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The second deck has few wall. Here they are:

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I have not yet decided Karl.
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Building the quarter galleys, again... I’ve had to do a few rebuilds but I am getting there. On the wide blank spaces on the trim as well as the walnut panels below the windows will have decorative pieces that I will carve out of plastic once the wood trim is completed. The upper QG will also have a wrap around rail that will connect to the arched taffrail. 
 
 

Hello, here are some pictures of the progress of the ship.
Isalbert

Thanks to everyone for the kind comments.
 
Update:
Belfry and parabet of the upper deck mounted.
 
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Thanks to everyone for the kind comments
 
Small update
2nd gun deck completed
Upper deck, beams and knees fitted.
 
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Gentlemen, thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement.  I can not overstate how much I appreciate all of you who have stuck with me, from the early stages of the project, up until now, when it is finally rounding into form.  I am, of course, equally happy to see new faces here.  A hearty welcome to you all!
 
If I had truly understood just how much effort would be involved in getting this far, then I may not have ever started.  Going on this journey has really increased my appreciation for all of the modelers who make every last thing from scratch; to do so, and maintain a consistently high standard - as so many of you do - is a true test of commitment and perseverance.
 
I have learned every bit as much from your logs, as you have from mine.  Thank you!
 

Hello, and many thanks for your likes
today is a great day, the chain pumps are ready. Even the man from the admiralty came to watch it. Ok, there is no water in the ship, so we could't test it working.
 

 

 

 

 
 

The first transitional moulding I needed to master runs just beneath the false windows of the quarter gallery.

I was unsure, at first, whether I would be able to successfully recreate the turreted appearance of the moulding, above each pilaster.
 
The difficulty has to do with the fact that moulding scrapers do not get into inside corners very well.  Ultimately, I found that I could clean to those inside corners with my 1/8” straight chisel and my #11 EXACTO.
 
The moulding is actually made up from two layers, laminated together.  The thin, under-layer  has a tiny cove cut into it’s edge, and it is stepped-in, slightly, from the upper layer.  The piece, below, marked “template” is a card pattern I made for the under-layer:

 
The trick to all of this was to try and cope this side moulding into the overhanging ends of the stern shelf-moulding that the Four Seasons will sit upon.  It took a good deal of patient fitting, but eventually I got there:




Once I had fit the upper layer, I could cope-in the lower layer and then laminate the two:

A few pics to give a sense of this section:




After I make and fit all of this for the port side, I will make up the transitional moulding for the underside of the seats of ease.  The connection with its counterpart, at the stern, is a little funky, but the answers will become clearer as I work my way through it.
 
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It has been a long time since my last posting. I started work on the gundeck spirketting and quickwork. Here are a few images in progress. Apologies for the dust I see in the photos; time for a little housecleaning!
 
I said earlier that in order to keep a clean line between the stained spirketting and the natural wood waterway, I would not be able to make individual strakes of this inner planking, level them down, and then stain in place. I did what Rob Napier discovered in his refurbishment of the 18th century model of the Princess Royal; he named this typical 18th century model builder technique SWOPEM- "Situation Where One Piece Equals many". I scored the hooked scarp joints onto a single strake for the spirketting. The butt joints between the pieces will be covered by the standards.
 
Laying out the sprirketting and joints:
 

 
The SWOPEM scored joints in the spirketting and quickwork:

 
The aft most piece of spirketting took such a severe twist and bend that I decided to carve it rather than steam it. My steaming always required clamping into final position, and there was no good way to clamp this:

 
and now to see the guns against the red:

 

 
 

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The ratlines of the formast shrouds have been completed in the meantime, as can be seen on the following pictures.

 

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Good morning and thank you all, Yves I prepare some photos then I put them.
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@Dowmer
Hello,
thank you very much for your positive comment.
Also for the many LIKES I would like to thank you all very much.
 
Four years have passed again !

@Jorge Dias O
Fhank you very much for your positive remark.
The opening for the rope ladder is already visible.

Good morning and thank you all, 
Schrader, you have to try, you don't have to be afraid.
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the bridge between the front and aft of the deck

Hello,
and many thanks for your comments and likes.
Today was a great day, because we laid all beams of the upper gun deck. The shipwright was very pleased, and spend a brandy! 😊
 

 

 
From the ropewalk came the anchor cable. For this I used dark brown yarn, but made also an experiment and tarring a cable. That looks very interesting. That tar diluted with benzine is now dry, that one diluted with turpentine is still sticky. But they are both black now, as at the contemporary models.
 

 

 
 

Given the modelling aspect of this site, there might be some interest in Martin Saville's "Hornblower's Ships their history & their models" published 2000 by Conway.  It mainly covers the making of fairly large scale models for the TV series in Russia and a bit on the full size ships alsoo used for filming.  There are a number of drawings from a variety of sources of the basis for the models.