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Artesania Latina Hermione done up as an admiralty model

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Artesania Latina Hermione done up as an admiralty model
Posted by philo426 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 9:22 AM

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 4:48 PM

Beautiful model!  I wish I had the patience for ship models but I never had it.

What's the backstory behind the model?  Is that HMS Hermoine? 

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 5:20 PM

Yes it is !built the hull about 5 years ago and ran out of gas so I left it as it is!easier for it to fit into the display case !

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 5:21 PM

Thanks for responding and I am expecting Penny to chime in! everyone else just looks and refrains from posting!

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 7:45 PM

Ah, HMS Hermione, the ship with the bloodiest mutiny in Royal Navy history.  It made the Bounty mutiny look like a church picnic.

Here's the story if you're interested.

https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/HMS_Hermione_(1782)

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Posted by pennytrains on Thursday, July 6, 2023 8:21 PM

Dang right I'm gonna chime in!  That's drop dead gorgeous!  Bow. I tried building the Independence a few (20) years back but really couldn't get the hang of board by board hull building.  Tongue Tied

Big Smile  Same me, different spelling!  Big Smile

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Posted by pennytrains on Thursday, July 6, 2023 8:28 PM

Big Smile  Same me, different spelling!  Big Smile

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 8:37 PM

Yes I had to soak the planks and pin them to the bulkheads and let them dry.Then I applied glue to make the hull,a challenging process!

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 8:39 PM

I made this one too!  

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Posted by philo426 on Thursday, July 6, 2023 8:41 PM

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, July 7, 2023 7:53 AM

Just spectacular!  17th Century I think?

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Posted by philo426 on Friday, July 7, 2023 8:39 AM

Yes sir!

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Posted by philo426 on Friday, July 7, 2023 8:49 AM

And the big Admiral Vernon!  

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Posted by Flintlock76 on Friday, July 7, 2023 12:10 PM

Admiral Vernon, the namesake of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate!  The original owner was George's older half-brother Lawrence Washington who was an admirer of the admiral and named the estate after him.  Lawrence was an officer in Gooch's Marines, a regiment raised in Virginia for the British expedition against Cartagena during King George's War of the 1740's.  

(I take no little pride in the fact that George's big brother was a Marine! OK, not OUR Marines, but a Marine just the same!  OOO-RAH!  Wink )

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Posted by philo426 on Friday, July 7, 2023 12:28 PM

Cool!

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