remove the hated brass sails, but simply drilled a new hole for the broken-off bit! Ah, the joys of building models 6000km from home in a place with no hobby supplies.
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| WarWizard | 02 Apr 2016 5:38 a.m. PST |
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| jdpintex | 02 Apr 2016 5:53 a.m. PST |
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| skipper John | 02 Apr 2016 6:23 a.m. PST |
It looks like it could fly! Spectacular!! |
| dBerczerk | 02 Apr 2016 6:34 a.m. PST |
How are you going to get it into the bottle? Seriously, really quite beautiful! |
| War In 15MM | 02 Apr 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
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| Rhubarb 633 | 02 Apr 2016 8:12 a.m. PST |
A thing of beauty. I'm amazed that you scratch built the sails! Love the sea base too. |
 T Callahan  | 02 Apr 2016 9:21 a.m. PST |
Beautiful.
Your photography skills are amazing. Beautiful work there too. Terry |
| W van Oranje | 02 Apr 2016 9:54 a.m. PST |
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| devsdoc | 02 Apr 2016 9:55 a.m. PST |
Nice photo's and nice model ship.
Be safe
Rory |
| Hazza31B | 02 Apr 2016 11:31 a.m. PST |
Amazing! What an absolute stunning bit of work. |
| ModelJShip | 02 Apr 2016 3:58 p.m. PST |
The last picture is very good, the sea is fine.
The ship is also very good. Very complete and very worked, congratulations.
Julián |
| jwebster | 02 Apr 2016 11:50 p.m. PST |
Lovely – how did you make the sails ? John |
| French Wargame Holidays | 03 Apr 2016 3:13 a.m. PST |
A Cracking pace I bet! A great job on a very small frigate, one day I shall sit down and do all mine! |
| whitejamest | 03 Apr 2016 9:12 a.m. PST |
Gorgeous work, and the sails are just incredible. A joy to see! |
| per ardua | 03 Apr 2016 2:09 p.m. PST |
No way!! That is amazing how did you make a model of a bottle top and craft knife so big .😨 I wouldn't be able to see that small in real life never mind fully rig it. Outstanding modelling in this scale. |
| 1st502Strike | 03 Apr 2016 2:54 p.m. PST |
A true work of art. Simply excellent! |
Volunteer  | 04 Apr 2016 10:21 p.m. PST |
Wow! Just wow! I may never post again. |
| KniazSuvorov | 04 Apr 2016 10:40 p.m. PST |
Keep posting, Vol! If it hadn't been for that rigging guide on your blog, I wouldn't be doing this; I accidentally forgot my Langton booklets back in Canada. Here in Hungary, I've got no magnifier, no lamp, no vice, no language skills, and internet only part of the day. I build models when it's sunny enough to see properly (hence the slow production over the winter). I took the pics in natural sunlight using my cellphone camera; the trick is just to use as much light as possible, and rest the camera on a stable surface so that shaking hands don't cause blurriness. |
