I realize that I’ve skipped over a lot of the Construction. It is turning out great so I figure I’ll go ahead and Post where I am right now.
I completed the Planking and I painted the Hull and added the Wales.
The wood for the Wales I left bare by using some thin Masking Tape.
It worked really well I must say.
I messed up a bit. I put the Deck Planks in before I took the guides out. I should have waited so that the Planks will cover the Stubs where the guides were. Well… I’m not going to worry about it. There will be so much going on that this descrepancy would be hardly noticiable.
Anyway, I used one of those Scalpel looking Xacto Blades to remove the guide stubs until I noticed that I was scraping the Deck with the side of the Blade. So, I switched to those Wood Chisel looking Blades.
After I got about half way through using various Xacto Razors… I realized that it is a lot easier simply to use my Sprue Cutter.
Before installing the Transom… Which is basically ready to be glued in, I decided to go ahead and put in the Deck Planking.
This will save me work later on because I can simply take off the excess of the Deck Planking that goes over instead of having to measure them out.
I will go with 80mm Sections for the planks and I’ll “color” the sides in with my Pencil… Giving it a more worn and weathered look.
I found that I had to put this Deck on in order to line it up. I guess this is just from experience that I didn’t want to glue the Frames to the Keel before making sure it fits the Slots on the Deck and it lines up!
