Kevin Kenny

Thats what i figured. I used this system with the first set of planking. I did not feel that it mattered with strake 1-5. But fair enough. Ill do it for the last two bands

What do you mean by tick strip. Is this a piece of sticky paper laid against the frames?

Looking great

Here we go.

Too much traveling. 25 days in NY. Then back to Tobago for a wedding. Ill finish strake 5 tomorrow and then start closing up the last two bands.

Only #5 left to install in this band of bottom strakes.

New video setup

Haha, it caused some strife, but in the end she was very accommodating.  

Just returned from my New York trip. No modeling for some time now but lots of great additions to the shop.

Email them directly with your request

anchorbaymodels@gmail.com

I just got on

try typing “ ship ahoy model “ in google

kevin

Essential chemical treatment for ship models

See that MicroMot transformer in the back ground there. A great set of tools.

Allan. I do not think it would matter which you do first.

Alan if you want to get a good finish you will need to place some temporary strakes inside the model. Use PVA which you can easily remove with 90% alcohol when you are finished and you will never know you put them there.  The problem with sanding at this point is that there is too much movement in the frames. The temporary strakes solve this problem. When you are happy with the outside you reverse the process and temporary plank the outside and sand  the inside. 
kevin

On another note Greg there seems to be some question on the use of bronze sheaves or wooden ones. The book seems to indicate that in some cases bronze was used.?

Its an interesting response as in the Swan practium a number of the sheaves a number of the blocks contain Bronze sheaves. 

I have been using a slight bevel to get a nice tight fit in some cases. In one case it resulted in my having to remake the piece 4 times. I do try to get the fit correct before using the bevel.

Does anyone know when sheaves were changed from Lignum vitae to brass? 

sorry but I had to remove the first time I uploaded this as I had a music copywriter problem. Now resolved.

Video 94

First band of planks complete

Hi Henry

now the link is complete. 
kevin