TimoFunk Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago (edited) Hello everyone, here's my latest project... The HMS Flirt My version is based on the wonderful Barracuda Brig by @Supersick_ Thanks for this great template! My modifications mainly concern the rigging, the deck layout, the armament, and of course, the paint scheme. The swivel guns are still work in progress... For the rigging I will most likely choose simple strings or maybe in combination with LEGO strings with climbing gribs. I look forward to your comments, and if you want to know more about the real HMS Flirt, just read to the end of this post. Take care, Timo History: HMS Flirt was ordered together with HMS Speedy in 1781, and both were built by Thomas King, a private shipyard owner based in Dover. The Flirt/Speedy class of brig-sloops were the second class built to the new flush-decked brig-sloop designs, the first being the Childers class of 1779. oth the Childers and Flirt/Speedy classes were almost identical. Both were around the same dimensions, mast plans, armament, and crew. They also shared the same very graceful lines, more cutter-like than brig. These early flush decked brig-sloops had a graceful sheer and steeply raked stern, unlike the later ‘mass-produced’ Cruiser and Cherokee classes. The term ‘Brig-Sloop’ means that she was a two-masted vessel, and on the Navy List sloop was a term given to a vessel which was commanded by an officer ith the rank of master and commander. Flirt was 207 tons, the length of her upper deck was just over 78 feet and her width was 25 feet, 8 inches. She had a crew of between 84 men and 6 officers, with only two of the officers being commissioned, the commander and his lieutenant. Her armament consisted of 14 x 4-Pounder carriage guns and 12 x half-pounder swivel guns, but posts for 20 guns, as the swivel guns could be taken out of their posts and moved and placed in another post. Edited 4 hours ago by TimoFunk Typo Quote
Ido Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago What a beautiful ship! I really like the haul shaping, it's very realistic. Great work Quote
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