carrying on with the infill, the wood supplied was too hard for me,so I substituted with balsa.

progressing with the frames,these are very delicate,I can see that breakages
are going to occur the the tops of the frames. so I've decided to replace these when the frames are completed,and a bit more of the framework is done.
decided to infill the whole hull because of the delicacy of the frames,and the planking is quite thin 1.5mm. x 4mm.an intering part is the wales are fitted first being thicker then the normal planking,and the gunport framing is the first job,unlike european kits,the framing is done like the real thing,a batton between the frames,then another on the inside and finaly another on the outside,which makes up part of the planking.and then fill in in-between with planking. clocked up 50hrs so far.

hi steve,thanks for looking in, this is where I got mine from.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

thank you all for comments, this week progressing with the transom,painted and offered up to the framework, looks ok.started the planking,if you want to plank in scale,then this is what it's like.for those who remember imperial measures, planking is 1/16" thick (1.5mm) x 3/32" wide.(2mm.)and is going to take ages to do. 75hrs building so far.

Karl, are you saying the planking with this kit are just 2mm wide, i.e 5 rows of planking for every cm?
Steve

the stars on the transome are for temp. diplay only.the manufacture has not supplied them(missing from empty sealed packet)have to have a go at making them up somehow,suggestions most welcome.

thanks steve, but the max size is 2mm,and the smallest is 1mm.the pic makes them look bigger.

at the mo the stars are paper cutouts,just to see what they look like,will have to make some. right on with the show,this week been busy doing the deck,gunwales/gunports, inner transome,total build time 110hrs.