Ship’s Boat / Jolly Boat

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I had to mix some paint in order to get this color. It’s called Chestnut Brown and I put just a drop of black in it.

Rudder

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I’m finally getting around to attaching the Rudder. I’ve been delaying it until I finished most of the “on my lap” parts. Which means, I would work on it on my lap.

I’m going to first take the thickness of the Rudder down a bit… Perhaps by 3/4 of its size to start before attaching the Rudder Pintles.

I can’t really put the Gudgeons on the Stempost beforehand.

Bees Wax to hold it for sanding
Pintles

I’m making these Pintles out of this laser cut sheet of brass. Then I stuck a #18 Wire in there to act as the Pin that will fit in the Gudgeons that glue into the Stern Post.

All the Pintles are done
Making the Gudgeons

Handrails

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Bending these 2 Walnut 1x3mm for the after Handrails.

As before with bending, I soaked them in Ammonia + Water for a couple of hours.

Have to let it set hard
Port side in
Making sure it’s nice and set before proceeding
Fwd Starboard Handrail

I had to use some flexible beechwood which I cut down to approximately 1x3mm

Bending it around

I swear this Flexible Beechwood works great for this sort of application.

The only drawback is that it’s really expensive. The only source I could find for it was from Modelers Central and I’d say just for a couple of strips it cost me about $30 bucks!