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Thanks Derek and welcome aboard to you too!

Hi Jesse. Welcome aboard!

Hi all,

The cap rail and frames have all been sanded to their proper dimensions.

Next I sanded the floorboards and prepared them for installation.

They are laser cut and required minimal heat bending to get a nice fit.

Here the fore and aft platforms have been glued up and ready to install.

Thanks Ben,

I too didn't know it was available. Gonna get one now. 

Very nice Ben!

The cap rail and inner frames have all been sanded to the required thickness on the port side.

Just a lot of sand, measure, sand, measure, continue as needed!

Thanks Ben. I hope you are enjoying this as much as I am.

Also thanks for all the likes!

Now that the barge has been released from the building board it can be used to hold the model in the upright position.

Chuck supplied the wood pieces and now it is held firmly is place.

Next I sanded the tops of the frames flush with the planking in preparation of adding the cap rail.

The cap rails finished width is 5/64". you can see that a piece is plenty wide enough was provided.

You can see I marked how wide it would be when sanded to its proper width.

The rails were added and then sanded flush to the outboard planking.

I then marked a reference line to guide me while sanding the inboard  frames and rail.

I also used a 5/64"  gauge to ensure a correct width.

Wonderful work Chuck!

Hopefully some of the "test" portions will make it to the Northeast Conference.

Huh huh pretty please!

Looking really good Ben. Awsome workmanship.

Thanks and welcome aboard Tim!

Thank Bob! 

The centers have now been removed from the frames. Like Ben I found using a fine razor saw worked well for me.

Next is adding the cap rail and fairing the inboard frames.

Thank you Jean-Paul and Ben.  Also thank you all for the likes.

Hi All, 

Here is the first row of planking on the starboard side.

And here is all the planking completed.

And the now released from the building board!

Very nice progress Jean-Paul. She's a joy to build. 

Thanks Chuck! Great design and having a ball.

Also thanks everyone for all the likes! Much appreciated. 

Both halves have been glued to the keel, dried and fairing is mostly completed.

I've started prepping the spiled planks. They are 1/32" (.08mm) thick so they are delicate.

Laser  char is gently removed with a sanding stick. You will also see a faint laser etched

line in the plank. A bevel from the laser line to the edge was created with the sanding stick too.

Here you see a plank formed to fit by heat bending until it lays on the frames without being forced.

This is a whole lot of fun!

Really nice work Mick.

Hi Mike. Having done her in boxwood I understand your change.

Great job on the joints on the Knee of the Head too.

Hi Ian and thank you for the kind words.

I've got everything ready to attach the keel to the frames. First the frames are placed into each half

of the base board. Some minor sanding was needed for each slot in the base board to get a good fit.

The frames can't be too tight or too loose in the base because it could cause problems releasing the frames later on. 

Here are the frames set ready for gluing to the keel. After I took the picture I noticed an error.

The two 0 frames should not face in the same direction. One faces fore and one faces aft.

Thankfully I noticed it before I glued it up! Phew.

Here half of the frames are glued to the keel and drying.

Once dry I'll glue the other half to the keel and then fair the frames.

Welcome to the Barge group. Good start. 

Well done Ben!

Thanks Chuck, you do make it easier though!

Also thanks for the likes!

Moving along I have assembled all of the frames. It went very smoothly.

I've also been able to complete the keel assembly. Chuck did a great job on the scarf joints. You did not need to sand the char off and the fit was perfect.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hi BE,

Your planking looks really good. The height at the stern looked good too. I went back and looked at my old

pictures and we have about the same distance from the top of the last plank to the top of the stern frame.

Also there is a curve to the transom so I think you will be all set!

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WAS IT EVIL OF ME TO POST THESE......ENJOY!!!!

Very much so!!! One thing that struck me was that the Queen sat close to the tiller. How was one supposed to gain access to it?

Was there enough room behind her for a sailor to stand?