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caulking was done with a pencil im not to happy with it though just doesnt look right if anyones got comments please feel free to post  
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gunports an sides in place    now the fun begins  PLANKING
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Beading laid inside bulwarks and gunports drilled out ready to file into shape   a fair bit of filler was used now comes the hard part RUBBING DOWN ive found the best and one of the cheapest is polyfiller ive used it on 4 of my builds and have never had any problems with it
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I used polyfilla on my Black Pearl build! Good stuff! Now you have the decks in place they look really good. 
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Hi CaptainAlan That is looking a really good build, probably a much more sensible size to tackle than the mighty Victory! Regarding the caulking and trenails, I think it looks good from the pictures and will probably improve even more once you varnish over the decks, I assume that is what you will be doing? I have just once tiny question to ask and that is where will the berth be for the crocodile??? CrocodileAfter all it is a real pirate ship you are building not a pretend one like HMS Halifax!! Seriously Ben and I will keep checking out your progress Mike T
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yes I'm going to varnish but was thinking about giving the decks a wash with cold tea to try and age them. as for the croc he can sleep in the bilges
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looks good captalan, one small wee comment on the trenails,in between the joins it would look a lot better if you added 2 more trenails diagonally, as if there were a joist underneath.keep them pics coming. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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   1 thing I've found with this build is I've no patience i should have stopped and waited till i had a plank bender either a soidering iron or proper plank bender that was on order which arrived today as you can see from the pic's ive more peaks and troffs than a storm force 10 in the biscay
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just to give me a bit of a break from rubbing down ive started to kit bash  
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False keel lightly stuck on with 2 small dots of glue just to keep it in place this is where ive deveated from the pictures i cant really say instructions as there arn't any just a few pictures that really dont show what where why im hoping (fingers crossed) to mark out planking in a orderd way as to cover all mistakes and there are a few   
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coming along better than my 1st attempt which got condemed to the corner of the shed didnt get as far as 2nd planking see by bottle of plasweld ure probably used to working with styrene scratch building etc
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yes bugdie ive built about 25 r/c ships mostly from model slipway and deans marine ive only ever built 4 wooden ones but that was so long ago i class myself as a 1st timer when it comes to knowing stuff about wood
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I've not had much time this week to do much apart from work work and more work i managed to fit a few more planks i think im going to stain the dark wood as its all gone patchy with the glue     hopefully il manage to do the otherside over the weekend Alan
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Lookin good there Cap't.. Keep it up..... On the bench 1/350 Revell Tirpitz Platinum Edition (Pontos PE and Wooden deck) plus extra Eduard PE set and extra MK1 door sets.
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i love this build as a new comer to wooden model making its good to see how things should look!! good job “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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