Building a Steam and Sail Warship….Part 2

Further assembly. Note the card hatch covers, gun carriages and funnel base fashioned from 1mm grey board. On the right you can see the cocktail stick that will become a pair of gun barrels and the two funnels - all jigged up for sealing and painting.

This will be quite a short post as assembly-wise it was a very straightforward part of the process. The hatch covers, gun carriages and the funnel base were all glued to the top deck prior to sealing, undercoating and painting. I also jigged up a cocktail stick for the two gun barrels as well as doing the same for the two funnels. The latter are fashioned from 6mm dowel rod cut into 3/4” lengths. Finally, I sealed the masts and bowsprit.

One thing I have done for the first time with this build is to give the MDF two coats of sealer. I am hoping this will stop the occasional ‘bleed’ through of the MDF into the top coat of paint - especially on light colours.

Next up will be the undercoating and then the painting itself. Before the final assembly - which in this case is fixing the masts and bowsprit - I shall add the funnels and gun barrels as it is easier to do this before the masts are glued into place.

You can probably tell that this will mean that the model will be finished in fairly short order and so Part 3 will be the grand finale!