[MOC] HM cutter lady Nelson scale 1/40

[yanwilma]

Hello, I am proud to present the cutter "Lady Nelson."

The cutter Lady Nelson is modeled after a typical cutter from the late eighteenth century.

The cutter is a British design and was originally developed by smugglers from Folkstone and other known areas. It wasn't long before the navy recognized the advantages of the 
cutter's excellent design, and from the mid-eighteenth century onward, they were quickly used by the navy to combat smuggling. Cutters of this type were designed purely 
for speed and carried a large amount of sail, which at first glance seemed completely disproportionate to the ship's small size.

They surprisingly carried fore, aft, and square sails on a single tall mast, which (compared to the mainmast) had only a short topmast above the lower mast.

Due to their relatively deep draft (draft more at the stern than at the bow), they were not suitable for work close to shore. Smugglers must therefore be intercepted
long before reaching their destination.

The original ship (based on the lines of the Sherbourn-class cutter) had a keel length of 52'6" and a 17'6" beam.

I based the free-build design on the plans for Chris Watton's 1:64 scale wooden model. I redrawn it to 1/40 scale, and this is the result.

The dimensions are: overall length 840 mm, mainmast 260 mm, deck 120 mm, and overall height 800 mm.

[Yperio_Bricks]

The cutter looks beautiful! ... from what I can tell by the small pictures. Eurobricks is not meant to host pictures. You have to upload your pictures to a site like flickr, imgur or basically any other website where you can host and share your pictures. Then simply add the link to the image to your Eurobricks post.

 

[Professor Thaum]

Beautiful cutter and nice rigging for sure.

@yanwilma : could you please edit and translate your post. All members from EB come from various countries but the consensus is to post in english.

[yanwilma]

17 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

De snijplotter ziet er prachtig uit! ... voor zover ik kan zien aan de kleine foto's. Eurobricks is niet bedoeld om foto's te hosten. Je moet je foto's uploaden naar een site zoals Flickr, Imgur of eigenlijk elke andere website waar je ze kunt hosten en delen. Voeg vervolgens eenvoudig de link naar de afbeelding toe aan je Eurobricks-bericht.

 

Okay, but someone else put those photos from Flickr on this site for me. I'm not very good with computers.

5 hours ago, Professor Thaum said:

Prachtig kottertje en zeker een mooie tuigage.

@yanwilma : Zou je je bericht kunnen bewerken en vertalen? Alle EB-leden komen uit verschillende landen, maar de algemene regel is om in het Engels te posten.

Okay, sorry, but I wrote in English... I don't understand. I hope you can read this? If anyone from the organization understands this, please delete this topic and I'll try again later. Sorry, I'm a bit digitally illiterate.

[Yperio_Bricks]

21 minutes ago, yanwilma said:

Okay, but someone else put those photos from Flickr on this site for me. I'm not very good with computers.

Do you have the photos already uploaded somewhere? Then please post the link, so we can work it out. If you have not uploaded the photos I would suggest using imgur for now.

1. You do not need a registration to use the website: https://imgur.com/upload 
2. Click on 'Choose Photo/Video' and select one or more pictures from your computer.
3. When the picture is uploaded you klick with the right mouse button on the picture and copy the picture's address.
4. Then paste the address to your Eurobricks post and the picture will be shown automatically.

 

Edited July 22 by Yperio_Bricks
typo

[Jack Sassy]

An impressive vessel ye have made! Some better pictures indeed would allow to inspect this fine masterpiece closer. Either way, good job! 

37 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

You do not need a registration to use the website: https://imgur.com/upload 

I did not know that either. 

[Yperio_Bricks]

49 minutes ago, Jack Sassy said:

An impressive vessel ye have made! Some better pictures indeed would allow to inspect this fine masterpiece closer. Either way, good job! 

I did not know that either. 

I use imgur all the time to share pictures in forums. It's simple and fast. Only for my mocs I use flickr.

[Professor Thaum]

Hop, the whole text edited.

thx to Mistral and Reverso

[yanwilma]

6 hours ago, Professor Thaum said:

Hop, the whole text edited.

thx to Mistral and Reverso

ok thx professor Thaum, Mistral and Reverso!!! you guys are to good for yhis world 

 

[yanwilma]

8 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I use imgur all the time to share pictures in forums. It's simple and fast. Only for my mocs I use flickr.

Just now, yanwilma said:

thx, i dont now how i did it, but it worked. thx again for your time

 

[MaHo90]

12 hours ago, yanwilma said:

Okay, but someone else put those photos from Flickr on this site for me. I'm not very good with computers.

Okay, sorry, but I wrote in English... I don't understand. I hope you can read this? If anyone from the organization understands this, please delete this topic and I'll try again later. Sorry, I'm a bit digitally illiterate.

I think we can replace the Dutch test with an English one. But, mate, you have built a beautiful ship! We need more pictures! Greetings from another Dutchie 

[yanwilma]

On 7/22/2025 at 12:29 PM, Jack Sassy said:

An impressive vessel ye have made! Some better pictures indeed would allow to inspect this fine masterpiece closer. Either way, good job! 

I did not know that either. 

thx Jack Sassy for your kinds words

[yanwilma]

On 7/23/2025 at 12:07 AM, MaHo90 said:

I think we can replace the Dutch test with an English one. But, mate, you have built a beautiful ship! We need more pictures! Greetings from another Dutchie 

thx MaHo90, i am glad you like it, i think i found the problem. The computer was set to automatic translate, even when i sent an englich text,it translated into dutch for eveyone.inhope its ok now....

i thought i had to put my pictures on flicker first before i could put them on eurobricks.and that'swhat i did... 

but for some reason i can't seem to click on a photo and it automatically takes meto my flicker page.but whith my 'batavia' it worked. when i wanted to upload photos to flicker,i had forgotten the password,but  by searchingfor my 'batavia' ,which i had posted at the end of 2023. i found it here on the 4th page. you click on a picture and i will take you to my flicker page and you will see more foto's van lady nelson. greetings

[Yperio_Bricks]

The kutter is such a beautiful boat. I love the dashing appearance  All the details, like the rigging, the brickbuild canons, the bowsprit and anchors are spot on. Great job all around!

Whan you want to share photos from your flickr, you klick on the little arrow symbol and then choose one of the options. The first one (in German in my case) will work for the forum, but also the last one with the BBcode. Simply copy the link and add it to your forum post.

 

Edited July 25 by Yperio_Bricks

[yanwilma]

8 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

The kutter is such a beautiful boat. I love the dashing appearance  All the details, like the rigging, the brickbuild canons, the bowsprit and anchors are spot on. Great job all around!

Whan you want to share photos from your flickr, you klick on the little arrow symbol and then choose one of the options. The first one (in German in my case) will work for the forum, but also the last one with the BBcode. Simply copy the link and add it to your forum post.

 

 i think it worked...i have already learned a lot... thx for your kinds words en all your help..it's brilliant how you made your link to flicker with 'jump into hyperspace'   great moc's that you have made btw