The Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge

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Wednesday, 20 January 2021

From JasperO - USS Essex enters The Aquifer (45) points

I've been working on a variety of topics since the Challenge began, but we're almost a month in now and I thought I'd better finish something! So here's USS Essex, fresh from hunting whalers, hiding from HMS Surprise in The Aquifer.

It's the Warlord Black Seas model built pretty much straight from the box. I've built about a dozen of the ships from this range now and I'm really enjoy them. Replacing the provided bobbin of thread with some modeller's rigging thread (which has some lycra in it) makes that fiddly part of the build so much easier.

Here's USS Essex with her larger companion USS Constitution which I finished just before the Challenge started. Together they should make quite the pair on the table in their striking colours (and hopefully making their enemies strike theirs... Sorry, I'll leave now...)

I'm not entirely sure about points. It's 20 points for the Chamber, and 1/700 fully rigged up frigates seem to get about 25, so a total of 45?

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Oooohhh... This is nice indeed Jasper, with sure lines and steady sails! Classic ships which helped found the beginnings of the modern US Navy. Lovely job!

Frigates are indeed usually at the 18-20 points mark, and I'll go to 25 for the additional rigging, ratlines and flags. May she find a Willing Foe and Sea-room!

Cap'n Wednesday