I stumbled across a model that looked to be about the right size and decided to keep an eye on it. A day later the seller started to accept offers and I went straight back with what he was asking.....I figured that the ship was either good for 28's or just a little smaller and good for 1/72, in which case I wasn't too interested. However the price was too good to ignore.
She arrived yesterday and I rigged her up to take some shots.
Le Coureur was a French coastal lugger captured by the British and sent to the western Atlantic where she was in turn captured by the Americans. With 8 guns she makes a fine wee cutter or brig for supporting landings in the Caribbean or on the French coast or even the Great Lakes. As you can see she is a good fit for 28's, especially the correctly proportioned Crann Tara / Fife and Drum types and so will go into action against Spain and France supporting my British. There seem to be a few different kits available of her from digging about online, this is the larger version.
I have some of the excellent Naval Landing party from CT so they will form the crew and I shall be constructing a polystyrene base for her, just as Graham has on his blog.
Not bad for...£20😳😳😳
6 comments:
That is amazing. Well done! Very impressed.
Very nice. Be interested in how you cut the hull down.
Terrific , it looks superb and what a bargain price, good for you
cheers
Chris
Thanks for the feedback folks,,
Chris S - thanks!....that's a nice blog you have yourself too. I'll be popping in for a closer look.
Paul, no plans to cut, I am going to do what Graham H is doing and make some boards with a slot cut for her to sit in. She's far too nice co hack up.....and besides she won't go in the bath if I do that 😳😂
Chris G....always rely on an aberdonian to find a bargain.
That's a bonny ship, indeed. How long from stem to stern?
I bought a lot of similar looking ships from a tourist shop in Florida..they'd probably need 10mm to 15mm crew, but sail construction and hull look very similar.
Jim
Jim,
Just shy of 12in. I think she's probably 1:72 scale possibly a bit larger. Your style of castings fit though and don't look out of place on board.
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