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Today made proper stand for my Wodnik.
Wood - sapelli treated with oil:

Tczew meeting is coming along soon and I am trying to get at least something done! So in between etching business in last few days I finished off the nails completely! That was a challenge of its own, but I must say the effect rewards it!



I keep looking at the hull and I simply like it! And that is what is the most important for the modeller. HOWEVER, next time I will use even smaller rivets from my shop (head 0.8mm!). I did not have them before.

Today I started to work on the stern gallery and some windows lids:



Frames cut out of normal European walnut, planks 0.5mm x 1mm from African walnut as the rest of the hull.


My wife went to Poland for a week or so, so I am only left with those supporters. There is one more, but very shy of the camera. Brown cat… sister of the white-red.



The best way to support – do not disturb



I have a question!
I am preparing to paint the patterns on the bulwarks with some white, red, yellow and blue.
What paint would you use?
I plan to cover the planking with oil, so naturally enamels come to my mind. But nowadays with acrylics available all over. What would you use?

Over last couple of days I was working hard on the head and its grating.
First of all I wanted to figure out how to do it



So I think the rails should hold on the wale… logic tells me this…PLEAS correct me if I am wrong!



Grating itself:

Had to do my first ever carving! Nothing really fancy, but I was still afraid of it.
The head’s front.

Printed the piece and traced it…



cut out with fret saw…



Using some of my milling bits I DID it!!!



And here I prepare to place the gratings:





Tough day!

During the works, the cats decided to stay and keep together!!!



Small planks for the doors:



Planed and glued together at 45° angle:



And finally today I glued in the gallery!

Well, was quite busy recently with many other things than modelling. My holiday plans did not really work as originally intended. All of a sudden I felt like not doing anything and simply wanted to rest

Also trip to Poland took its time toll….

Now trying to catch up with things.
Recently cut out gunports lids:



Since I also started to work on the head I and its rails will make later access more problematic to make bowsprit gammoning not to mention mounting bowsprit itself, I decided to build one!

Having read Elias’ post about spars from square stock, which inspired me, I glued together 2 pine planks. Aha, in the end I decided to use simply pine, as I have tons of it at home. I chose nice clear pieces. With pencil I drew the triangular shape and started sanding to get very taaallll square pyramid sort of bowsprit!

I used my newly ad-hoc built milling / sanding top:



and something more powerful:






Then manual work with small planer to get octagonal section:



I placed the stock in my drill and held it at the bottom inside small ball bearing squeezed in the vice screwed to the base of drill stand:



And this is the result: