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GrandpaPhil

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  1. Thank you Mark and Richard!

     

    Thank you everyone for all the likes!

     

    The railings for the ladders from the poop deck to the quarterdeck are installed and mostly done.

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    I ordered desert camouflage netting off EBay for the netting on the hammock cranes and the railings because it looks like the right color and mesh size for my scale netting.  The Tulle that I had previously purchased was out of scale and black, which is the wrong color.

     

    In other news, I carved both poop deck staghorns.

  2. Why give up?  Your Speedy looks good and you’ve already done the hard part.

     

    If you don’t like the copper, remove it.  An alternate paint scheme is to paint the bottom a dingy white color (the old leaded paint that was used in the 17th and 18th centuries).  


    Conversely, metallic copper paint also looks good on the bottom of a wood vessel, I’ve used it for a couple of models.

     

    I used copper tape for my Victory and my Prince de Neufchatel.  It worked beautifully.  Please feel free to check out my build logs on how I did it.  The build log for the Prince de Neufchatel is probably more helpful, because I had figured it out by then.

  3. Thank you very much!

     

    The railing on the poop deck is made.

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    The mizzen mast coat is done and installed.

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    The remaining stanchions for the ladders are awaiting paint.  They broke during carving and had to be glued back together.

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     The pattern for the mizzen mast bitts are glued to the wood.

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    The horns for the staghorns and the patterns for the giant cleats on the poop deck are glued down.

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    I discovered from pictures taken by a member of this forum, and posted on YT’s build, that the flag lockers are removable cabinets that are not permanently installed.  I will make them after I make the knees on the transom (which are on my to do list).

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