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Thank you very much 

Valeriy, I'm very happy that I had the chance to watch the working process of Your truly outstanding Mastercraft ! Please , take care of yourself ! My best regards

On 12/31/2021 at 11:48 AM, Rudolf said:

 

IFf I may ask, how did you manage to make the planking seams just visible ? 

 

Greetings dear Rudolf I have learned this from an excellent Maitre Dmitriy Shevelev. In order to highlight the joints, I used, just like Dimitriy, a dull needle, and afterwards, on advise of my friend with much experience in this field, i worked on            the joints using a small triangular broach file. But there's one nuance. Before putting the covering I took away a small bevel from the edges of the upper part of each plank. The most important is not to let the glue get on the end face of the plank during the plating .

Happy New Year, my dear friends! May the year of 2022 bring you health,  luck, and inspiration. May your homes be filled with peace of the soul, comfort , joy and optimism! Merry holidays ! 

Thank you dear Keit Black and Johann  for your attention to my work and wishes.  Happy New Year. 

I have finished finishing plating. I still have to make grinding and work out the joints.

Dear Gary, I'm very glad to read your messages again, it's such a pleasure to talk to my colleagues and such outstanding Maitres as You are. I'm very grateful for Your attention,  comments and advises. My best regards,  Alexander  

I have begun to carry out the finishing of the hull. Its the  first time that I do it with a combination of two colors - black hornbeam and pear.

Now it's done , but I haven't installed a lump decor yet. I decided not to cut it, but tried to make it from several parts instead .

I have sheathed the inside and outside of the stern.

I made blanks for making the imitation of blocks embedded in the board, I will refine them in the future.

I made a simple template for marking oared ports.

I bought a yellow hornbeam for covering the outer side. Let's see how it looks.

I have finished the side plating. 

Thank you , dear colleagues,  for your feedback.

Deck planking. I have made it in several versions. I'm showing the final one.

Preliminary works before decking 

Performed inset rowing ports

Completed the inset of gun ports. Although I had to remake it afterwards. But everything is fixable, the strength of the case allows to remake it.

I bought a painted hornbeam. Now I will have a stock.

Preliminary markup.

I've adjusted the height of the side of the ship. 

Preliminary deck plating.