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Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Hello !
I made decor for model of French corvette L'Aurore to order. This is made on a CNC milling machine from pears. Decor needs a little polishing finish

Head figure of HMS Bellona (1760).3D work

Hello everybody! I finished 3D model rigging of the brig Mercury.
 
Only rigging and sails

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Head figure of HMS Bellona (1760).3D work

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Head figure of HMS Bellona (1760).3D work

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

We want to make this CD as accurate and fun as possible but also affordable to everyone. Some of the higher end animations may not run on everyone's computers. We'll have to see how large the files are when finished. But chew on these for now. Denis is a genius!

just a small reminder we're still alive and kicking. rigging phase draws ever nearer...:-))
 

The deck after second layer of oil looks fantastic 😲 it is super smooth and the colour is beautyful

I have put some other elements on. Now I can continue with woodwork. 

Hi,
 
I thought I will do more detailed review of the kit and add some history which is also included in the manual.
 
Historical background
On 1st July 1806 г. in Novo-Arkhangelsk in Alaska (now Sitka, USA) a firstborn ship of the Russian-American company’s
trading fleet was triumphantly launched. It was an 8-cannon tender.
The Russian ambassador Nicolay Ryazanov named the ship “Avos”.
On 27th of July 1806 tender “Avos”, commanded by 22-years old warrant officer Gavrila Davidov and crewed by 12 local
craftsmen, departed on a secret expedition to establish the interests of the Russian Empire in the waters around of the
Southern Kuril Islands and the Sakhalin. The expedition also included the ship “Juno” and it was generally guided by lieutenant
Nicolay Khvostov
During the sailing along the Aleutian ridge to the port of St. Peter and Paul the crew survived many storms, forced stop at
the Fox islands for repairs and also saved a mysterious “native” from the Attu island.
To secure the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin, to bring the local natives (aines) into the Russian allegiance and to force Japan to
enclose trading relations with Russia, in 1807 ships “Avos” and “Juno” conducted many military raids along the Kuril Islands
coast, raiding the illegally appeared Japan settlements, which banished previously settled Russian settlers aines.
During the expedition tender “Avos” using its 4-oared yawl conducted many boarding of the Japanese ships and several
landing operations, each time forcing large numbers of Japanese to run and burning and sinking the ships as scare tactics.
During 1808 shipping season tender “Avos” under command of lieutenant Sukin was shipping goods to America.
On 11th of October 1808, while sailing from Kadiak to Novo-Arkhangelsk, during the storm, tender “Avos” was wrecked
near the coast of Chichagov island near the Alexander archipelago.
Tender “Avos” had a short, but a legendary fate in history of Russia, America and even Japan, which had mixed
assessments of the historians, but widely known because of world popular first Russian rock-opera by A.Rybnikov and
A.Voznesensky “Juno and Avos”. It told us about the adventures of the Russian sailors and the selfless love on the coast of
California of Russian ambassador Nicolay Ryazanov and young María Concepción Argüello (Conchita).
 
Content of the box
Plans - there are 3 sheets of plans, 2 tables with rigging details, one text manual and one photo manual. All looks very detailed and understandable. I have the version with only plans in Russian but together with order they send all translated to english via e-mail so I should be good there

False keel and bulwarks - whole inner structure is made from plywood and the first layer of planking as well. On each bulwark there is shown how much bevel is needed so lot of sending can be done before assembly and finish just last touch on the model.

Outer planking - second layer of planking is made from pear wood. It is laser cut to the shape and there are also imitations of treenails. Same is for inboard planking. For the wales, rails and transom the black veneer is used (so no colors are needed)
Other deck details, mast and spars - all made from pear wood, super detailed. Love it!

Other fittings - there are super nice blocks and deadeyes, belaying pins from brass, 8 2cm guns, anchors, 2 plates of photo edged details

Sails and rigging - there are several width and colors of the rigging line. I'm not sure if I will use this or make my own. Will see. This version of the kit includes already sawn sails and these are looking good.

Boat - the kit also includes 4-oar yawl. It has only 6.8cm and there are so many details! This will be crazy to build I guess! All made from pear as well. and that is all you get for your money
Can't wait to get started!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Fragment of decor of yacht Royal Caroline from wood. CNC made

Dear friends,
thank you very much for your praise and kind words, I do appreciate your support a lot. I am pleased, you enjoy the pics and like my work.
 
Oh you mean this...  Well I usually leave my signature on the frame/main rib. But on my older scratch-build model Sovereign of the Seas stayed my tears, cause I had some accidents and was sad also because of the problems and disappointment that life brought to me then....
 
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I have decided to improve decoration on the bow section and make larger/wider sculptures to achieve more realistic appearance. Lower pieces of decoration are completely new and they overlap the upper cheeks as you can see on many museum models from that period. I believe, this decision was good.
Enjoy the pics and have a good time.
 
 
Previous bow design:

 
And here's the current design:
 

 

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Head figure of HMS Bellona (1760).3D work

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Bellona's head figure is now in wood. Scale 1:48, height 90 mm. Pink pear, coating with linseed oil, wax polish on top.

Rhino and Sculptris for decor

Yes I will post more little by little. On the model of many problems and much work
Bava , especially for you 

HMS Lizard was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1697. 3D reconstruction based on the photo of original model from Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
 
The work is not finished (in progress)

Reconstruction of decor and production of elements from wood.