Royal Yacht Duchess of Kingston – Vanguard Models 1778

The set includes:

• Laser-cut elements made of MDF and transparent acetate film.
• All visible parts are made of laser-cut pear wood
• The set standardly includes laser-cut ladders and gratings made of pear wood
• Maple decks (laser-cut and engraved) with replicated wooden treenails (treenail detail)
• All parts from deck level upward are precisely cut out – only the hull section below still requires planking (even the main wales are ready)
• 5 sheets of photo-etched brass
• Cast black resin 4-pounder cannon barrels and black acrylic cannonballs
• Double-planked hull: first layer in limewood, second layer in pearwood
• Walnut dowels for making masts and yards
• Many thicknesses of rigging thread in black and natural colors, as well as all the necessary blocks and deadeyes
• Colour instruction manual – the most detailed to date
• 13 full-size plan sheets, including among others. rigging and tackle diagrams

Note: All images shown are from a prototype model.

Instrukcja obsługi – Royal Yacht Duchess of Kingston 1778

Dimensions:

• Scale – 1:64
• Overall length: 576 mm
• Overall height: 480 mm
• Overall width: 208 mm

Story:

The royal yacht built for the Duchess of Kingston was crafted by the JM Hillhouse shipyard in Bristol in the late 1770s. 18th century.
This type of vessel retained many older, more traditional features compared with the ships being built for the Royal Navy at the time, making the yacht look more like a design from the late 17th or early 18th century. Dimensions according to the original plans:

• Keel length: 68 ft
• Overall deck length: 81 ft
• Maximum width (formed): 24 ft
• Cargo hold depth below the beams: 10 ft
• Capacity (tonnage): 206 tons