HMS Bellona by Frecap - Corel - 1:100

[Frecap]

Hi!

After holding the already painted body in my hands, it is not very pleasant to see it with peeled-off sides. I'm in a hurry to return the model to its former appearance, correcting mistakes along the way. Painted again, using masking tape as a separator. Since PVA glue does not adhere well to acrylic paint, I left unpainted strips for the rails to be glued.

[Frecap]

Hello everyone!

Finally, the model has taken the same appearance as it did before the upgrade! New rails have been installed. They are made of a pear-shaped slat  with a 1x1 mm cross-section, which has been pre-shaped. When I looked at numerous photos of museum models, I noticed that in many cases, the  waist  rail was wider than the others, so I decided to do the same. I didn't have a 1x1.5 mm rail, so I glued another 0.5 mm rail to the existing one, rounding its edge first. Since the  waist  rail runs along the main deck, interrupted by the gun ports, I glued it in short sections.

[Frecap]

Hi!

I've replaced all the rails that were part of the second layer of the model's sheathing, installed the planksheer on the beakhead, and the roof of the roundhouses.

I'm currently working on the rails and top timbers of the foredeck and beakhead.

Edited Tuesday at 02:15 PM by Frecap

[Frecap]

Here are some photos from the process of making the fordeck's railing. I appreciated the benefits of the pear wood and purchased several different sizes of planks and use them whenever possible. The top timbers of the fordeck's bulwarks form the gun ports, and as a result, the fife rail consists of three parts. Since the bulwarks converge strongly towards the bow, the group of bow top timbers has a parallelogram cross-section. This is also shown in Corel's drawings. I didn't bother with the rest and made them rectangular. Many small details have to be made by hand. Of course, it is difficult to achieve their full identity. But all the photos are taken with magnification, in reality the difference is not so noticeable. Especially all this will be painted black.

[Ronald-V]

Beautiful stuff Frecap! Very well done 👏

[Frecap]

I mounted the gunwale on the bulwarks of the fordeck. I painted it, as well as the rails and toptimbers. I left an unpainted strip on the gunwale for better adhesion when gluing. But I won't glue the toptimbers yet, as there is still a lot of work to do with the case and I don't want to accidentally break the fragile structures. But I couldn't resist and took some photos).