Ronald-V

What a lovely build! Well done!👏

Looks handy! Before and after pic?

Good safe with the alignment of everything! Looks not easy...I just started with it, so going to take some lessons from this 👍

It might follow the same line as the deck planks that will be placed on top? These also taper towards the stern.

Welcome! And good choice for a first build! You can't go wrong with a Vanguard kit

Looks amazing! Really nice work Chris!👌

Learning experience

Always nice to see you modifying stuff , this will be another beautiful one like all your work!

I also used that Amati "form a plank" bender a lot with my build, I find it very easy and useful 👍 Lovely build so far!

Looks much better now! Well done!

Thank you Freecap! 🙏

Definitely not easy at those scales! Well done sir

Indeed! It's spectacular! Also love your color pallette, nice soft tones 👍

Thanks Loracs! Yeah you need to be careful with those, but with vertical drill stand it's a lot easier to be honest Well thank you! I really enjoy your work with the USS Constitution, really nice build! And ofcourse everyone else that liked the post, thank you very much!

Update: All the channels are mounted, including their knees. It wasn't a difficult job, only the knees were a bit fiddly when it came to removing the laser char. They're small and difficult to hold, etc. But I'm happy with the end result. The color of the channels turned out a bit darker than I'd like, but that's just how it is when you're dealing with different sheets of pearwood...they're not all the same. But it's not really a problem. I initially thought the channels should be flush against the decorative moldings, but I discovered in other build logs that several people didn't have this. So I abandoned that idea. By the way...the manual advised to paint them black, which looks indeed nice with a painted hull. But I have chosen to leave them natural, I think it looks nicer with a unpainted hull. Here's a brief description of what I did. First, I used a needle to center the channel, which will soon be drilled with a hole for a reinforcement rod to give the channels some extra strength for attaching to the hull. Drilled a 0.7 hole (with a dremel in a vertical drill stand) so that it is straight. Small cut nail with CA glued in it Some channels still needed a bit of sanding to fit (which is understandable, as every hull is slightly different, of course). You could clearly see if they fit properly from below. Then, I pre-coated the bottom of the channels that are against the painted hull with WOP (so the varnish doesn't touch the painted hull). I didn't put the entire channel in the WOP because so many parts still needed to be glued. I thought that would be better on bare wood. I made a mistake here... somehow I didn't thin the varnish or even stir it (my mind was elsewhere). This resulted in a very thick layer, which is still visible in the final result. I could have sanded it down and re-varnished it, of course, but since it's on the underside and I almost never look at a ship that way... I just left it as is. The respective knees used as guides to glue the channels at the correct angle (parallel to the waterline). End result after putting 2 layers of WOP on the channels Here you can still spot the error between the diluted and undiluted lacquer I'm really looking forward to the next step...all the prow/bow stuff. HMS Pickle didn't have any of this; it was a very simple bow, so this will be really fun to do for the first time (I think ).

So I'll guess you are going to display her at starboard side 🤣

Welcome! Good nickname and nice little project in a bottle! 👌

I like the look you have for the coamings/hatches with the unpainted cannonball racks (there is probably a real navy word for this ) The distinction is nice 👍

Indeed sorry to hear and my condolences 🙏

Beautiful!

Would be nice to see a build log of that! 👍

Man...a revised Agamemnon...that's going to be an epic kit 🤩

Beautiful work so far! Your paintjob looks really nice

That's a very nice planking job! Well done! 👏

Great improvement! Well done!