Daan

I did a lot of things the last couple of weeks. For the first time ever I did some scratchbuilding. Also, a lot of painting has been done. To start with the scratchbuilds: The riding bitts Oven and cable hatch Next, as you can see in the last photo, I did try to do some light ropework on the guncariages: And now for the paintwork. I kept it safe for the hull: For the topdeck, the first partially visible one, I followed greenskins' explanation. I loved thre visual effect of his work, so, I made a step by step. After a leather brown layer of primer I heavy drybrushed with beige brown Next, still quite heavily, drybrushed with Iraqi Next was black, thinned to a Ink, to fill the crevises. I found it very scary at first because black looks so definitive Used my fingers to spread it and then used papertowel to remove the excess Then a new drybrush with vallejo Iraqi Thanks for the explanation @greenskin! Slowly arriving at the point of rigging. Still feel a bit overwhelmed by all that work

Hello fellow builders and lurkers, Though not quite new in modelbuilding, this is my first ever 18th century sailing ship. I am using Boudriot's 74 gunship as reference but I mainly try to get a feeling for the technics used for the scale and what I can and can't do. The build will be slow because I will try to not burn myself out on it. First of all, I used to colours that Heller suggested, but I am open to suggestions! The carriages are in the red that Heller sugests I cleaned the gunbarrels after I painted them, Maybe next time I'll do it before. I decided to divert from Heller's sugestion and painted the guns black and add a bit of gunmetal with drybrushing, still not sure if it looks okay Guns, Guns, Guns And Carriages The guns completed, only the small caliber has no drybrush In Boudriot's work I found the way the cannons are rigged. I think that on this scale the small blocks, tacks and cables are maybe not realy necessary but I did try to do some fitting for the heavy ropes. Not sure if this is the way to go. Again I am open to suggestion Cannon with rigging Next, I tried my hand on etching some planks in the lower deck. I am thinking of adding some interior instead of only the heavy guns. It is absolutly not my best work, but it was my first try on a place that is not clearly visible in my final work. I also braided the cables for the anchors, just to do something different. Etched deck and dryfit So, this is all I did last month, just to give you an idea about how slowly I am going . Tips and sugestions are more than welcome! Kind regards