Baker

Beautifully made.
And the new lower fore castle fits perfectly

Nicely made and very well explained.
Always a pleasure to follow.

Indeed, do a search under Cutty Sark. There is much to be found

I am also interested in this topic

The Mary rose looks to be a good source of information.
look here on page.80

https://books.google.be/books?id=A5-ACgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA80&lpg=RA1-PA80&dq=anti-boarding+netting&source=bl&ots=QPLNL7G03S&sig=ACfU3U3M84A3LtPl4L8oUqFiYkW2HW0xlQ&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwil07ax1YHhAhVGblAKHUbYCrIQ6AEwCnoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=anti-boarding netting&f=false

 searching further 🧐

And found some more

The mesh is about 10cm 

The rope is (roughly estimated) 1.5cm

Anti-Boarding Net _ These are fragments of anti-boarding net… _ Flickr.html

Made a few 1/72e scale military kits from Hobbyboss 

They were easy to build and of good quality

6 hours ago, the learner said:

Your build is fantastic! great job no matter how long it took. On the white rigging and sails try using a strong mixture of tea placed in spray bottle and spray a fine mixture on the sails and rigging while wiping dry the exposed wood. the Tannen in the tea will darken the sails and rigging enough to allow a great build to shine. I have used tea in this manner to color/darken sails with no ill effect on the material. 

1 hour ago, Richard Griffith said:

I cannot recommend the tea treatment because of the tannen.  Tannen will cause deteriation of the fibers.  Instead, use an oil based stain, perhaps diluted 20% .     Duff

Thanks,

I had actually already thought about doing this.
Perhaps with diluted paint (tamiya colors diluted with water / isopropanol) dont now yet.

But before I do anything about this
I first have to try this out on some leftovers  from the rigging.

Nice model

Great work with the stretched sprue for gap filling

Welcome to MSW

Nice model and a lovely cat 

Belgian triple (beer) and a lot of free time.

Update,

The outside of the forecastle is ready. The doors will be made later and a ladder will be provided later in the castle itself .

A tricky part

Tricky part is ready, painting

Saw at the right height (and dust prevention with tape)

Work in progress

Ready

There is a proper tool for every job.
A file is not a chisel   (I learned this in the technical school when I was 12years old...)

revenge   part removed the hard way

Thanks for following

Greetings from Belgium.

"Dutch Clog-a-War "  is dat van een klomp ??

Welcome, and greetings from Belgium.

Welcome, and greetings from Belgium

The helmsman is standing at the back of the ship. These windows are at the front.

And Vasa did not have a forecastle

12 hours ago, G.L. said:

Patrick,

 

 

You are surely on the right track!

6 hours ago, md1400cs said:

As always Patrick -- fun to follow and learn

 

Thanks for the positive comments

5 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

Oh dear. Sorry for putting you to all that extra work - that's certainly not what I intended. Still, I think you're doing the right thing and you'll end up happier with it.

 

Steven

No worries.
This is going to look much better then my first idea 

Thanks Fabio,

After searching through my documentation, I found that Steven is absolutely right. Going back to the beginning of this log I came across Matthew Baker's drawing. The sides of the fore castle must be as identical as possible all around. Wales, symbols, figures they have to go through in one line as much as possible.

So first i need to remove some pieces.

And then start to  rebuild.
2 doors are provided with "sufficient" passage height. Parts are first pre-painted as much as possible. But, here and there some area's will have to be sanded and repainted.

2 Dry fitted parts

I think i am back on the right track. Thanks for following

As always.
Beautiful and detailed.

Great work GL
.

Yes, Welcome back 

Ps,

Great model.

Greetings from Belgium

I am probably too late with this. Sorry.

If you paint the deck that is under the grating black then it will look more like there is an "space" under this grating.
So, just paint the piece of deck under the grating black. The grating itself is not be painted black.

Ps,

If you do not like this yourself. Then you should not do this.
This is just free advice.

12 hours ago, mfrazier said:

I also made the little "hickey with a window". I'm sure someone can tell me what it is actually called.

that is fore the helmsman

Nice work, great to see you back at the shipyard 

just started following
nice work Fabio