SaSi
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The next picture is from the stern, showing the hull planks covering the sides. Port side is not fully planked to the top of the bulwark and planks are not trimmed yet (in 2007). You can also see at the top of the starboard side that the false bulwark is not making contact with the bow piece. When done and trimmed, the hull planks left a gap there. I should have been more careful when gluing the pieces, as thinks like that take a lot of effort to fix (or hide). By the way, the next few pictures are actually 10 years old, so when I start showing my mistakes, please don't get too excited. It's all done 10 years ago. In the next few days I will start catching up with the build, showing the progress I made since summer with the help I got from reading other fellow member's builds for this and other similar hulled ships.
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The first picture I have here is of the stern deck fully planked. Didn't know about staggering the deck planks or even cutting them to shorter pieces. There was a reference in the instructions but I chose to ignore it. After all, it was much simpler with long planks, right?
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Introduction I started this build early in 2007, after having some moderate success with plastic models (airplanes and a few ships). Didn't know anything about wooden ship model building so I started based on the kit instruction booklet. I soon abandoned the build, because I was frustrated but mostly because I didn't have a workbench area to set things up and work in steps. When using the kitchen table and expecting 2-3 meals a day, the build gets in the way. You can imagine. Current state of affairs Well, 10 years is a long time and the partial built kit was stored safely in a box filled with Styrofoam popcorn in the basement. I have since then moved to a new house with the luxury of a workshop in the basement. Plenty of things to do when you get in a new house so the kit was safely forgotten on a shelf. Until last summer when something made me bring it out and see if I could continue with it and hopefully finish it. In the meanwhile I browsed for information on how to properly build model ships and found plenty. Eventually discovered ModelshipWorld as well. So here is what I was expecting when I started. The picture is from the Artesania Latina website.
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