Today I want to show you one of my favourite kits I have stored, hope to build it once.
It is the scale 1:64 kit of
HMS Agamemnon 1781, a 64 gun ship of the line of the Ardent-class, which is produced by JOTIKA Ltd. from UK
In Germany and some other countries it is sold via Krick under their name, but is the Jotika kit.
http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Nelson_5.htm
History of HMS Agamemnon
H.M.S. Agamemnon, a 64 gun ship of the line, was designed by the famous Naval Architect Sir Thomas Slade. Sir Thomas also drafted the plans for H.M.S. Victory. Built by Henry Adams at Bucklers Hard she was launched in 1781 after four years of building. Agamemnon became one of the most famous vessels of the Royal Navy. Nelson, who referred to her as his favourite ship, commanded her between 1793 and 1796. It was in Agamemnon that Nelson lost the sight of his right eye during the siege of Calvi in 1794. He also met Lady Hamilton while on a diplomatic visit to Naples in 1793. Agamemnon was at the centre of events through three of the most turbulent decades of British Naval history. Fighting battles at Saints, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. She later served in the West Indies participating in the battle of Santo Domingo, and then in South American waters, until she was wrecked in Maldonado Bay off the coast of Uruguay in 1809. Divers are now excavating the wreck after her recent discovery.
According the web-page the Kit includes:
Double plank on bulkhead hull, Brass cannons, four sheets of detailed brass etched parts. CNC cut Walnut and Ply components. Black and Natural rigging hemp. Fully detailed full size plans and a comprehensive construction manual.
A customer model by Roger W Clark
http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/CKit_Aga_01.htm
Technical Data of finished model:
Scale 1:64
Length: 1.300 mm
Beam: 490 mm
Height: 945 mm
No of Parts: 9.003
Weight of the kit is appr. 12 kg, so a real heavy box
Keith Julier is showing the construction of this model in his book "The New PERIOD SHIP HANDBOOK" over 37 pages and is writing (in the year 2004) in his final conclusion:
"Without any doupt, this was one of the best kits I have had pleasure of building.......High quality materials and drawings were supported by a superb standard of pre-cutting.......As a kit for the more experienced model maker........serious consideration must be given to the problems of working space and manoeuvrability. (Comment: He refers to the length of 1,3 meter and width 0f appr. 0,5 meter)........My own opinion is that this kit sets a new benchmark in the market place and is one that really does have the potential for a "museum" quality result."
Please keep in mind, that he wrote this 2004, so in the meantime there are new benchmarks given, but still a big and high quality kit!
With a click on The New Period Ship Handbook you can go to the Book Review!
Now the Look Inside of the Box
More Look Inside photos of the kit please take a look at the following post
It is the scale 1:64 kit of
HMS Agamemnon 1781, a 64 gun ship of the line of the Ardent-class, which is produced by JOTIKA Ltd. from UK
In Germany and some other countries it is sold via Krick under their name, but is the Jotika kit.
http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Nelson_5.htm
History of HMS Agamemnon
H.M.S. Agamemnon, a 64 gun ship of the line, was designed by the famous Naval Architect Sir Thomas Slade. Sir Thomas also drafted the plans for H.M.S. Victory. Built by Henry Adams at Bucklers Hard she was launched in 1781 after four years of building. Agamemnon became one of the most famous vessels of the Royal Navy. Nelson, who referred to her as his favourite ship, commanded her between 1793 and 1796. It was in Agamemnon that Nelson lost the sight of his right eye during the siege of Calvi in 1794. He also met Lady Hamilton while on a diplomatic visit to Naples in 1793. Agamemnon was at the centre of events through three of the most turbulent decades of British Naval history. Fighting battles at Saints, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. She later served in the West Indies participating in the battle of Santo Domingo, and then in South American waters, until she was wrecked in Maldonado Bay off the coast of Uruguay in 1809. Divers are now excavating the wreck after her recent discovery.
According the web-page the Kit includes:
Double plank on bulkhead hull, Brass cannons, four sheets of detailed brass etched parts. CNC cut Walnut and Ply components. Black and Natural rigging hemp. Fully detailed full size plans and a comprehensive construction manual.
A customer model by Roger W Clark
http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/CKit_Aga_01.htm
Technical Data of finished model:
Scale 1:64
Length: 1.300 mm
Beam: 490 mm
Height: 945 mm
No of Parts: 9.003
Weight of the kit is appr. 12 kg, so a real heavy box
Keith Julier is showing the construction of this model in his book "The New PERIOD SHIP HANDBOOK" over 37 pages and is writing (in the year 2004) in his final conclusion:
"Without any doupt, this was one of the best kits I have had pleasure of building.......High quality materials and drawings were supported by a superb standard of pre-cutting.......As a kit for the more experienced model maker........serious consideration must be given to the problems of working space and manoeuvrability. (Comment: He refers to the length of 1,3 meter and width 0f appr. 0,5 meter)........My own opinion is that this kit sets a new benchmark in the market place and is one that really does have the potential for a "museum" quality result."
Please keep in mind, that he wrote this 2004, so in the meantime there are new benchmarks given, but still a big and high quality kit!
With a click on The New Period Ship Handbook you can go to the Book Review!
Now the Look Inside of the Box
More Look Inside photos of the kit please take a look at the following post
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