Two 64 scale period ships have been added to Vanguard Models’ prestigious range of high spec kits.
The first of these two kits, resulting in a model of 880mm in overall length, 577mm in overall height and 312mm in overall width on completion, is the Baltimore privateer schooner Grecian (1812), priced at £325 (plus shipping).
This kit includes:
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- Laser cut and engraved parts in MDF and pear wood.
- Laser etched and cut lime wood deck with treenail detail
- 3 sheets of photo etched brass
- High resolution 3D-printed parts.
- 20ft cutter boat for the modeller to build up from 3D-print and wooden parts.
- Double planked hull in limewood for first planking and pear wood for second planking.
- Walnut dowel for mast, gaff, and boom.
- Multiple sizes of both black and natural rigging thread, along with all necessary blocks and deadeyes
- A comprehensive, full colour instruction manual, along with eleven plan sheets which include all masting and rigging drawings.
- Eduard-printed custom waterslide decal for Grecian’s stern, with options for both white and ochre.
The second, measuring in at 570mm in overall length, 285mm in overall length and 312mm in overall width on completion, and priced at £220 (plus shipping), is HM Trial, a cutter built by Thomas Dusterville of Plymouth to the designs of Captain John Schank.
When first commissioned in 1790, Trial’s main armament was 8 x 3-Pounder carriage guns. In 1793, 4 x 12-Pounder carronades were added, and Vanguards’ kit is modelled with these extra guns, giving the model 12 guns in total. Although Trial was fitted with stocks for swivel guns on the gunwale, research suggests that these were never once used during her long career, so no swivel guns have been included. It’s important to note that once carronades were added to a ship’s armament, the need for swivel guns was completely negated, as carronades did the same job, but much more effectively.
This kit includes:
- Laser cut and engraved parts in MDF and pear wood.
- Laser etched and cut lime wood deck with treenail detail
- 2 sheets of photo etched brass
- High resolution 3D-printed parts.
- 3 historically accurate drop keel sections, with winches.
- Double planked hull in limewood for first planking and pear wood for second planking.
- Walnut dowel for masting.
- Multiple sizes of both black and natural rigging thread, along with all necessary blocks and deadeyes
- Comprehensive, full colour instruction manual, along with plan sheets that include all masting and rigging drawings.
- Plus (featured for the first time in a Vanguards kit) there are laser-engraved treenails on both inner and outer bulwarks.
To order, visit www.vanguardmodels.co.uk
