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  1. SiriusVoyager
    Looks like you are off to a good start. Those rolling bevels can be tricky on those thin strakes, but don't stress about them too much.
  2. SiriusVoyager
    Unlike in the Pram, we have to make backstay chainplates out of a strip of brass. As I read this, I assumed chaos would ensue. It actually wasn't too bad. Fortunately I do have a torch to anneal the brass. I used my little finger drill to make the holes. It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, it just took a bit of time and elbow grease. Maybe too much elbow grease since I broke the bit. The most difficult part was centering the bit over the brass strip. I drilled the larger hole at the top of the strip first. There is a little drawing of the plates in the instructions so I simply measured the distance between the holes to find the distance for the next drill spot. I then drilled that hole, then used snips to cut the plate off of the strip. Repeat for the second. A little filing, sanding and polishing and they turned out ok. When I went to install the plates I realized that there was a bit too much brass below the nail hole, so I had to trim them down a bit. I don't like the nails that are supplied with the kit (left) so I swapped them out with some brass sewing pins (right). Installed. The instructions say to bend the plate 20 degrees now, but I will do it when I install the mast. I like how the sewing pins are more flush than the nail would have been.
  3. SiriusVoyager
    The rudder, tiller and traveler are installed. The tiller and the rudder were easier to install than I had anticipated, and they actually work! I couldn't get the brass rod for the traveler to bend at exactly the right spots so it isn't quite 90 degree bends, but I think it is fine. The camera angle makes the traveler look cockeyed but it is straight. The fairleads and the bobstay eyelets were easy enough to install. The trail boards and the bowsprit are also done. I decided that I didn't want to use the supplied design for the trail boards, so I just tried to match the dark gray of the cabin roof. I had to read the instructions for the bowsprit multiple times, but once I understood what it was doing it made sense. The photo below has the backstay chainplates installed, but I will talk about those in the next post.
  4. SiriusVoyager
    I’m working on the third boat of the series right now. I definitely need a lot more practice and experience before I feel confident enough to jump into something expensive. I ended up finding a kit on clearance (50% off) that I liked, which will be my 4th boat. Depending on your budget and how you feel after the third boat, that may be something to consider. Of course make sure you get something that interests you, that is definitely the most important aspect of any hobby.
  5. SiriusVoyager
    I painted the hull gray, dark blue, dark gray on the top of the cabin and golden brown on the cabin hatches and inside the cockpit. I wasn't very happy with how it looked initially. After some discussion at home it was decided that it was too matte so I decided to add a coating of shellac and I think it looks okay now. I forgot to take a photo prior to the shellac. I think I would have preferred white rather than gray now that it is done, but for now I am content with it's appearance. It was also mentioned that looks like a Detroit Lions boat and now I can't unsee it. I will definitely be investing in some higher quality masking tape for my next model.
  6. SiriusVoyager
    Welcome to MSW!
  7. SiriusVoyager
    Ha! What a perfect typo!
  8. SiriusVoyager
    Thank you. I think if I can get the pain[t] job to look alright, it may actually end up looking like an ok model.
  9. SiriusVoyager
    You basically finished in 2023, I think we can count it. It’s a very nice looking ship indeed!
  10. SiriusVoyager
    Welcome! I would be quite interested in following a lego build
  11. SiriusVoyager
    This model is one I think I would like to do in the future. The legos in the clamps to hold the frame square is great! Looking forward to future updates.
  12. SiriusVoyager
    While working on trying to line up the hole for the mast, part of the deck between the mast hole and the sampson post hole broke. I cut a small piece of wood to place in that spot and used some wood filler to smooth it out. I also had to trim the frames for the cabin sides to fit in. The camera angle in the second picture makes it look like the cabin is very lopsided. It is not. Overall so far with the cabin roof installed. The pictures show so many spots that need touched up with the paint that seem to be hard to miss with a naked eye. The colors so far are golden brown for the cockpit and cabin doors. I may paint the masts that color as well. The deck and hull above the waterline are/will be gray. The cabin roof dark gray and the trim and hull below the waterline will be dark blue. I am not sure if the wet well covers should be dark blue or golden brown yet. I am thinking dark blue because golden brown is where people go. The rudder is also ready to go. The instructions make it look like the brass rod will easily fit in the groove in the rudder. The brass rod seemed to be almost as wide as the rudder in the kit. It look quite a bit of CA glue to get it to hold, even after making the rod fairly rough with sandpaper. I think the rod may be completely encased by the glue and that is what is actually holding it to the rudder. It works.
  13. SiriusVoyager
    I had a problem with the deck cracking in the middle because the center edges were a bit loose and any movement was causing a crack in the paint and subsequent wood filler. I have finally gotten the deck rigid enough that the cracking should stop. I touched up the paint and will add one more coat to clean up the lines and glue spots when painting the rest of the hull. The coaming is installed as well as are the wet well covers. The wet well covers are one area where I am glad I painted the deck early. The cabin sides are ready to install as is the samson post.
  14. SiriusVoyager
    Toe rails, rubrails and fair leads installed. Samson post is also made, awaiting installation. The toe rails were tricky initially because of the bends in multiple dimensions. I got them a bit damp and used a dry iron to heat and bend them. They held their shape quite well after that and were much easier to install. The rubrails were pretty straight forward. I think my fairleads are sitting a little farther aft than they should be so I may be removing those and try moving them forward. I think I will skip a few steps and make the bowsprit so I can test fit the fairleads prior to painting.
  15. SiriusVoyager
    The pictures do look like the planks are overlapped, but they aren’t. I’m not sure if it is the lighting or bad beveling, but I was very careful to ensure that the planks weren’t overlapped.
  16. SiriusVoyager
    Finishing up the hull planking. Since the frames didn’t reach the edge of the deck I had to add some scrap wood to fill it out. The photo is pre sanding. I faired them as I added each strake. Finishing up the planking, I started to worry that the sheer strake may not be wide enough. Somehow I was almost a full strake below the tick marks on both sides. Both sides on the bow were just slightly short, but amidships and the stern were ok. Strakes sanded and trimmed, ready for filler. I tried to apply the filler as thin as possible. The first sanding went pretty well. I’m pretty happy with the over all shape. I’ll do another application or two and try to fill in some of the little air holes and games that formed. Unrelated to the hull, the deck was loose and soft so I wanted to reinforce it. I also didn’t like the hole in the deck so I filled it in a bit.
  17. SiriusVoyager
    Welcome!
  18. SiriusVoyager
    @SkiBee These kits are definitely teaching me a lot as I had basically no modeling experience prior to them. Thanks for the encouragement!
  19. SiriusVoyager
    Creating that rolling bevel was probably the hardest thing for me to do on the Dory. The strakes are so thin that it is definitely quite a challenge.
  20. SiriusVoyager
    The amount of detail in your beveling and shaping of such small, thin pieces of wood to make everything fit together so perfectly is quite impressive.
  21. SiriusVoyager
    Very true. It would be quite the boring hobby if everyone produced a model that looked exactly like what was on the package. Thanks for the encouragement!
  22. SiriusVoyager
    Thanks for the encouragement Gregg! I have been using rubber bands and scrap wood to try and push the planks together while drying and while gluing. I just looked at your Ballahoo log and got an idea of how the binder clips work. I like how the finger loops hit just enough of the previous plank to hold them even with each other as well. I think I will give that a try with the remaining strakes.
  23. SiriusVoyager
    I am about halfway through planking the hull. I ended up trimming one of the planks too narrow and had a gap. I cut out a small piece to fill said gap and it worked pretty well. I thought I was taking my time, trying to get the planks down as nicely as possible, but it isn’t looking as nice as I had hoped. I am mostly disappointed with some of the gaps in the starboard side. The port side is ok. The plans do call for wood filler to be used to smooth everything out, which is what is allowing me to continue with this planking. You can see on some of the frames where I have started adding extra pieces of scrap wood where there would be obvious gaps between planks and frames. I suspect I will need some more as I fine tune individual planks. I ran into a problem with trimming the excess off of the stern end of the planks. I dry fitted the planks down, used a pencil to mark the edges just slightly past the rabbet, then cut the planks just outside of the pencil marks. I figured this would give me extra room to ensure a good fit. For some reason this trimmed them all too short. This was especially so on the starboard side. I used a little wood putty here early while I could still get a finger into the area from the inside.
  24. SiriusVoyager
    The entire collection Looks great! I really like the name plates
  25. SiriusVoyager
    I was worried about the bevels as well. Especially because the planks are so thin, it is hard to make it look like the instructions. It really isn’t as big of an issue as it would seem. When you place the next strakes, if they don’t seem to lay right, you can fine tune the bevel

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