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Hi shipmates.
I hope you and your families all had a good Christmas, and that Santa was good to you.
I had been so impressed by Jase and his build diary of the said Sultan Arab dhow that I showed them to my partner as well.
She also fell in love with it, and guess what... the lovely lady got it for me as a Christmas present.... I was over the moon, but it looks as though I'm going to have to put my Victory build on hold (yet again) so that this one can get built first - my partner's eager to see this one built, and I have to admit - so am I
I'm hoping to do a build diary for the Sultan, it should add something to the fun of building it.
In the mean time may I wish you and your loved ones a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
Happy building
David daffy09 attached the following image(s):
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Nice one David, Looking forward to your build - have fun  “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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All the best to you too David, and look forward to seeing your Dhow build
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Hi David I have this in my stash, nice to see another build though regards Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Hi David, A Lovely kit. I`m collecting this one over four months and have so far resisted the urge to start it, as I already have enough on the go, but it keeps coming to mind and tempts me. Look forward to your diary and good luck with the build. Regards delboy271155 (Derek) COME BACK GUY FAWKES "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU"
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Hi David, look forward to seeing this one come together..... Best of luck with your build....
Regards
Alan
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I followed Jase's build and I will follow this one too, lovely model. Something tells me that your going to have a few building along with you as well Steve
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Thanks for the kind words friends.
Just a quick update.
Well, everything has been unpacked and as this is the first time I've built a kit straight from the box as apposed to our part-work builds like Victory, I thought I'd take the time to read through the manual.
It seems to be very well thought out with lots of hints and tips at the beginning(6 pages in all) which I found very helpful.
The photos of the build stages are in my opinion, almost as good as those in our part-work magazines. However, the related text is quite small and I've noticed there are several errors which are no doubt due to the translation process from the native language.
Because the build instructions are printed in 7 different languages, I've gone through the manual highlighting the English instructions on each page. This is for my convenience - the different languages are colour coded by a small coloured dot next to each one, and although well laid out, there is just too much information for my eyes to cope with, hence the highlighting of the English.
Well, that's all for now. I'll be starting the build in the next few days so keep watching folks!!
Happy building
David
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daffy09 wrote:Thanks for the kind words friends.
Just a quick update.
Well, everything has been unpacked and as this is the first time I've built a kit straight from the box as apposed to our part-work builds like Victory, I thought I'd take the time to read through the manual.
It seems to be very well thought out with lots of hints and tips at the beginning(6 pages in all) which I found very helpful.
The photos of the build stages are in my opinion, almost as good as those in our part-work magazines. However, the related text is quite small and I've noticed there are several errors which are no doubt due to the translation process from the native language.
Because the build instructions are printed in 7 different languages, I've gone through the manual highlighting the English instructions on each page. This is for my convenience - the different languages are colour coded by a small coloured dot next to each one, and although well laid out, there is just too much information for my eyes to cope with, hence the highlighting of the English.
Well, that's all for now. I'll be starting the build in the next few days so keep watching folks!!
Happy building
David One area to be carful of is the bow post facing inside. the instructions give no inkling of what to do with it but in the pics it suddenly gets blacked out. I think they wanted you to stain it along with the other dark wood but I used vainer. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Thanks Jase,
I'll watch out for that one. I dare say that will be one of many problems I'll encounter, but I'll be using your build diary as a guide also. Thanks again
Happy building
David
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UPDATE #2
Have now separated all the frame parts, sanded and dry fitted to the keel. I found that sanding the keel/frame joints just enough to take off the laser burn gave all the frames a nice snug fit.
Also glued and fitted the bow and stern strengtheners.
Once these are dry, I'll remove the frames and sand everything off to get rid of the laser burning on the edges.
The instructions say to only dry fit the frames and glue them into place with dilute PVA once the deck is fitted, but I think I shall glue them in individually and get them all nice and square before the deck is fitted then run some dilute PVA into all the joins afterwards.
Happy building
David daffy09 attached the following image(s):
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Nice start David Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Look forward to seeing this one progress David, will be following.... Regards Alan
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Rank: Master Groups: Registered
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UPDATE #3
Been busy today with one of my less favourite jobs; that is fairing the hull ready to accept the first layer of planks. Man! the wood in this kit is hard, the same job on the Victory didn't seem half as bad, or at least that's my memory of it.
Anyway, I'll post further pictures of progress tomorrow but so far I've marked out the deck pieces as a guide for the nailing, glued and fitted the deck pieces, completed the nailing, brushed the diluted PVA into the joints between frames/keel and started the fairing.
Well that's it for now, tune in tomorrow (eve), when I should have the fairing completed and posted a further update and pics.
happy building
David
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UPDATE #4
Welcome back and thanks for the comments.
This 'fairing' business is taking longer than I thought, but as promised here are the pics of the build so far.
I measured up and marked out the 2 main deck pieces so that I would have a guide for the pins once the deck was glued in place.
Then with all the frames glued and squared up, the deck was installed, clamped and left to dry, after which the deck was pinned down as well. The pin pusher tool from the DeAg tool kit came in handy here, but the wood in this kit is really hard and it was tough going trying to get the pins all the way home, so I left them proud and clipped them off with pliers and smoothed them level with the deck.
What with gluing and pinning the deck pieces, I didn't think that the diluted PVA would be needed, but thought it would make for a stronger hull so did it anyway.
Now it's back to the sandpaper again. More soon
Happy building
Daviddaffy09 attached the following image(s):
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Looking good David, great start..... Regards Alan
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UPDATE #5
Thanks Gandale.
Yes, it was a pretty quick start but things should progress a little slower now.
Now that the fairing is completed, 1st planking can commence.
There is no mention in the instructions about tapering the sides of the planks so that they lay snugly against each other. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best way to go with this?
Any comments would be appreciated.
That's all for now
Happy building
David
Pics of completed 'fairing'daffy09 attached the following image(s):
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Looking good “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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UPDATE #6
It's been a few days since my last update, but finally I've completed one side of the hull.
First off - I'd like to express my thanks to Karl and Jase for their assistance. Their insights were extremely helpful, without which I would probably still be figuring out how to lay the first plank.
The problem was that the manual isn't too specific about laying that first plank next to the keel: I kept turning to Jase's build diary and the more I looked, the more confused I became. After 3 attempts, decided the best thing was to take a picture and PM him.
Once Jase had explained it to me, the answer was obvious and I could get on with it, so thanks again guys - I don't know what I'd do without this forum.
The other problem that became obvious was that because of the unusual shape of the prow, planking right up to it as the manual shows would make that end of the dhow much too thick when the keel was fitted and would necessitate a lot of hard graft with the sandpaper. The answer we came up with was to taper the prow in the same manner as the stern. Then, when the planks are laid, the keel would maintain its correct thickness of 4mm.
Anyway, the 1st planking of one side is now completed with no other problems and I've just got a tad more sanding to do and a little filling which I'll leave until the other side is complete.
Happy building and thanks for looking in
David
Here a couple of pictures on the build so far:- daffy09 attached the following image(s):
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Looking fab David, very well done....  .. Jase is definately the one to turn to with help with this build as his is simply superb.... .. Look forward to seeing more.... Regards Alan
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