juancar

Hi Apollo and Jane ,

For the gratings, I have used first an impregnation paint in spray , after that I used Humbol Enamel paint. It looks good (at least for me), despite that the color I used for the lower deck wasn't the best choise.

Cheers,

Juancar

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Thanks Martin,

I have sent you a private with the photos, so I don´t mix them with your log. Is something easy to solve, but it´s curious, because it´s a very big deviation, and I was asking just to know if it´s a problem with all the kit or is just with mine.

Thanks again,

Juancar

Thanks Apollo,

It's 5 cm. It's a lot of space. I was just looking how it fit when I saw the problem yesterday (I still have a lot of work to do with other decks before glue this). Just using a carpenter's square is easy to see that don't make a line with the others bulkheads (I'll try to send you a private with a photo) . I think it's a problem with the insertion of the false keel, but I have some days to check it before take a decision of how to solve it.

To Martin or Apollo (I think Martin is on holidays).

I have a problem with bulkhead 2. It need to be inserted about 5 centimetres more to be in correct, if not the bow deck doesn't fit (with just bulkhead 1,3 & 4 it fit perfectly).

Have you this problem? It's not too difficult to solve, but it's curious that just one bulkhead has this problem.

Regards,

Juancar

Hi Martin,

Well, its just my second boat, so I can not comment yet, but just at this moment I was thinking of using the lower deck to test how to plank the upper decks. Mi idea is to use full length planks in some parts (may be the borders), and cut in small batches the rest, so I can see how it looks (the manual uses full length).

One question. In the manual and in your photos, the lower deck is just one piece (number 197), but in my kit I have 2 parts (197a & 197b)   .Is this correct, or may be they have change something in the kit?

Regards,

Juancar

It was the Albatros (Goleta Albatros, I don't know how to say Goleta in English). It's a kit for beginners, but just for that I think that it need a good manual and better materials.

Thanks Martin and Apollo,

And yes, I have choosen this kit for the manual. The other boat that I did was from Occre, and it had 3 pages of manual and just 2 plans, so I did a lot of mistakes just for lack of information. Also the wood quality was horrible, Some parts were broken just by putting your finger on, and I had to call Occre and order the broken parts(at least the sent it for free). The new ones was better quality (not too much but better), so I could finish it, but very unhappy with the result.

Just opening this new kit I have seen the difference, and I'm very happy with this purchase.

We'll see if I'm good enough for the kit

Hi Martin,

Greetings from Spain.

Another one starting the Revenge kit (I have received it today). I'm new in this forum, and this will be my second boat, but with the manual and your very detailed log,it's sure it will be very easy.