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For the processing of the forestay pommel I built this tool:

Great!!!!!

I wanted to try that beautiful ligature seen on Hermione:

Thank you! Really very interesting!
Your book must be very useful!

I made a mistake on coloring the light cables

I have finished laying the shrouds of the low masts:

little step:

this splendid work had escaped me !!
Compliments!! I will follow with a lot of interest !!

foremast shrouds:

some details of the mast:

First bindings: bowsprit forks:

6 hours ago, druxey said:

Your lantern at that scale is quite outstanding! What are you using for glass?

For the glasses of the light I used a simple sheet of very thin transparent plastic. For the door, I used a two-component resin; the result does not satisfy me very much: I had done a test on a similar piece and it had turned out very well; in Italy it is said: not all donuts succeed with a hole!😄

I've always liked this image found on the third volume of the 74 guns; so I want to represent my Venus with this arrangement:

the stern light. It is not exactly very precise, I did not realize that during the welding the two planes have probably moved, but it is already a lot to be able to do it!

On 3/26/2021 at 10:39 PM, G.L. said:

How did you remove the wood template from inside the lantern?

I did it with a small spherical cutter

the stern light:

I have finished laying all the candlesticks:

Access ladder stanchions:

candlesticks:

I work on the snakes in the bow.
Some jobs are a blow to the heart!

49 minutes ago, Sailor1234567890 said:

That's some nice looking shipbuilding you've got there. I think there's something lost in translation though. What are the "bottles" you refer to? 

Sorry! In Italian language "the bottles" are these:

The bottles:

window construction: