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So after so stressing and lots of checking I decided that the slight (very slight) bend was negligible so I got started tonight. I think the reason I was so nervous was because I don't want to make a mistake right out of the gate. In the end I realized that I know wood working and I can have a little faith in myself. The biggest part of tonight involved making a "table" to build my ship on. My shop is small so I came up with the idea of using my lathe. I cut some wood to fight tightly in the slot on the bed of my lathe, then I added a couple of handles that turn to lock the whole thing in place. The great thing about this setup is the versatility it allows me. I can easily remove the table when I need to use the lathe, then I added an holder for my manual (not shown). As far as the kit. I put my rabbet strip on, so tomorrow I will start on the bulkheads. I will need to get some wood for the filler blocks, so a trip to Hobby Lobby is in order.

On a side note, I need to either build or buy some sort of table to build my ship on, right now I'm using my table saw, any suggestions?

Thank you all, I really appreciate the kind words. I am really excited to get thing under way. As far as the warpage is concerned, I didn't really get a good picture of the actual problem. The picture below shows the warpage (if you want to call it that). If I hold down the opposite lower corner the opposite upper corner lifts. Please let me know if this is going to be a problem, or should I just keep plugging along. Thanks for the Minwax idea, I actually already have some in my wood shop, so that saved me a trip to the big box store. Just for kicks

So I bought this kit a year and a half ago and due to several reasons, I never got around to starting it. Now my work situation and living situation are much more conducive to building a wooden ship model. In my research to pick my first ship I bought 3 kits the Syren, the Marseille (C. Mamoli 1/64 kit), and the HMS Victory cross section. I got the other kits because 1, I like them and 2 I got a killer deal on both from eBay. I decided to start with the Syren for a couple of reasons. First, is the fact that the Syren came with the step by step manual. Second, is because there are so many Syrens being built and completed which will be invaluable for me. So lets get started. First off I start with a question... lol I noticed that several others have mentioned that the bulkhead former was warped, so that was the first thing I checked. I found that my BF was warped a little (about 1/16" corner to corner) and bowed in the middle about 1/64". With finding this I Clamped it to the bedway on my lathe. Is this what I need to do or do I need to something else? Even with this small setback I still tried to do something, so I sanded the the bulkheads to fit the BF, I made them tight, but not so tight that I would be concerned about breaking anything. I also skipped ahead and glued the 25' longboat and will probably start sanding on it tomorrow. I know that the longboat is going to be difficult and very detailed but I think I can do it. The one question I had was related to the stain. The guide book says to stain the wooden parts prior to gluing them; what color stain do I need to use and what can I get it?

I am amazed with the amount of detail you can get from this scale. Great Job, keep it up.

Looks great! Following along

Very nice build. Seeing what you have done on your first build has motivated me to try the same, so I ordered my Syren tonight (they are back ordered but I ordered it non the less). I only hope that my Syren comes out even close to the quality and level of detail that your has.