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Just a little peek, because I'm quite excited what's happening with the wipe-on poly. I first taped off the location of the wales so the oil wouldn't get on that area. By the way, I just use Polyurethane lacquer and dilute it with white spirit (about 60/40) Minwax like our friends in America use is unaffordable here In the second photo I just applied the WOP so it still has to dry, but it looks already quite good! Here and there still a few little white spots of glue residue, but nothing major.

Thanks for your kind reaction Andrew! It isn't a large gap, but I have the tendency to focus too much on the negative, and then it's looking quite large in my head That's the cool thing with this hobby, for me there are many valuable life lessons hidden in modelship building. I learn a lot to deal with mental things that can derail me otherwise in life. Another example that I've learned with this hobby is staying in the moment, just focus on the part you are building and don't look forward how much needs to be done. In the past this could really paralize me and just give up. Model ship building for me is more than just building a miniature of a war ship

Update: Done with sanding...first grid 120 then 240 and finished with 400. Happy with the overall result, less happy with the planking at the bow. Somehow I didn't took enough time with that and as a result I've ended up with a small seam there. When I was almost done with the planks I did get ideas how the planks would fit well in the rabbet, but it was actually too late. A bit disappointing, but I think that is also part of model boat building...learning to deal with your own mistakes. And that can be hard for a perfectionist like me, but a valuable lesson. I used some diluted PVA and sanding dust to fill this gap, not super pretty, but okay. (also other small gaps at the keel etc.) I have to check the entire hull again for glue residue, because I plan to use wipe-on poly and you don't want any glue residue. I've already been quite busy on the keel, because I was a bit messy there with the glue . And if unexpectedly some light spots appear after the first layer of WOP, then it can still be sanded away, but ideal would be no glue residue in the first place . And the sternpost need some sanding too as you can see, there is some filler on there. My plan was to mount the wales after this, but when I saw in Blue Ensign's log that he had first oiled the hull and then mounted the wales, that seemed like a better order to me. Otherwise you might have problems with glue residue on the bottom of the wales and now that will be better sealed with the WOP. Tip: With wiping white spirit over the hull you can see the glue spots lighting up, because the liquid won't penetrate the wood due to the glue. Then with some alcohol and sanding paper remove the glue...that's the theory, the real test is with the WOP ofcourse. 😬

Amazing result! And didn't realize it's this large 😮

Have fun on your new journey!

Once I have measured the taper I then use a (small) woodplane to remove most of the material and finish it off with a sanding block. Also to get a smooth transition from the tapered part to the unworked part

That's beautiful!

Great work so far! Love the soft colors you used in combination with the natural wood color. 1:100 isn't easy to work with, but you are doing great with it!

Welcome

Welcome! I hope you can learn something here and have fun

That looks really great! Just like Thukydides said...it looks painted. Well done!

Looking great! And have a nice vacation

Thanks B.E.! And also everyone else for the likes, I really appreciate that. I made a little area wet and under all the sanding dust is some beautiful wood hidden. Curious how the end result will look. Not there yet, because after sanding I will first install the wales, and maybe also the rudder.

Maybe this topic helps with that...also posted a photo there from my HMS Sphinx, where I let a piece of paper/card follow the curve at the bow https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36721-how-to-measure-and-line-off-at-the-bow/

Superb!

Fantastic stuff! Especially at this scale 😮

This one maybe? 😄 (edit: nope 🥲)

Sanding, sanding and more sanding...using 120 grit paper now and will finish with some finer grit paper. But this will take a while lol. 😵‍💫

That moulding run looks really beautiful!

Congratulations! It's a fine looking model you can be proud of such a lovely build.

Good luck on your next step! It's quite brave to take this kind of a step up regarding difficulty. At least...that would it be for me lol. Will be very interesting to see how this develops! 💫

I really like your white cabin, definitely going to copy that Looks beautiful...so you painted the door pieces white, let it dry first and then a few days between some books?

Looking good! 👌

Fantastic! The build itself, but also the photo's! 💫

Have a nice trip!