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Finished Chapter 2. I ended up snapping off almost every bulwark frame. The instuctions weren't kidding when it said they were fragile. Other than that, the only problem I had was with a bulkhead getting stuck before I could get it all the way down into its slot. I glued on my filler blocks first to make sure that every bulkhead was square; I regretted that when that bulkhead got stuck. Had to saw into the filler to disconnect it from the bulkhead and finally pull out the bulkhead and set it back into place. I just started Chapter 3, and something is up with the gun port templates (see images below). The only explanation I can come up with is that the template's scale was off when it was printed. The problem isn't with my bulkheads, I lined up the templates to the bulkhead slots and the template is still too small. What should I do? Push on? Ask Model Shipways for new templates? Or did I do something wrong?
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It begins. This is my second ship build. My first was the Adventure pirate sloop by Amati. That one took me 3 years to finish. I move slow. That was maybe 3 years ago that I finished it. Thought I'd go with the Syren as my second because of its great full color instructions. Here's how she looks at the end of Chapter 1. I've been reading through a lot of logs on the Syren trying to figure out how to best handle my next steps, but I have a few n00b questions: What's the best way to bevel the bulk heads? With a hobby knife or sanding? When should I be beveling the bulk heads? Before or after I glue them onto the former? What should I be using as filler blocks? 1"x 2" balsa wood? Thanks for any help. I'm just trying to be careful on this one. My Adventure ended up looking bulgey at each bulkhead, and I want to make sure I avoid that with the Syren.
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