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I know what you mean, Danny. Remember that wicked sternpost and aft rabbet transition? David's illustrations were awesome but how helpful would these photos have been!
 

Sorry, I did not receive a notification in time.
I postponed this project, I was busy, but now I want to return to it
There are no original drawings. I used the drawings of HMS PEREGRINE GALLEY. The rest of the information from original model

Nice work Igor, and the rendering is wonderful.

Congrats on your model choice! It is a beautiful ship indeed!!!
Thomas

Hello dear friends,
I did not continue on the model during the summer, but now the conditions are better and more free time, so I am here again with new pics.
Thank you very much for your compliments and kind words, this is really honour for me and your advices and ideas are much appreciated. 
 
There were added some details/moldings on the hull and I also decided to change colour on wales to achieve more realistic result - I proceeded according to the original painting. The black stripe is now situated about 1cm lower.
 
 
 
Best regards

Breats hooks and riders in place.

Spent the last few weekends procrastinating, working on a workbench improvements. 
It all started with a problem of fixing wooden boards to the table. Clamps are not really good enough, especially if you start planing. But any sort of bench vice is too ugly for the living room, and there is a door to the kid room right next to the table - so it is not convenient to have a large handle.
And then I discovered Veritas inset vice. Yes, that was perfect for the purpose! Nice, elegant, small handle.
 
To install it, a large mortise needs to be made in the table top. Started with drilling away most of the material.

 

 
The rest was removed with a router bit and dremel. Routing freehand is super scary! But works:

 
Then a small "frame" was made with a miniature router plane and a block plane:

 
I severely underestimated the efforts required to make a mortise with the tools I have. It took too many hours and too much dust
 
Since my table top is not thick enough (not enough wood left under the mortise) I reinforced it with thick plywood located under the vice, fixed to the table top with glue and lots of thick dowels:

 
Done! It is flush with the surface (I even made it 1mm below the surface), and the handle is unlikely to be a problem even on a way to the kid room:

 
When used, bench dog (hand made) is inserted into a hole, and a small jaw is inserted into the vice:

 
Uses are many. Starting from fixing the model in a jig (very little pressure is required, so I do not think the jig or hull will deform):

 

 
Ending with planing the wood. This beautiful walnut board with epoxy-filled cracks was waiting for the vice to be planed. Finally done!

The case is dry assembled, and after some fine tunings and adjustments everything fits perfectly!
It has a bit more flex than I thought, 3mm plexiglas is not so strong. Who knew! I used some test pieces to pick up the glass thickness, but when you have a larger plane - it flexes differently. The photo is a bit distorted, it actually have just 1mm of sag in the front and no sag in the back  (there is a 20mm square pear stock there).
To prevent sagging, will add a reinforcement to the top part of it, which will lock the front glass frame with the front frame of the case.
 
Now I can finally sand, finish and assemble it. Will use silicone to mount the glass and epoxy for the joints. When the top part is done, will rebuild the base out of thinner plywood - the base is probably 5x heavier than the case itself  
 
Also not sure how to plank the "floor" of the case (flat surface where the model will be). Planking it with pear would be boring, but I am on the edge between a lighter colour (that willow I cut down might come in handy) or a darker one (walnut).
Aaargh, hate do to the colour choices!
 

Soon I will start the jewelry part of the eagle making the files are ready. First, milling, then casting from brass.

thank you and for those who love dark shots:

Hello,
many thanks for the stimulating comments,
and also for the LIKES.
 
The last details on the masts are made.
These are hoops around the lower masts with holders for pins,
so-called spider bands.
The holder was made of brass investment casting.

The left fragment of a hoop is a failed attempt.
The right hoop looks much better, right?

Hello,
meanwhile, I've made some small progress:
I turned the supporting bodies for the mastcoats on my Unimat.
The tarred canvas I imitate by fine silk that I dyed black with poster paint.

Hello Michael and Thomas,
many thanks for your friendly comments.
Enclosed two photos of the model ship with the provisional installed masts.

Hello Patrick,

Thank you for your interest and your kind comment.
I do not have any accessories for my Unimat. I can show you my Unimat anyway, at which I just turn a lower mast coat.
In the background, my mini circular saw can be seen.
Also, I still have a FET of Proxxon.

@albert
@ Mirabell61
Thank you, also you both.
 
 

@JOUFF
Hello Patrick,
many thanks for your nice note.
@All
Thanks for thumbs up!
 
Today, I report on the final work on the masts.
The last rings were installed at foremast.

The next three pictures show the finished masts. Beside this are the top masts.


 
 

Hello,

thanks again.
The lower masthead of the foremast is finished.

Hi, work is now moving inside the hull

Good morning, another pictures:

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Hi, and tank you, Alberto
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Igor! Thank you very much for the Grandfather of the Russian Fleet!!! P.S. Wrote to the PM.