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These are showing her with the wales complete and with two coats of paint. Probably three more coats of paint and some touch ups on the hull and I will be able to finally start the planking of the deck and all it's furniture.
 
Take Care

Thanks Mike, if you can put the blame on someone else you tend to feel better about yourself  

Thanks Frank, it's always so good to have you stop by

Hey Zoltan, Thanks. Since this morning I've done three coats of blue on port side and one coat of blue on starboard. It's looking like at least two more coats of blue on each side and then probably a couple of coats of grey. Good part about all of this is the little naps in between coats of paint  

Thanks for stopping in Denis and Thanks for your comment. It's always appreciated

Thanks E.J. much appreciated

Hi Dave, I finally got a stroke of luck with the wale and it turned out good now with a few coats of paint and the proper photography it should hardly be noticed  .
 By the way sweet work on your AVS

Hey Ian, how was the holiday? Your Brazzera will be real similar in many ways, she will be a fun build. These last few planks took a lot of bending, edge bending and surface bending but she finally came together with no major problems other than self inflicted ones

Hi Bob, Thanks for dropping and for your compliment. It took a little bit of experimenting with the blue but I'm happy with the colours.

Thanks Mike, . I guess we are even......because I blame you for getting me started on the Pegasus!!

I just noticed there are no pictures of the rubbing strake installed so here are some pictures, the painting has just begun with four coats of grey so far and three coats of the blueish black.
 

 
 The paint is just cheap acrylic paint from Michaels, the grey is steel grey and the blue/black is a mixture of midnight blue and black. These are the brushes I used, also from Michaels. I didn't bother to mask as I am not very good at that so there are a couple of little touch ups to be done. The grey still needs a couple of coats and the blue will probably need another 4 or 5 coats

Looks good Eddie, the round dowels are a real enhancement to these kits

Hey Eddie, how are you doing(Canadian translation) Welcome to the elite band of MarisStella builders, you are in for a good time with this build. Good to hear this isn't your first build as this kit is further advanced than a beginners. The contents look real good in this kit, as do all their kits, you will enjoy the dowel system they use for the bulkheads as it squares things up and gives so much strength to the model. If I was to give one piece of advice for your build it would be to study and understand the plans. MarisStella plans are so detailed, accurate and full of information they really are all that you need to complete your build. If you have the room it is best if you can have them side by side(2 in your case) it is then you can really see the relation of things to each other, this is something I learned much too late on my Trabaccolo build.
In the meantime I will be happy to follow along. There is lots of help here but do not forget about Zoran at MarisStella he is so knowledgeable about his kits and is always there to help you out.

Good morning all, it's been some time now and I don't really have much to show for it. I'm really not sure how my time has been used as of late but production is very slow in the shipyard, hopefully this will change as the weather cools off.
 Since last time I have finished the planking, added the scupper plank upper wale and the rubbing strake
 

 
Here I have marked and measured the scupper openings then cut them out using a 2 mm bit on my mill. As  you can see I just made up a little table for the mill added a fence then just cut the openings free hand. This is so much easier cutting in the scuppers off the ship, good design by MarisStella
 

 
Clamping and the end result
 

 
Shaping the top . 
 
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Building up the bow
 

 
 Here the bow is being shaped and the final planks for the upper wale installed. It was at this point I ran into a little snag.....the upper wale plank was supposed to be .5 mm thick and I installed 1.5 mm thick pieces   . I was thankful that I used not only ca but also weldbond to glue these pieces on so no one method would get the pieces off without major damage . Next option was to sand off 1mm of the strake so, when I finally found my happy face, the sanding begun using a dremel. I suppose I was smiling so much I could not see that I sanded right through it in one spot thus requiring me to glue another piece on in this spot and do some more sanding......by hand.
 The good part of all of this is I live in the country with no neighbours close by to hear my "sounds of joy" and my dog has finally returned home. The pictures show the plank before sanding
 Next step is painting the rubbing strake and upper wale and the space in between them(not sure of the name for this area) I have begun this I will have some updates hopefully soon.
 
 Take Care and Thanks for stopping by

I agree Bob and Thanks. What is your shipyard up to these days?

Thanks E.J., I have always been a big fan of the natural look and usually only use paints and stains for highlights only. So I am still not sure what I was thinking when I applied the stain and two coats of poly only to remove it later. Lesson learned.

Thanks B.E., it's a real honour having you stop by. I must apologise, I have taken one of your little tricks without permission, that is the wrapping of the soon to be removed bulkhead extensions with double sided tape before gluing the strakes on. I will take any corporal punishment that is required for this infraction.

Thanks so much Dave and Mike.
 Mike the wood is walnut 1.5 mm x 5 mm

Thanks Mike, I'm with you and the wood colouring. I'm not sure what I was doing staining that beautiful wood but I'm much happier now.

Hey Chris, Thanks for stopping by haven't heard from you or the Endeavour for awhile. It's been a little slow around my workshop too lately

Thanks Zoltan, much appreciated

Thanks Ian, the next part of the planking is going to be interesting as that`s where the scuppers are and that fancy bow

Thanks Bob, It took hours to get here but I'm happy...I think

Hello all, Thanks for stopping and adding your likes and comments it's always a good thing.
 Since last I have finally finished the lower planking, all went good and I was happy with the results. Then things went a little south on me as I decided to stain her and applied a couple coats of wipe on poly. You can see the results below, after looking at her for sometime I decided it was too dark and sanded it all off. After approx 8-10 hours later the pictures show what I am staying with, yup, a natural finish. This is not the normal way to finish a hull but it does end in a real smooth hull . After sanding with four different grades of sandpaper ( up to 320) I applied one coat of wipe on poly. I applied this with a brush, I know it's wipe on, then sanded in a circular motion with 600 grit until almost dry and starting to ball up then wiped off with a clean rag. I found this method really helps filling the small gaps in and leaves a great finish. This part of the procedure I would repeat again the first part I think is kind of a waste of time    and will not recommend to be used
 
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 Until next time

Thanks everyone for stopping in and for your comments and likes. I have a few pictures of my progress I thought I would show.
 
These first pictures are showing the making and installing of a stealer at the bow. There are two at the bow, one on either side, and the same at the stern.
 

 
These next pictures are making the last two planks on the port side.
 

 
The first picture shows the gap to be filled, which has already been shaped. Second picture shows the shaped plank laying in gap but not glued down.
 

 
In these last three pictures the first one shows the remaining gap to be filled the second one shows it after being shaped and the third one shows the port side complete   .
She still needs final sanding and possibly some tiny gap filling but for now it's on to the starboard side where there is 7 or eight strakes left.
 
Have a Good One