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HMS Alert [1777] 1:48 POF by serikoff. (Two hulls: skeleton and fully rigged)

Since the lower deck will be practically invisible, the main parameter in its implementation is speed. Therefore, I made all the filling, as we say: “dendrophycal” method (excuse the expression) “from shit and sticks.”

That is, I used all the leftover materials, scraps and uncalibrated blanks. I did this so that there was more space for experiments with coating with oil and bitumen. I'm thinking of covering the hull with Rustins Tung oil, but with the deck either the same or Danish Rustins oil. I'll see how it all turns out under the bitumen.

So, I installed walls and imitation doors on fragments of the deck. I repeat! The location of the walls, the height of the deck itself and other elements may have errors (they will still not be visible). And there were no central walls near the mast at all (I installed them as a visor from the lighting that I am planning).

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I made primitive stencils to create the outline of the doors, and scratched them with a needle.

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Oil coating is next... uh...
 
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