HMS Winchelsea 1764 by glbarlow - 1:48
I'm joining the family, soon I'll start my own Winchelsea.
This first post is a place holder, I'm compelled to finish the Vanguard Models HM Flirt I'm already working on before embarking on this great project. So it will be a while before I actually start work.
I also have the NMM draft for Cheerful and Pegasus framed hanging on my workshop walls, Winchelsea (or actually the type ship she was) will soon join them. I love these wonderful drawings, realizing
First Band of Planking
It took two weeks, I’ve completed the first band of 6 planks on one side (and two on the other) for the main hull planking.
Chuck providing us the tick strips is such a great gift. While having lined the much smaller Cheerful using a planking fan was a good learning exercise, without the tick strips provided for Winchelsea it would have taken me forever to do. As it was it was a full days work marking, making sure I had it right, then a
