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This step shows the extremely exciting process of making head timbers. The details are small, and they only look simple on the drawing...

I installed the sapports, additional knees, and the hawse hole bolsters

... Looking at the photos of the museum models, I noticed that Thomas Slade's model has catheads supported not only by the saportus, but...

The top timbers on the main rail should fit snugly against the top timbers on the bulkhead of the beakhead, which is painted black. It...

The next step was to make the main rail. I cut the central part of the main rail from a 20 mm wide rail and glued the ends. On...

I started assembling the beakhead. I need to make a lot of thin, openwork parts. I started with the chееks. The Corel set doesn't have...

In the process of covering the hull with a second layer, an L-shaped rail was used as a rail. The rail in the kit was of very poor...

The windows and columns of the back gallery are supposed to be made of brass photo-etched parts. I don't like the look of shiny brass...

The cannons in the set are great, but the carriages aren't made very well. On such a small scale, it's not a big deal, but I'll probably...

As I started working on the details, I became increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the Corel set. I wanted to redesign many...

Hello everyone About a year and a half ago, I started building the HMS Bellona model from Corel. During this time, we managed to do...

What ho, shipmates! Just a few quick pictures of the head rigging. It's a neat cat's-cradle. However, I'm not sure I'm happy with the...

Hi everyone! Fellow modelers, I’d like to ask for your input: the Corel HMS Bellona kit has 18‑pounder gun carriages at about 20 mm...

Continuation: Main Tacks an Sheets - Les amures et les écoutes de grande voile In principle, the work steps now repeat those used when...

Continuation: Main Tacks an Sheets - Les amures et les écoutes de grande voile In principle, the work steps now repeat those used when...