Very nice wooden frame and yes it was worth it. Good work
Le Requin 1/48 ZHL model [COMPLETED BUILD]
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I had quite some hours this week to work on the deck. I tried to follow the example of Kidsgalore's build a bit, since the manual is not showing any clear picture of the open deck. The nails and planck lines are done with a marker with a 0.3 mm tip. I'll leave the deck unstained and unvarnished.
Looking very good Crypton nice work
This week I present a small intermezzo. The bulkwarks take some time to complete, so in between I started the lifeboat. It's constructed on a temporary frame, which can be removed by breaking it in predefined pieces, once the hull of the lifeboat is completed. I tainted the wooden strips before gluing them, to avoid stains later on.
I like this boat very much - looking very good
Good afternoon. This is an amazing kit and you are owning this. Beautiful. Cheers Grant
Stunning
Very good carpenters work
This week I have been working on the rear cabin including 2 functional doors. I decided to layer only one side of the cabin walls. The 'manual' shows optionally a fully layered or non at all. For me it seems more logic to have one side of the ship fully finished and the other see through.
Anyhow, next week I hope to have finished the endless amount (=48) of bulwark columns.
Anyhow, next week I hope to have finished the endless amount (=48) of bulwark columns.
Good morning. Beautiful. I agree with you to have one side planked and the other not. Makes for an effective model and you do want to see all the beautiful frames and details etc. Cheers Grant
Finally, I finished the bulwark columns. The 'manual' suggested to use a rope to align them. However, I needed to used a 1.5 mm thick wooden strip to create a proper curvature, while fitting and aligning the bulwark columns. I didn't use the right equidistant separation of the bulwark columns so I will need to adjust the length of the gundeck beams later. Anyway, so far it has been a very nice and challenging building experience.
Good morning. Brilliant! I absolutely love the wood contrast. Wonderfully modelled. Cheers Grant
Wow, thats beautiful work. This is a difficult model to build, and you are doing a fabulous job with constructing it.
Good morning. Beautiful work. This is going to be a very impressive Le Requin. Kudos. Cheers Grant
Fantastic love the contrast of colours happy modelling