I found the easiest way of doing it was to stick double sided tape to a flat board then take off small squres of the top tape, then spiraling the cord onto the tape, when enough ciols are done then i mix some pva and water in a 50/50 mix and paint onto the coils and leave then overnight to dry.
Hope this helps and keep up the good work Mo.

Here are a few pictures showing how I make the hooks for the blocks.
First I bent a piece of wire through 90 degree's.



I then bent it over my rule and crimped it with the pliers



The tail here is to long, so I nipped it with my nip's



Hook formed, just cut to length now,

Well its been Work Work Busy Busy Chop Chop Bamg Bank again in the boatyard, I have been tidying up the Captains Quarters area, I have fitted all the window beads, and fitted the first two sections to the side window roofs,



I filled asnd sanded and gave them a coat of sealer before painting them.I am quite happy with the way the window beads have turned out.Its great what a bit of sandpaper can turn out.







This is the finished Bulwarks, Again happy enough with this. I know some of the boards are uneven and twisted but I think this is quite authentic, as the real ships have a lot of warped and twisted boards. ( thats my excuse and I am sticking to it. )





I have now also painted the inside of the gun ports, I am trying to add a bit of colour to my model to cheer myself up a bit. Its probabally a bit out of secuence but who cares. I am avoiding the bottom planking like the plague, But it will come soon enough.

Mo

Can anyone tell me how to put smaller pictures on the forum, I am uploading the pictures to Photobucket, but can't see an option for size.


Mo

This is a test for smaller pic's





Mo

Mo,try sizing them to 450 x6oo px(pixels)just remember to save them.

Another update of progress, I have decieded to paint the captains Quarters the classic black and white. I have given the woon a coat of sealer and a couple of coats of paint, Not finished yet but will tidy up later, was really just seeing how I would get on at the painting, I need to get a couple of smaller brushes. But all in all quite happy.









I find these close up pictures make every flaw 10x worse than it really is, all in all it looks not to bad to the naked eye.

And now on to the launch, The frames for this are made out of timber, very very easy to break, It would have been better bif they were made from plywood. I broke a couple of them trying to get the planking bent to the shape of the hull, The launch is to be double planked, I am quite happy with the outcome so far, I still have to do the 2nd planking, I will takle this later, it should be easy to do , as the planking is very thin.













The keel of the launch is 3 x 3 walnut, but the curved bit of the keel that comes up the front of the launch, supplied with the kit is not the right shape for my build, That is because I have not got the planking tight enought to the frames supplied, I will get a sheet of walnut and cut and fit one at a later date.

Mo

Hi Mo, your build looks great regards Mike