Tuesday, March 15, 2016

24 Gun Frigate - Langton Miniatures 1:1200

Sometimes through no fault of its own, a model will get buried underneath an ever-growing stack of projects, and wait far longer than their due to see completion. This is one of those long-suffering kits, a 24 gun frigate from Langton Miniatures that I bought a few years ago but for no discernible reason only now got around to completing.

This kit is available in Langton's Baltic line, and is intended to represent a 24 gun Swedish vessel. As such it comes with optional banks of oars. However there is nothing uniquely Swedish about it, and it will serve just as well as a French privateer

Using a spare part from a sail kit I cannibalized on another project, I've modeled this ship with the main course set, while the fore course is still clewed up - just to give it a little plausible but distinctive touch.








Here the frigate is seen between two other Langton models - a 10 gun schooner on the left, and a 32 gun xebec frigate on the right.


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    1. Thanks very much Staz Matt, glad you like it.

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  2. Excellent build and I really love how you do your water. It's just right ... Jeff

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  3. Wonderful as always! Thank you for sharing.

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  4. I love it James! Rigging is perfect. The bristle technique makes it so smooth. No knobs and bumps from the thread wraps and knots. I really have to try it on a larger vessel like you are doing. Very nice!

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  5. I love it James! Rigging is perfect. The bristle technique makes it so smooth. No knobs and bumps from the thread wraps and knots. I really have to try it on a larger vessel like you are doing. Very nice!

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    1. Thanks very much Vol, I appreciate it. I do like the bristle method, I find it a lot easier not to have to balance the tension from all the lines, worrying about pulling the masts out of alignment. You do sacrifice strength though.

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