My Scratch Built 80 gun French SOL Tonnant

After my last endeavor to scratch build the 50 gun Leopard I wanted to try another ship to see if I could improve the process at all. I chose the 80 gun French built Tonnant. I actually sized her a little large so she is almost 1/1000 scale. Her gun deck is 2-1/8" long. At 194' 6" she would actually be 1-15/16" for 1/1200 scale or 2-5/16" for 1/1000. The full build can be found on my blog site at volsminiatures.blogspot.com

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Regards,
Vol

Fantastic work!

I'm amazed.

Thanks Jonas, and for the rep point too!:drinks:

Vol,
Good luck! it is a lovely ship, You are a master-Shipwright.:salute::medal:
Be safe
Rory

Wow, great work. You even put the buntlines on and it really looks great. I love the "creases" in the corners of the sails. What thickness of balsa are you using to build up the hull?

I did not know of the existence of this thread "Modeling Repaints", it is new, isn't it?

Vol, for the third time, an outstanding job! really congrats :beer:

Beautiful, Vol!! And it's something I can honestly say I will never attempt! I only dabble while the Master's create works of art. :salute: :thumbsup: :rum:

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Originally Posted by Redcoat

I did not know of the existence of this thread "Modeling Repaints", it is new, isn't it?

Vol, for the third time, an outstanding job! really congrats :beer:

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Julian, this is a new sub-forum of the Chippy Shop that's totally devoted to modeling and repaints.

Very nice work

All I have to say is,:thumbsup::envy::envy::envy:.

She's beautiful, Vol. You are a true craftsman. :hatsoff:

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I did not know of the existence of this thread "Modeling Repaints", it is new, isn't it?

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I am making new sub-forums, and moving threads over to them. This should help members more easily find items of interest. As the number of threads increases, this will become more important.

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Originally Posted by Kentop

Wow, great work. You even put the buntlines on and it really looks great. I love the "creases" in the corners of the sails. What thickness of balsa are you using to build up the hull?

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Kenneth, I used 1/16"sheet for the decks. If you go to the blog site I have explained most everything there.

Thank you all for the comments and rep points. They are appreciated

Just spotted this scratch build Vol.
It is very impressive on such a small scale.
I would not even try such a build myself.:hatsoff:
Super work.
Rob.

Thanks Rob.