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Mr. Base white surfacer, a lacquer base primer. Obviusly, in a later stage the hull will be covered with copper plates. -
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Two steps back, two steps forward. Nearly same place. In the previous months I reviewed the construction contract for HMS Nassau of the Ardent class, sister ship of HMS Indefatigable. Due to some discrepancies between what I had built and the contract, particularly the dimensions of the black strake, I had to remove and replanked all the staff between the gun ports and the black strake. This time, I carved the port stops directly into the wood around the gun ports, as was historically made, instead of adding wooden planks inside the gun ports as I had previously done. I then added the spirketing and upper ledge staff. I painted the insides of the gun ports and the inside sides of the gun deck using Atom acrylic paints, and I must say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality and performance of these paints. In the near future, I will focus on building the interiors and installing the gun deck planks. Merry Christmas everyone! Alessandro
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Hello everyone, first of all i want to thank you for your kind words, now a small update: these days i added wash cants and gun ports interior for 24 pdr guns. Next days I will trace deck beams and start planking the deck area. Cheers!
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Hello everyone, My name is Alessandro and I am writing from the port city of Livorno, Italy. I have been building ship model kits for almost 40 years, mainly plastic and resin in 1/350 scale (some recently completed models are published in the gallery), but the HMS Indefatigable is my first serious work with a wooden ship model. Although aware of the intrinsic complexity of the model in question, the passion for two-decker ship of the lines and frigates pushed me to attempt the construction of a subject that in my opinion combines characteristics of both categories of vessels. I started building this model in February 2024, to date I have finished laying the external planking and will soon move on to building the interiors. I have made some changes to the original model as illustrated in the images that will follow. I hope my work will be of interest to you. Greetings! Alessandro
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