Hoy, 1760

[Albert Mary]

Hi Albert, I found your log today. Really nice and precise work.

Oh, thanks a lot, mate. I'have been following yours with the greatest interest and sincere admiration. Regards!

 

[Albert Mary]

The counter planking, the starbrd. fashion piece and the scuppers (quite scarily drilled out). Cheers!

 

[Albert Mary]

And then the lights. The original ones were unusable as they didn't fit the modyfied (by a convex shaped transom wing instead of the stock flat one) stern anymore. I nevertheless used the the original holes, even a bit altered, in the laser cut billet as templates to assembly the new lights. Glasses are made with clear fix resin by Humbro, wich worked great. Cheers all!

 

[Bryian]

Just catching up on your build log. That’s a beautiful ship model.

 

[Albert Mary]

Just catching up on your build log. That’s a beautiful ship model.

Thank You, Bryan!

 

[Albert Mary]

The upper transom and an inside view of the cabin.

 

[Albert Mary]

I spent the whole day at my parents' home, lost in sweet recollections and moving findings. Among them, the well known monograph on HMS Bellona by Brian Lavery. The funny thing is that I have totally fogotten about it, even purchasing. It's from the 2007 reprint batch, never opened and flawless, presumably got during the 2007-2009 financial crisis, when basically everything cost almost nothing while I was earning very good money. Its price was 25£...