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One of my future projects is to build "HMS Royal Oak" models for one of my local pubs called of course the Royal Oak. In my research I have found the following none copyright material on the Wilki site. Quote: The name Royal Oak first appeared in the Royal navy in 1664 and there have been eight ships bearing the name, the origins of the name come from the name given to an oak tree that King Charles II of England hid in to avoid capture by the Roundheads in 1651. 1.Was a 76 gun second rate ship of the line built in 1664 and destroyed by fire by the Dutch during the 1667 raid on the Medway. 2.Was a 70 gun third rate ship of the line built in Plymouth in 1674, she ended her days as a prison ship from 1756 until her scrapping in 1764. 3.Was another third rater but of 74 guns launched in 1769, she aslo became a prison ship in 1796 and was scrapped in 1815 4.Was originally the Renown a 74 gun third rater built at Deptford in 1796-8 she became a harbour Hulk in 1814 and was renamed Royal Oak. 5.Was another 74 gun third rater launched in 1809 and scrapped in 1850. 6.Was an iron clad frigate of the Prince Consort class - Royal Oak, Prince Consort, Ocean, and Caledonia, they started out life as Bulwark class wooden battleships but were altered to iron clads whilst under construction, 252 feet long and displacing 6,366 tons she mounted thirty-six 68 pounder smoothbore guns she was driven by a single hoistable propeller , built by Chatham Dockyard in 1860-3 she was scrapped in 1885. 7.Was a Royal Sovereign class pre-Dreadnought class battleship, 411 feet long and displacing 15,580 tons she was armed with four 13.5" and ten 6" guns, she was built By Lairds of Birkenhead in 1892-6 and scrapped in january 1914. 8.Was the Revenge class battleship sunk at Scapa Flow and the last ship to have born the name to date.
If anybody could give me links to model kits to any of these eight vessels or the nearest model to any of them I can adapt I would be very grateful First Build HMS Victory and HMS Endeavour Also Krick steam boat "Victoria" Cheers Ivan (Ordinary Seaman) http://www.old-glossop.com
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Thanks Mr T. Questions Is a resin kit similar to a plastic one ? Any ideas about #1 ? First Build HMS Victory and HMS Endeavour Also Krick steam boat "Victoria" Cheers Ivan (Ordinary Seaman) http://www.old-glossop.com
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Resin & Polystyrene kits are very different mediums, resin parts/kits are generally better defined and detailed hence the high cost.
Can't say I've seen a kit based on 1
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