Friesland 1663 by mrcc - Mamoli MV24 - 1:75

[mrcc]

Still some small plank pieces to lay at the bow and along the keel, but almost done!

 

Little diversion though with the castings at the stern; applied the metal primer and getting ready to paint...

I am very unsure of the painting scheme at the stern as all sorts of different options on Google images.

 

My preference at the moment may not be historically accurate???

 

PS These casting are probably 40 years old and given the molds were relatively "young" at the time of casting, I have to say the primed stern decorations look very good to me.

Edited June 12 by mrcc

[Baker]

22 hours ago, mrcc said:

I am very unsure of the painting scheme at the stern as all sorts of different options on Google images.

https://www.modelbouwforum.nl/threads/de-friesland-van-mamoli.273466/page-12

Dutch buildlog

[mrcc]

Thanks Patrick...

 

Yes, I have seen this build log on the Dutch forum. 

Thanks for sharing...

[mrcc]

Cleaned up the sternpost to allow for the vertical planking.

 

Used heat to release the wood glue from the ends

[mrcc]

Reached a milestone in that the hull planking is complete. I bought some walnut filler and will at a later time fill some of the wider spaces between some of the planks at the bow but overall happy with how the planking turned out.

 

Also started  to transfer the measurements from the plans to the hull, preparing the upper profiles, for gunports on the upper decks.