French fleet-ships get longer masts & forwards-firing deckguns

[Justindo]

Those are some very nice additions to the original ship, Erwin.  The taller mast with platform and extra sails make it look more authentic and the new gun matches perfectly.

So you have classified this type of ship as a corvette or a sloop of war for its British equivalent?  Based upon the the number of masts and guns, this would be the correct classification, I think.  Out of curiosity, what do you classify Playmobil's smaller ships as?  I was thinking of classifying the older design large ship as a merchantman or brig, the older narrower ship as a cutter, and the new small vessel as a gunboat.

[Hadoque]

Out of curiosity, what do you classify Playmobil's smaller ships as?  I was thinking of classifying the older design large ship as a merchantman or brig, the older narrower ship as a cutter, and the new small vessel as a gunboat.

Plan for the old Playmobil pirates' ships (3550/3750) is to use those as late 15th/early 16th century ships (f.e. for my Spanish "conquistadores"), the odd 4290 (with possibly a few modifications) as a late 16th century English galleon (like Sir Francis Drake's ship), Playmobil's one-masted "schooners" indeed as cutters and the small vessel as a gunboat, or as a harhour-vessel to (re)supply the bigger ships (which at the time didn't allways "dock" in ports as seen in some displays/dioramas, but used to anchor some distance from the shore).
And if I succeed in fabricating  a few more trimasters like the Unicorn, those will be classified as frigates, for my English and French navies.

[Justindo]

Plan for the old Playmobil pirates' ships (3550/3750) is to use those as late 15th/early 16th century ships (f.e. for my Spanish "conquistadores"), the odd 4290 (with possibly a few modifications) as a late 16th century English galleon (like Sir Francis Drake's ship), Playmobil's one-masted "schooners" indeed as cutters and the small vessel as a gunboat, or as a harhour-vessel to (re)supply the bigger ships (which at the time didn't allways "dock" in ports as seen in some displays/dioramas, but used to anchor some distance from the shore).
And if I succeed in fabricating  a few more trimasters like the Unicorn, those will be classified as frigates, for my English and French navies.

Thanks for the information about what your classifications for Playmobil's various ships are, Erwin.  Your trimasters are incredibly impressive, but I'm too timid to attempt anything like that, so I can only have hope that Playmobil will produce a true trimaster in the future that we can use as a frigate in the future.