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Miniatures Adventure => Age of the Big Battalions => Topic started by: carojon on July 28, 2020, 06:00:09 PM

Title: All at Sea - British 20-gun Sloop
Post by: carojon on July 28, 2020, 06:00:09 PM

Listening to the exploits of Horatio Hornblower and his 20-gun sloop HMS Hotspur whilst rigging my Spanish squadron, inspired me to get stuck into a little scratch build project I had in mind, namely to construct a similar ship-rigged sloop from the Warlord brig-sloop.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M4JBO-gp1qA/XyAq7mRGw6I/AAAAAAAArv8/yZ75pGP0JhgYl3a0O3uWEDeO18aiTH8vQCLcBGAsYHQ/s639/DSCF0136a.jpg)

Much fun was had messing about with plasticard and modelling saw to produce the proof of concept model seen below alongside the brig below.

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HgPGiNaCva0/XyArNQNy--I/AAAAAAAArwY/uKyc5SmPkI4vU93guHg97IBXgOiw4a0GwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/DSCF0154a.jpg)

If you would like to know more then just follow the link to JJ's

https://jjwargames.blogspot.com/2020/07/all-at-sea-british-20-gun-sloop.html

JJ

Title: Re: All at Sea - British 20-gun Sloop
Post by: OSHIROmodels on July 28, 2020, 07:06:13 PM

Lovely  :)

Title: Re: All at Sea - British 20-gun Sloop
Post by: carojon on July 29, 2020, 06:57:47 PM

Cheers James, I was really happy with my new addition.

JJ

Title: Re: All at Sea - British 20-gun Sloop
Post by: JohnFoA on July 30, 2020, 07:16:46 PM

Gotta say, even with the lack of twin 50cals or a breach loading 81mm mortar ( ;) ) its a lovely little ship.  Handy for river/estuary action and landing parties.  Would love to see an AAR showing it off.

Thanks for sharing.

John (formerly FoA)