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  Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | HMS Renown Billing Boats kit #604 (Build 2013) In the mid 1800's, the Royal Navy began to equip its larger men-of-war with so-called steam barges or steam pinnaces. After experiments with a number of different types, 30, 40, 50 and 56 ft boats became most widely used. By the end of the century, the first motor pinnaces were ready for duty. When the First World War broke our, however, steam boats returned to the scene. The 50 ft pinnace for 'HMS Renown' dates from this period. As many as 4 of these boats might have equip each man-of-war (battle ship). The boats had a small forepeak, a crew compartment, a boiler room and a cabin. Above the crews' quarters was a conical steel base with a permanent universal ring, on which a 3-lb quick-firing cannon or maxim machine gun could be mounted. This type of boat was used for a variety of tasks; ranking officers between boats, or to patrol the mouths of harbours for the protection of ships anchored therein hence the name 'picket boats'. The Kit Billing got 4 difficulty level for there ship The Renown is in the categories of beginner The kit come with wood for the frame and vacuform for the deck furniture and equipment and some brass parts The instruction where very basic   | ||
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | The frame is build in 2 sections separately that will have to be glue together So I use a strong straight piece of wood and tack the first haft to make certain to not have any distortion A heavy weight to have a perfect 90dg I repeat the operation for the other half    | ||
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | The instruction is very basic to explain how to do the planking And it is single planking so have to be perfect the first time the deck also is in 2 half After the both have are done we glue them together and was lucky to have a straight hull Next was the planking of the hull the instruction suggest full length plank I went to a ratio 50/50    | ||
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | The part supply to do the roof of the cabin is suppose to be a tin vacuform that I did not like at all and on top of it did not fit properly with the structure of the cabin So I decide to build one in wood    | ||
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | All the front housing is vacuform that have to be separated carefully from the main sheet And glue in place I have add small wood pieces inside to have a good bound  [ Edited Sun Aug 26 2018, 11:33pm ] | ||
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | miss 1 photo   | ||
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | The rest of the deck accessory the gun, rudder, chimney etc. where or Vacuform or plastic so no work at all there. Just place them at their proper place Got the kit from Cornwall Model Boat cost me +- $50US in 2009 In my opinion it is a $50 kit not more The instructions are very basic The wood noting special soft wood Vacuform or plastic part some metal and brass pieces. (cutting vacuform is tricky) A 2 hulls section is very tricky I was lucky to not have distortion When I was approaches in 2013 to give something to the charity at my office I decide to build that model and it did not take time at all. The ship (Supply a casing for the ship that cost me more then the ship $62cdn) and 5 figurines 80 and 75mm went on ticket sale. First prize was the ship (the colleague that win it bought 10 ticket at $5 each he really want it ) second prize first choice on the figurine and so on. $745 was amassed and again got a nice income deduction receipt.     | ||
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| aew |
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aew   Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2615 | It looks nice, but it also looks 'wrong'. It looks like a toy boat rather than a scale model. Shouldn't it be all 'battleship grey'? | ||
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| Charles |
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| Registered Member #1923 Joined: Mon Nov 28 2011, 06:07pmPosts: 498 | Yes I know and you are probably right. I did some researches and did not fine any color photo of a similar pinnaces So I just build it as Billing present it | ||
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| aew Registered Member #1929 Joined: Wed Nov 30 2011, 03:05pmPosts: 2615 | It doesn't matter though, the guy that won it obviously liked the colour scheme. You can always claim it was sold off and repainted later in life! | ||
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