After quite a long break I continued working on the ship.
I continued the planking of the hull. When the planks reached the level of the deck I had to stop. I had to first attach the upper parts of ribs that will support the bulwark (the part of the hull that goes above the deck level. Then I realised that to do that I have to first finish the deck otherwise it will be very hard to cut the edges of the planks.
The work on the deck was quite boring since I had to repeat same tasks many times.
So I decided to do something else for the sake of variety. I started making the masts. I already had the sticks that I have previously cut to the needed shape and length. Now I had to paint them. I was not sure about the colour. I searched in a couple of books but they had no exact information because the information about the ships of Columbus is very limited. After looking at photos of different models on the Internet I became convinced that there is no clear information available. In general, the masts are supposed to be of the same colour as the hull, but I thought that if I make them a bit lighter. This would make them stand up from the hull and the standing rig, which will also dark.
After doing that I decided to go back to planking and continued working on the upper decks. I started planking the upper parts of those decks after painting the bottom part brown. It was important to do that in that particular order otherwise I would screw the plankking with paint.
I continued the planking of the hull. When the planks reached the level of the deck I had to stop. I had to first attach the upper parts of ribs that will support the bulwark (the part of the hull that goes above the deck level. Then I realised that to do that I have to first finish the deck otherwise it will be very hard to cut the edges of the planks.
The work on the deck was quite boring since I had to repeat same tasks many times.
So I decided to do something else for the sake of variety. I started making the masts. I already had the sticks that I have previously cut to the needed shape and length. Now I had to paint them. I was not sure about the colour. I searched in a couple of books but they had no exact information because the information about the ships of Columbus is very limited. After looking at photos of different models on the Internet I became convinced that there is no clear information available. In general, the masts are supposed to be of the same colour as the hull, but I thought that if I make them a bit lighter. This would make them stand up from the hull and the standing rig, which will also dark.
After doing that I decided to go back to planking and continued working on the upper decks. I started planking the upper parts of those decks after painting the bottom part brown. It was important to do that in that particular order otherwise I would screw the plankking with paint.
