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The key is to use bright lights to hide stuff🤣🤣. Thank you BE, much appreciated. 

Where’s the fun if we can’t add new stuff to the workbench. Amazon thanks us. 

Thank you, it was a trip, every centerline and port side plank is unique, as you know, only to have to be mirrored on the starboard side. Fun stuff.

Making some progress these past few days. More detailed post later but just one photo for a quick update on forecastle work. 

And you I’m glad you did and hope it’s helpful. Studying other logs is something I sure do too. 

Thanks for explaining. I had no idea, I just glue stuff on😁

Margin and outboard Planking
 
Time for the margin planks, waterway, and outboard planking.

I started with the quarter deck. The margin planks are heat bent with my trusty travel iron (I had a brief flash back to those long months planking the hull). I elected to use one long strip and then once shaped I use the template as a pattern to cut a scarf joint midway.

I did the same with the four planks, all ¼ widths I’d ripped and run through the thickness planer, tapering the planks towards the stern per the template and using a razor saw to simulate the planking end cuts and then adding #2 pencil along the long edge for caulking. Running a single long plank with the simulated break made for a cleaner run and easier fit. (the angle of the iPhone photo makes it seam the port side planning seem wider than starboard, it isn’t).
 
I half-rounded a strip for the waterways to finish up the outboard work. This small strip adds a lot, it won’t wash away any water but it does a nice job of bridging the deck and bulwarks.
 
After sanding and 4 coats of WOP it’s done. I may WOP the beam tops late,r for now I haven’t. The q-deck was easy enough and done fairly quickly, the forecastle not so much.

The forecastle margin planks are too curved to bend a plank so they are cut from 3/64 sheet. I started with the template (template beams and actual beams were lined up for measuring, just not for this photo) then added Tamiya tape to make up any differences (really not much, but some) with my hull and transferred the outer edge to the sheet. The outer edges were then cut roughly with a #11 blade.
 
Using dividers, and a technique learned from Rusty, I drew the proper width for the inboard side. This step is done after the cut and completing sanding of the outer edge.
Once again I again did the full length and cut the scarf joint after the fitting, amazing how nice they match up that way.

My Byrnes sander does a nice job of rough sanding the outer curve smooth. The new version with the reversible direction makes it even easier. I converted my mill into a sanding table for rough sanding of the margin and forecastle planks inner curves.

The same process of starting with template, modified by tape, transferred to sheet with double sided tape, rough sanded and finally the time consuming part, final sanding by hand with sanding sticks to a tight fit.

While there are only 6 planks plus the margin plank they are all cut from sheet and sanded to custom fit, a slow process but a rewarding one with the final result.  Once again the waterway and 4 coats of WOP are added (four because that’s how many I used on the main deck so the finish and tone match up). The WOP is wiped on and off and lightly sanded between the second and third coat.

A lot of cut up templates and Tamiya tape were used to make it all work. My blue canary tape is also shown - it serves as an early warning before an elbow snags a cannon barrel. Kinda dumb, but it works.

There is a pronounced curve to these planks, while they were cut with that curve, clamping while gluing keep them that way.


The completed quarterdeck.

 

The completed forecastle.
 
On to the center planking and deck furniture. As always thank you for your comments and the likes and for stopping by.

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

I always round off/bevel the bottom edge of one side of each plank to meet the not rounded edge of the plank it sits against. It gives me a much tighter fit. I rip my planks near 1/16th so I have plenty to sand off ending up with about 3/64ths thickness. 
 
I agree with Gregory, don’t chase it if you don’t see a path to recovery. More than once I’ve ripped off whole sections of hull planking to do it over, sometimes even a third time. 

I always round off/bevel the bottom edge of one side of each plank to meet the not rounded edge of the plank it sits against. It gives me a much tighter fit. I rip my planks near 1/16th so I have plenty to sand off ending up with about 3/64ths thickness. 
 
I agree with Gregory, don’t chase it if you don’t see a path to recovery. More than once I’ve ripped off whole sections of hull planking to do it over, sometimes even a third time. 

I always round off/bevel the bottom edge of one side of each plank to meet the not rounded edge of the plank it sits against. It gives me a much tighter fit. I rip my planks near 1/16th so I have plenty to sand off ending up with about 3/64ths thickness. 
 
I agree with Gregory, don’t chase it if you don’t see a path to recovery. More than once I’ve ripped off whole sections of hull planking to do it over, sometimes even a third time. 

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

No need to be, but the finish line is in sight.  Sure wish I could finish mine while glue drys on Portland. 

I always round off/bevel the bottom edge of one side of each plank to meet the not rounded edge of the plank it sits against. It gives me a much tighter fit. I rip my planks near 1/16th so I have plenty to sand off ending up with about 3/64ths thickness. 
 
I agree with Gregory, don’t chase it if you don’t see a path to recovery. More than once I’ve ripped off whole sections of hull planking to do it over, sometimes even a third time. 

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

Thanks For the comment. 
 
No WOP on the paint except for coamings, since the deck, hatch are so close it works better altogether (and the wales for the same reason)
 
I use two Admiralty black paints. Ironwork black which has a nice matte finish (the stove and the guns) and Dull Black which couldn’t be more mis-named is only on the cap rail, timber heads, and forecastle rails. That finish is all the paint and is a bit semi gloss. It’s really not that shiny though, it bounces the light back a lot in photos. 

The Winsor Newton Crimson Red while very RED has nothing on it. It’s actually pretty flat and also bounces the lights back in photos. 

Looks really nice Glenn, so many nice details on the QD and with the gun deck below it really brings it to life. You’re almost there.
JJ

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

Continued progress on chapter 10. 

The deck furniture is just roughly sitting there, still more work to do on wheel plus the final outer row of planking to add. Mini-me dropped by, I like that he provides scale to see just how big this ship was in reality. 

Thank you for all of the likes.
Progress is moving along, even if it is at a snail's pace.  I got bulkheads K-W fitted to the forward former.  The forward former piece is also fitted to the middle former piece.  

The bulkheads are only dry fitted right now.  Working on the middle former piece now along with bulkheads I through 9.

I also cut out the pieces for the skeleton hold up clamps on my X-Carve.  So far I have 2 of them assembled; only 4 more to go.  Once I get these all assembled and the bulkhead former completed, I will make the build board for the model.
 
As always, thanks for looking in on my log; any and all comments are welcomed.

Beautiful work, I am building this same kit this is very helpful
 
thanks for sharing

Nice, I’ll use this technique for the quarterdeck guns. This should work great with a lighter look on those rails.