Coppering Bellerophon – 8 (the final post on this topic at least for a while.)
So I spent about 12 hours spread over 3 days to make strips and apply them to the hull of my HMS Bellerophon.
Embossing the strips was very quick. Less than a minute for each 800mm long strip. Most of the time was spent attaching the strips and trimming the ends.
A few photos follow….
The nail head impressions are visible close up, but only as a vague impression of surface roughness from a normal viewing distance, which is just what I wanted.
Pretty happy with this outcome.
Last post on this process. Until I copper the rudder, and install a cover strip over the top border of the copper plates….
Lastly. I had a play around with ChatGPT today. As result of my many interactions with it,them, they, him, her, came up with this…
(SWMBO thought it was hysterical.)
