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    Coming along nicely. Steve
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    The rear panels were fitted and installed one piece at a time onboard. The bottom strip of each panel was slightly edge-bent to follow the curve above the cockpit seats. I skipped making the template and jumped right into this. I think the single panels change it up a bit. The panels really should be somewhere in between 1/16” and 1/32” wide in my opinion. Unfortunately, mine are not. ;-) Steve
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    I’m sure there are many solutions to completing these tasks. Your metal work is mind-blowing though. An art in itself. Steve
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    The eight midship panels are completed. To accomplish this I created a template to capture the correctly sized rectangle. 1/16” wide maple strips were sanded and coated with Wipe-On-Poly prior to cutting the mitors. A jig was created to size, assemble, and glue the panels. After they were assembled, another sanding and coat of WOP was applied. The “fancy” profile was omitted. Many logs I viewed showed folks adding this detail, but at 1/32” thick almost none could produce a profile as clean as in Chuck’s prototype. Mike Y had the cleanest profile, btw. I created a scraper and tried it out, but even with hard maple it was difficult. I decided to save the hours on this detail and move forward. (It’s extremely tiny with the naked eye, but looks huge in photos.) Next task is to figure out the configuration of the rear panels. I will try a modification: one longer panel instead of two shorter panels. Another template will be made to see how it looks. Steve
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    Finally catching one of your builds from the start, Dan. Nice work so far! Steve
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    Yes- I’m in too. Steve
  7. Tigersteve
    Gary, that sounds like solid advice. Ship looks great. Steve
  8. Tigersteve
    Best of luck with this one. I’ll follow along. Steve
  9. Tigersteve
    Echo the above comments. Insanely complex! Steve
  10. Tigersteve
    Really fantastic model. I really enjoyed following along. Steve
  11. Tigersteve
    Thank you all for the positive comments and likes! I’ve certainly been taking my time with this project. I just realized I started this log in April! The panels should be fun. Who knows how long that will take... 😜 Steve
  12. Tigersteve
    Oh well, Mike, I was looking forward to seeing the cherry version of this, but I am still happy to follow the construction of your boxwood version. Steve
  13. Tigersteve
    Helmsmen seating completed. This task was trickier than I thought, but that’s to be expected at this point. Steve
  14. Tigersteve
    Strong start. Steve
  15. Tigersteve
    Nice work! Steve
  16. Tigersteve
    Looks like you’re getting there. Steve
  17. Tigersteve
    Good start. Steve
  18. Tigersteve
    This is crazy good! Steve
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    I’m interested to see where this project leads us. Steve
  20. Tigersteve
    nitehawk, start a log of your build please. Steve
  21. Tigersteve
    Thanks for the comments and likes. I do plan on adding knees made from hard maple after the panels are done. Steve
  22. Tigersteve
    The interior and cap rail painting is complete. Roughly twenty coats later with light sanding between some coats. One coat of Wipe-on-Poly applied. Looking forward to seeing how it looks with the mouldings added. Before that tedious job, I will craft the seats for the helmsmen. Steve
  23. Tigersteve
    So much fun watching these projects during design and development. Steve
  24. Tigersteve
    What kind of wood are you using for planking? Steve
  25. Tigersteve
    Nice tutorials Chuck. You mentioned glue in the first video, but didn’t use it. What is the glue for- the ends of the rope? Steve

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