Following are photos of my first wood ship build. I had gotten the idea that I wanted to give it a try with absolutely no idea of what I was getting into. I went to the closest hobby shop and browsed their selection of wood ship model kits. In hindsight, the shop had quite a good selection to choose from based on my later experience with hobby shops and wood models. I chose the Willie Bennett based on the shape, the scale and the price. I knew enough that I wanted as large a scale as possible
Needless to say, the kit was not what I was expecting, it wanted me to cut all the wood pieces! I really got into the project and spent a lot of time learning and calculating how to produce the necessary parts, then remaking a lot of parts. I really enjoyed the calculating of plans for parts and the metalwork, even though I had to learn to solder on the fly. I even made a steering gear for the wheel to operate the rudder. In hindsight, I spent a lot of time doing all of the interior work then closed everything up to never see the effort again. With what I know now, I would have left some of the hull open permit viewing of the interior.
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