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Would love to mark you both as the solution thank you!

I've glued each one with CA glue. My wife actually has barkeepers friends copper stuff, so I will give that a shot first. 

Thank you both for your answers! I know they were weathered in real life, but I want mine to be shiny

Hello all,

I'm working on the Amati Pegasus Kit right now. It's my third-ever kit, and first with copper plating. I coppered one side, and then... along came a baby. The kit has sat for 7 months and unfortunately has developed some ugly tarnish on the finished side. I was planning on varnishing it all nice a shiny for display. Is there any way I can remove the tarnish and restore its shine?

Please ignore the ineptitude of my handiwork, I tried my best

Well thank you all for the tips and advice. I decided to take off all the planks done so far. I should have just enough to try again. So I'll try following the tutorial and adding that lateral bend. 

Thank you both. I've watched those now and will start again. I was bending the planks with a hull bending tool from model shipways, alas I was not giving the planks a lateral bend. I will start doing that now and restart from the beginning. I will also mark off the bulkhead. I had measured the length of each bulkhead, divided by 5mm and had used that result as a guide on how to trim the planks. Now I need to go order more planks 😕

thanks again, Jamie 

(PS how did you know my name was Jamie?)

Hi all. I'm building the Amati Lady Nelson. It's my second build. The first being the 18th century longboat. 

This time around on the first hull planking, I'm getting 'steps' on the bow. Photo attached. What am I doing wrong?