Scratch Built 1/1200 USS Chesapeake 38 Gun Frigate

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Hello gentlemen, it has been a while since I logged onto the site. Not for lack of trying though. I normally use my Android but for some reason I cannot log on anymore with it. I can enter my name and password and get the Welcome banner, and then it reverts back to the sign-in screen. I am on a computer now and had no trouble at all.

Here is one of the things I have been up to.

The USS Chesapeake is a ship no one seems to manufacture for some reason. Its famous foe HMS Shannon is easy to find, but not Chesapeake. So I decided to build my own.

My inspiration painting:



The plans (which in error are 4 feet longer than the actual ship, didn't discover it until I was well into the build)



Decks cut out



Plan profiles and stern attached



Painted, skid beam and stern boats



Sails traced out



Masts made



Quarter davits and boats attached



How it turned out





The full build is posted on my blog http://volsminiatures.blogspot.com/2...apeake-38.html

I have scratch built four vessels so far: the Leopard 50-gun, Tonnant 80-gun, Chesapeake, and a Halifax schooner that was only 9/16" long. I don't know any reason this method could not be used to build 1/1000 scale ships for Sails of Glory. The biggest hurdle for me would be trying to duplicate the SOG bases.

I have another post I want to make about card terrain buildings.

Cheers everyone.