Gunboats

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Gunboats

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Hello there, boat fans.

Can anyone think of a Colonial era gunboat kit, nationality unimportant, scale as large as possible? Just been doing twelve rounds with the old Airfix schnellboot from the bottom of my stash pile (don't think I've ever filed off so much plastic!) and got to wondering whether anyone made anything like the Gannet at Chatham Dockyard. I rarely build ships and I don't really know where to start looking.

Thanks in anticipation.
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Not in plastic, are you interested in wood ship models ?
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If you want to scratch build an RN Insect class gunboat Model Boats Magazine (MAP) plan service has a plan.

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DH-Drover wrote:If you want to scratch build an RN Insect class gunboat Model Boats Magazine (MAP) plan service has a plan.

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Wooden? I've got an Artesenia Latina pilot boat that I started in 1983! Just can't get on with them, although I've done a couple of OcCre trams for the garden railway.

Sounds like a no-go, then.
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