I use a Xacto #11 Blade to dig out the slots.
External Rail Bitts
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Bitts Midships / Forecastle
I’m working on the rest of the Bitts.
I swear, the making of these Bitts have probably been the most frustrating thing in the entire project so far!
Anyway… I THINK I figured it out.
I was able to pull out this nice Bitt using my #11 Xacto Razorblades.
They are quite difficult to make with any consistency!!! I must’ve made like 60 of them, trying to make them look consistent!!!
Bitts Poop Deck / Quarter Deck
Main Mast Bitts
Carved out the Bitts that go under the Main Mast. I needed to install these before everything else because it will determine where all the pieces lie.
I always install little nails on the base for added stability.
Bitts for Main Bulwarks Rails
This is some painstaking work making these Tiny Bitts…
The Pieces the kit gives you are these 4×4 Mansonia pieces which I have to round out the bottom and use a Razor Blade and File to shape into the Bitts.
The Bottom is what they gave me.
I first used a Square File and rounded the square to a small dowel.
Once you Razor in around 1.5mm from the bottom, you Razor in from the top down at a slight angle, holding it with some Parallel Grip Pliers at an angle and use the X-Acto like a Plane and slice down being careful to stop as you approach the Razored in line…
At least this Manzoni Wood is pretty strong for the Bitts.
Can you believe that the Kit gave you only EXACTLY 34 3x4x15mm pre rough cut pieces?!?!!!! .. I’m surprised they didn’t just give you a piece of 3x4mm and tell you to cut your own pieces!!! .. 🤔🙄😲
I’ve had to keep making new ones. It has taken me nearly 2 weeks to make 34 of them I am ashamed to say!!! .. I keep striving to have them even!!! .. 🤔🙄😲