Lovely build. Now found this. Simply beautiful.
Sovereign of the Seas by Sergal - 1/78 Scale Kit Build.
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Ok, two steps forward one step back.. hahah. Started fiddling with the rudder fitting, stuffed it up and had to start again. It is just rough at the moment, needs cleaning up and repainting before proceeding. Measure twice….comes to mind. Anyway alls well, I have retouched the decorations with a brighter gold paint as some of the original pieces are all sorts of odd discoloured shades. Also cleaning up and retouching the hull to cover the hand marks from handling it while working. Probably finish the rudder hinges and the guns and ports on the stern after that.
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Tweaks seem to take longer than constructing an entire hull... 
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Finally some cool wet weather here in West Oz, we haven’t seen this weather for about six months, very welcome indeed. Good for the man cave too.. Back to some deck fittings this week. Pumps, bell housing and capstan. I am bit wary about putting the bow section on as the mounting piece is a bit flimsy even with the reinforcement I added when it was repaired last. I can probably leave till later on as it doesn’t impact any other bow works or rigging…
Hello linton, have you considered lightly washing the gold decorations with diluted dark brown paint to bring out the details?