HMS Bellona by Andy Thurston - Corel - 1/100

[Andy Thurston]

Milestone moment... just finished the inner hull planking.  Got a few minor recesses to fill and then I can sand it down smooth.
On the whole I'm pleased with how it's gone.  Took from June 19th till Oct 7th, so that's quite slow progress, but quicker than my last build.  At least it's finished now. 🙂

[Nearshore]

Great job!! I know the feeling when you reach a mile stone. Congratulations !!

[yvesvidal]

Beautiful work. You did a good job on the stern, which is not easy.

 

Yves

[Frecap]

It's very neat and looks great! Congratulations, great job!

[Captain Amateur]

On 6/18/2025 at 7:08 AM, Andy Thurston said:

Three views of the gratings in various stages of completion.  I didn't get on at all well with the grating components supplied with the kit, so I bought a sheet of laser-cut grating from eBay and cut it down to the required grid sizes.  They are fractionally larger than those provided by Corel, but the difference is trivial.  I made these much earlier than needed as something to do while I procrastinated about completing the hull ready to do the hull planking 🙂

Hi Andy. Your ship is looking great!!

 

I'm at that stage with my own Bellona and are working on fairing the bulkheads. I noticed that some of your bulkheads were a bit short on the main false deck (i.e. not flushed with the deck). Including bulkhead #6 which is obviously shorter. I'm wondering how you went about that. Did you send down the edge of the deck? Or did you add some materials to the bulkhead? At least for #6, I'm assuming you shaved the deck.

 

Thanks!! 

[Andy Thurston]

On 10/23/2025 at 6:24 PM, Captain Amateur said:

Hi Andy. Your ship is looking great!!

 

I'm at that stage with my own Bellona and are working on fairing the bulkheads. I noticed that some of your bulkheads were a bit short on the main false deck (i.e. not flushed with the deck). Including bulkhead #6 which is obviously shorter. I'm wondering how you went about that. Did you send down the edge of the deck? Or did you add some materials to the bulkhead? At least for #6, I'm assuming you shaved the deck.

 

Thanks!! 

Hi Captain
Regarding the bulkheads, the deck was a little proud of the bulkheads in a few places, so I just sanded the deck back till it was flush with the bulkheads.  Only about 1mm max was removed at any point, so there is little consequence with how the ship will look on completion.
Best regards,
Andy.