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    So, here's the latest proposed revision on the US roadmap...

    --74-gun SOL - Special Pack of USS Independence, USS Washington and USS Franklin (can't get enough ships for regular release)
    --44/58-gun 24pdr superfrigate #1 - existing Constitution SP, will need re-release occasionally
    -- " #2- adapt Constitution SP for mainline release as USS President/USS Guerriere, USS United States/USS Java, HMS President/?HMS Newcastle
    --36-38-gun 18-pdr frigate - USS Congress/USS Chesapeake, USS Constellation/USS Philadelphia, either USS New York/? or USS Alliance/USS Confederacy (my preference would be do these last two as an SP instead, packing extra logs for the other ships at Flamborough Head)
    --~28-36-gun 12pdr frigate - pair up such that both ships in a pair are either CN or USN flag rather than mixed. Some of these are technically 26's/28's/30's, but we can massage the gun lines to deal with that. Adams (not John Adams) is much smaller than the others, so I'm thinking I should look for a cluster of 24's and slipstream her in as a heavier-gunned version of that sculpt. Could also split into two sculpts.
    -----SKU 1 AWI Continental Navy: any two of 1776 Hancock, 1776 Raleigh, 1776 Randolph, 1776 Warren, 1776 Providence, 1776 Trumbull, 1776 Virginia
    -----SKU 2 Reflags: any two UK of 1778 HMS Iris, 1778 HMS Raleigh, HMS Providence, HMS Virginia, 1781 FNS Iris
    -----SKU 3 postwar USN w/cutwater stripe: 1799 Essex and 1799 Boston (active in War of 1812)
    -----SKU 4 postwar USN w/o cutwater stripe: 1799 John Adams and 1799 General Greene (functionally out-of-play before 1812)
    --24's to small 28's
    -----SKU 1 AWI Continental Navy: any two of 1776 Delaware, 1777 Boston, 1778 Deane
    -----SKU 2 Reflags: any two of 1777 HMS Delaware, 1780 HMS Charlestown
    -----SKU 3 postwar USN w/o cutwater stripe: any two of 1798 Ganges, 1798 George Washington, 1799 Adams, 1799 Connecticut
    --18-22 heavy ship-sloops
    -----SKU 1 no cutwater stripes: any two of 1805 USS Hornet (brig rig), 1807 USS Wasp (brig rig), USS Erie, USS Ontario, USS Frolic, 1813 USS Wasp, USS Peacock
    -----SKU 2 with cutwater stripes: any OTHER two of 1805 USS Hornet (ship rig), 1807 USS Wasp (ship rig), USS Erie, USS Ontario, USS Frolic, 1813 USS Wasp, USS Peacock
    -----SKU 3 UK reflags: HMS Peacock, HMS Florida

    brigs - ? Wasp and Hornet as-built won't carry a sculpt all by themselves.

    schooners - Enterprise and Syren while iconic are only ~26m deck-length, just over 2mm too short unless they cast hull and lid as one piece, and even then we need 4 more--worse yet, Enterprise later rerigs as a brig.
    Last edited by Diamondback; 11-19-2020 at 12:03.
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