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The four crowns are now mounted. Now to consider the additional two ports on either side of the bulkhead and their relationship with the catheads and carved figures supporting them.
 

 
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Life got in the way of my ship modelling over the past week or so. The first crown is mounted on the bulkhead.
 

 
Three more to go.
 
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The first of four crowns to be mounted above the fleur-de-lis at each of the gun ports on the beakhead bulkhead is underway.
 

Thanks to everyone who dropped by.
 
Well, after gun surround #4 found the scrap bin as it broke in two, I spent yesterday planking the side panel for the beak on the port side in preparation for mounting after the bulkhead ornamentation is completed. I carved a new surround this morning and it thankfully survived the process in one piece.
 

 
Here it is mounted on the bulkhead and the set of four is now complete.
 

 
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Well, after a disastrous first attempt ending up in the scrap box, the third gun port surround is now completed and in place on the model.
 

 
On to the fourth and hopefully it will go smoothly.
 
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Gun surround number two is carved and in place. I set one of the blanks for carving number three against the bulkhead to show the raw blank sketched and ready for carving.
 

 
Now for number three.
 
What Nigel said is an interesting take on what the extra gun ports might have been used for. I just have to decide whether I want to include them or not.
 
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Thanks for the comments from everyone who visited the build.
 
The carving is now mounted on the bulkhead. There will be a crown added directly above it in the future. The bulkhead is starting to look filled in, slowly but surely. 
 

 
One down and three more to go. Hopefully without breaking off the very small points as Druxey has noted.
 
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This photo shows the size of the gunport surround carving in its rough format. It remains to clean up and finish the carving prior to mounting on the bulkhead.
 

 
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The remaining two cat head carvings are now in place below the gun ports and it is time to move on to the ports at either side of the bulkhead along with the catheads and supporting sculptures.
 

 
As a result of a recent discussion with some other modellers, I have chosen to believe that the additional two ports shown at port and starboard location on the bulkhead in the Van de Velde sketch were possibly observation ports as there is a lot of anchor rigging directly in front of the ports from the catheads and it would seem that gunfire from a canon in these ports would not be possible. I intend to construct the catheads and surround these two ports with decorative carvings. I have marked the centre of the observation port openings in pencil.
 
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Thanks for your comments J. I will include three contemporary reference photos which show this area.
 
First, the Van de Velde sketch which clearly shows the port in question below the cathead. You will note that the ornamentation surrounding the port is not the same as the other ports due to the space taken by the cathead mounting and the Satyr carving below it.
 

 
Next is the Payne engraving which does not show this extra port.
 

 
And finally, I have included the painting from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston showing the starboard view of this area which is in keeping with the Payne engraving.
 

 
There lies the issue. The answer is not clear. The Payne engraving shows rigging lines in place from the cathead while the other two do not include the rigging.
 
Regards,
Bill

The cathead construction is underway with the slots being cut for the sheaves to fit in. 
 

 
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This photo shows the catheads with the 0.75 mm wide sheaves in place with boxwood axles produced with a draw plate. The sheaves were turned on a Unimat lathe. it remains to separate the two catheads and devise the mounting method. Then the actual cat heads must be carved and glued in place on the ends.
 

 
Two spare sheaves are shown along with a bit of the axle material.
 
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The first of two cat heads to cap the end over the sheaves.
 

 
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The upper and lower head rails completed.
 
Vince P.

Placing the lower head rails.
 
Vince P.

Yippee!  the work week has ended!     I have been thinking about this all week end.   I got up at 5:30 this morning......I have some chores to do.   but,  before I do the drudgery,  I'm going to have some fun     taking a 1.8 x 8 mm strip,  I took some eyeball measurements,  and got to work on it.   the space I need to fill is here,  on the starboard side.
 

 
after cutting one side,  the other side was made.........the treads will be 1/2 inch.
 

 
the treads were then glued to one side of the stairs........later sanded so they will all be equal,  for when the other side is glued on.
 

 
the notch at the top will fit over the lip along the fore deck.   the rest of the ladder was assembled.......the railing wall on the left side will be this short piece.......enough to bring the ladder part more toward the center of the gap.   it was fitted in place at this time.......a little spot of CA was used to cement the wall to the side of the ladder.   any excess that sticks out past the wall,  will be cut off and sanded flush with the ladder.
 

 
the other side wall was cut and fitted at this time.   later,  after it was sanded and trimmed......the short deficit was filled in with square stock.......and that too was sanded flush and smooth.   the whole assembly was sanded,  and the cap rails were cut and glued on.    more sanding........
 

 

 
here you can see the parts that I'm  referring too.......they stick out past the walls.   this will be removed.
 

 
the excess was cut off.......and more sanding was done to flush out the stubbles.    the cap rails were rounded to take the edges off.
 

 
the rest of the railings need to be sanded a bit more to round them out as well.   fitting the assembly in place,  I can see that I will have to trim the structure railing a bit more,  but as a whole,  it all fits together quite well.   when I can do the color paint work,  then the structure and the walls can be cemented in place permanently.   still a bit more to do th the structure itself.
 

 

 

Almost there on starboard, port next...

The outer bow reinforcement plates with the hawse holes drilled. I used some brass portholes (5mm) to line the holes.
 
Vince P.

I painted the heavy metal figurehead panels that will be placed on both sides of the stem.
 
Vince P.

Add some new brass (bronze) decorations


to close and the quality is not so good (sorry), but just to make an idea



 

Here i am
larboard



 
starboard, where i have to start today

And how i continued







 

And back to work





Not so easy to align parts... but

The finishing touches to the bulkhead and mounting on the ship.
 
Vince P.

Bamboo BBQ strips

Very strong, rounded, and, the most important, same diameter as rotary tools for Dremell, so ...