Lady Nelson by Lapinas - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64

[Lapinas]

And prepared masts for painting

[Lapinas]

Masking this ship was a true challenge  hopefully everything will turn out alright!

[Lapinas]

Prepared my spray “booth” and started spraying. Revel aqual color looks really great on wood when sprayed through the airbrush. Wood texture remains very visible and no “plastic” effect. 
 

Also I love these black details on the ship!

[ccoyle]

On 12/28/2025 at 12:36 PM, Lapinas said:

Pedestal is a bit too wide for the ship keel. Will have to figure out how to mount it properly…

 

Just add a piece of shim to one or both sides of the keel.

[Lapinas]

I have prepared ship for bulwarks painting… but after testing the red that I have bought it turns out it is way too bright. I have ordered a new more suitable (hopefully) Revel aqua color 37 reddish brown. If this will not look good enough I will be mixing my own.

[Lapinas]

In the meantime I have airbrushed some small parts in black.

 

Unfortunately I have some difficulties painting MDF in black. For some reason it is very hard for me to get the finish I desire with this mdf base plate. I will try sanding it and painting again, maybe will try some wood putty too. Just very hard to get even finish with it. 

[Ronald-V]

Lovely paintjob, nice matt black!  

[Lapinas]

On 1/12/2026 at 3:03 PM, Ronald-V said:

Lovely paintjob, nice matt black!  

Still trying to decide If I want to keep it that way 😅

[Lapinas]

I have finally found a color that I like for painting bulwarks  it is revell aqua color 37.

 

Paint job still requires some finishing touches, but it turned out extremely well! Really happy with it.

[Lapinas]

Had a little bit of time, so I have finished painting canon carriages. I also did some paint touch ups with brush on the ship itself to make it perfect 

[Lapinas]

Added some gold

[Lapinas]

Add some horizontal planks on the deck towards the stern. It will mask nicely a slightly chopped deck planks line where it meets the vertical surface painted red.

[Lapinas]

I have drilled some holes on the deck and bulwarks. Scanned plans has really helped to mark the precise location of the holes with awl.

 

Also I have painted some buckets. I think I will be staining these later to tone it down.

[Lapinas]

I have drilled holes for M4 screws in the keel and in the base board.

 

I have also sanded the base board. Will paint it the second time. One reason would be to try to get a nicer finish, another reason would be because I drilled the second hole in the wrong place 😆 to fix that I have filled the hole with a wood dowel, added some wood putty. 

Edited January 16 by Lapinas

[Lapinas]

Hull was painted white. Base board was sanded and repainted in black

 

I will eye into buying / making small drill press. It is very hard to manually drill straight holes with very high accuracy:

[Lapinas]

I have finished drilling all holes for eyelets. Painted brass rudder holders black.

 

I have also made a custom rudder part based on some other build logs. Custom one looks way way better.

[Lapinas]

It looks like the consensus for this kit is that the windlass included - is not really suitable for this ship. I have noticed that a lot of people are repurposing this wooden windlass from amati: https://www.amatimodel.com/en/small-parts-and-accessories-for-model-making/product-wooden-windlass-type-h-mm55-b411505.html

 

So I did that as well. Also I have noticed that the middle part of this windlass is replaced with ratchet gear. I could not find anything suitable in my stash, so I have designed one with Openscad and 3D printed it.

After a few iterations I was satisfied and replaced the middle part of the windlass.

 

Final result. You can also see that I have decided to use different kind of water pumps (https://www.amatimodel.com/en/small-parts-and-accessories-for-model-making/product-wooden-pumps-mm-15-b4356.html) instead of the metal ones that were included in the kit

 

Windlass will be painted red together with "ratchet stopper". 

 

To help fellow modelers, I am also sharing an STL file so you can 3D print this gear at home. Additionally, I am including the SCAD code for the part in case any modifications are needed.

 

windlass_gear.stl windlass_gear.scad

Edited Saturday at 03:03 PM by Lapinas

[Lapinas]

Hm this wooden pump was used in build that is advertised in their website, but I am not sure about the scale. This wooden pump is much bigger than the metal counterpart 🤔

[Lapinas]

I have tried using precut stairs from Amati too, but they I think also does not look according to scale 😬

[ccoyle]

1 hour ago, Lapinas said:

I have tried using precut stairs from Amati too, but they I think also does not look according to scale 😬

 

Try cutting a scrap of strip stock to a length equal to the height of a 5'6" sailor (average height in Napoleonic era) in 1/64 scale; that works out to about 1" or 26mm. Then use your "sailor" to help judge whether the deck fittings are properly sized or not.