Keelhauled:
I have started the Cutty Sark, which I assume may be the older kit by Sergal (it was purchased back in the mid-1980s). Unfortunately it comes with many sheets of diagrams (all in Italian), and one small instruction book. I have glued the bulkhead frames and decks in place and am ready to start planking. In looking ahead, after the planking is completed the instructions say to remove the bulwark stays as shown. The picture shows the chiseling-off of the tops of the bulkhead frames that extend above the level of the deck. The instructions caution not to damage the planking that presumably is attached to these stays either by glue or nails or both. I have great difficulty envisioning how this can be accomplished 1. without damaging the planking, and 2. keeping the curved shape of the planking if there is nothing to hold it in place. I would be interested to know how you handled this.
Thanks,
Jim