Lady Nelson by Danstream - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale

[Danstream]

Hi,

I affixed the nameplate of the ship and painted black the stern panels:

I must admit that this end of the ship now looks quite spiffy. I finished the cap rails and painted them also black:

Now only the white bottom part is missing to complete the main painting steps. To do that, I have first to finalize the rudder with its tiller and hinges. Actually, I didn't like the solution proposed by the kit for the rudder hinges, therefore I gave a try to scratch build my owns. I started by soldering small portions of brass tube to brass stripes:

The rod in the picture is the one I will use for the hinge pins. Then, I glued the obtained hinges to the stern post using the brass rod to maintain them aligned.

Next, I will prepare the rudder piece to be put on. Incidentally, I am going to replace the tiller with one that I scratch built shown in the picture and that I think looks less obvious than the one of the kit:

That's all for now,

best regards,

Dan

Edited November 19 by Danstream

[flyenrw]

Hi Dan, The hinge detail is a nice touch. Certainly looks more like a gudgeon and pintal.

[AJohnson]

Great scratch details and painting Dan, agreed does look rather “Spiffy” 😁

[Danstream]

Hi all,

I went on with finishing the bottom of the hull. I started with taping the waterline with a flexible Tamiya tape. Apparently, according to the plans, the waterline doesn't have to run parallel to the keel, but should form quite an angle with it.

After all my efforts to get a reasonable layout of the planks, I feel a bit of a pain in obliterating most of it. I began with filling the most obvious cracks and then I sprayed a white primer to uniform the surface.

To render the whitish coat of the hull, I used a Gunze paint denominated H311 Gray FS36622 which I picked from my set of airplane colors (this is a tint which was part of those used by the US Air Force in the past) and which seems to a newbie like me to fit quite well the bill.

After removing the masking tapes, there are few spots of overspray to be corrected. In addition the tapes have lifted few spots of the black finish which I will address later. All in all, the result is not bad as it can be seen from the overall views:

That's all for now, next I will work on the furniture of the deck.

Best regards,

Dan

 

Edited December 2 by Danstream

[vossiewulf]

Looks nice, Dan.

[Robert-S]

Hello Dan, just discovered your logs. Beautifully clean work, congrats! I am starting with her in January, your log should inspire and help. On the other builds: Your F-15 sports nice decals - where are they from? F-15s are usually less colourful than, say F-14s, which I miss a bit. They are mostly gray and I have couple of them to build...

[Danstream]

2 hours ago, Robert-S said:

Your F-15 sports nice decals - where are they from?

Thank you Robert, happy that I could be of help, both with my Lady and with my aircraft models. The decals of my F-15 are from Dutch Decals, a company in NL specialized in Dutch subjects, see, f.i.:

https://www.scalemates.com/nl/kits/dutch-decal-dd48074-f-15-usafe-hawk-75-dh-82--1220448

usually, their quality is very good. By the way, the orange banner of the fins, is a colorful exception to the specification for using only grey tones to honor the country hosting the squadron.

Looking forward to seeing your next builds.

Cheers,

Dan

Edited Tuesday at 09:51 PM by Danstream

[Danstream]

Back to finishing the hull of my Lady N. I retouched the black paint of the stern and removed the paint from the friezes and the nameplate.

I pinned the chain plates on the sides:

I installed a shoulder to better support the bowsprit, as seen in other models and also in period models:

Finally, bitts and posts for the culverins were glued in place onto the caprails.

Next, the catheads will be attached to the bulwarks and the black paint will be finalized.

Best regards,

Dan

 

[AJohnson]

That stern looks very neat Dan