James H

Looking nice! Any chance you can still twist those stern planks in a little so they make more contact with the false keel?

Thanks for that. I'll keep this link here, but please can this topic be limited to the software that Rob has posted here. That will keep this topic straightforward.

Pinned! (...and thanks for all your work, Rob)

Looking real good. It's good to get that first planking on and them remove those temporary beams.

There will be a 1:64 range available from Vanguard Models in the near future. I'm building the prototypes very shortly.

'Loosely' admiralty style, I reckon. Looks very simplistic.

Been there, done that! 🤪

Nice to see another Duchess coming together. You can tell it's a very solid frame! Yes, there are so many interlocking slots that applying glue afterwards is the safest way and PVA/Titebond have good penetration...and even more so with a little dilution too. I've had to use this method on Victory too because of the sheer size of joint coverage area. By the time I'd be half way through applying, the chances are the glue would be going off, so application afterwards was key.

Thankfully, there's zero reason to do it except for aesthetics for visible edges. Chris Watton did a test on this theory a long time ago and there was no weakness in a joint still carrying char.

You'll have to ask Chris that. I just have to build these up.

Fresh from Vanguard Models. A 'sign' of things coming... 🤫😆

I get moments like that too and I'm 50! Carry on! 🤣

I don't want to hijack this log at all, but this is in the manual I wrote:

Definitely. There is a metal rotary circle cutter but the blades are very fine and not suited for stuff like cutting those abrasive paper sheets.

Moved to correct forum area.

Can you explain what you mean?

It happens. Look at the part numbers on these early stages. If low numbered, you can guarantee they are needed very early on.

Whilst it's a straightforward model to build, the design complexity really calls for all those instruction stages to be followed, and many in the sequence suggested too. That was a nice save in getting those parts in before you planked that hull later.

Not on this one as Tom wants to use it for an English language instruction manual/leaflet. Still, it actually looks very pretty in bare timber.

That longitudinal pattern should fit snugly, but you need to tease it down all of those slots a bit at a time or it won't seat properly. There are a lot of slots you need to make sure won't snag those parts. This was why I thought it a good reason to dry fit a lot of this and then paint glue into the joints when assembled.

I was wondering where you'd gone 🔭 Hope things are back on an even keep soon and wed can see this one progress.

I've not been idle this last week. In between finishing build work on a Tiger Moth for a mag article, I've been cleaning my man cave and getting things back into order. What time I've had left, I've put into some extra work on this. As I said, Tom will use this for his manual, and that's why I've not used any paint. The next step was to glue the column bases into position, followed by the columns themselves. To ensure I got those columns vertical and evenly spaced whilst setting, I slid the pavilion upper former into position. Small pots of paint (same size) were used to make sure that part was even all around until the columns dried. It was then removed. Next come the 5 sets of walls. It's important that you get all these so the pattern is the same on the outside or it will just look odd. If these look familiar, remember that the symbol was a Buddhist one long before it was misused in the 20th century. Those walls are now glued into position using the etched markings on the floor, and the benching part slid down the columns. At this point, I glued that upper former into position at the top of the columns as it provided that extra rigidity. These parts here are the frames onto which the seat backs will mount. The seat backs were soaked in hot water for 30 mins and then wrapped around a 2kg weight and bound tight. This was left overnight on a radiator. The seat backs were now carefully glued into position. Time to pretty up the top area of the pavilion. Several panels, both decorative and plain are now glued into position. The next stage is the roof, but that will take a week or so until I can get onto it as I need to finalise my magazine project. This pavilion is a real nice kit and a wonderful diversion whilst still sticking with timber modelling.

Something real satisfying in adding those walnut strakes. Looking real nice. I'd still paint that upper area all black instead of using a third colour though, but that's me. Will look nice with a registration number added too.

To protect the painted hull against any char on the cradle, I glued a few strips of thin styrene over those contact areas.

Just remember that there is a lot of soaking to do on key parts and pear expansion is a LOT. It really is a good idea to leave those parts overnight (at least 12hrs) as you can still have a reasonable amount of expansion present in the last hrs before use.