build part 1

Ok here we go,half the hull painted

This part was broken in the kit and the bit was missing from the box so,,,

I re built it,part made from old spue,carved,sanded,no filler used.

The repair looks good so on we go

Using some soft wood i place spacers round the gun ports to add depth

and  line the lot using thin evergreen

Dry fit of stern plate and galleries

See,it looks ok

So lets paint some detail

I made up the lower deck cannons and painted them

I made this simple jig to aid building

and painted

and used a simple rig as it will not be seen.

I added some rather crude built scratch detail to this deck but ended up taking it out because again it can not be seen when all decks are fitted

The thicker lined gun ports

moving along

Cannons fitted

Painted up the resin entrance port .

another dry fit of decks.