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  1. Bryan Woods
    Good morning Major, I had the same questions as you did and handled it in the same manner. I’m starting to realize the kit designers just kinda tell you what’s next and about where it goes. That leaves us to research other sources or think it through to get the results. I have no knowledge of ships or sailing, so that makes the challenge for me even greater. The enjoyment I’m getting from learning to build these models is definitely worth the extra effort. MSW has had a lot to do with my understanding .
  2. Bryan Woods
    Thank you, Bob.
  3. Bryan Woods
    Hello builders, we all think of different ways to accomplish our needs. Here is a small example I’m going to share. I cut the shape of the molds on the build board in a small box to make a stand for the work inside the hull. I’ll be honest the steps after the planking have had me out of my comfort zone. I left off bending and cutting the floor board cleats. I was supposed to use 3/16”x 1/8” stock. I looked, picked ,soaked ,bent, cut and glued the 3/64”x1/8” stock. I wonder how that’s going to work for the floor boards? I can’t wait to see. I’m going to temporarily stick the floor boards on so I can see if I can recover without backing up. I had to shorten all the boards for them to rest on the half size cleats. I think I can live with the change. Now wondering what I’m going to use for the rub rails. I’m no different than everybody else wondering why both boards for the mast step have holes. I just glued them both and plugged the bottom with a cleat that helped me place it between the frames. Not my favorite tool but careful biting one tooth of the saw to slowly cut through the inwales. I used two of the sides of a plank sheet to make the rub rails. I put the factory cut edge down and the uneven edge at the top so I cut it down level. The hull is ready for some color. That’s all the progress for the last week, I did find a decade old Mindwest display cramped between other materials at my local country hardware store. They had no idea they even had it.
  4. Bryan Woods
    Well it was a struggle for me. Reading yours brought it back like it was yesterday! Lol. l’ll try to post tonight so you can see what could happen. 😳
  5. Bryan Woods
    Hey Don, I actually experienced most of your log this week !
  6. Bryan Woods
    Nice looking boat you got there.
  7. Bryan Woods
    Those are GREAT! In fact I have two real items that look just lik’em.
  8. Bryan Woods
    Thank you for the encouraging words!
  9. Bryan Woods
    Hello from middle Tennessee. Planks are fitting well bending them in the jig. I have had some issues identifying which side of the plank to bevel or rabbet. I used mini wooden clothes pins to clamp the garboard and the second plank. Then on the sheer plank there wasn’t enough room for the clothes pins. I drilled small holes in reg. size clothes pins and pulled a rubber band through using a small wire. I looped one end through the other to make an adjustable clamp. I noticed a misalignment when looking over the Pram after all the planks were installed. After placing the skeg and bilge keels the hull was removed and the dagger board case was assembled and installed. The first frame was #3. I used the tick strip given in the manual to place it. After marking for frame #2 placement I used a scrap stick to measure both sides to square it to #3. i decided to bend the inwales like I did the other planks and then cut them in the appropriate position of the boats curve. I fitted both stern and bow quarter knees. After placing the first pair of thwart frames, I thought it would help me best to fit the thwarts as I go. After one pair was installed, I placed the thwart on the pair and slid the other under so I could mark were I needed to glue it. I repeated this for the other frames. Not excited about the instructions saying to boil the small floor cleats. I again turned to my bending jig for an option. And that brings us to the present.
  10. Bryan Woods
    Well done! I’ve had some of the same issues crop up. There’s no telling how much time I spent looking at the planks deciding if it port or starboard, broke a few things and unglued a few. Hopefully learning.
  11. Bryan Woods
    While I was waiting on the bench vice,I beveled and tried my best the rabbets on the planks that got them. Wanting to bend them but the transoms weren’t ready for the build board. I was trying to scale the curve so I could make a jig to bend them when I heard a voice from my late father, “ if you keep touching it you’re going to mess it up.” Completed both transoms Soon after I glued the bottom planks I noticed the stern had an issue. I cut both bottom planks and the keel plank loose from the transom. Then sanded the bevel and held the transom up until I got it clamped. Soaked and bent the next plank.
  12. Bryan Woods
    We’ll done!
  13. Bryan Woods
    All you done looks great! Your experience will for sure help me when I get started back on the Pram. Bryan
  14. Bryan Woods
    They were in my kit too. The directions didn’t mention them so I thought they were for the other builds. I’ve started on the Norwegian sailing Pram so I’m going to use them on it. More minds more info. Thanks Bryan
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  16. Bryan Woods
    Hey, I’m not an experienced modeler and I have just started building this boat. I looked at the end of the tubing I had in my kit and it was sawed off, probably by a small band saw. But I think a thin cutting blade for a Dremel would work. Or you could roll it under your knife and eventually cut through it, but that may take awhile. Good job, by the way, and thank you for better clearing my vision for the future build. Bryan
  17. Bryan Woods
    Slow start on the Pram. On the beginning, I was a little confused about the beveling of the transoms. I just couldn’t visualize it until I went through past build logs (that I had read earlier but didn’t have the question then). The bevel guide took a minute for me to figure out. Placing the stern knee on the lower stern transom, I noticed the knee extended further then the image in the instruction manual. I’m back to the trusted past build logs looking for the perfect image I need to see. Now I need to purchase a bench vice before I begin to bevel the transoms and drill through the bow knee.
  18. Bryan Woods
    Thank you!
  19. Bryan Woods
    Well thank you very much for your kind words. Doing the build logs is also a new adventure for me.
  20. Bryan Woods
    Thank you ! the Norwegian Sailing Pram.
  21. Bryan Woods
    Thanks
  22. Bryan Woods
    Thank you for the compliment and for viewing my build.
  23. Bryan Woods
    Thank you.
  24. Bryan Woods
    That’s just a part I use at work. The base that came with the kit, I thought, took away from the Dory. I did look for 1:24 scale figure of a old fisherman but didn’t find any to my liking. Thanks for looking in and commenting. Bryan
  25. Bryan Woods
    Good evening onlookers. The painting is complete, and here are some shots of the preparation for the magnets that will display the oars. After cap rails installed I glued magnets in and painted any exposed areas First test to see if they stay on. I enjoyed this build. I learned a fraction of what I need to learn, but really looking forward to my next build which is the Norwegian Sailing Pram.

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