HMS Druid 1776 stern cross section in scale 1/128

[tkay11]

Enjoy and celebrate the passing of the winter solstice and the refreshing of life!

Tony

[Dubz]

Oh yes about "winter solstice" ...  I hate these dark days.

A little update end of the year. I found out the whales are a bit to high, one more plank should have been there .. bit frustrated but will not change it ...

Did some more details :-)

Starboard got the sheer rail, port might get the timberheads shown and I did the channels (not part of the kit though .. wonder why ..) and some moulding strips :-)



















cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

The kit does not include a cap rail for the stern, which I don't really like. While testing how this could be realised, there was unfortunately a small accident: a clamp slipped off and destroyed the laser-cut decorations and a window. After letting it sink in for a few days, I got to work and realised the cap rail with a strip of pear. It wasn't easy with all the curves, but then there was a bit of wood putty and therefore a lot of black paint :-D A few simple moulding strips were also added to the stern.














cheers

Dirk

[tkay11]

Easy to make a slip at that scale. Looks quite fragile. What kine of putty do you use? Is it an epoxy car-filler?

Tony

[Dubz]

Hi Tony, I use molto fast filling putty.

And another small update. On the port side I have now worked out the timberheads, the idea behind this is to be able to show people who are not familiar with the subject that these are simply an extension of the frames (unfortunately the frames are no longer really square, but never mind :-))

So I have two sides to show different versions. On the starboard side I planked a little under the wales. There will probably be something in other places as well :-)















cheers

Dirk

[Dubz]

And another update :-)

I did a bit more of planking above the wale.




And then started on the rudder. No hinges in the kit so I do it by myself :-)

















cheers

Dirk

[tkay11]

Very neat pintles, Dirk. Did the brass fittings come with the kit? If not, very impressive as well. Will you be adding the gudgeions?

Tony

[Dubz]

Hi Tony, thank you, no brass fittings in the kit all by myself :-) Gudgeons will be next :-)

Dirk