gamevender Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 The HMA(A for Australian)S Cerberus was the first British ship built whose only motive power was steam. A breastwork monitor refers to that first deck up, which is behind a "breastwork" of armor. Her main armament were four rifled muzzle loading 10" guns, mounted in two Coles turrets. She was launched in 1870 and had a long career in many guises including that of a submarine tender and artificial breakwater. The latter also denotes her fate as she was sunk off Half Moon Bay as an artificial breakwater. She still exists today and there have been several campaigns to re-store her, she being the only surviving monitor. If you've never done a Kombrig kit, they are very nicely done. The resin pours are perfect with no pin holes, short castings or flash. This is a relatively simple kit with only six major parts, but a good assortment of some itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny detail parts. I added some generic PE railings and stretched sprue rigging. You can see by the photo with the Quarter what her true size is. DSCN4772 by Ronald Bell, on Flickr DSCN4767 by Ronald Bell, on Flickr DSCN4768 by Ronald Bell, on Flickr DSCN4770 by Ronald Bell, on Flickr DSCN4771 by Ronald Bell, on Flickr 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 A lovely little build there Ron, funny looking little ships to my eye but you've done a great job on her. Have you ever seen the dio done by Fornlornhope, as she is today? Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Excellent build 👍 you must have a bounty of patience to work on ships that small. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Great looking build, love these early moniters. One query.. she was HMVS, as the state of victoria had its own navy at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted November 4, 2017 Author Share Posted November 4, 2017 Actually, she was both as her service career spanned the unification of Australia and she was absorbed into that navy. Just sort of underlines how old she really is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 That's a real gem of a model! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 On 11/4/2017 at 6:39 AM, gamevender said: she was sunk off Half Moon Bay as an artificial breakwater. She still exists today and there have been several campaigns to restore her, she being the only surviving monitor. Unfortunately beyond saving now. For a very rich country Australia has a patchy record for saving historical objects. http://localhistory.kingston.vic.gov.au/htm/article/240.htm That's a very nice job you have done on the Combrig kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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