Glen McGuire
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Planking steps. Whoever came up with the idea of using binder clips to hold the planks in place is a genius! Not sure if I really planked it correctly though. I started at the water line and went up. Then from the keel up. The gap got smaller and smaller and I ended up having to get creative with how to hold those last few planks in place. Rubber bands and pieces of clothes pins.
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Then things started to get interesting. The shackle for the prop needed a frame with a routed groove so it could slide up and down. No part in the kit for that, so I used spare wood pieces from the framework to carve it out. The kit instructions said to just glue the prop in place but I thought the prop should be able to spin. So I drilled out the middle between the 2 blades, added the little pipe you can see to the right of the prop, and then inserted a tiny finishing nail as an axle. It spins when you thump it! And now I was starting to get an idea of what I had gotten myself into.
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Easiest part of the build - gluing the frames on the keel. I figured I'd be done with everything in a couple of weeks at this point.
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Unfortunately I did not discover this fantastic community until I was almost finished with my CSS Alabama build (wow, there's some incredible talent out here). I am done now with my build but thought I'd post my pictures and comments from the 8 months of harrowing work. This was my first attempt at a wooden ship model. Not sure why I thought I could do this since the only other models I've ever attempted were Revell plastic car models when I was a kid 50 years ago. But how hard could it be, right? It's just a kit, right? All you gotta do is follow the instructions and glue the parts together, right? Right, noob (as my son would say). Even though I'm done now, I would appreciate any comments/tips/advice on what I could have done better as I'll be doing another one of these things soon.
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