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    Welcome!
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    Welcome! Preshape everything and use PVA craft glue, those are my 2 cents worth of advice.
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    Your model is looking good, don’t get discouraged. The great thing about a wood kit is that pieces are easily replaced, if need be, especially if you can take a pattern off the original.
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    Thank you both! Yes, the gun carriages will be made of card. I’ll use the exact same method I used for the Victory and the Prince de Neufchatel.
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    The cap rails are on. The only railing remaining is the taffrail.
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    While waiting for my bulwarks to dry, I started working on the transom (I promise that painting will happen in the near future). I knocked down the transom about 1/16” to make the gap that can be seen in that painting.
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    I am working on the cap rails: For anyone who is new and would like to learn to make cap rails, and I used to hate making them, the trick is to flip the model over and trace the bulwarks. After you get the profile from the bulwarks, add a little bit on the outside, so it overhangs just a smidge and make the inside line such that it overhangs just a smidge on the inside. It is very quick and very easy this way. For me, my bulwarks are approximately 1/8” thick. I wanted a 1/16” overhang on both sides so I could trim at will. I traced my bulwarks and added 1/16” to the outside and 3/16” to the inside. Then I cut it out and made it double thickness. When I got ready to glue them down, I used the trial and error method to get my exact contours during the dry fit stage. Once they fit perfectly, I glued them down. I don’t bother trying to edge bend wood to get a cap rail, even on wooden models. I trace it from my bulwarks and cut it to shape. It is much easier and avoids the splitting issues and the resultant profanity that edge bending usually causes for me.
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    Thank you all for the comments and the likes! I have installed the ribbing on the starboard side. They ended up 1/16” wide, but the 3/8” spacing stayed, for the most part. The port side is done on the forward deck: I measured off the framing for the transom/transom rail. The painting is different from the Hahn plans, but I like the look of the stern better, and since Hahn created his plans of the Hannah based on conjecture... I do believe that I will make my stern look like this.
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    Welcome! A cutter (which is what the Lady Nelson is) is a good starting point. I have never heard anything bad about Victory Models (although I haven’t built one myself). My recommendation is to search build logs of the Lady Nelson and start your own build log. Ask lots of questions.
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    By inspection, I am going to call these 3/32” wide, spaced 3/8” apart:
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    The scuppers are now done: Because I used that hought board which fuzzes, I sealed the inside of the scuppers using a dental pick to apply sealant. In the painting from the US Navy’s History and Heritage Command, there are ribs on the insides of the bulwarks, so I am going to incorporate those prior to attaching the cap rails, which will go on prior to the initial painting.
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    Thank you all for the likes and for stopping by! The gunports have frames: I’m currently working on making scuppers.
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    Looking good! Keep at it!
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    Congratulations! Well done!
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    The forward deck is done: Which means the entire deck is now planked: I added a couple trim pieces: Next step is to seal the deck and cut out the scuppers. Then I’ll add the gunport frames and paint the hull.
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    Thank you both! I just finished the other side and sealed it. Everything will look much better once I get some painting done. I finished planking the aft deck. I planked the entire Prince de Neufchatel, painted it and coppered the hull over a four day weekend, so I was trying to figure out what the difference was, because this is my second weekend since I finished the first layer of “planking”. Then I realized that I did the work on the Prince de Neufchatel literally during a blizzard when I was snowed in, and not in the middle of the summer when I have stuff to do, lol. It’s amazing to consider the effects of the seasons.
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    Thank you all for the comments and the likes! The second planking is done: The next step is sealing that and planking the deck!

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