Venti
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Another thing that's become obvious as I've primed and painted this... I use too much glue hahahaha
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That makes a lot of sense! I ended up priming it so the burn marks did go away. I started painting it and will post pics when Its finished. I have decided to stain the cap rail and seats instead of painting. I think (hope) it will look better hahaha. The biggest lesson I have learned through all of this is I didn't sand enough early enough. The inside of the planks were very fuzzy and I'm guessing I didn't sand it enough before planking. It could be because I soaked them before planking too. I'm just not experienced enough with this type of wood to say.
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Hey thanks, Kelso! I did remove any laser burn where glue would be applied! I didn't take it all off as I am going to be painting everything and assumed it would cover it. Is that not the case? And yeah I know I have some sanding still to do haha.
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Another good day of progress! Had contractors over so I just got to work on this while they worked. Kind of used some creative freedom to "adjust" where the cleat was positioned. It looks like the top of the cleat is supposed to be level with the sheer/broad plank/gunwale which mine was not at all after putting everything together. So, I took my flush cut saw and cut the cleat so that it could be sanded flush with everything. I then trimmed the removed piece and glued it below the cleat. I will throw some wood filler in the old holes and the gap between cleat halves and drill some new holes, sand a lot and finish her up! Thank you all for the suggestions and information, it helps a lot! I think I will go for the pram and smack next just because it'll be nice to have the whole set. I also will get the store credit from ModelExpo for completing the Dory so I can use it toward them. After that I definitely think I'll try a Vanguard HM Armed Cutter Sherbourne. It looks like the perfect ship to get started with the larger ships and the Vanguard models in general looks very high quality!
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Kenchington, Thank you so much for the information! I was very careful with doing things out of sequence, I am much too paranoid I'll mess something up to not be. Thanks everyone for the replies and I have definitely looked at some other build logs! I even found a cool reference thread with photos of a real Dory. I have a small update today! Finished all of the planking and it is finishing drying before I move forward with trimming the planks and continuing. So far it is going as well as I can hope for being the first time. I'm not sure I like the overlapping planking technique, though. Do a lot of kits do this kind of planking? I haven't looked much into it but thought they would be more butted up to each other. As I'm getting closer to being finished. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions on the next ship I should get? I know the pram is the next in the learning series but just figured I'd ask if there are any others worth looking into or if the pram is good/bad! When thinking about getting into the hobby I was going to just dive into the deep end with Model Shipways Rattlesnake US Privateer 1:64. Something like this is definitely what I want to be doing in the long run and do the big group projects like the Winchelsea.
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Hello! This is my very first build of a model ship and I'm pretty happy I decided to go with the Dory first! The instructions seem to be pretty detailed but it's certainly different than what I expected... It is definitely making me learn ship part names which will be great in the long run. This is my progress after the first day... I kind of went out of order from the book and just glued most things together that could be glued so I wasn't waiting a long time between steps. A couple of the things I'm not sure about when putting together... Is the Stern Cleat supposed to be the same shape as the Transom? Or is it supposed to stick out and be used for something else (like planking)? pictured below. When attaching the Stern Knee and Stem to the bottom of the boat, it has laser etchings for where they are supposed to be glued, but it stuck way out in front/behind the bottom... I put them centered on the boat and pushed them in so that the outer edge lines up with the bottom of the boat. I appreciate any information/suggestions/help anyone has to offer me!
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