Hi all, here is the HMS Agamemnon by Oliver Bizer. It is a simplified yet wonderful model. It is about 1/630 scale if I have measured it correctly.
The Agamemnon and its sister ship, the Lord Nelson, were the last
pre-Dreadnoughts built by the Royal Navy. They were actually launched after the Dreadnought, as their 12" guns had been redirected to the Dreadnought. As a result they were considered obsolete even before they were launched. During World War One they both served in the Dardanelles bombarding Turkish fortifications, and later in the Mediterranean. The Agamemnon finished its service as a radio controlled target ship. It was sold for scrap in 1927. It was the last pre-Dreadnought in service with the Royal Navy.
The model is straight forward to build, as long as you have some reference pictures to help you figure out where things go. I was unable to figure out how the mast parts were meant to go together, so I am adapting them according to the reference photos I mentioned earlier. I just have to make the fighting tops on the masts, and it is done. The main mast doesn't lean back as the first picture suggests.I checked it after I saw the picture. It must be an optical illusion.
Robert
The Agamemnon and its sister ship, the Lord Nelson, were the last
pre-Dreadnoughts built by the Royal Navy. They were actually launched after the Dreadnought, as their 12" guns had been redirected to the Dreadnought. As a result they were considered obsolete even before they were launched. During World War One they both served in the Dardanelles bombarding Turkish fortifications, and later in the Mediterranean. The Agamemnon finished its service as a radio controlled target ship. It was sold for scrap in 1927. It was the last pre-Dreadnought in service with the Royal Navy.
The model is straight forward to build, as long as you have some reference pictures to help you figure out where things go. I was unable to figure out how the mast parts were meant to go together, so I am adapting them according to the reference photos I mentioned earlier. I just have to make the fighting tops on the masts, and it is done. The main mast doesn't lean back as the first picture suggests.I checked it after I saw the picture. It must be an optical illusion.
Robert
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