That model is a mighty effort John. Well done so far.
Re: Royal William 1/48 scale
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Just about to close up the last of the lower gallery windows,
but before i did i painted a figure and glued to the gallery floor,
and then attached the window frame, looks pretty rough at the moment but once i attach a lot of the bling and gild it,
it should hopefully look a lot better,
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next job was attaching the mouldings for around the stern galleries, I bought some brass mouldings from Cornwall
model boats, these are the Caldercraft ones, you can get them in three profiles, this pic shows me bending the brass
to go around the gallery,
I was hoping to be able to attach them with just super glue but I had to use some fine brass pins as well, I turned the
ship upside down to attach these,
I inverted these next three pics so you can see them better,
and a daytime pic, she looks entirely different,
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Next was the stern upper window frames, I made a decision to make them square shaped like the ones on the
Royal George, so there will be a bit of cutting filling and sanding to be done, these two are for the starboard side,
i make them up as a strip them cut them off,
and with the two for the port side,
and after sanding,
this is an inverted pic showing two frames attached right up at the poop deck,
and how the ship is sitting upside down on the work bench,
thank you for dropping in,
best regards john,
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Thats the rear of the side galleries made,
and i have made a start on the transom decorations, six cherubs attached,
and a close up,
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These are some of the cast pewter figures that i have decided to
use for the stern decorations, the figure on the right is as bought
and on left after trimming down,
the same two figures but the one on the left has been sanded back
so that it will sit flush on the transom, I attached them with CA super glue,
after four figures have been attached,
and a few more,
close up of the port side figures,
and a couple of daylight views,
still lots to attach yet, thanks for looking in,
best regards john.
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it's going to be very successful and beautiful model
Very creative John how you always find the proper statues for your build. Lovely work.
I just keep an eye out and pick up what looks useful, I'm a bit of a scrounger, LOL,
Best regards John,
That saves a few dollars compared to buying resin figurines. Great work John.
I am re posting these first four pics as i posted them on my Steam drifter log by mistake,
Just some general pics of the attachment of the decorative figures,
and this last one is where i am to date, thanks for looking in,
best regards john.
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Just some general pics of the attachment of the decorative figures,
and this last one is where i am to date, thanks for looking in,
best regards john.
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I've bought something new for my Royal William,
its a small serving tray,
close up view,
Cost $2.99,
This is where I am thinking of using it, across the back of the galleries,
Closer look so you can get an idea of what i mean, of course it will be attached with the rounder side facing out, will do a little bit of trying out to see if it fits OK,
thanks for dropping in,
Best regards john,
its a small serving tray,close up view,
Cost $2.99,
This is where I am thinking of using it, across the back of the galleries,
Closer look so you can get an idea of what i mean, of course it will be attached with the rounder side facing out, will do a little bit of trying out to see if it fits OK,
thanks for dropping in,
Best regards john,
Catching up and doing a bit on the Royal William,
these lovely little parts came from a womens necklace, I just have to cut the rings off,
and this is where I will use them, I have to paint and gild the galleries first,
now its back to the serving tray,
and this is the part I'm interested in,
I cut the sides from the tray and trimmed them to the depth I wanted, I cut a slot along some timber for the side to sit in,
and with a top attached,
just showing where it will be attached,
Thank you for looking in,
best regards john,
these lovely little parts came from a womens necklace, I just have to cut the rings off,
and this is where I will use them, I have to paint and gild the galleries first,
now its back to the serving tray,
and this is the part I'm interested in,
I cut the sides from the tray and trimmed them to the depth I wanted, I cut a slot along some timber for the side to sit in,
and with a top attached,
just showing where it will be attached,
Thank you for looking in,
best regards john,
I keep saying that I absolutely love your creativity and ability to find suitable parts out of jewelry and all other things available at your disposals. 
Looks perfect John. I really start thinking how big the serving tray should have been they used for the original .
This just looks to fit perfect.
.This just looks to fit perfect.
I keep saying that I absolutely love your creativity and ability to find suitable parts out of jewelry and all other things available at your disposals.
Thank you Jim, I really enjoy searching through the Op shop's etc for things to use, at the moment I'm keeping my eyes open for a name plate with Formidable on it, only joking Jim, thank you for following my build
Best regards John,