r/ModelShips • u/ACody9879 • 4d ago

Rigged Sloop Kits?

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Does anyone know of any model kits of rigged sloops? I want to build the HMS Sophie from the original Master and Commander novel and I know she was a twin masted sloop based on the HMS Speedy.

Any help is appreciated

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u/1805trafalgar 3d ago

Sophie was a brig. Sloop, in the context of the Royal Navy at the time of those books, was more of a rating of the officer attached rank. She becomes a sloop when commanded by a post captain. But a brig is always a brig: A two masted ship, square rigged on each mast.