HMS Winchelsea 1764 by Frank Wouts 1/48

[FrankWouts]

Hi all,

Planking on, only twelve rows deck planking to go…still 5 days holiday left, so little more than two rows a day would finish the deck these holidays.

I see now my little plank with bricks, the stove platform has curled a little, probably due to the moist black paint I put on. I have to see if my stove will be straight up later on…Otherwise I’ll replace it with fun to make dark redbrown clay bricks and a new black frame.

Frank.

Edited July 23 by FrankWouts

[scrubbyj427]

Planking looks great Frank! Almost there.

[Rustyj]

Looking great Frank!

[FrankWouts]

Little setback, two planks weren’t satisfactory and had to be removed and replaced….

Almost made it planking the deck this holidays…

Frank.

 

[FrankWouts]

And replanked and first light sanding again…

Let’s see if I can finish this before this Sunday evening, or else end of next week!

Frank.

[Ronald-V]

That looks so good!

[Chuck]

Looking fantastic.  

[FrankWouts]

And finally the deck planking has finished this weekend.

Now first some heavier and lighter sanding and some WOP on the deck…

And then up to chapter 5!!!

Frank.

Edited August 10 by FrankWouts

[FrankWouts]

*************** Chapter 5 ***************

First step is glueing the rudder together…

Little parts are only test fitted, not glued on yet ofcourse.

Frank.

Edited August 10 by FrankWouts

[Chuck]

Looking very good!!!

[scrubbyj427]

Excellent work Frank!

[FrankWouts]

Thanks Chuck, JJ and the likes!!!

Frank.

[Edwardkenway]

A pristine looking deck Frank! Very neat, great work.

[FrankWouts]

Thanks Edward!

Frank.

[FrankWouts]

Finally some quality time for the rudder.

I started little too conservative with the rudder hole…

Tomorrow the hinges to the ship.

Frank.

[scrubbyj427]

Lovely work Frank! 

[Greg M]

Looking really good Frank.

[glbarlow]

Your usual meticulous work, well done!

[Ronald-V]

Really inspiring stuff! 👌

[Capt. Kelso]

Impressive work!

[FrankWouts]

Thank you all for the kind words, these are really appreciated and inspiring!

 

I’ve been busy making my stand fit to the hull and put some WOP on it. The lowest edge had some ugly spots so I decided to paint it very dark brown, almost black to cover that up. With a last layer of WOP this will look very natural I hope.

Also I finally put the glass behind the windows on the sides of the quarter galleries.

The rudder section is not yet finished  as you can see ofcourse.

 

Frank.

Edited 47 minutes ago by FrankWouts

[Tigersteve]

All is looking really good. I like the black on the base. Gives a nice accent without distracting from the model. 
Steve

[FrankWouts]

5 hours ago, Tigersteve said:

All is looking really good. I like the black on the base. Gives a nice accent without distracting from the model. 
Steve

Thanks Steve, yes that’s exactly my intention!

Frank.