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Thread: Hebe-class transformation to a Spanish 40 guns Frigate

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    Question Hebe-class transformation to a Spanish 40 guns Frigate

    Ahoy!
    I have a spare Hebe-class Frigate and I'm deciding whether selling it on eBay or transforming it into an equivalent Spanish Frigate
    A quick wiki-research showed Spanish never captured any Hebe-class so I simple change in colors is not historical correct
    So I wonder how can I turn it into a Spanish designed 40ish gun Frigate. I'm good at as hobbyst and know a lot of planes, but have little knowledge about Napoleonic ships ... so I need a little help: which Spanish ship do you think I can turn an Hebe-class and how? Can anyone give me some pics here so I can see what should I build? thanks!

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    Not had much of a chance to look at this Ezekiel and at a show this weekend, will check my books and let you know if I find anything.

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    Ezekiel, my trawl didn't come up with many Spanish 40s--if memory serves, most of their frigates that size were French transfers and captures from designs closely related to Hebe. Let me check the Potential Reprints chart I built for Ares, and I'll edit what I find into this post.

    1808 Cornelia will do as just a simple repaint, possibly with a light buff to guns--she's a Virginie, a 44-gun version of the design. Sorry, misremembered, but at least I got you ONE "Easy Button" option, right? :)

    You can also use Temeraires as 1793 Ferme and 1808 Algesiras and Pluton, and SGN103 as 1797 Santa Cecilia.
    Last edited by Diamondback; 02-17-2017 at 12:04.
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    Did anything develop out of this request shipmates?
    Rob.
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