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And dont forget that most mast are sllightly thicker above deck than at decklevel.
Also, the taper isn't straight, but 'circular'
 
Jan

Hi Piet,
 
Looking great.
Don't forget the ratchets on the capstan!
 
Jan

Hi Piet,
 
Looking great.
Don't forget the ratchets on the capstan!
 
Jan

Thanks again to all who clicked the lik botton, much appreciated.  Thank you Mobbsie and Ian for your kind comments.
 
Yeah, they were quite limited with pigments, the more reason I am in awe at the artists of those days who produced such beautiful work with a rather limited palate.   
I think that I have mixed a decent match for the green.  It took two kinds of green with some red to grey it out.  I may still have to add some more red but at this point - - - hmmmm - just thinking, I am so close.
 
The color for the railing cap is also coming closer to the maple, when you stand 50 feet away it matches quite well 
 
I agree Ian, on the vermilion.  Too light and too bright.  So okay, my roasted pepper red may not be authentic but then my model is just my own design and not a model of an existing ship.  It's also a hybrid, a heavily armed merchant.  Originally I planned on many more cannons but - - - well you know, I thought better of it.  I love the looks of the British steam engines, so much different from the US ones. 
 
Yesterday and today I completed the anchor capstan, although they are still in the rough state.  Hopefully tomorrow I can finish that up.  This ship being a hybrid I made the poop and quarter decks a bit larger then shown on like the Prins Willem but again, the thought was to have a few 12w pounders there.  
 
I plan to not placing the push poles in the capstan because i am putting about three sails up with the rest reefed to the yardarms.  It would look odd otherwise, ships under sail don't have the poles in the capstan.
 
I plan to build a stowing rack on in the starboard bulwark.  I also need to make the galley chimney and that one will be placed against the port-side bulwark.  
 
I also need to do some more research to see if I need to add more eye bolts in the quarter deck and perhaps two small knight heads.  It'll be a heck of a job adding stuff later when the standing rigging is up.
 
Well, here are a few pics of the capstan work.
 

In the meantime i have shortened the push poles a little and are now also staines dark.  You can also see the small railing cap painted. 
 

 

When you squint you can see the extension post of the capstan going down to the orlop deck capstan.  I'm happy with the solution and it adds some more busy stuff on the quarter seck, like it needs it 
 
Cheers,

Hello,
 
Another small progress update.
 
Alexandru

She's looking gorgeous! I like her profile in the last pic.
You're not going to complete this one, then?
 
Jan

You should donate her to MSW to auction off. You get a million dollar tax deduction, MSW gets a boatload of money selling her and the buyer gets to spend the rest of his/her life rigging her. A win-win-win situation all around!

She's looking gorgeous! I like her profile in the last pic.
You're not going to complete this one, then?
 
Jan

She's looking gorgeous! I like her profile in the last pic.
You're not going to complete this one, then?
 
Jan

She's looking gorgeous! I like her profile in the last pic.
You're not going to complete this one, then?
 
Jan

Nice job Ed.  I thought my windlass was decent but after seeing yours I do not want to look at it to closely.
David B

She's looking gorgeous! I like her profile in the last pic.
You're not going to complete this one, then?
 
Jan

Whatever we think, it's Gwen he has to obey
I think the 'toned down' version of green you have now will look much better.
What type of red does Gwen want?l
 
Jan

he'd better be !
 
Jan

Whatever we think, it's Gwen he has to obey
I think the 'toned down' version of green you have now will look much better.
What type of red does Gwen want?l
 
Jan

he'd better be !
 
Jan

Whatever we think, it's Gwen he has to obey
I think the 'toned down' version of green you have now will look much better.
What type of red does Gwen want?l
 
Jan

Whatever we think, it's Gwen he has to obey
I think the 'toned down' version of green you have now will look much better.
What type of red does Gwen want?l
 
Jan

I have read very mixed reports on those pins.
I used very simple push-pins for the job (the ones with a plastic head). Did quite well....
 
Jan

Whatever we think, it's Gwen he has to obey
I think the 'toned down' version of green you have now will look much better.
What type of red does Gwen want?l
 
Jan

he'd better be !
 
Jan

In stead of making theframes higer, you could also consider making the recesses inwhich thegratings rest slightly deeper. I think that willlookbetter.
 
Jan

Interesting restart!
(I have a couple of unfinished ones as well, but I don't think they can be brought back into life.....)
 
Jan

Good morning Denis,
 
I saw that you took quite an extensive look into the build when catching up, and thanks for all the likes. After putting on the Stern decoration I`ll make a break though, so that my HMS Pegasus may be completed first. Stern name and depth-markings are on, but the golden colored decorations and the home-port`s name (Bremen) are still to be fitted, here some impressions of the "dry-dock" views....  I`m so pleased with the experience with the borderline (Black / red) painting, after Dirk`s suggestion, and in combination with masking, that I can only recommend this further on to fellow modelers 
 
Nils
 

 
depth markings
 
 

 
 

 
relation, figurine in scale 1:144
 
 

 
aft name in 3mm high etched brass letters
 
 

Hello Kees,
 
Can you give some details on that tool you have attached to your table.
It looks like a very usefull one for making windows.
Did you buy t, or is it completely selfmaed?
 
Jan