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Currently I am scratch building a sloop of the Cruizer class. The Cruizer class were brigg sloops and were 100 ft long, 30 ft 6in wide and had 16x32-pounder carronades and, 2x6-pounder. There were also a ship sloop version, the Snake class.

[The Cruizer class was the most numerous class of warships built by the British during the Napoleonic wars, and is in fact the most numerous class of sailing warship built to a single design for any navy at any time. - Moderator]

Here some photos of the building of the hull and the bulwark:

wow! nice job maxim! that thing is tiny!

what are you using to construct it? styrene?

kennylibben wrote:wow! nice job maxim! that thing is tiny!

what are you using to construct it? styrene?

She will be about 5 cm long. Therefore she is shorter than 3 in

I am using styrene sheets. The hull was made of 1 mm sheets, the bulwarks of 0,5 mm sheets.

What a nice hull Max.

Nimmt ein Bier nach dem Schmirgeln




Jef

Wow! 1/700 Sailing ships have always been tiny, and you're doing a rather small one too!! Crazy stuff man!

Here the decks and the base of the head knee are installed:


Here the nearly complet head knee and the bowsprit:




Only to compare the size of this sloop


(with Golden Hind and Moskwa)

wow! amazing level of craftsman ship for such a small ship! i'd be lucky to even see the actual ship through all the glue i'd use.

Please tell me you didn't scratchbuild the Golden Hind?

Here a improved version of the head knee:



I used 0,25 mm thick polystyrol sheet this time instead of 0,5 mm thick sheets.

@ kennylibben:
Here is an article about my scratch built Golden Hind. It's in German, but there are a lot of pictures.

holy crap maxim! thats some amazing detail you have there! Would you mind posting a pic of it and the Hind next to a coin or something?

You sir, are the reason this site is such a benefit to us fledgling scratchbuilders. Thank you for sharing your pictures of such a fine subject, one that I really want to try.

Scott

Absolutely amazing work for such a tiny model! (Are you going to add rigging?)
Interesting to see its size compared to the Golden Hind (I assume this is also 1/700?). Despite being a small warship, it's actually noticeably larger than the Hind.

I'm also building a small sailing warship (a brig), currently working on the rigging - will post some photos when it's complete.

Here some progress:
with the wales:


with nearly complete head knee:



@ kennylibben: sorry, I forgot the coin. The hull is 5 cm long.

@ EPinniger: Golden Hind is also in 1/700. I will add standing rigging and perhaps some parts of the running rigging as the braces. I was also surpriced how small the Golden Hind was.

wow! that head knee is FANCY! ... and tiny!


can't wait for more! i love this build....such beauty and small size!

*looks at the ruler beside the computer*

...

Madness. Sheer and utter madness.

The head knee is complete know:



Here some deck details:


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wow, is it me or does it appear to have a planking effect on the deck?

if so, how'd you do that?!?!?!?!?!?!?

kennylibben wrote:wow, is it me or does it appear to have a planking effect on the deck?

if so, how'd you do that?

The deck was painted with Revell 88 (ochre) and afterwards with different brown and gray coloured penciles - with which I painted in the direction of the planks.

The mountings for the 16 32 pounder carronades and the two 6 pounder:



Only to show the size of the sloop:

Maxim, this is great stuff and a real treat to see.

Cheers,

Rob

Here some additional details: