G.L.

All painted areas had three layers of white paint and were sanded in between the layers.

Starting to paint the lower deck. The inner hull is quickly painted. It takes a lot more time to do all the other pieces part after part.

I intend to paint the lower deck in white. I guess that it would be very difficult to do so when the gun deck is already in place, so beams, knees, carlings and ledges are not glued already. I remove them again and will paint them before gluing on position.

And finally all ledges are made.

Between deck beam two and three:

After making two new amidships carlings:

Dragged by my enthusiasm in carving notches, I fill also the gun deck stairwell.

I remember from the lower deck that the making of the notches for the ledges in the carlings a monotonous job, so I decide to make them in parts and fill them immediately with ledges. In-between the first two deck beams.

Next step is the making of the carlings.

The production process of the knees is the same as in my post of February 19, 2017.

On ‎22‎-‎11‎-‎2017 at 1:37 AM, Derek C said:

Looks great G.L., I am glad to see another active log in the cross section , I am currently only at the gluing the frames stage of my build so I will follow along with your masterpiece

Derek

Derek,

Glad that we'll be at least two to work at the cross section. I just visited your log, your guns are looking great. I signed me in as follower.

G.L.

So this is the state in which I continue my work on the cross section.

Here the stanchions are placed in the model almost on their positions. They are placed just behind each deck beam because I do not want to saw them to height before I place definitively the deck beams.

I see that the pictures are coming up in reverse order. My apologies for that.

In March my lathe was still a 30 years old mounting of my Bosh drill, not quite high technology. In the next series of photos you see the making of the gun deck stanchions.

It has been since March that I made any progress in the Triton cross section project because I gave priority at my Ostend shrimper project for some months. Time to take up the thread now.

The deck beams and gun deck stanchions were already made in March.

13 hours ago, aviaamator said:

G.L. !  I built a CNC machine and the machine completed the carving. I only slightly modified in-place. Of course, by hand!

I wish also that I could make CNC machines. 

It is really a pleasure to see so many talented and skilled persons on this forum.

2 hours ago, aviaamator said:

The comments about mistakes are welcome!

I see no mistakes. I wish that I could make such  nice carvings.

G.L.

Patrick,

She looks very nice!

G.L.

Jeronimo,

Sometimes I have the same problem. My pictures also don't occur always in the order that I send (and want) them. Some explanation would also please me.

I think that I can imagine the sequence of your story. I just can say that I admire your accurate way of working.

G.L.

No, I do not see them as well.

G.L.

Really impressive. I am looking forward to you next project.

G.L.

Congratulations, Mehmet. A model with character!

Patrick,

My congratulations for the nice hull you made al ready. Your build is well-considered and every step you made is based on study of a lot of documentation. It is a pity that the project is going to dead-slow for a while. I will be watching for further progress.

G.L.

Dag Kees,

Just discovered your new build. That is the type of ship that I like. I sign me in to follow this project.

Greetings,

G.L.