Waterways

The edging around the outside of the deck have finally been installed, these are the waterways and are very small, 1/16 in wide and 1/64 in thick, fully fabricated and stained to eventually match the bulwark stantions and caprail, which will be installed soon.

I have also completed construction of the rudder, but will not be installing it for some time to come. I also cut out the scuppers in the side of the ship just above the waterways, I decided to only show this feature on one side of the ship. This is the feature that allows the water to run off of the deck during heavy storms so they are certainly necessary, however, I found that when carving the bulwarks a few steps ago, they are not exactly the same height, so the scupper slot on the other side would have looked horrible, luckily for me the place that I plan to display the model will only show one side, so I can choose which I want to show off and just turn it around.

For now though, it is time to paint.