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Hey Phil! I used a 1x1 strip of walnut then after glued on I sanded it to .5mm. -
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The kit rope was off color and shiny so I used my own made with Aurifil Thread. The kit was remarkably easy to make. -
Some observations The ply deck has some off focus laser etching, it's probably because it is warped. I bought the kit from Crafty Sailor, etsinko is sending a replacement deck in maple! Honestly the deck should have been shipped in a lighter color to begin with so it all worked out. The kit only came with one anchor stock. This piece doesn't match the plans so I guess they were making edits for efficiency and they missed a stock. Not a problem as there is enough material to easily scratch one more. One of the boards for planking has some noticeable g
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I decided to take a break from the HMS Snake and do something more straight forward with no kit bashing. I initially bought the Falconet kit 9th century Viking ship but I plowed through that in less than a month. I have been wanting to buy the Avos since it came out so I decided this would be a good time. By the time my Avos is done Chris Watton might have finished developing the HMS Sphinx and My Snake will never get finished. 😆 I just post a picture of the box for now, I don't plan on covering all the contents in the box as there is a thorough review buy James H.
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I'm gonna stop you right there, The rope police is here! I have a link to a video from Tom Lauria about making really nice belaying hanks. I also have a picture of some I made using this his method. I also have a picture I took of the Niagara that I used for reference. Your ship is one of my inspirations and I hope this helps! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgWHqw4Pg8Q&list=PLnXLeuhOqKhLCIrq2IsF78Qv0UUuQmdYU&index=1&t=1s
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HMS Snake by BenD - Caldercraft - 1:64
BenD replied to BenD's topic in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800
Hey Mike, Take a closer look at the planking pictures and you will see I left the stern post off until the end of 2nd planking. The stern area should be sanded to about 3mm so that when you add both sides of 2nd planking you should get 5mm total thickness. Sand down the second planking and dry fit the stern post until you see that it fits. My stern area still has a bit of drop in it even with all that effort. Hope this helps.
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