Hello all,
2 months since my promise to post more pictures; work and family life have kept me busy. Here is the current state of the model.
_DSD1929 by Jose Gonzales, on Flickr
30 guns have been mounted, and tackles rigged one one each side. I’m working on adding coils to each side.
_DSD1928 by Jose Gonzales, on Flickr
Ringbolts have been added to the gun deck for rigging tackles for retracting the guns.
_DSD1927 by Jose Gonzales, on Flickr
Stanchions were added from the BlueJacket kit. They had to be shortened because they were too ttall for the space between the Revell spar deck and gun deck, especially since I added deck planking to the gun deck, raising the height of the deck by 1/32 inch. I will also be lowering the spar deck as described by the late Professor Tilley in the following post in order to give room to plank the spar deck:
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I am also facing a couple of decisions before starting on the spar deck. One, should I add a detailed captain’s cabin replete with furniture and sleeping quarters, or leave the gun deck cleared for action? two, how much detail should I add to the manger area, since it will be nearlh invisible anyway.
I plan to add anchor cables, wrap them around the anchor bitts and drop them down the main hatch. The drops will be visible down past the pseudo berth deck, to the invisible cable tiers in the orlop area. I don’t plan to add the messenger cable round the capstan, but I may change my mind on that - stay tuned!
Cheers!
Jose
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