HMS Tiger 1747 by Siggi52 - 1:48 - 60 gun ship from NMM plans
Hello all,
after building the Dragon, I'm starting now the blog about building the Tiger from 1747.
The Tiger was a 60 gunner after the 1745 establisment. Last year I ordered the plans for the 60 gunners of the 1745 establishment, but learned later that all the 6 ships, build after that plan, where all a little different. So I decided to build the Tiger and that, because it was the only plan that shows also the artwork of the ship. Interessting is also, that they moved th
Hello,
I'm not very busy these days, but I painted the hull with clear satin finish lacquer. The yellow is now a little deeper and brighter. The lacquer is't totally dry at the moment, and a little thicker as when fully dry, but you can see that I did't lost any detail. But now you see every fault in the planking, you have not seen before I painted the hull 🤔, but that is ok.
And I'm doing my homework for painting the friezes. These friezes are 8 mm high, it is eve
