2008 Recap

Here is a quick recap of 2008 up until about the end of summer.

Here I've added the railing, netting, and skid beams (for supporting the ship's boats) to the quarter deck.

Here is a nice view of the quarter deck in general. I have placed the main mast in this photo.

This photo shows the addition of the chainplate and deadeye assemblies. This is where the shrouds (the rope-ladder looking rigging) are eventually fastened.

Here is a picture of the overall ship. It is tough to fit the whole thing in one detailed photo becuase it is pretty large (about 40-some inches long). I am ready to start the rigging and I promise to provide much more detail in my subsequent posts now that I am all caught up.

2007 Recap

Here is a quick recap of 2007.

I've have started fitting out the deck extensively. Here is a photo of the railing, belfry, and hatches on the quarterdeck.

The signal flag lockers was an addition I made to the kit using leftover material from the hatch gratings. I was quite happy with the way they turned out.

Here is a good view of the upper gun deck from above. I added all of the rigging to the cannons, and painted small steal ball bearings black to fill out the shot garland (this is where the cannon balls were stowed for easy access). The rigging really finished off the look of the guns.

In this photo, I have added the figurehead to the stem, as well as a additional bow detail.

2006 Recap

2006 allowed me time to get my workshop set up at the new house so I was able to accomplish a but more that year.

Quite a bit of work was done on the bow.


Here, the stern gallery has been completed. I added window paning throughout the stern. The original kit called for blue plastic with pencil drawn lines for the panes in the windows. Not very realistic to say the least.


Here is a decent view of the rudder along with the stern.

2005 Recap

Here are some construction photos from 2005. This was a busy year being that we moved and all so it didn't permit for a lot of build time.

View of bow and stem.

View of gunports and wales.

View of bow and stem.

Here the quarter galleries are finished. I added paning to the windows beyond what the kit provided to achieve more realism.