Cutter/Sloop for LoTHS

[eladio fernandez]

Ahoy mates:

While impatiently await the arrival of Legends of the High Seas rulesbook I've built from scratch a new ship for my fleet.
Few years ago I built two big vessels according to the cool Gary Chalk plans, I have chosen this occasion by something smaller.

I was inspired by the Angus Konstam "The Pirate Ship" book published by Osprey where it is mentioned that this type of boats, fast and manoeuvrable were quite normal between pirates and buccaneers, also by the novel With All Despatch from the Richard Bolitho’s series in which he commanded several Cutters fighting smugglers in the Kent shores.

The boat, a Cutter or Sloop,  has been designed with the idea of using it in wargames. Thus devoid of superfluous details and has plenty of space for the figures. The masts are designed to separate from the hull and bring folded to prevent breakage during transport, a hard lesson from previous ships.
 
The whole ship has been built with Plasticard, an easy material to manipulate, although somewhat expensive but worth it easy to cut and adapt, although the bow always requires a lot of patience until the welding union glued.

I hope it serves of inspiration for all of you and finally.
I wish to Mr. Kulinski rules "Buen viento y buena mar".

We will see in the Spanish Main ( curious words for "El Dominio Español")


Regards,



Eladio Fernandez
(sorry for my bad English)


By summin at 2008-01-17

[Vanvlak]

Wow - VERY nice - and it looks good too. Go on then - paint it! Looking forward to see it painted up. Tempted to try my hand at something similar too.      

[JollyBob]

What a beauty!  :love:

[Hammers]

Beautiful. I am also using plasticard replacements with a paper model steamer.

I detail question: haven't you turned thesheet used for planking the hull upside down? The upper plank should be overlapping the lower one if I am not mistaken.

[eladio fernandez]

Hammershield, JollyBob, Vanvlak

Thanks for all you compliments,

Each hull side was made completely with one Evergreen Plasticard reference 4528 Metal siding. But you can also use others references.

On the side I placed a thin half roud strip (241 ref) for decoration purposes.

As you can see there is not much merit from my part, that's the versality of the plasticard sheets.


Regards


Eladio

[Grimm]

wow nice !!!!

[PeteMurray]

Very clever use of the metal siding! Your sloop looks very elegant, but it also looks very playable. The details like the cannons and the stern decoration really add to it. You've done a fantastic job!

[TJSKI]

Eladio,

That is beautiful, nice work there!  

I like the aspect of building it out of plasticard as well, you have inspired me to go home and take stock in how much plastic I have. It looks like a run to the local shop is in order!

Keep up the great work.

Tim Kulinski

[Captain Blood]

A very tidy piece of work shipmate. Spot on.

Now, what you really need to do next is make me one too...  :wink:

[Col.Stone]

That's very nice. i have to see about finishing my own ship now

[Lowtardog]

That is one Sloop that is ship shape and Bristol fashion, a lovely model :love:

[Westfalia Chris]

Lovely model, top quality. Cannot wait to see the finished piece.

BI detail question: haven't you turned thesheet used for planking the hull upside down? The upper plank should be overlapping the lower one if I am not mistaken.

I think that the planks are not clinkered from single strips but rather sheet scribed longitudinally, and that it is just the light that makes it appear such. If it WAS INDEED overlapping planking, then of course such a construction as described by you would be wrong.

[Malamute]

Beautiful modelling  :love:

[Poiter50]

That is one awesome piece of work, now off to the hobby shop for some siding stuff!! And also waterline the piece a friend found for me in a second hand shop as an opponent/victim!!

[Super_Gibbon]

That's fantastic. You've got plasticard skills. Any fancy tools like "the chopper" I've seen in catalogs? Or was it all just an exacto and a steel ruler? Did you go off detailed plans? The Gibbon is curious.