Dutchman

Preparing the hull for final planking. One side is ready. Also creating the rabbet. On the left side you can see the marks. Once sanded down to this line it will form the rabbet. 

Thanks for the likes!
 
I finished cutting the frame tops

The gunport supports kept the frame tops from breaking. That was my worst fear.   I then started on the waterways on this deck.  Luckily, I had 3mm x 3mm boxwood to which to form the waterways.  It took me a while to figure out how to cut and sand them to the correct shape. Below is how I performed it with pictures. 

 
I made sure that the bottoms of the waterways was the same height as the deck planks.  Now I have 1 more side to do.  But that will have to wait till tomorrow!
 
Thanks!
 
Jeff

Today more framing work. I have finished the inner structure of gun ports and oar ports. The visible parts will be sanded so char will not be present. 

Hi Nils, thank you. 
 
I started with planking. Deck is glued and also inner planking. The pear looks gorgeous and it is pleasure to work with. 
 

Time to start with interior 😎
I was little bit worried about gunport alignment but luckily it looks ok. 

Planking the main deck. Finishing with highlighting the caulking of the planks with a pencil, as well as the plank nails. And finishing with two passes of a satin matt varnish.

Hi Nils, thanks a lot. And also for all others likes 
 
All frames in place. Few pairs only dry fited. 
With a deck 

And this is...... My worry right now

I finished putting in the gunports on the exposed second deck:

Took a while , but I am pleased with it!
 
There has been something that has urked me since I started to plank this deck.  The frames 7 and 8 protrude into the middle deck WAY too much compared to the plans.   Farther into the instructions,  it shows to paint it,  then put molding around all of it:

 This didn't look very good to me nor was it any sort of accurate to the the ship.   So the reason I didn't plank the deck all the way yet,  was so I could ( if I decided to) cut them too the shape of the actual  frame of the ship. This way, I could plank the inside of the deck much more actually.
 
I pondered over if I wanted to do this or not because this would be a big modificationfor me, but finally decided to do it.   I know that the upper deck uses these frames to rest on, so I made sure to take the measurements before sawing away. 
 
I had to figure out how to cut the bottom evenly and accurately without messing up the already set deck planks, and the deck frame to which the deck planks sit on.  I then noticed on this site how Chuck cut a small scroll saw blade to cut out some frames on the Confederacy. It then gave me the idea to go a little farther with it. 
 

 
I used this to cut the horizontal portion of the frame that is ontop of the deck. It kinda looks like something from a horror movie,  but it worked! I wish the teeth were smaller, but it worked! I then filled/ sand it down.   I had to place the gun ports first to strengthen the frames before I could do any cutting.  The frame that is left after cutting is about 2mm wide which is about accurate to the actual frame width shown on the plans. 

 
Somehow,  I didn't damage deck planks, nor gun port segments!
 
1 down. 3 more to go!!
 
Jeff 

Thanks James. 
 
The gunport alignment. Looks like I was precise enough when aligning the frames so far😲

During the night I have complete left side of the bow. I do not have an experience with the POF scratch build but from the builds I see here the Construction is somehow similar (much more simple but some elements are close I think) So a good practice to move level up

I Just dry fited few pairs of the next ribs and the shape is awesome.... 

 
And of course I could not resist and have to dry put all the prepared parts together

Sounds like a good plan!

The bow is slowely forming. Many pieces and lot of sending but it starting showing the shape of the hull. 

Just wondering; if you change something in the build, to improve accuracy to the original plans, won't that affect construction of the kit later on? The designers may have altered certain aspects of the ship to facilitate the building of the model. so, one change in the plan might lead to other problems (which can always be solved of course)

Deck preparation. The deck is made from one piece with laser engraved planking. The base of the deck is some lower quality wood on which is pear veneer. Several reinforcements has to be glued in to shape the correct curvature of the deck and support the deck furniture. 

@Dutchman Yes! It's a very thorough book.  Many plans and explanations!! It already pointed out to me that the gun placement wasn't quite correct for the kit.
 
Thank you everyone for the comments and likes!!!
 
Slow but steady progress.  My son has been quite the huge handful this past week, so my wife and I have been pretty tired by the end of the day.  But, nonetheless,  I have made some progress.
 
I stopped planking the second deck so I could make the gunports for that deck.   This has taken me almost a week to do because I wasn't sure which way I wanted to do it.  But, here are some pictures of my results so far.
 

 
I was pretty proud of myself because If you notice in some of the pics, you see 2 I-beams I made myself from extra wood that corresponds to the correct height of the gunports.  I used these 2 I-Beams to make sure the cross beams were at the correct separation. Plus I think they look kinda cool! Haha!!  I set my goal to complete 3 gunports a night.  So far, I am on target with 6 ports done in 2 nights.
 
So after the gun ports are completed, I am thinking of removing a part of the frame tops for the second deck because they stick out way too far into the middle deck which,  according to the plans, isnt accurate at all.  When I refer to "the plans", I am actually referring to the plans I bought online.  NOT the "plans" included with the kit.  The kit plans are just pictures of the finished model, which is quite a bummer,  but I am very happy with the plans I bought, so I will going by those instead.
 
Thanks for reading!!
Jeff

Hi Etsinko, 
Thanks fot the comment. I'm sure you will enjoy the build same as I do! And I'm looking forward to your building log! 🧐
 
Here I made a comparison with my Royal Caroline. It is different scale of course but it shows how small "cute" AVOS going to be. 
Still it will be impresive model (if I do not mess it up) 

 

Cannons on board. The 26 x 12 lb cannons are on board. The 6 lb cannons are waiting on shore the construction of the main deck. 

Nice book! I immediately ordered one myself! Thanks for showing us! Have fun building her! I enjoy following your progress. Great preparation for when I get to build her. Sail on!

I finally had some time to work on her tonight!
 
Got more of the deck planking done.
 
After looking through quite a few build logs, I really liked how Chuck made his gun ports on the Cheerful.  So I decided to try and make them like he did.
 
I cut out the gun port placement  paper guide and placed them on her.  The paper of course, didn't match the frames as well as I would have liked.  And that got me thinking if the gun ports were correctly placed,  so I scowered the internet for some plans.  I came across this:

 
It was pretty expensive,  (about as much as the kit), but my wife got it for me for Father's Day.   I won't place pics of the plans here cause of copywrite, but WOW! Very detailed! It comes with the history if the Hermione, as well as 1:48 plans.   After looking at the plans and comparing the gun ports to the kit,  it seems the gun ports are s little off on the kit.
 
I also glued on the top of frame 6 as well as some boxwood denoting the bottom of the gun ports.

 
After the gun ports are done,  I will continue to plank the deck.
 
Thanks for the likes!!
 
Jeff

I see what you mean, loks like I glued the last timber little bit lower. But that should not be a big issue I hope. I can put there piece of plywood in case it will be necessary. Thanks for the note! 
 
Progressing with the stern. This one was tricky to fix the correct bended shape. I love how the pear wood works together with Black wood. 

I think it is solved. It both (doors and timber) needed a small alignment. Thanks a lot pointing it out before it was late! 👍

All you beer drinkers will get a kick out this!  When I checked into the burn hospital I told the head doctor that I needed a Kiltlifter beer with my dinner and if it was possible to do that? He said....absolutely! Then promptly   wrote a prescription for one Kiltlifter beer each night. They locked up the beer with all the narcotics and each evening they logged out a beer and I enjoyed it with my meal!

Lower part of the hull after sending. Looks smooth. 
Construction of the stern. There are so many small pieces. Lot of fun. 

I continue building the model of the hedgehog. 

The first Layer came out well. Before and after raw sending

The 12 lb Cannons, line production. She carried 26 of those and 6 cannons of 6 lb.