Le Requin 1/48 ZHL model

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.

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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.

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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.

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Good afternoon. This is an amazing kit and you are owning this. Beautiful. Cheers Grant
 
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Good morning. Brilliant! I absolutely love the wood contrast. Wonderfully modelled. Cheers Grant
 
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