Vol, it’s San Ildefonso.
Thank you all for your kind words.
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Thanks to Vol this is what's sitting on the workbench. How quickly I may actually start working on any of them remains to be seen. :wink:
Sorry about the broken lanterns on St Pavel Jim. I thought I had it packed safely.
Certainly on the work bench for this month and the next few....just arrived in the post for some 17th century (and late 16th century) swashbuckling.
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Yep, gotta love Langtons!
Reminded me that I have an order waiting to go to Ron sitting in my to do file.
Thanks Paul.
Rob.
I've done some Langton ACW ships, but I was still surprised at how much smaller a 17th century sailing ship was compared to a mid-19th century one (100' or less vs 225' for the USS Hartford). After consulting the Great Oracle of Internet on metal or brass sails I went with brass. HOWEVER, once I started to look for internet tutorials on building a ship with those brass sails, GOI failed but it did point me to a post of yours. Good job there but I see it was an on-the-job training session for you.
You might have to wait, Rob. I think they'll be closed for March. On their notice board:
"ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSURE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH: Carol hasn't seen her family for 3 years now. So she is taking the month off. You can send an order in for when she gets back."
Vasa, large, 72 gun ship, but not the largest vessel of the 1620s to 1630s, was ~150ft on the gundeck, and considerably longer overall (beak to taffrail ~200ft or very nearly).
Sovereign of the Seas (100) was of slightly longer length by the time of her 1688 rebuilding, and was at least as large as Vasa had been when launched (but a much more suitable proportion of beam and draught).
The length crept up slowly - the 1701 ship was ten feet longer on the gundeck, a growth repeated for the 1786 ship, bringing her to the same length as Victory (a relatively modest ship in the early C19th) at around 184ft on the GD,
The renamed 1833 Royal Sovereign was completed as a screw battleship in the 1840s as Frederick William and was 30 feet longer again, and of much stronger firepower, with auxiliary steam propulsion. (214ft on the GD)
For ship length I was thinking more along the lines of the ships in my order - ranging from a carrack, a Dutch pinas to a 60-gun Dutch ship which will be more typical of the ones I will be using in games and, hence, the ones I will be building. For reference here is a photo with the (unfinished) USS Hartford in the background, the USS Sassacus in the foreground with the carrack and Dutch 60-gun in between. All are Langton 1/1200.
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At long last my shipyard is up and running, have already printed four Southampton class frigates, just the masts to do now.
Will post a pic shortly, now to replace my Spanish fleet.
Good news Chris.
You have waited a long time to get the right ships for your Spanish Fleet. I look forward to seeing them in their full glory.
Rob.
Just started my Langton 17th century ships - the photo shows what will be a Portuguese squadron of two older carracks and a more modern frigate (I'm using the Langton British 4th rate for the frigate). In front is a Dutch squadron of 4 ships - a 60-gun, 30-gun and 2 pinnaces.
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The ships have been primed with white and then I've used acrylic inks as washes. I do this to help my eyes see the detail. Yes, I know - you're supposed to assemble the masts with sails before putting on the ships and then you're supposed to put in the masts from front to back as you do the standing rigging. But, I'm mad and I haven't yet decided if I will do rigging. Probably I will as I have everything I need for that - except maybe patience, which is why those masts ended up assembled. No patience.
Oh, and if any mast somehow is vertical I can assure it it's an accident.
And, to prove the madness, I've gone to the opposite end of the scale - here is a 28mm scale tartana ship with some crew. I can't help. I've discovered I like 28mm skirmish games. Go figure.
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I'm glad to see someone is active in the dockyard this month Paul.
I am now starting to fill up my town with the nondescript houses which fill in most of it. This is a slow and boring process of roof and window painting. However, some harbour side cargo arrived from Langtons so at least that will help to break up the sheer monotony of death by a thousand windows.
Tomorrow Chris and Simon arrive for Hammerhead show on Saturday so at least that will give me a break.
Thanks for posting your latest work.
Rob.
Eventually I'll be looking for some of Langton's shoreside kit. Barry Hilton (League of Augsburg) has some interesting scenarios involving actions along the coast. But who knew I needed whales! (French privateer's, Croisic's, attack on the Dutch whaling fleet, 6 August 1693.)
Lots of 3D ACW naval models. I seem to have developed something of an addiction!
Nice to hear Dave.
It seems to be catching. Captain Duff brought three very nice new models when he came up yesterday afternoon for Hammerhead.
Rob.