Rod Langton's 68 gun Dutch 3rd rate is a beautiful model. The detail is so crisp, proportions so perfect, it was an absolute pleasure to build after so many Navwar and Davco ships. I have not yet done the research to determine what ship she might be for name, armament, etc. It is so difficult to find any information on the Napoleonic period Dutch. Sites like
http://threedecks.org/ are helpful if you already know a ship's name, but trying to find ships in a class is difficult. This ship was so nice I decided to try something different and slung a boat off the port side. I am not totally pleased with the result but after cutting it loose and redoing it three times I decided to leave well enough alone. Please leave me comments on how it looks or how it could be improved. Any ideas are welcome. Here are photos of the build.
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| The kit |
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| Preparing the base and setting the hull |
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| The hull is complete |
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| Setting the masts |
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| Mounting the sails |
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| Painting the base. I decided to do bases for the two frigates waiting in the shipyard while I was at it. |
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| Standing rigging complete |
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| Base glossed and complete |
The finished ship: (Taken without flash)
With flash (can't decide which is better)
Comments and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks for looking.
