Thanks to Jim for the joke. I have added the funnel and hull sides now and it is starting to look ship shape. The mast is an old paint brush.
The sides are cardboard glued on with PVA and held in place with paint tins while they dried. The stern was too square in the wood, so I have used the curve of the cardboard to make it rounded and filled up the gap with ripped up tissue paper soacked in PVA to give it some paper mache strength. The bow and stern have cardboard inserts to cover the joins and look like the strengthening on the real ship.
Next up is detailing. I still have to add the paddles, windows, railings, ladder to the upper deck and armaments, plus quite a few little details like life belts, rigging, flags etc,
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