HMS Winchelsea 1764 by westwood - 1:48

[westwood]

Hey guys,
Thanks for your kind words and likes.
I'm slowly making progress, finishing things I've been putting off.
I cleaned up the carvings and since I couldn't get the
Old Masters Gel Stain I had to find another solution with Vallejo Wash.
I also had to paint the friezes on the binnacle...
It didn't turn out as I wanted, but I can live with it.
The belfry, belfry rail and other details and the forecastle are almost finished.
The breastrail.... is finished and I just have to install the rest of the parts and finish the quarterdeck.

 

[westwood]

continued...
I finished the fancy roof rail qgallery and I started to place the carvings

and fittings for the Qdeck…

[Robert-S]

Hi Dusan, I am from Slovakia, living now in Switzerland. Stumbled on your log through Winchelsea - she is beautiful. Glad to see somebody from Slovakia in this forum performing this hobby so beautifully. Myself I am a newbie, fighting HMS Pegasus from Amati. Made a couple of mistakes very soon, they show now and take time to cover up. Well, learning by doing... Keep up your work, very nice, I like it very much. Will be following you on your journey. Congratulations, Robert

[scrubbyj427]

Stunning work Dusan!

[glbarlow]

Wow, really great work. I can’t get over all the hand painted decorations. The overall darker wood (vs. my AYC) makes yours a standout. Well done!

[westwood]

Welcome aboard Robert, thanks for the compliments
and I wish you all a Merry Christmas

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2024 by westwood

[Freebird]

Very, very nice!

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Best Regards …. Rick

[Trussben]

Beautiful!

[Rustyj]

An absolutely beautiful model! 

[westwood]

Thank you guys,
I'm one step away from the finish line.
Swivel Guns will not be displayed, so the last step
is to make a Stern Lantern.
And also time to make the stand and find a company that will make me a glass or acrylic case.

[Chuck]

Really nice…love how the Cherry version turned out.  Just an amazing job on the model.

[westwood]

Thanks Chuck,
Yeah, I'm glad I chose the cherry version.
Although I was a little worried at first about how it would turn out in that size.
I had a cherry on the Revenge from a different source, and I didn't like the "tigering" there so much.

That's why I used a different source for the Winie and cut the strips slightly different so that the grain wasn't so visible.

 

I'm trying to build a Stern lantern.
I tried, but it didn't work as well as I imagined.
Hopefully I will finish it and then decide if it will be on the models .
I have already made a request to local companies to make me a plexiglass case
And I'm already thinking about what to do next...

[FrankWouts]

Happy New Year Dusan and all,

Beau-ti-ful and a very good end result Dusan, congratulations with your HMS Winchelsea model! Yours truly stands out beside a lot of our models!

Cheers, Frank.

[CiscoH]

that stern lantern looks pretty darn good to me