A friend recently asked me on The Miniatures Page how the GHQ 98 gun ship compared with the Langton 98 gun ship, both of which I recently completed. His question (refering to the Langton) was "How does she look size-wise next to your GHQ 98? Do they look like they are the same class of ship, or is there too much difference?" Since I raise the GHQ hulls to match the Langton models, which sit higher, there really isn't a very noticeable size difference. Class-wise however, they are different ship designs. Rating-wise, they are the same, 2nd rate ships. The photos below should show what I am talking about. I have also added a Davco 98 gun 2nd rate British ship for further comparison.
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| Left to right: GHQ, Langton, Davco 98 gun ships |
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| Left to right: Davco, Langton, GHQ. The stern galleries illustrate the different designs. |
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| Langton and GHQ. The Langton is a bit more "blocky" than the more sleek lined GHQ ship. |
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| The Davco and Langton models |
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| Davco and GHQ, Much closer in design. |
If the GHQ ship was painted in the Nelson checkerboard pattern like the other two ships the similarities would be more apparent. Also of note is that the Davco has scratch-built masts, the GHQ has partial scratch-built masts, and the Langton has stock masts.
2 comments:
Where can you get the Davco Ships?
You do great work.
Steve W.
Hello Steve. Thank you.
Unfortunately you can't get Davco anymore. They went out of business. I picked mine up from a gentleman on the SOG Anchorage website that was getting rid of all his unbuilt 1/1200 stock and starting over with 1/1000 scale Sails of Glory ships. His stock consisted of several Davco, Navwar, and a few GHQ ships. They are out there, lurking in boxes or drawers of gamers that have moved on. We just have to search them out.
Vol
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