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14 hours ago, realworkingsailor said:

Thanks again, everyone!

Small update. Just got back from the fracture clinic. Surgery is in my near future, pins and plates, maybe tomorrow. I actually feel this is a good thing, my recovery should be quicker and overall less painful, and in long term better for me.
 

I’ll be back at the workbench soon! 🤞

Andy

Sorry to hear of the crash, but glad you're getting fixed quickly!

Will they use metal pins and plates or wood and fabric 🤔😊😇

I'm in, hammock slung and settling in for the long haul.

Nice start, will you sand it lightly when built, as that will hide minor imperfections in the stones.

Thanks Glenn,  with the coamings all I've done is remove the char. 

I'm going to start planking the bulwarks next, once I've got some more strips cut.

I appreciate all the likes, comments and visits. 

Cheers

I decided to have a crack at making a couple of the gratings up

these two are the result. I've sanded them as thin as I dare.

As most of you are doing or done, I'm going to paint the coamings black.

Thanks for all the likes, comments and calling by.

Cheers 

The hatch framing has been tweaked and glued, so the false deck pieces were fitted and glued.

It was then I realised there was hump on the join between the bow sections and the midship ones😬😑

Very very carefully I detached the four pieces and set about the bulkheads with a sanding block. I'm putting this down to my initial cutting of the offending bulkhead. 

Anyway the false deck is once again glued and happily flat.

I've made all the coamings and also put together a couple of the gratings. 

Those are another item I'm glad I decided to get from Chuck. 

The fittings all seem to line up on the centre line nicely.

I'll need to cut some planking strips in various widths to do the bulwarks. 

Thanks for all your comments and likes, or just popping in. All interest is always and greatly appreciated. 

Cheers 

I really do like the care and attention you are putting into Winnie! Stunning work, as I've come to expect from you Glenn 😉

I'm in agreement with Scrubby, about upping my game in the tools department 😊

With the Winchelsea parts arrived, this is taking a back seat for a while.

It gives me chance to purchase the Mig RAF colours and try and find some Pledge over here.

I wondered if this would be suitable 

or does it need to be a polish type stuff?

Thanks for any help and recommendations.

Cheers 

Superb finish Alan, as the others said the figures complement the scene perfectly.

I love the 1914/18 style photographs. 

Late to the party, but I'm in, I just love these builds you do!

Doing a bit of catching up, you're doing wonders with the dio, the figures look great to me.

I did a whole box of the Airfix 1:72 Waterloo highlanders 30 odd years ago,  I recall I just did a flesh colour on the face,no extra detail, but then they were placed in square when based up, so difficult to see much detail anyway. 

Can't wait to see the troops on the base!!

The glazing looks good,  very 1700s, handmade type glass.

Operation char removal has also began! with the hatch beams. Carlings cut.

Everything is just dry fitted

and the false deck pinned in position. 

the centreline seems to be fine, some tweaking of the aft hatch, I think 🤔 

Once again thanks for all your interest, likes  and comments.

Cheers

Thank you gentlemen. 

Chapter 4 has started, the two sub platforms have been planked, and the framing dry fitted. Once I've sanded the sub decks and give a couple of coats of WOP I shall begin fitting the pieces for the gratings*.

Thanks for the likes, comments and looking in.

Cheers 

Edit: *Doh! Imean open hatches 

If you do take the plunge and make your own moulding scraper, you can have whatever profile you want. It is your model after all. I personally made basically the same profile for all the mouldings, just in different sizes depending on which piece I was making.

I used some scrap pieces of boxwood to practice on, before doing the actual strips for Winnie. 

I'm sure the size difference you mentioned would not be adversely detrimental to the build, as long as the strips are positioned correctly. 

Your Winnie is looking good btw.

On 7/9/2022 at 3:04 PM, glbarlow said:

You’d be a braver man than me to attempt scratch building, it will be challenging enough using the laser cut parts.  The stern looks great, we’ll done!

It seems I'm not as brave as I thought🤭😂. I chickened out and bought chapters 4&5 😁

I couldn't help myself, I had to see if the false deck fitted,  apart from a bit of chiselling the corners of the bow bulkheads, it looks like it is fine.

There may be a bit of fine tuning. 

Thanks for looking in, the likes and encouraging comments. 

Cheers 

Excellent save and redo!! 

It's good you were able to salvage the brass bands. 

A drop of isopropyl should break the CA bond, then perhaps you could gently tease the stock off in one piece, without taking them apart.

Looking good Jack, with some new toys, ahem! tools.

I had to have a second glance at the anchors and I think Andrew is right.

It's good to have you back at the bench 😉

Happy New Year OC, to you and your family. 

Nicely done Andrew!!

A superb model Rob!

I am in awe of your weathering skills, the Corsair looks absolutely stunning. 

I'm sure there would have been dismounted cavalry troopers using muskets, as there would have been plenty of discarded weapons on the field belonging to the multitude of dead and wounded. In short it is not an unreasonable assumption to have your cuirassier picking up and using a musket. 

Hope you had a good Christmas and here's to a happy New Year 

Merry Christmas OC and here's to a happy New Year for  you and the Admiral 🍾

I don't think you can go wrong with frigates, as with the fleets at the time always more needed.

Concerning  Bolitho/Alexander Kent books, the two ships I'd go for would be HMS Sparrow, a ship rigged sloop of war and HMS Pharalope, a 32gun frigate, I think. 

Tim, welcome to MSW