Bishop Hobbies

12/28/2019  This is a unique and detailed 1/23 sale reconstruction of a section through a typical British warship of the early 1800’s. This period of history is when the Royal Navy truly achieved dominance on the oceans after famously defeating Napoleon at The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Lord Nelson, possibly one of Britain’s most iconic heroes, commanded a highly advanced navy capable of inflicting deadly damage. Nelson has been immortalised through various pieces of British artworks and attractions, such as Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square, London. His navy included such ships as the HMS Victory, HMS Diana and the HMS Agamemnon.

 

It is produced by the Mantua Model Group, which is based in Italy

Scale: 1/23

Length: 10.25”

Height: 7”

After building several plastic models, I felt like a change of pace.  I had this on the shelf and thought it would be a nice display peice to go next to my 1/17 18th Century English Carronade. So far it's been a very enjoyable buld.

Primer coat

Now exposed beams are painted white.  This will also hide the plywood layers. 

1/30/2020 The Gun Deck is finally finished – it was a really fun build and I've realized again how much fun working with wood is. This project has insired me to finish my Phoenix then move on to a model of the USS Bonhomme Richard that I've ordered in 1/48 scale.  That will be a monster, my most ambitous project yet and will take me about 2 years to finish.  Here are the final pics:

7/19/2009

I purchased this model earlier this year along with some extras:

Resin props

Eduard sets for the nose and cockpit

Eduard seatbelts

Eduard masks

Eduard wheel set

Decals by Red Gecko and Eagle Cal

Machine barrels by Master-Model in Poland

Paints used:

Tamiya flats and gloss

Midel Master flat and gloss

Alclad II

Weathering wash by Flory Models

Other Items that came in handy:

Home made prop jug

Airplane Jig (Jigs Vertigo Evo) by www.vertigominiatures.com

The model went together pretty easily; I didn't glue the wings on as the installation tabs provide for a very good fit.  I also shaved down the rear machine gun canvas cover as the original one is way too thick.  I didn't weight the nose ( I feel the additional weight makes for a model that's rather heavy). Instead I opted for a clear plastic dowel scrap from another kit used as a post aft of the rear access hatch.  Yea you can notice it if you try, but way easier than installing all the weight then dealing with it as the move the model around during the build – I feel there is just that much more chance of an accident with a model this big with the additional weight.

The resin props needed some work by sanding the blades smooth.  I removed the installation pegs and replacec them with small plastic dowel which provided a much better fit.  I made up a simple prop jug that spaced the props at 120 degrees apart and raised the prop ends with q-tips to give them all the same vertical position.  I used Hobby Town IC-2000 extra strength CA to attach the props.  I really like this stuff – it has carbon and rubber added and really provides a nice strong join.  I used it in several places during the build.

The final result is great – I'm a fan of the clear glass nose and I really enjoyed the build.

Ok – here are the pics:

Home made prop jig:

 

Airplane jig by Vertigominiatures

And here are the rest…