Tonnant-class and Bucentaure-class French 80 Gun Ships of the Line

Tonnant-class and Bucentaure-class 80 gun French ships of the line.
A series of 8 ships (Tonnant) ordered and built from 1787 to 1800. Then a subsequent series of over 29 (Bucentaure) of which 21 were launched) from 1802 to 1831.

Tonnant:
In service from 1790 through to 1834 . Six of the class were captured and used by the Royal Navy.

Bucentaure:
The same dimensions as the Tonnant but in 1803 the masts are changed. In 1806 the artillery is slightly modified, in 1807 traditional accommodation spaces are changed. In service from 1802 to the 1860's

Version 5 (01/10/2020) includes both a high and low hull version. The high hull will better match other ship manufacture models and allow bases with wavy/rough sea conditions to better fit the model. The low version is better suited to a glass sea.

Tonnant ship built names were: Tonnant/HMS Tonnant, Indomptable, Sans Pareil /HMS Sans Pareil, Formidable/HMS Brave, Guillaume Tell/HMS Malta, Franklin/HMS Canopus, Indivisible/Alexandre, Foudroyant.

Bucentaure ship built names were: Bucentaure, Neptune, Robuste, Ville de Varsovie, Donawerth, Eylau, Friedland, Sceptre, Tilsitt, Auguste, Pacificateur, Illustre, Daideme, Conquerant, Zelandais, Magnifique, Centaure, Neptune (ii), Algesiras, Jupiter, Vesuvio. Unfinished ships were Mars, Alexandre, Tibre, Atlas and Fougueux

The ship hull and shape was built as accurately as possible to admiralty plans. The hull under the waterline was then removed and the upper parts were simplified in detail at the bow, thickened in the stern, windows exaggerated, and deck detail exaggerated. All this to be able to print out at 1:700 (and larger) scales. Smaller scales are possible but would likely require a resin printer for the best results.

Contains:

• Hull (includes deck planking, cannons and gunports):
  
  
  
  • resin:
    
    
    
    • 1 x 1:700 scale high height hull
    
    
    • 1 x 1:700 scale low height hull
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • fdm
    
    
    
    • 1 x 1:700 scale high hull for fdm printing
    
    
    • 1 x 1:700 scale low hull for fdm printing
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Sails:
  
  
  
  • resin
    
    
    
    • Combined masts/sails without lower mast section and with a hole for a rod/wire - for resin printing
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • fdm
    
    
    
    • Split masts/sails with lower mast section - for fdm printing
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Ships Anchor

The sails are of a generic 3rd rate size and will be usable with other published 3rd rate ships. Does not include the ratlines, flags or rigging string. No supports are usually required on any part of an fdm print. Supports will be required for the sails and hull when resin printing

Photos are of a resin printed version.

For assembly, please see the photos on the Intrepid-class 64 gun model (on this site) showing the bowsprit parts and mizzen (rear sail parts) being assembled.

Note for fdm printing: due to the modular way I am building the masts/sails then you may need to enable ‘Union overlapping volumes’ in Cura or the equivalent setting in your slicer when printing them.