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rcmdrvr

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  1. Well, the basic hull and superstructure is pretty much complete.  Now beginning to work on various deck structures.  Here is the brass railing that will go on top of the wheelhouse.  Slowly, I am beginning to acquire the skill of soldering.....a very necessary skill in this boat building hobby.  The final photo is the railing ready for painting.

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  2. Now that the planking is essentially done, I returned to the superstructure area.  The first stem is a coat of paint.  I am using the acrylic paint from MSW and applying with a brush.

     

    I then moved onto building a few of the deck structures.  These will be painted and trimmed before gluing to the deck.

     

    I painted the screw.  The kit provided a black plastic screw.  I have painted with Vallejo brass paint.  I am holding my breath on this one.

     

    The last step I started this weekend was the railing around the deck.  This is going to take some time.  All-in-all, a productive weekend.

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  3. Once the hull was planked with the finish strips; the next step in the process was to add the keel.  Took a bit scraping, sanding and bending but I think I got it in place and looking OK.

     

    After the keel is in place, I added the wooden strip that separates the upper deck siding from the planked hull.  I used strips to laminate a piece to fit around the curved stern.

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  4. Wow.  Noticed that I had not posted for quite awhile.  Since the last post I have been able to complete the planking of the hull with the very thin finish strips.  As I got closer to the bottom of the hull the process began to make a little more sense and I did a better job of fitting the strips.  The next hull will be better.

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  5. The next step is to plank the hull with the first "rough" layer of planking.  This is done with basswood strips which I first soaked for 15 minutes in a tube made froma  2 foot long piece of PVC piping.  I have been dreading this process.  It took about a week to complete.  I think I have achieved a planking job that, with a lot of sanding, filling and then more sanding will create a surface I can plank with the veneer strips.

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  6. Started working on the cabin structure.  Relatively easy to build.  There are two structures that are required to be built.  The main housing (which I believe would have housed the steam engine) and the pilot house.  The wall are painted (I used Model Shipways Acrylic primer and paint and was very happy with the way it brushed).  After completing the decking and roof to the pilot house I stained to match the main decking and then applied a coat of polyurethane.  So far the pieces seem to fit well.

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  7. I have continued working on the deck planking.  It took about a week to lay down the wood strips and another couple of night to stain and seal the wood.  I tried several stains (and even looked at no stain) and decided to go with golden oak.  I think it gives the grain a richer pattern.

     

    My jig for cutting the planking to the proper length worked very well.  The jig that was used to position the pin holesto simulate the deck nailing.....not so much.  After using it for a few hundred holes the positioning holes in the jig widen and accuracy was somewhat diminished.  Overall, however, I think the deck looks OK.

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