Stretching Sculpts: SGN108 and SGN201 British First Rates

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Since SGN108 and SGN201's sculpts are both based on HMS Victory, I'm addressing them as a single "merged" sculpt with High End and Low End versions.

First, let's start by comparing the ships that were all tossed together into this sculpt.

1745 Establishment 100 (1756 Royal George and 1762 Britannia)


1765 HMS Victory (three-decker based on Triumph 74, ultimately on 1744 French Invincible 74


1786 HMS Royal Sovereign (suspected):


1788 Royal George, 1800 Queen Charlotte:


1810 Queen Charlotte (enclosed gallery redesign)


1795 HMS Ville de Paris:


1804 HMS Hibernia: (shows Hibernia's 11' stretch of the Ville de Paris design, no really good 3-views available)


Next post, I'll break these down by designer and look at Second Rates that came from the same hand, starting with Allin's 1756 Royal George.