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Hi all, sooo close 

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Shaping the planks to fit the ever narrowing spaces  (scharf joints I think their called ) is a very slow job (and each one is a different shape) but it is surprisingly satisfying when they finally fit.

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1 hour ago, GrantGoodale said:

That is why I like painted hulls. Paint covers up a host of wood filler and wood strip sins 🙂

 

 

Yeah but the cleaned and varnished wood just looks magical... Not that I've ever acheived that magic yet.   :confused:

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1 hour ago, GrantGoodale said:

I agree 100% to the great look of pure wood. Unfortunately, what I like and what my skills can produce are two different things.

 

Unfortunately, I have that problem with plastic too.             :rofl:

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Finally finished the planking of the hull, luckily the top half is black so I can hide the bad bits under the paint, I'm really pleased with the bottom half though which is good since I will just be varnishing that and leaving the wood to show.

I must admit its turned out far better than I hoped it would.

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Hi all well I'm on to the gunwale covers (why they are called that I dont know, they cover nothing have nothing to do with guns and what wale's are I've no idea) anyway I've made a jig to get all the holes in the same place.

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Drilled all 52 holes

 

Gunwales installed

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Bit annoyed with the instructions (and myself for not checking) they tell you to drill 52 holes @ 1.5 mm but the brass wire they supply is only 1 mm 

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Well shes got a name on her now, I feel shes looking like a ship now and with the lines on the side the proportions are looking better (I did think without them she was looking slab sided)

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Hi all finished the planking on the bow (those little bends in the 2x2mm sapeally were a real pain in the bum, that is the 12th set of those, they kept snapping when trying to bend them) I finally managed to get the bend by soaking them in boiling water then giving them 2 mins in the microwave.

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