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  1. mrcc
    More progress to report from the weekend past... Able to get the stern railing framed out and unfortunately again with this Mamoli kit they were short in the 1x1mm supplied boxwood... I basically laminated 2 strips of the deck planking which I believe is 0.5mm Tanganyika to get my 1mm and then cut a strip of 1mm as you seen in the picture and the variation in color.
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    Thanks Zappto for your compliments... the hull is planked with walnut, a light shade certainly. The kit supplied planking wood has been excellent in this old Mamoli kit, very tight dimensions and clean edges. My only critique is how Mamoli was cheap with the quantities of supplied wood. I have run out a few times of the required strips, making do as need be.
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    And completed some of the stern deck railings as well... This is all work completed last weekend so hopefully I will be able to provide an update into next week again.
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    Just a small update with regards to the addition of railings onto the inner bulwarks...
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    Hi Max, you have done such an amazing job... I love the kit and the work you have done! One question, how did you do your tree nails on the deck? Did you varnish the deck first and then fill the treenails and what was your fill? Thanks for your reply.
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    Thanks Popeye, thanks Grant for the compliments...
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    Hi Popeye, just finished looking at some of your recent logs... this one included... great stuff! Any updates upcoming?
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    And here is the results of the above mentioned work and preparation... The planking came out very nice compared to my previous builds that I have done. I did a 2 butt joint pattern and used blank archival ink (from a pen) to simulate the caulking which turned out very nicely in my opinion. The mistakes in planking on the main deck (at the earlier stage) will need some strategically placed barrels to hide them...
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    This is the image of the bulkhead extensions sanded back to the deck and inside surface of the hull... A fair amount of fiddly work given Mamoli's design of the kit is that you plank to the bulkhead extensions on an earlier stage of the build and then plank to the inside hull at a later stage, which is now. My inexperience though in that I did not completely understand the instructions and did not foresee that the bulkheads needed to be flush to the deck and my mistake in that some of my planks were notched to the extensions which does not look great when you fill in the voids with planks.
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    This past weekend, I worked on some of the exterior hull details... Mamoli's plans indicate brass pins installed through out the sheer strakes and futtock riders. I drilled 0.7mm holes with a pin vise and then glued in with CA the brass pins with the following results.
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    Thanks for the kind comments and likes... I am just now finding the skill level getting to a standard to my liking from my previous builds to date.
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    And here is the finished look... having stained the edges prior to gluing down the inside layer(s), it was a simple swipe of the brush to the outside surface to attain the present look.
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    In terms of the futtock riders, this past weekend had me finishing up the outer profile pieces. I found the best fit was to sand the ends and then bend the ends with a flat iron after a quick soak.
  14. mrcc
    At this stage per Mamoli's instruction, I trimmed off the bulkhead extensions using my heavy duty Milwaukee plunge cutter, all without any drama (piercing through the hull).
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    This is what it looked like just prior to covering with the top strip of 1.5x5 mm walnut. This was quite a bit of fiddly work...
  16. mrcc
    I am at the stage where adding the futtock riders are required. (I believe that is what they are called) The Mamoli kit had the following details in which I had to cut 1.5x5 mm strips, creating them in pieces and then covering them with a second layer in one piece. The top half was in one base strip, the middle strip and very bottom strips were with two strips laminated - and then covered with a solid strip. You can see in the images below the amount of sanding required to attain a nice smooth profile in order to cover them in a nice smooth fashion.
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    Everything looks great! The pumps are yes, better looking...
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    Beautiful work!
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    Looks good! Are you going to stain the masts or leave them natural?
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    Looking good!
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    Just had to repair an issue with the stern wood trim pieces that were affixed a while back... The instructions were vague and they should have referenced that the metal badges have to fit between the top strakes at that stage in the instructions. Now in hindsight, I should have lifted the trim pieces by about 2mm when I glued them on... I was a bit nervous as they were very well glued on, and having tried to manually cut them off, I had to take my Milwaukee plunge cutter (complete overkill) but I got them off without significant damage to the underlying hull as you can see in the first two pictures and then reaffixed as shown in the last 2 pictures.
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    So I am at this point caught up with the work down in the past and what is posted on my log. These most recent pictures was the work just this past weekend completed. I went outside and with my Dremel, sanded away with great care and attention the plank extensions that were beyond the trim pieces that I affixed the weekend before. Since these pictures, I have hand sanded the difference and now have a nice tight margin. I know my postings will certainly slow down at this time... Thanks,
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    Thanks Mustafa for the compliments... For the Mantua plans, you can go on the Cornwall Model Boats retail web site and half way down on the left, there is a link for Mantua instruction manuals... an easy download. PS Still undecided about Tung oil vs. Danish oil... something to worry about in the future.
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    Hi Zoltan, I have been strictly using the Mamoli plans and only used the Mantua depiction for the details under the forecastle. Thanks again for for checking in on my build!
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    PS The photos really exaggerate some of the spacing between the hull planks, but with the naked eye, actually do not look as bad as in the images. I will do a white glue/water mix with fine sawdust prior to oil on the hull for the larger and more obvious spaces on the hull. Any other techniques or suggestions for fill given that I think I will be using a Danish or tung oil treatment for the hull? Does a commercial walnut filler take the oil evenly as the wood planks would? Thanks for any input...

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