Royal Caroline Box wood edition 1/30 scale modified to fit carvings, build by neptune,

Maarten said:
Quite a difference in lenght of the hull John if you see them next to each other.
Regarding repositioning the top wales and frieses it gives the model a much better appearence.
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Thank you Maarten, hopefully mine will look as good as yours, I won't be double planking the hull like you did, just painting it off white, and I'm going to leave the carvings as Box Wood with the clear Beeswax finish, thanks for all your help with the info and the help of your build logs,

Best regards John,
 
If you have not yet installed the gratings, something to consider: Cut the gratings as close to the size indicated on your drawings BEFORE you make the head ledges and coamings in which the gratings sit. Then make the head ledges and coamings to fit the grating, not the other way around. The battens should run fore and aft and there should not be any openings in the gratings next to the head ledges or coamings. Pictures and a 1000 words, &c. follow.
Allan

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AllanKP69 said:
If you have not yet installed the gratings, something to consider: Cut the gratings as close to the size indicated on your drawings BEFORE you make the head ledges and coamings in which the gratings sit. Then make the head ledges and coamings to fit the grating, not the other way around. The battens should run fore and aft and there should not be any openings in the gratings next to the head ledges or coamings. Pictures and a 1000 words, &c. follow.
Allan

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Thank you Allan, I haven't done the fancy corners but I have got the battens the right way around and also a little bit of round up on them,

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overhead view,


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end view,


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after one coat of off white undercoat, The Royal William waiting patiently in the background,


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Broadside view,

thanks for looking in,

best regards john,


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