I had the Walnut Wood Strips 1.5 x 3mm soaking in Water + Glycerin for almost 24 hours. I had no problem bending it.
These DeWalt Clamps only go so deep. The Wale will be down below the Sapelle Wood.
I used Contact Cement and in some spots SuperGlue.
Yeah… I put another coat of Black paint on it…
I always feel like an Able Bodies Seaman sitting in a Bosun’s Chair while painting over the dings in the Wale up some river in England… 🙄🤔
I finally got the .5 x 4mm Tanganyika Wood that I ordered from Model Expo. Seems like it took forever! .. At least I bent some Wale while waiting…
Anyway… Here’s my Tanganyika…
I also trimmed all the excess Planks that peeked over the Bulwarks with my Ibex Plane.
By the way, the distressed wood is intentional…
I haven’t Posted much because I am currently stalled while I wait for the UPS to arrive from Model Expo from whom I ordered a bunch of Tanganyika Wood.
I ran out of the .5 x 3mm Tanganyika Wood. Had to order some more… I swear, after I ordered it, it sat at “Processing” for nearly 3 Days until I got totally frustrated and wrote ol’ J Garcia at Model Expo an Email asking him “WTF?!?!!!!…” FINALLY, they shipped it and I’ve been checking UPS Tracking like 3 times per day, but it’s STILL “On the Way…”
I suppose I can soak and bend the 1.5 x 3mm Walnut for the Wale.
I just finished watching this Episode of Worlds’s Greatest Ships – Endeavor.
It gives you a pretty good idea of what the ship is supposed to look like. I especially like the shots of Endeavor with bare wood planking.
As I was working on the Transom, I realized I had to Shape the Rudder to fit in the hole.
This was from a fairly blank piece of wood, which I shaped with the Notches for where the Rudder Pintles will be.
I was worried that Sanding would leave it looking less “Rough”. I had a loose Plank on the lower hull so I had to apply some SuperGlue to it.
Anyway, it doesn’t look half bad. It’ll look great after I blow out all the Sawdust from the cracks and I apply Polyurethane to it.
I still wish I would’ve added Oakum to the Planks to make it look more authentic. 🤔🙄
I save my Sawdust for later use. It’s great as Putty with some CA Glue.
Sawdust and CA Glue does a great job of filling in Gaps so the lighter wood underneath doesn’t show. 🤔🙄
Some Gaps in the Bow I filled in. .. 🤔🙄
I have tried all kinds of stuff trying to get the Strakes to go down. I ended up pouring a bunch of Sawdust into the Gap and then pouring CA Glue into the Gap. It is nice and hard now.
