Metamorphosis, Part 2

This is the now hardly recognizable Revell Spanish Galleon as an early 18th century warship. The complete facelift includes: scratch-building the entire bow section, the sails and the masts; replacing the oar deck with gunports; and raising the stern gallery while adding larger windows for the officers' cabins. This is how she became Konung Harald XVI Jordgubbvän, a proud Varangian ship of the line, as the various flags are showing.

I've used three different types of thread for rigging: black, medium brown and tan, and this gives a nice visual effect and a touch of reality. The base is 3mm MDF; the towed boat was commandeered from the 1/700 Trumpeter Bismarck with major modifications.

And this is the stern, with some of the figureheads remaining for decoration. I think the straw upper works and the blue stern decorations and awning look very good together.