Hello everyone,
I’m finally back at the bench, so it’s time for an update.
Here is where I left off with the stern:
The stern bulkhead and gallery were glued in place, and so were the quarter gallery decks:
The entire facing of the stern was cut from a single piece of plastic sheet. It is left detachable so I have better access to construct and later paint the stern gallery.
Now, I glued thin plastic sheet around the quarter gallery decks and trimmed the edges.
Now, the horizontal subdivisions were made with thin plastic sheet and square rod.
The columns were added with plastic sheet and strips of PE, cut from the degaussing cable in the Lexington CV2 set from Eduard.
The stern facing received the same treatment.
Most of the windows in the quarter galleries were mock windows, so they were left closed. The ‘real windows’ were now opened with a sharp scalpel.
The stern gallery railing started with 5 pieces of 0,2mm brass rod, glued in drilled holes.
The other balusters were made from stretched sprue. The brass ones provide strength, while the stretched sprue is much easier to glue in straight. Note that balusters are also added to the quarter galleries.
I made the top railing of the quarter galleries from copper wire rings (twisted around a drill shank) and plastic rod.
Finally, I carefully applied drops of white glue to the balusters with a sharp brush to give them a profile. I added a bit of acrylic paint to the glue for increased visibility.
I then added the window frames. As there is no PE I can use for this (all the windows have slightly different angles to them), I made them from small pieces of stretched sprue. With 7 pieces per frame, this took a bit of time!
The stern facing was decorated with copper wire and sculpting in Magic Sculp. It is still detachable, with only minor gaps to fill after painting.
The lower finishings of the quarter galleries and the seal of the rudder were also sculpted with Magic Sculp.
There are 4 doors in the stern gallery bulhead, 3 of which were positioned open. There are still loose now and not in perfect position yet.
And a gentle reminder of the scale:
All the best,
Marijn