Eric S.
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I painted the hull gloss black and it turned out ok. My wife said that she could still see the wood grain under the paint and that it needed some more work 😩, but I think it’s as good as I can do and more paint will not improve the end result. In any case, next steps are to add the finishing trim and add some red color to the seats. So far so good!
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I then proceeded to finish up the basic assembly of the gondola, sanded and then added filler.
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First step was to assemble the hull, which went together nicely. My modeling skills are mediocre so it came as no surprise that when I went to fit the top of the front and back of the boat that the hull sides were pushed in and some fitting was in order. I have gotten more comfortable with alterations so I ended up cutting the pieces down to size and fitting them in. Not perfect by any means, but it will pass the inspection from my wife and two daughters when finished 😆.
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I opened up the kit when I returned home and found a really nice set of instructions and a website with English translations and pictures to refer to while building. So I got started.
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I had the good fortune recently to travel to Rome and Venice. While walking through Venice I happened upon a wonderful shop with all sorts of model boats built and a variety of kits. The shop was named Venice Boats (www.veniceboats.com) and I bought a gondola kit!
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Shortly after my last post I broke one of the floor boards while sanding and couldn’t get the rudder/ gudgeon/ pintles to work and got frustrated and set the model aside for a while. Built an rc car kit and a couple plastic planes and came back to this earlier this summer. Crafted a new floorboard and soldered the rudder assembly together and am back on track.
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Thanks for the helpful replies! I decided to sanded the hole slightly larger and to let the mast rest on the hull. I put a thin piece of scrap on the hull to reinforce it.
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I broke the mast step and noticed others have had this happen as well. I built a new one from a solid piece of scrap wood and have a couple of questions. Should I err on having the mast hole slightly too large or too small? I don’t seem to have a drill bit exactly the right size. The step sits inclining upwards - should the drilled hole also have a slight tilt so the mast is straight up and down? As others have noted, both mast step pieces have holes. Is a solid bottom piece needed or does setting the mast on the hull work? Seems like the extra distance to the hull would stabilize the setup a bit. Thanks for any suggestions.
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The experience with the Dory led to a relatively more confident process planking this model, but it is still quite challenging and there are so many times that I’m frustrated with the result. Lesson from the previous build is to keep going and it seems to end up ok.
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Finished building the Dory and it’s on to the Norwegian Sailing Pram
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Replying to Lessard from above, I found this project after a couple of missteps. I tried building a couple of kits, the 18th century longboat and the Phantom NY pilot boat, and they were beyond my skills. I ended up throwing them out . But I was still interested in building a wooden model and I noticed the Grand Banks Dory and the progression of kits in a Model Shipways advertisement and decided to give it another try. Really happy I did so and am now on to the Norwegian Sailing Pram. The Dory is a very nice intro kit.
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I seem to have stopped taking pictures at this point, but did get a few shots of the final product. On to the Norwegian Sailing Pram. Thanks to Model Shipways for a fun project that has me excited for the next model in the series.
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There were a number of times where I felt like the planks weren’t lining up and I couldn’t figure out a way to tie it all together, but I stuck to it and eventually got the boat planked up.
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I felt frustrated to not be able to line everything up but found that a bit of patience and some sanding takes the imperfections out.
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The instructions are clear and it wasn’t long before I found myself getting ready to set my first plank
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Hi – I’m Eric and this is my first post to the site. I’m primarily a plastic modeler – boats, cars, armor, airplanes – but have long had an interest in wooden boats/ships. I fell prey to buying a couple of kits that were way beyond my abilities before deciding on a kit that was more appropriate and bought the Dory. I meant to create a thread while building the model but only took pictures and did not post any updates. I got so much help from the completed builds, however, that I felt that I wanted to share some of the pictures of my Dory build.
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