Claudius_Rex
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This is my first build so I rushed into gluing on the bulkheads before consulting my primary reference material, Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini. The main and forecastle decks are flush with the keel but I can already see a gap between the keel and the quarter deck, but I was able to nail and glue it to the bulkheads. The mast hole were misaligned, this was something that was noted in the YouTube video I'm following so I was expecting it. I filed the holes to properly align. I was unclear what to do with the wooden pieces that support the aft (unclear if I'm using the right terminology here) seen in IMG_4591 from the instructions, which are sparse and in Italian. But I was eventually able to figure out that I needed to cut and taper them to align with the curve of the aft bulkhead. I used a round sanding bit on my dremel and eyeballed it. I'm pretty happy with the result. The instructions tell me to plan the deck before the hull but based on what I've read in here I am going to proceed with the hull planking first.
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Hello, Very excited to get started on this journey! I made plastic ships when I was in high school but now that I'm in my 40s I wanted to sink my teeth into something more involved. For my first ship I'm working the Pirate Ship "Adventure" by Amati. I'm using Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini as my primary reference guide and a series of YouTube videos by Davaoshipmodeller working on that exact model. I plan on making mistakes and using this a learning opportunity before I work on something bigger next year. I've set myself up with a small work station in my garage on a cheap little IKEA desk, nothing fancy for now but I can expand on it as I need. Thanks again for providing this space for new modelers.
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