You're welcome, (also) Bernd!

Wow, my hat off to you what a terific peice of work love the scroll work what a great idea

Hi, shipmates,

thank you for your friendly comments.
Presently, I am shaping masts and yards and attaching blocks etc., closely following the instructions - so there is nothing to show in photos that hasn't been shown before.
But meanwhile, I can tell you what I did a few months ago. Let me continue where I left off.

Right behind the pin rail on the quarterdeck is the opening for the companionway.



Here I inserted a custom built ladder with 9 steps (more comfortable for a scaled-down Admiral Nelson)



The pillars are carved from a 2x2 mm woodstrip. (I do not particularly like the bulky form of the pillars provided with the kit.)



Moreover, I added nailheads and the nets as decorative elements.





Finally, I built the handrails from brass wire





Kind regards,
Bernd

Well done Bernd, I can't wait to see the end result

Having completed the quarterdeck companionway, I added some details on the fore deck:
the three gratings and the galley chimney





My gratings have been sanded down for a rounded shape.

As I plan to use smaller belaye pins (thanks to Mike), I felt no need to replace the pin rail posts with higher ones. There should be enough room for tying knots.



The chimney is turned brass, cut into two halves at 45 degrees and glued together to form a right angle. I thought the one provided with the kit was to slim.



I know, the chimney should be totally black, but I thought the thin brass stripes would look nice.

For some reason, I had issue no 58 twice, so I had enough parts to build a second skylight like the one on the poop deck, but what should I do with it?
It might seem strange, but I cut it into halves to make it smaller:



and added a bottom which I painted black on the upper side



Next I placed some wood-strips into the quarter deck opening



Then I applied plenty of PVA glue to the bottom of the "semi-skylight" and let it glide down the woodstrips.
When the glue was still wet it was easy to shift it into the right position.
All this would have been much easier, had I thought of it earlier...



Actually, it is quite dark there, but I cut a hole into the deck under the first grating, so a little light can shine through.
Therefore you can see it even if there is no direct light:



What I tried to model is the galley skylight.
On the following image of the battery deck it can be seen right in front of the gratings and behind the chimney:

An amusing image, Alan, thank you!

Greetings from Austria,
Bernd

Hi Bernd.
The rope looks far better.
You was right to use the rope.
Fantastic as allways.
Best regards.
Mark

Brilliant, brilliant build you have there Bernd. I particularly like your enhancements. It makes her unique to you. Well done.

Next, I built the ladders to the poop deck and added the details for the inner bulwarks











I already told you about the binnacle (page 1 of my diary)



Finally, an overview of the bulwark, for comparison with the original