Its been a busy month but not at the workbench. I did manage to get myself in trouble though.
When I had place the masts and started measuring out the rigging I found out that the foremast ratlines, the anchors and the forward secondary guns would interfere with each other. After looking through my pictures I found that the guns were some 5mm too far forward and that the anchors would fit into a large cutout rather than be secured to the bulwarks. Lots of cutting and rebuilding gave me this.
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While I was staring at pictures I also found that Victorieuse had a smaller bridge when she was just commissioned.
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And I decided to rebuild the main guns again to an open, not shielded, configuration.
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And that is where I am now. The photo etch is now at the paint shop getting primed and made a picture with her half sister Bayard which will be in a late configuration with cut down masts if I ever finish her.
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