La Couronne 1636 ( scratch build ) 1:96

[firdajan2]

Hallo friends,

A small progress again


I put flowers on the ship. My idea to use the dark - blue paint turn out to be right - golden pieces are wisible absolutely well. I glued them using uncoloured matt revell colour.





I also improved the bow a littlem now I can prepare freezings between wales. And, finally, channels are placed too.



That´s all at the moment. I´m going to work on another small pieces

Marco: Thank you

Jan

[Greg S.]

Looks great so far!

[cdavenport]

I am not a ship builder, but I am enjoying your build of this model. You are doing a wonderful job!

[calinous]

Beautiful build, I like how the ship evolved from the ugly frames of corrugated cardboard to its present beauty (and hopefully, will look even better in the future)

[Michael Mash]

Hello Jan,
You are providing us with a lot of inspiration.
This is a true beauty.
Mike

[marco1971]

Hello Jan,

Wondefull progress, well done!

Marco

[firdajan2]

Thanks friends for your comments.

Although I have less time for this hobby. I made several parts of the bow decoration - see pictures bellow ( sorry for poor quality, but I took them at the evening )

As you can see, I overworked the bow totally - there´s no model of the La Couronne with this type of galion. The decoration is pure improvisation - there are no pictures or evidences of the look of the bow. In my opinion is my way of galion structure and decoration more realistic.

Decoration continues

Jan

[cdavenport]

Improvise away!!! Your artistic interpretation is absolutely stunning to behold!

[Michael Mash]

Hello Jan,
The craftsmanship on display here is inspiring. I hope you continue to find time for this project. Those wonderful decorations around the gunports above the bow are something I have never seen before. It gives it a very "royal" appearance.
Mike

[calinous]

"there´s no model of the La Couronne with this type of galion"
Even so, it looks so natural on your model - this thread is sensational