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gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thank you Nigel .
Preparation before planking of the main deck.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Gratings.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Attaching metal parts, rudders and draught marks on the hull.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Preparation of metal parts.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thank you Jason!
Moldings from boxwood - yet only temporary fastening.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks to all for nice comments.
I added the top part of the planking above the wales with free space for decorative moldings.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks Greg,
you are right - not hours but days .
I finished the first part of planking above wales. This part will not be colored, so I used here the treenails.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks to all. The idea for making treenails with needle is not mine, I learned this method from russian modelers .
To rtropp: see enclosed picture - front side of the block with treenail is covered with masking tape, block is cuted off with saw. After removing tape you can easily eject treenails from the block.
After endless hours I finished the hull treenailing. Result will be more visible after waxing.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thank you Greg.
Although it is not historically accurate, I decided to leave the hull without copper plating. On the other hand, the whole hull will be with treenails. So I started the "mass" production of the pins (about 8,000 pieces).
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks to all for nice comments .
So after about a month of hard work is the planking of the hull under wales finally done.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks to all for nice comments.
I slowly continue with planking, about one half is done.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thank you Greg .
I continue with planking from the opposite side.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

So I began planking the hull. It's my first attempt planking in one layer. I'll see what happens, and depending on the result I will decide whether to make copper protection or not. I started with a few plank in keel area.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks to all .
To amateur: I wanted to build a model in scale 1:48. But due to space limitation I chose a compromise scale 1:52.

Now is the time to show the figurehead which made for me Doris (for those who do not know her work http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/854-royal-caroline-by-doris-card-1749-140/?hl=doris).I appreciate very much this assistance because my attempt would probably ended very pathetic.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

So I decided to continue on Pandora. I solved before winter whether to use color or not. Finally, the choice fell on a partially colored model and started to spray wales. On the first attempt with airbrush it does not look bad.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Probably the last work before saving Pandora to hibernate - deck in the officers cabin, gluing the main deck beams.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thank you all for nice comments .
I used usual hypodermic needle with diameter 0,8 mm (21G). Needle is carefully ground to the tip - see pictures. As wood is used pear, a necessary condition is that the wood fibers would be parallel to the needle. Is it possible to make treenails with diameter 0,45 mm (needle 0,7 mm 22G). You can see the comparison between 0,55 and 0,45 treenails in the last picture.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Lower deck - it will not be visible, but I made test how the deck will look with black paper and treenails. I made about 3500 pieces of treenails (diameter 0.55 mm), so I have a sufficient supply for any remaining deck.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Thanks to everyone for the positive feedback. It gives me great encouragement for further work.
I decided to make wales from separated parts. It took me about 40 hours to make and stick 4+4 wales nad 1+1 black strake .
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

I started the hull planking - the lower counter. It is my first attempt to planking the hull in one layer.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Hi Omega1234,
thanks for nice comments.

Making of the rudder, hardware - pintles, gudgeons etc. will be added later.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

I added the quarter deck transom, lower sill for lights (windows) and helm port.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Preparation for mounting the bowsprit. - only the third attempt was successful.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Hi Daniel,
thank you for compliment .
Finished reinforcement the upper parts of the bulkheads, "transom" and stern post.
gieb8688 reacted to marsalv in Pandora by marsalv - FINISHED - 1:52 February 23, 2016

Jan and Dave,

thanks for comments.
Bulkheads are now glued to the keel.

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