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Small update. Custom fitted the main rail on my AVS. The one provided by the kit was not adequate. I cut the new rail out of 1/16 walnut and did the first stain with ink. I have some touch up to do with the paint but I have decided to wait until I drill the sweep ports to do it.
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Time for a small update. I worked on the double planking above the black strake
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Great job on the paint She is coming along nicely!!!
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Hey Greg, Good to see you back at it. Nice progress!are you going to spray paint your AVS?
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Thanks Zoltan. You made a good point. There was a difference of 1.2 mm in 2 of the gun ports. I am working on fixing that. Bummer, i just finished the red coat. See below. Shoot me how can I miss that!?!?!?!?
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Thank you for the heads-up. I did some testing but i was not reproduce this so far. What kind of wood were you using?
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After many mistakes, restarts, here is the build as it is now. It is still due for a big sanding job and fixing any imperfections to obvious. Oh and I also used black ink to stain the black section on the transom. I will use the same technic for the wales and scupper.
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Small update. I started to work on the inner bulwark planking. I ran into an issue with the spirketing plank not been even with the gun port. Due to the gap size in some case and the impossibility to trim on the top with the risk to be too obvious, I trimmed the spirketing plank a little bit. The example below is the only case where it was by a large amount. Once everything is sanded and squarred. It will look ok. Finger crossed!!
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I want to make ships like this when I grow up.
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I was not able to do anything last weekend. Instead I was tasked to renovate one of my girls bedroom (painting, ceiling scraping, retexturing, baseboard...) After a crazy week at work, I was able to work on my ship last night. I was able to procure some boxwood and I decided to use it for my wales and scupper. What a difference this kind of wood makes !!!! I Now understand what all the fuss was about when reading other builders logs.
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OMG!!! Amazing details and craftsmanship displayed in your build Greg!! It is a pleasure to read it.
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Sanded the hull nice and smooth last night after applying some wood filler. It turned out ok at least good to receive the second planking. Next was the installation of fillers around the gun port and preparation for the sweep port. Plan for the weekend and beginning of next week appears to be something like this: wale installation scupper construction (outside and inside pieces) pre-drilling the hull for scupper planking inside wall finishing drilling sweep port and scupper Well, this is the plan. I will see if my thinking is sound as I start implementation.
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Thanks Tom. I will look into this product.
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Hi Everyone, I would like to know if there is any advantage or disadvantage in using plastic wood or wood filler. I was at the store and they were out of Elmer Wood Filler so I picked up DAP plastics wood. My Elmer is almost out so but I do anything I could regret i am looking for advice.
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Well, it is FAR from perfect but.... Aside from a few gaps here and there, the hull is completed and closed up. What a ride and learning curse!!! Lessons: 1. fairing is important, too much messed your planking 2. Laying out the wales perfectly (critical step). I went too high on the stern of the ship which resulted in difficulty with dividing and laying the first few planks 3. Blending and using stealer properly. On this one, I think it will come with experience. The below pictures are without any sanding, wood filler. Just raw 'Kindergartener' work. The starboard side is going to need some loving.
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