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    _SalD_ got a reaction from canoe21 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    The templates that I cut from Sheet #2 of the drawings worked out very well.  I marked the locations of all the gun ports and sweeps and then proceeded to cut and assemble all the pieces.  After installing each group of pieces making up the gun ports and sweeps I sanded them down to their rough shape.
     

     
     
    After the sweeps were glued and dried I sanded everything down to their final shape.   This was a lot of sanding.
     

     
     
    For sanding I used my dermal to take off a majority of the material, for the final sanding I used the sanding blocks shown below.  I had seen the red blocks in Marsares's Syren build and liked their shape so I purchased two.  The 20mm wide sander was very handy for doing the inboard side of the bulwarks, the 40mm wide one was good for doing the outboard side with its rounded surface.  The one I made from a cardboard tube with sandpaper taped to it also worked very well for the outboard side.  The emery boards and pencil sander I used to clean up the inside of the gun ports.
     

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    _SalD_ got a reaction from mspringer in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    The templates that I cut from Sheet #2 of the drawings worked out very well.  I marked the locations of all the gun ports and sweeps and then proceeded to cut and assemble all the pieces.  After installing each group of pieces making up the gun ports and sweeps I sanded them down to their rough shape.
     

     
     
    After the sweeps were glued and dried I sanded everything down to their final shape.   This was a lot of sanding.
     

     
     
    For sanding I used my dermal to take off a majority of the material, for the final sanding I used the sanding blocks shown below.  I had seen the red blocks in Marsares's Syren build and liked their shape so I purchased two.  The 20mm wide sander was very handy for doing the inboard side of the bulwarks, the 40mm wide one was good for doing the outboard side with its rounded surface.  The one I made from a cardboard tube with sandpaper taped to it also worked very well for the outboard side.  The emery boards and pencil sander I used to clean up the inside of the gun ports.
     

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    _SalD_ got a reaction from fatih79 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    The templates that I cut from Sheet #2 of the drawings worked out very well.  I marked the locations of all the gun ports and sweeps and then proceeded to cut and assemble all the pieces.  After installing each group of pieces making up the gun ports and sweeps I sanded them down to their rough shape.
     

     
     
    After the sweeps were glued and dried I sanded everything down to their final shape.   This was a lot of sanding.
     

     
     
    For sanding I used my dermal to take off a majority of the material, for the final sanding I used the sanding blocks shown below.  I had seen the red blocks in Marsares's Syren build and liked their shape so I purchased two.  The 20mm wide sander was very handy for doing the inboard side of the bulwarks, the 40mm wide one was good for doing the outboard side with its rounded surface.  The one I made from a cardboard tube with sandpaper taped to it also worked very well for the outboard side.  The emery boards and pencil sander I used to clean up the inside of the gun ports.
     

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    _SalD_ reacted to WackoWolf in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I am glad you said this Saturday, I forgot and thought it was next week. Thanks. Getting old makes you forget.
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from augie in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    Augie, It helps a lot reading other peoples logs and learning from their experiences.  At least I was aware of the problems with the templates so it wasn't TOO much of a shock when they didn't fit.
     
     
     
    Joe, the word ‘great’ is a long ways off for describing my ship building abilities but thank you.  I’m going to miss the club meeting this Saturday, going to visit my daughter at college, see you next month.
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from canoe21 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from jdbradford in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from fatih79 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from tasmanian in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from yvesvidal in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from Ol' Pine Tar in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    After sanding the gun port sills and lintels my next step was to cut out the templates provided on the heavy card stock for laying out the vertical sides of the gun ports.   I cut the starboard side templates out, taped them together at the matchline and positioned it on the side of the ship lining up the end bulkhead of the template to the #26 bulkhead of the ship.  After comparing the positions of the bulkheads on the template to those of my ship’s I thought to myself… “Well, either I totally screwed this up or, as others have written in their logs, these templates are way off.”
     

     
     
    Trying to determine if the templates were off or if I should retire from ship building, I decided to cut out the gun port layout shown on Sheet #2 of the drawings.  I taped it to the ship and, phew, much better.  Just to confirm that I could use this template instead of the ones supplied on the card stock I PM’ed Chuck Passaro and he in fact confirmed that it was acceptable to use the template on Sheet #2.
     

     
     
    For a side by side comparison of the two templates see photo below.  The template cut from the card stock is at the bottom.
     

     
     
    So much for the starboard side, how about the port side you might ask.  Fortunately I have access to a large scanner at work where I can scan the drawing and then import it into AutoCAD.  From there I was able to make a mirror image of Sheet #2 and then printed it out to use as the port side template.
     

     
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    _SalD_ reacted to GuntherMT in Armed Virginia Sloop by GuntherMT - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale 1:48   
    So today was a pretty good day.  The model show was fantastic.  So much amazing skill on display, and the venue was just as good, with some awesome warbirds on display.  I took 470+ photo's.
     
    I got a very nice surprise at the end of the day.
     


     
    To be fair, there wasn't much competition for out of the box, but it made me happy anyway.
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from canoe21 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I glued in all the bulkhead fillers using balsa wood and now my ship looks like a tanker.  Next I sanded down the blocks along the hull while fairing the bulkheads.  One thing I didn’t notice until I was reviewing the pictures was that I broke off the port side number 20 bulwark while sanding down the top of the balsa.  Fortunately I found it on the floor and glued it back in place.
     

     
     
     
    For the lower deck I decided to assemble the planks together and then install it in one piece between bulkheads 16 and 20.  I cut all the planks to length and glued them together.  Prior to cutting the pieces I stained the wooden strip with Min Wax golden oak stain.  I also shaded one edge of the planks with a pencil to simulate the caulking before gluing them together.  I know treenailing the lower deck wasn't required but since I've never done this before I thought that I would give it a try.  I figured if I screwed it up no one would see it.  I just arbitrarily assumed a place for the joint in the planks and drew a pencil line.  I then used a 0.5mm bit to drill the holes in the planks and then cleaned them up by inserting a compass point into each hole.  I filled the holes using a dark colored blend stick.  Please let me know what you think because I was going to use this method on the hull and upper decking.
     
     
     
     
    Next I laid out the batten for the gun port sill, cut and fit all the pieces and glued them in place.  I need to sand them all down next.   Is there an easy way to sand the inboard side of the sill?  It appears to be an awkward place to reach.
     


     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I glued in all the bulkhead fillers using balsa wood and now my ship looks like a tanker.  Next I sanded down the blocks along the hull while fairing the bulkheads.  One thing I didn’t notice until I was reviewing the pictures was that I broke off the port side number 20 bulwark while sanding down the top of the balsa.  Fortunately I found it on the floor and glued it back in place.
     

     
     
     
    For the lower deck I decided to assemble the planks together and then install it in one piece between bulkheads 16 and 20.  I cut all the planks to length and glued them together.  Prior to cutting the pieces I stained the wooden strip with Min Wax golden oak stain.  I also shaded one edge of the planks with a pencil to simulate the caulking before gluing them together.  I know treenailing the lower deck wasn't required but since I've never done this before I thought that I would give it a try.  I figured if I screwed it up no one would see it.  I just arbitrarily assumed a place for the joint in the planks and drew a pencil line.  I then used a 0.5mm bit to drill the holes in the planks and then cleaned them up by inserting a compass point into each hole.  I filled the holes using a dark colored blend stick.  Please let me know what you think because I was going to use this method on the hull and upper decking.
     
     
     
     
    Next I laid out the batten for the gun port sill, cut and fit all the pieces and glued them in place.  I need to sand them all down next.   Is there an easy way to sand the inboard side of the sill?  It appears to be an awkward place to reach.
     


     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from jdbradford in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I glued in all the bulkhead fillers using balsa wood and now my ship looks like a tanker.  Next I sanded down the blocks along the hull while fairing the bulkheads.  One thing I didn’t notice until I was reviewing the pictures was that I broke off the port side number 20 bulwark while sanding down the top of the balsa.  Fortunately I found it on the floor and glued it back in place.
     

     
     
     
    For the lower deck I decided to assemble the planks together and then install it in one piece between bulkheads 16 and 20.  I cut all the planks to length and glued them together.  Prior to cutting the pieces I stained the wooden strip with Min Wax golden oak stain.  I also shaded one edge of the planks with a pencil to simulate the caulking before gluing them together.  I know treenailing the lower deck wasn't required but since I've never done this before I thought that I would give it a try.  I figured if I screwed it up no one would see it.  I just arbitrarily assumed a place for the joint in the planks and drew a pencil line.  I then used a 0.5mm bit to drill the holes in the planks and then cleaned them up by inserting a compass point into each hole.  I filled the holes using a dark colored blend stick.  Please let me know what you think because I was going to use this method on the hull and upper decking.
     
     
     
     
    Next I laid out the batten for the gun port sill, cut and fit all the pieces and glued them in place.  I need to sand them all down next.   Is there an easy way to sand the inboard side of the sill?  It appears to be an awkward place to reach.
     


     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from dgbot in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I glued in all the bulkhead fillers using balsa wood and now my ship looks like a tanker.  Next I sanded down the blocks along the hull while fairing the bulkheads.  One thing I didn’t notice until I was reviewing the pictures was that I broke off the port side number 20 bulwark while sanding down the top of the balsa.  Fortunately I found it on the floor and glued it back in place.
     

     
     
     
    For the lower deck I decided to assemble the planks together and then install it in one piece between bulkheads 16 and 20.  I cut all the planks to length and glued them together.  Prior to cutting the pieces I stained the wooden strip with Min Wax golden oak stain.  I also shaded one edge of the planks with a pencil to simulate the caulking before gluing them together.  I know treenailing the lower deck wasn't required but since I've never done this before I thought that I would give it a try.  I figured if I screwed it up no one would see it.  I just arbitrarily assumed a place for the joint in the planks and drew a pencil line.  I then used a 0.5mm bit to drill the holes in the planks and then cleaned them up by inserting a compass point into each hole.  I filled the holes using a dark colored blend stick.  Please let me know what you think because I was going to use this method on the hull and upper decking.
     
     
     
     
    Next I laid out the batten for the gun port sill, cut and fit all the pieces and glued them in place.  I need to sand them all down next.   Is there an easy way to sand the inboard side of the sill?  It appears to be an awkward place to reach.
     


     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from fatih79 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I glued in all the bulkhead fillers using balsa wood and now my ship looks like a tanker.  Next I sanded down the blocks along the hull while fairing the bulkheads.  One thing I didn’t notice until I was reviewing the pictures was that I broke off the port side number 20 bulwark while sanding down the top of the balsa.  Fortunately I found it on the floor and glued it back in place.
     

     
     
     
    For the lower deck I decided to assemble the planks together and then install it in one piece between bulkheads 16 and 20.  I cut all the planks to length and glued them together.  Prior to cutting the pieces I stained the wooden strip with Min Wax golden oak stain.  I also shaded one edge of the planks with a pencil to simulate the caulking before gluing them together.  I know treenailing the lower deck wasn't required but since I've never done this before I thought that I would give it a try.  I figured if I screwed it up no one would see it.  I just arbitrarily assumed a place for the joint in the planks and drew a pencil line.  I then used a 0.5mm bit to drill the holes in the planks and then cleaned them up by inserting a compass point into each hole.  I filled the holes using a dark colored blend stick.  Please let me know what you think because I was going to use this method on the hull and upper decking.
     
     
     
     
    Next I laid out the batten for the gun port sill, cut and fit all the pieces and glued them in place.  I need to sand them all down next.   Is there an easy way to sand the inboard side of the sill?  It appears to be an awkward place to reach.
     


     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from tasmanian in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    I glued in all the bulkhead fillers using balsa wood and now my ship looks like a tanker.  Next I sanded down the blocks along the hull while fairing the bulkheads.  One thing I didn’t notice until I was reviewing the pictures was that I broke off the port side number 20 bulwark while sanding down the top of the balsa.  Fortunately I found it on the floor and glued it back in place.
     

     
     
     
    For the lower deck I decided to assemble the planks together and then install it in one piece between bulkheads 16 and 20.  I cut all the planks to length and glued them together.  Prior to cutting the pieces I stained the wooden strip with Min Wax golden oak stain.  I also shaded one edge of the planks with a pencil to simulate the caulking before gluing them together.  I know treenailing the lower deck wasn't required but since I've never done this before I thought that I would give it a try.  I figured if I screwed it up no one would see it.  I just arbitrarily assumed a place for the joint in the planks and drew a pencil line.  I then used a 0.5mm bit to drill the holes in the planks and then cleaned them up by inserting a compass point into each hole.  I filled the holes using a dark colored blend stick.  Please let me know what you think because I was going to use this method on the hull and upper decking.
     
     
     
     
    Next I laid out the batten for the gun port sill, cut and fit all the pieces and glued them in place.  I need to sand them all down next.   Is there an easy way to sand the inboard side of the sill?  It appears to be an awkward place to reach.
     


     
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from canoe21 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    It seemed like I worked all weekend on the ship but didn't get much accomplished.  First I beveled the bulkheads slightly just shy of the guide lines.  Then I glued all the bulkheads to the BF being careful to align each one 90 degrees and vertical to it.  I did one at a time and waited three to four hours for the glue to set before gluing the next one in place.  One thing I discovered while dry fitting the bulkheads in place was that Jenga blocks suck for lining up the bulkheads (scratch that idea).  I used a modified version of Floyd Kershner’s aluminum angles and a drafting triangle.  I also attached the bow fillers and filler material to bulkhead ‘P’ prior the gluing it in place.  I just thought it might be easier to get the basic shape down before gluing it in place.
     

     
     
    Bulkhead 'P' with fillers attached
     

     
     
    Finished product

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    _SalD_ got a reaction from avsjerome2003 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    It seemed like I worked all weekend on the ship but didn't get much accomplished.  First I beveled the bulkheads slightly just shy of the guide lines.  Then I glued all the bulkheads to the BF being careful to align each one 90 degrees and vertical to it.  I did one at a time and waited three to four hours for the glue to set before gluing the next one in place.  One thing I discovered while dry fitting the bulkheads in place was that Jenga blocks suck for lining up the bulkheads (scratch that idea).  I used a modified version of Floyd Kershner’s aluminum angles and a drafting triangle.  I also attached the bow fillers and filler material to bulkhead ‘P’ prior the gluing it in place.  I just thought it might be easier to get the basic shape down before gluing it in place.
     

     
     
    Bulkhead 'P' with fillers attached
     

     
     
    Finished product

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    _SalD_ reacted to GuntherMT in Armed Virginia Sloop by GuntherMT - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale 1:48   
    Thanks Alistair and Lawrence,
     
    Also thanks to the other folks for the likes.
     
    Today I made some progress with the planking, and I also have been repainting the stern fashion pieces.  I sanded them down since I was unhappy with how rough the black paint looked, and then I re-primed with thinned primer, sanded with 320 grit, primed again, sanded with 320 grit, then added a coat of thinned black and sanded once more.  After that I added about 6 or 7 coats of very thin (think - more of a wash than paint) black.  I did this over the last few days of course, and I actually did the first two primer coats before leaving on my trip.  Much happier with the smoothness of the black painted area now, although I still need to fill the gaps around the windows at some point.
     

     
    The planking is progressing reasonably well, even if I'm not 100% happy with everything about it, it is after all going to be covered up later.  I really need to get better at trimming the pieces to size, as whichever end I finish with isn't getting trimmed to the right size very well.
     

     
    I've got the garboard plank on the other side, but none of the other lower planking there.  Last day of my short little vacation is tomorrow, so maybe I'll finish up the first planking layer.
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    _SalD_ got a reaction from Burroak in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    It seemed like I worked all weekend on the ship but didn't get much accomplished.  First I beveled the bulkheads slightly just shy of the guide lines.  Then I glued all the bulkheads to the BF being careful to align each one 90 degrees and vertical to it.  I did one at a time and waited three to four hours for the glue to set before gluing the next one in place.  One thing I discovered while dry fitting the bulkheads in place was that Jenga blocks suck for lining up the bulkheads (scratch that idea).  I used a modified version of Floyd Kershner’s aluminum angles and a drafting triangle.  I also attached the bow fillers and filler material to bulkhead ‘P’ prior the gluing it in place.  I just thought it might be easier to get the basic shape down before gluing it in place.
     

     
     
    Bulkhead 'P' with fillers attached
     

     
     
    Finished product

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    _SalD_ got a reaction from paulschmitt in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    It seemed like I worked all weekend on the ship but didn't get much accomplished.  First I beveled the bulkheads slightly just shy of the guide lines.  Then I glued all the bulkheads to the BF being careful to align each one 90 degrees and vertical to it.  I did one at a time and waited three to four hours for the glue to set before gluing the next one in place.  One thing I discovered while dry fitting the bulkheads in place was that Jenga blocks suck for lining up the bulkheads (scratch that idea).  I used a modified version of Floyd Kershner’s aluminum angles and a drafting triangle.  I also attached the bow fillers and filler material to bulkhead ‘P’ prior the gluing it in place.  I just thought it might be easier to get the basic shape down before gluing it in place.
     

     
     
    Bulkhead 'P' with fillers attached
     

     
     
    Finished product

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    _SalD_ got a reaction from fatih79 in US Brig Syren by _SalD_ – FINISHED - 3/16" scale   
    It seemed like I worked all weekend on the ship but didn't get much accomplished.  First I beveled the bulkheads slightly just shy of the guide lines.  Then I glued all the bulkheads to the BF being careful to align each one 90 degrees and vertical to it.  I did one at a time and waited three to four hours for the glue to set before gluing the next one in place.  One thing I discovered while dry fitting the bulkheads in place was that Jenga blocks suck for lining up the bulkheads (scratch that idea).  I used a modified version of Floyd Kershner’s aluminum angles and a drafting triangle.  I also attached the bow fillers and filler material to bulkhead ‘P’ prior the gluing it in place.  I just thought it might be easier to get the basic shape down before gluing it in place.
     

     
     
    Bulkhead 'P' with fillers attached
     

     
     
    Finished product

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