Again, none of the masts are fixed in place - they are merely there whilst the glue dries. Deck fittings next - hatches, funnels and deck mounted artillery - and then sealing and painting.
I seem to have gotten a bee in my bonnet in respect of building ships with masts - incidentally this augers well for the age of sail in due course - and so spent a couple of hours this afternoon making the masts and spars for the remaining pair of sloops. The plan now is to get the hull deck fittings tackled next - that will take all of half and hour or so - before the ‘sealing’ and painting.
I want to get these models finished in advance of the five that I have half painted for no other reason than it will mean that I will have completed the ‘masted’ section of the collection.
Wow! That will be the first part of the project done and dusted…(pauses to take a deep breath…)!
For the record I will have built ten ships - four Confederate and six Union - that have a full sailing rig and yes, I am rather pleased with how they came out!
2 comments:
Excellent.
Watching your progress might just get me to dust off my own naval projects!
Good morning El Grego,
Go on, you know you want to!
All the best,
DC
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