54mm Dapper Class Gunboat

Having made some 20mm Dapper Class Gunboats for me, Jack felt the urge to 'up-scale' and produced this 54mm version.  As with everything else this is scratchbuilt.  Jack made all the rigging using florist wire.  All the guns swivel on this model.

You can see it alongside his 54mm HMS Warrior.  This model is a mere 2 feet long.  I think there was an idea that it would take on the 54mm Chinese Junk which he went on to build.  Needless to say we haven't found a table big enough!

54mm HMS Warrior

One of the things Jack says he likes best is making model ships.  For a while he has mentioned to Bob and I that he wanted to make a 54mm scale model of HMS Warrior.  After telling us about it on and off for a year and the fact that to scale the model would be huge, he set out making a 54mm 'representation' of HMS Warrior.  The model is splendid but big. There were times when I didn't think he would get it out of the room.  It is made with foam board and cardboard with Jack casting the guns and other bits he needed as he went along.

The final model is just over 5 feet in length and 2 foot 6inches in height! and yes, the deck guns do swivel as well.

She dwarfs the 54mm 'Dapper Class Gunboat' which is 2 foot long and the 20mm River gunboat in the foreground.  More pictures of the gunboat to appear soon.

HMS Warrior in all her glory

Jack's 54mm launch alongside the Warrior