Do I understand correctly that the Spanish 74 miniatures could be used to represent 64's in your opinion, DB? If so, I may just buy one or two.
Do I understand correctly that the Spanish 74 miniatures could be used to represent 64's in your opinion, DB? If so, I may just buy one or two.
In my opinion yes--there are also a few VERY archaic 74's that were of similar size, but they were virtually extinct before the Seven Years War and insufficient "visual reference" (be it blueprints or contemporary models) exists for me to really be comfortable passing 1770s design off as a 1730s-40s vintage ship.Originally Posted by Dobbs
The ships I THINK we can use SGN112 for are:
1775-1810 San Ramon (49.32x13.10m, 26x24#/28x12#/12x8#)
1781-1831 San Julian (47.02x12.82m, 24x24#/26x12#/8x8#)
1780-1810 Castilla (47.22x12.62m, 24x24#/26x12#/8x8#)
Santo Domingo cl (47.02x12.82m, 26x24#/28x12#/6x8#)
--1781-1807 Santo Domingo
--1781-94 San Felipe Apostol
--1794-95 HDMS Overijssel
--1795-1810 HMS Overyssel
IF we extend this to include Landa's San Fulgencios (50.43x13.79m, 26x24#/28x18#/12x8#), this adds four more (Asia was a modified version by Retamosa that also added 2 more 8pdr's).
--1787-1814 San Fulgencio
--1787-1814 San Leandro
--1788-1815 San Pedro de Alcantara
--1789-1830 Asia
So, if you've already done two-of-everything you can repurpose the four Spanish packs, have reason to buy five more, and can save one of the British packs and all you have to write-off is the second British unless you want to reflag and repaint it as Dutch for the one year that they had one of these ships until the Royal Navy mugged them for it.
Aside: Can anybody suggest a decent freeware I can use to create bargraphs? When I assembled the original Complete Content List, OpenOffice had a feature that let me use bargraphs to create a timeline of each released ship's comparative service lives but either it was deleted or I've forgotten how.
Last edited by Diamondback; 06-19-2023 at 19:09.
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I will also do so Dobbs, as my Spanish are the only modest sized Fleet that I own.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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