Best ship for repaint to HMS Surprise?

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02-14-2014, 15:18
nilliom

Best ship for repaint to HMS Surprise?

What would be the best ship of the existing one for a repaint of HMS SURPRISE. L'Unité or the HMS Unite?

Thanks
03-09-2014, 23:19
Craig

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Originally Posted by nilliom

What would be the best ship of the existing one for a repaint of HMS SURPRISE. L'Unité or the HMS Unite?

Thanks

What colour scheme and details are you planning on using?

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Craig
03-10-2014, 10:51
nilliom

I have found pictures of the replica that was created for the movie, so I will base myself on that
03-10-2014, 11:08
Clipper1701

Now this is something my elves would be interested in!
03-10-2014, 16:26
Swamprat33

Hi all, This is my first post here, but I was also going to create the famouse HMS Surprise as it was the captured L'Unité.
I fist thought AHA, lets use the the Concorde and make up a new card for her.
In actual fact HMS Surprise was a French Unité class corvette launched in 1794 and was much shorter than the Concorde class frigate.
The Unité Corvette was 129ft long but the Concorde was 143ft long.
I decided this is too big a difference so have shelved my plans for the moment.
Hoping that Ares release a Corvette in the 3rd release.

Cheers

Tim
03-10-2014, 17:30
Nightmoss

Hi Tim! Welcome to the Anchorage and thanks for your post.
03-10-2014, 18:22
Gunner

Welcome:beer: from Arizona, Tim.
03-10-2014, 19:09
Clipper1701

So I ran the numbers on the movie "Surprise" and did a layout to build from at 1/1000" scale. Does anyone have the info to make a base card? Or rather which chip out there is equal or near enough?
03-10-2014, 20:43
Coog

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Here's some info on HMS Surprise for anyone wanting to try to model her.

Attachment 9334

http://www.ctbasses.com/misc/BruceTrinque/surprise.html
03-10-2014, 22:09
Clipper1701

Thanks from Surprise AZ!
03-11-2014, 23:39
Clipper1701

So the drawings are set, still need to have a base for her, is there a comparable one out there? I am definitely in strange waters here . . .
03-11-2014, 23:51
David Manley

If you are doing anything on the Surprise then I'd recommend this book:

http://images.betterworldbooks.com/0...0393070095.jpg

http://www.amazon.com/The-Frigate-Su.../dp/039307062X

although I would also recommend shopping around as the price listed here is a bit "steep" (I got mine for a tenner in a remaindered bookshop in the UK)
03-12-2014, 00:34
Gunner

Yep. Nothing like spending $162.00 to paint a $15.00 model.

Try http://store.anovabooks.com/index.ph...-surprise.html they show it for £30.00

OOPS! No wonder the price is low. They're out of stock.
03-12-2014, 08:34
7eat51

See if your local library has an interlibrary loan program, or if you know of anyone at a university, they might have access to such a program. In Illinois, any student, or faculty or staff member can request books from most any academic library in the state, and have it delivered to their school within days.