English Navy corvette, 18th century

[Hadoque]

The 5135-ship I used in the review about the hulls & decks, has become an 18th century English Navy corvette (or frigate if you like).

I kept the original 5135-stickers plus the "fake-gun"-deck, and placed guns with black carriages on the topdeck as on the Dutch ship.
This ship too got a midbrown anchorwheel and a redbrown stearingwheel. Different is the bow-ornament; I exchanged the red one for a spare golden-coloured one from a 3940/3286.

As with the Dutch galleon "Verenigde Provinciën", the pics are bad quality and I hope to replace them by better ones soon. Plus I"ll then add a pic from an indentical 2nd English corvette, but with the name "HMS Surprise" on the stern.

[Hadoque]

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@ the mods:
As the ships aren't that much customized; perhaps I should have posted this thread and the "Dutch galleon"-one in another subforum, like "collectors' corner" ?

[BlackPearl2006]

ooo, another question..... the 3286 has a bit of a raised "step" at the bow of the ship adjacent to the orignal uncovered access to the forward guns.   Does the 5135 still have a raised foredeck?  or is completly flush with the main deck?

[WarriorOfToys]

Looks like the 5135 shill has a raised foredeck (I am wondering if it is big enough to be called a forecastle),
But it looks a bit smaller then the forecastle of the 3940.

I have a question myself.
How do you attach the ensign???
I have been lashing mine using rope,
but yours looks better...
More sophisticated.

Another magnificent ship!
Hopefully I will get a fleet big enough to match on of you guys eventually.
Then Rutileo shall rule the seas!

[Wolf Knight]

I hadn't otice the 5135 has a red dow-ornament... 

I think its ok to leave it here Erwin, it might be swapping parts but in my book thats customising too...

In a few days you'll se my work on a few ships 

[BlackPearl2006]

Looks like the 5135 shill has a raised foredeck (I am wondering if it is big enough to be called a forecastle),
But it looks a bit smaller then the forecastle of the 3940.

I have a question myself.
How do you attach the ensign???
I have been lashing mine using rope,
but yours looks better...
More sophisticated.

Another magnificent ship!
Hopefully I will get a fleet big enough to match on of you guys eventually.
Then Rutileo shall rule the seas!

IMO it wouldn't be big enough to be a forecastle, as a forecastle should be accessible (have an inside), usually the galley of the ship. 

btw, what is an "ensign"?

[Wolf Knight]

btw, what is an "ensign"?

apart from a junior rank of a commissioned officer, its the flag that distinguishes the ship at the aft. Actually thats the reason for calling the officer an ensign, he is traditionally the carrier of the flag.

[Hadoque]

Better pics coming up right now! We're having some sun this morning, so better conditions for taking pics...

The ensign (English flag at the stern) comes with 5139 Fortress and 5140 English Gunboat. It doesn't have to be attached with a rope or piece of string, but just clips on to a flagpole.

The shape of the "forecastle" is exactly like on the 3940/3286; just the gap in the deck in front of the mast to reach the frontguns has been closed. The only difference on the upperdeck is towards the back, where the stairs to the aft/stern-castle is now part of the deckmould.

No grooves or such in the upperdeck for the guns, so the front ones just slide over the upperdeck like on the 3940 when the ship is not 100% horizontally, the movement of the ones midship on the upperdeck is somewhat restricted by the upward edges of the cargohold-hatch.