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Spent some time making the boarding stairs and got them mounted on the hull.

I made up a scraper from a single edge razer blade to get the profile.

Made up the 6 timberheads and attached them to the cap rail.

Just careful sanding and throwing out the bad ones

Using the mini kit I mounted the rudder as it seemed like as good a time as any to do it.

Sanded the gratings down as per Chuck's suggestion and it does look better.

That book is an awesome idea. 

Everything looks great!

You could just glue them together and sand down the glue seam.

Thanks for the tips Chuck.

Looks like I have some sanding to do. Not sure if I can remove the gratings on the forward ones but can sand the one at the stern no problem.

Here is the completed windless. Easy to build from the mini kit. 

Just take your time and follow the instructions.

I need to get some brass wire to make up the eyebolts and rings.

What gauge should I be using?

Took the opportunity to attach all the deck furniture. Seems funny to call it furniture.

Next I have to make the hole for the rudder and hope I don't slip with the dremel when doing so.

I got a chance to use my "Little Victor" plane from Lee Valley. It is a pretty decent plane and a good price.

This made it easy to shape the rudder.

Nice fix and looking good!

19 hours ago, BobG said:

Looks great! What method did you use for the treenailing?

Thanks Bob. I used Chucks method that he shows in his build logs.

14 hours ago, bartley said:

Looks great, Paul. The treenailing, the dullish red  and other features make it look "authentic".  some I have seen from very accomplished modelers look a bit "plastic" to my eye.

 

John

Thanks John. Much appreciated.

I have the deck finished up with the treenailing and one coat of poly at the moment.

Now to start on some of the smaller details and am glad to be done with planking.

Absolutely beautiful!

OK I have a milestone completed.

The deck is all planked and now onto treenailing.

Before doing that check out the planking tutorials here.

Completely different way of doing it without one of those and it works better.

https://modelshipworld.com/forum/98-planking-downloads-and-tutorials-and-videos/

Thanks everyone for the likes and comments.

I have the first of the deck planks done outside of the deck furniture.

This was quite the lesson on sanding and fitting, sanding and fitting.

I am glad to be past this part and also glad to have done it this way. Was a good lesson on patience.

I have the center 5 planks done on the deck. It is not sanded yet and the furniture is not glued down as I will glue them after completing the deck planking.

Wow that looks great with the black wood.

Looks nice. Great job and you now have been bitten like myself.

For the hinges on the companionway I used some of the gun port hinges as there is a lot in the kit.

Also highlighted the door areas with some black wash so they stand out.

Painted the hinges before gluing them on with some 50/50 pva/water mix.

So now that all the deck furniture is done I have them set in place but not glued yet and will start to mark out and plank the deck.

Yes the muted reddish color is perfect!

You guys and your awesome rope coils

Looks fantastic!

Made the companionway from 1/32 boxwood. First used the plans and cut out the 4 sides and glued them together.

The used 1/32 cedar to plank around the frame and did the roof last at there was 1/16 around the sides which was enough to have a good glue area.

Tried to make some spaces between the planks where the doors are.

All sanded with 600 grit and ready for painting.

Painted it up with the acrylic paint. 3 coats  and used a hair dryer to speed up the drying between coats.

Couldn't resist test fitting it on the deck. Nothing is glued down and I may do like some of the Winnie builders and not glue the deck furniture down so I can sand the deck planking easier.

Still have to make up the hinged for the companionway yet.