RRS Discovery 1901 by gak1965 - 1:72 - First Scratch Build

[gak1965]

Thanks Gary!

 

That's my assumption as well,  but I still find it amusing in landlocked Wyoming. But, heck, Idaho (!) has one of the larger seaports in the form of Lewiston, more than 450 miles from the ocean on the eastern side of the Cascades, so I shouldn't be so amused I guess.

 

Regards,

George 

[gak1965]

Well, some paint going on the hull.

 

So - the first decision was what color to paint below the load water line. In the end, I decided to use the Tamiya "hull red", which I realize is an IJN color, but it represents a reddish brown lead paint color. And because it is darker, it seems more consistent with the relatively small difference in shading we see on those black and white photos, for example, this one:

 

 

Here is the model with just the hull red to the load waterline. You will note that I have painted the bulwarks white - not because they are going to end up that color, but because that way I sealed any gaps so when the black paint goes on it will not leak through to the inner bulwarks which are white. Second, you will see that I have painted a 1/8" white stripe just below the bulwarks. As you see in the above photo, there is a white stripe, but that stripe is below a wale on the hull. That wale is going to be made with black painted 1/16 inch square stock that will be attached at the top of the hull stripe, leaving a 1/16 inch (4.5 inches at scale) white stripe as shown above.

 

 

And here she is with the black paint.

 

 

You can see that the stripe at the stern is wider. I need to soak and pre-bend a 1/16 strip to go around the stern, and then I will paint the remainder of the bulwark in that area once I can no longer drip onto the lower part of the stripe. Bottom line is that it needs some touchup, but the stripe is in place and I think that the colors are at least a reasonable, defensible choice even if it turns out I am wrong.

 

Thanks for looking in and the likes!

 

Regards,

George

 

[gak1965]

Okay, another brief update. The outer hull is painted. It needs a bit of touch up, but otherwise is in pretty good shape.

 

 

I've subsequently started the deck. Annoyingly, the main deck needs to be 24.5 inches long, and I can primarily find 24 inch long lumber. So, the question is whether to do a proper, stepped set of planks or to find some alternative. Ultimately I remembered that the last couple of inches of the main deck are covered by a monkey poop and won't really be visible (as seen here):

 

 

So, bottom line is that I'm just going to join them all at the stern. It's not as neat as staggered joints, but it will be hidden, so, no matter. The forecastle is closed on the Discovery, so the deck only needs to extend a bit forward of the third bulkhead.

 

 

As always, thanks for looking in and the likes!

 

Regards,

George

 

 

[Jared]

It's looking really nice George.  You are making a lot of  progress. 

[gak1965]

19 hours ago, Jared said:

It's looking really nice George.  You are making a lot of  progress. 

 

Thanks Jared. It's coming along slowly, but is starting to look like a ship.

 

Regards,

George

[Rick310]

Really very nice George!!

Rick