HMS Bellona 1760 by SJSoane - Scale 1:64 - English 74-gun - as designed

[albert]

Fantastic work.

[Chuck]

That looks just perfect...I am so thrilled all those window inserts worked out.   

 

Chuck

[dvm27]

That's a flawless collaberation between you and Chuck. If you were going for that contemporary ivory look you nailed it!

[Hubac's Historian]

I’m at a loss for words, Mark, but you know how I feel about the project.  Just awesome!

[SJSoane]

druxey, scrubby, Albert, Chuck and Marc, thanks so much for your kind comments. I am feeling so slow on progress these days, even though I am working at it pretty diligently. It really helps keep me going to get these great notes of appreciation from all of you!

 

I cannot sing the praises of Chuck's work enough. Working with exceptionally tight tolerances, his window frames fit like a glove. The filigree work above is going to be an even greater exercise in close tolerances, and I am still working on how to captures these in rabbets strong enough to hold against a surface curved in two directions. I'll post some drawings when I get a little close to a final idea.

 

And I continue to be amazed at the design of the Bellona in all of its detail. Those guys really knew what they were doing!

 

Mark