Hull Staining, Painting and Trim Work - Part 2

So I've gone ahead and painted the bottom of the hull white, like I mentioned in the last post.  I'm not going to attach it to the stand yet, tho - I want to seal the paint first, so I'll give it a couple of days to dry first.

With the bottom done, I went ahead and finished painting the upper part of the hull.  The yellow in the pictures below looks almost greenish... it looks better in person.  Also, I tweaked some of it later on while adding the trim work (e.g., raised the top of the red band a bit).

 

Before I started to add the trim work, I detailed the two gun ports at the stern, using the same method as I used for the various bulkhead doors (e.g., used an index card to cut the hinge strips, added some white paint to simulate the bolts and cut a couple of eyebolts).

 

Unlike the doors, these are going to be painted white, so there was no need to paint the hinges black.

 

 

While I was at it - and had the Dremel out - I finally drilled the 2 holes on the beakhead doors and attached the handles (I'll touch the paint up later).

The stern gun ports painted: 

 The fully painted ship, ready to have the trim work attached.

 

 

The first trim I added was at the stern; some of the trim work on the port and starboard sides will (hopefully!) match up with these.  For most of the trim work, I used CA glue.

The lower wales:

The lower and upper wales in place:

Looks good from the bow:

At the stern:

 

The next 3 pieces of trim (the stained strip seems to blend into the rest of the hull...):

 

The forecastle:

 

Shot from the bow, with some of the trim work in place on both sides.  The wales actually lined up pretty good!

 

 

 
Starting to add the trim to the rear of the ship:

 

I mostly lined up with the first strips I added to the stern.  Once it's all in place and trimmed to length, I'll need to go back and do some touch-ups, so I'll see what I can do to fix this.

 

More of the forecastle:

 

All of the trim work added, and sitting on the stand (it's not screwed down yet, which is why it tilts in some of the pictures):

 

 

 

As with everything else, it's not perfect, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

Next up will be doing some touch-up on the trim work (e.g., painting the ends where I cut them to length), followed by sealing the entire hull.  Once that is done, I will attach it to the stand (maybe... I still need to determine whether or not to stain the wooden base).  Then it's time to make the 4 gun port covers to each side before moving on to building the actual beakhead (the part that sticks out at the bow).