GrandpaPhil
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Welcome!
- Edwardkenway, Ryland Craze and mtaylor
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Planking was never my strong suit. I use straight pins to hold planks in place while drying.
However, Chuck Passaro has a great guide/tutorial to planking on this site. He is one of the absolute best at planking. I plan to try his methodology on my next build.
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The model is looking good! Sorry to hear that you are sick.
Get well!
- Hubac's Historian, EJ_L and mtaylor
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Best of luck. Stay healthy and stay safe.
- mtaylor and jack.aubrey
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Congratulations! Well done!
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Thank you very much for the comments and all the likes!
The belfry is carved and assembled. The bell is sitting next to it.
It still needs painted.
- Retired guy, WalrusGuy, gieb8688 and 9 others
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The railings around the sides of the gangway are up:
Now, on to the belfry!
- mort stoll, FriedClams, norseman and 6 others
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Quick note, this is a combination of a kit and the AOTS, coupled with my relative inexperience, so the spacing of deck fittings isn’t going to be perfect.
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Next up on the agenda is the ship’s bell with accompanying belfry:
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Thank you very much for all the comments and the likes!
The ladders are painted and installed:
30 posts for the rails have been made (including 4 extras):
The trim around the top of the opening to the Upper Gundeck has been cut, but not painted yet:
Stay healthy and stay safe!- Retired guy, gieb8688, SIDEWAYS SAM and 3 others
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The ladders are assembled.
One is slightly whopper jawed because I didn’t check the alignment quite as well as I could have when gluing the second side on. Thankfully, these will be hard to see around the ship’s boats.
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Four ladders, some assembly required:
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The split beams are now installed. They require a bit of touch ups, but they are installed and the Upper Gundeck is now closed up.
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Thank you all!
One set of split beams, some shaping required:
I wish you all health and safety! -
I put up the hand ropes around the ladders heading down into the hull.
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Thank you very much, Mark and Richard! Thank you everyone for all the likes!
Except for some touch up paint work, some hand rails and a final highlight coat, the Upper Gundeck is mostly done and ready to be closed in (I know that I need to make four ladders, too, but I’ll make those when I make the railings that go around the split beams).
Speaking of split beams, those will be made from single pieces of 1/8” basswood. I’ll carve the line for the joints into the beams.
Everyone stay healthy!
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