This is the Sjelle Regal Krigskjeppet Tajni Möjem. Sjelle is an independent territory of the Kingdom of Gluteborg-Varangia in my Schultze-Böhnstadt imaginary universe. She sports both the Royal Varangian and the Independent Sjelle ensigns.
Tajni Möjem is a 26-gun single-deck warship, which might be called a corvette or a ship-rigged sloop of war. She has a shallow draft to traverse the many rocky channels and inlets of the Sjelle Islands.
The ship's hull is way back from this post; compared to the other ships I have been building, it would simply have been too small for a full-sized frigate of war. But navies need smaller vessels, too, so I made her with an open gundeck. The hull is slim but rather simplistic: it lacks the usual ornamentation of 18th century warships. The sails are made from table cloth, I think, while the ensigns are satin. Every bit is scratchbuilt, including the cannon and the wheel.
Splendid ship!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Phil!
DeleteBeautifully done András. What scale did this turn out to be? 1/450 like the Revell galley?
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Vol
Ah, please disregard my last question. Reading the next post tells me the scale is likely 1/600. 😊
ReplyDeleteThere is no fixed scale to it really, originally the hull was meant to be a 32-gun 5th rate in 1/500, but my other plastic models are way too large compared to that.
DeleteOh, ok thank you. I was just trying to get a visual on the size in my head. Again, really brilliant work.
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