Eugene

Top job there on your hull fairing.

Especially impressed with your finish of those solid wood blocks on bow and stern because that is a difficult area to get correct.

Can see this turning into a brilliant model at the rate your going - very well done.

Thanks for your comments Dave.

It was a bit strange to read in the instructions that it calls for doing all of the deck planking and to finish all of the decking and sides and then do the planking and the second finishing planking as well and then drill out the mast holes and the rudder holes after all this has been done??

So I decided to do it now before the deck and hull planking and putting on the side rails that could get damaged while I was drilling and filing.






I also beefed up the mast supports as by the time I set the drill down to the depth that they wanted them drilled too the drill hole went past the supports that they supplied.




This is the holes for the rudder.


And whoops!! I took out a bit to much when the file slipped and caught the edge of the plywood decking but all fixed.


I filled in the rear sections as their isn't much holding the rear bit on and since I will have to nail in the planks and the rear section is so hard it might help to have some extra support.



All of the hull preparations are now done and with a last going over and rechecking the ribs for beveling for the planking of the hull.



Ok now to set out and mark up the deck planking I am thinking of cutting the planks to the standard of what they were back in the 17th century and doing some research I settled on 12" X 25' decking when scaled down to 1:60 = 5 X 125mm and using a 4 But system which is ( : - - - : ) please correct me if I am wrong






The first Row.


The Second Row.


The Last Row.


Eugene.

Thanks Alan yes it is coming along quite smoothy and I find myself looking ahead at what needs to be done and evaluating the situations that are coming up with allot more incite than I did before so I must be learning something.

Eugene.

A bit late on my reply mate sorry about that your post got lost in the rest of the posts, Thank you for your comments and yes they are a pain to do but the planer helped and did most of the work. It's a David brand here in Australia.
David Plane

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Some nice progress there Eugene
Steve

Well I am used to hand planing so I guess that helps.

Eugene.

Hi Eugene,
You're really getting stuck into this build now, lovely work. I like the detail that's going into the decking. Think you made a good choice on the method. Look forward to next update.
Happy building
David

Looking good Eugene, looking good....

Regards

Alan

Hi Whizgig
spot on dekking job werry autentik
will be following this build .
Cheers
Samson