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Bob:
The wood is great quality, as is the laser cut. I guess the pre marking helps a beginner a lot. You'll have to be illiterate and blind to glue the parts in the wrong place. (I hope this comment won't jump up and bite me later on...)
 
Jan:
I've been thinking of one of these: 
 
 
Attached the frame and supports yesterday. Der FRAU has some strange idea that I should go to bed so I didn't post them last night...
 
Frame #7 (the 4th frame), foremast support and bottom "deck":
 

 
 
Cannon deck/frame supports glued on:
 

 

 

 
She'll be one big tub, 4th frame 172 mm wide!
 
 
Next is the anchor. Instructions say to paint it "metallic grey", gives the color code RAL 5011, which is labelled "Steel blue".
I'll probably go with Admirality's matt metal black.
We'll see.

Bob:
The wood is great quality, as is the laser cut. I guess the pre marking helps a beginner a lot. You'll have to be illiterate and blind to glue the parts in the wrong place. (I hope this comment won't jump up and bite me later on...)
 
Jan:
I've been thinking of one of these: 
 
 
Attached the frame and supports yesterday. Der FRAU has some strange idea that I should go to bed so I didn't post them last night...
 
Frame #7 (the 4th frame), foremast support and bottom "deck":
 

 
 
Cannon deck/frame supports glued on:
 

 

 

 
She'll be one big tub, 4th frame 172 mm wide!
 
 
Next is the anchor. Instructions say to paint it "metallic grey", gives the color code RAL 5011, which is labelled "Steel blue".
I'll probably go with Admirality's matt metal black.
We'll see.

At last the second shipment arrived!! 6 weeks of waiting has come to end. (For this time.) One of those weeks the shipment spent circulating around the neighborhood as it was too large to fit in our letterbox, and some moron at the post office could not copy my name and address from the parcel to a piece of paper without misspelling the lot. 
 
Anyway, 2 issues with this shipment, next month there will be 4 issues so a little more to do then.
 
This is what I got today:
 

 
Parts for the deck:
 

 
One frame:
 

 
false keel part 2 and anchor stock:
 

 
One anchor:
 

 
Stern decoration:
 

 

 
A booklet:
 

 

 
Looks like most of it it is from this book:
 

 
 
I will start building frames and keel this evening so until then...

Bob:
The wood is great quality, as is the laser cut. I guess the pre marking helps a beginner a lot. You'll have to be illiterate and blind to glue the parts in the wrong place. (I hope this comment won't jump up and bite me later on...)
 
Jan:
I've been thinking of one of these: 
 
 
Attached the frame and supports yesterday. Der FRAU has some strange idea that I should go to bed so I didn't post them last night...
 
Frame #7 (the 4th frame), foremast support and bottom "deck":
 

 
 
Cannon deck/frame supports glued on:
 

 

 

 
She'll be one big tub, 4th frame 172 mm wide!
 
 
Next is the anchor. Instructions say to paint it "metallic grey", gives the color code RAL 5011, which is labelled "Steel blue".
I'll probably go with Admirality's matt metal black.
We'll see.

Bob:
The wood is great quality, as is the laser cut. I guess the pre marking helps a beginner a lot. You'll have to be illiterate and blind to glue the parts in the wrong place. (I hope this comment won't jump up and bite me later on...)
 
Jan:
I've been thinking of one of these: 
 
 
Attached the frame and supports yesterday. Der FRAU has some strange idea that I should go to bed so I didn't post them last night...
 
Frame #7 (the 4th frame), foremast support and bottom "deck":
 

 
 
Cannon deck/frame supports glued on:
 

 

 

 
She'll be one big tub, 4th frame 172 mm wide!
 
 
Next is the anchor. Instructions say to paint it "metallic grey", gives the color code RAL 5011, which is labelled "Steel blue".
I'll probably go with Admirality's matt metal black.
We'll see.

At last the second shipment arrived!! 6 weeks of waiting has come to end. (For this time.) One of those weeks the shipment spent circulating around the neighborhood as it was too large to fit in our letterbox, and some moron at the post office could not copy my name and address from the parcel to a piece of paper without misspelling the lot. 
 
Anyway, 2 issues with this shipment, next month there will be 4 issues so a little more to do then.
 
This is what I got today:
 

 
Parts for the deck:
 

 
One frame:
 

 
false keel part 2 and anchor stock:
 

 
One anchor:
 

 
Stern decoration:
 

 

 
A booklet:
 

 

 
Looks like most of it it is from this book:
 

 
 
I will start building frames and keel this evening so until then...

At last the second shipment arrived!! 6 weeks of waiting has come to end. (For this time.) One of those weeks the shipment spent circulating around the neighborhood as it was too large to fit in our letterbox, and some moron at the post office could not copy my name and address from the parcel to a piece of paper without misspelling the lot. 
 
Anyway, 2 issues with this shipment, next month there will be 4 issues so a little more to do then.
 
This is what I got today:
 

 
Parts for the deck:
 

 
One frame:
 

 
false keel part 2 and anchor stock:
 

 
One anchor:
 

 
Stern decoration:
 

 

 
A booklet:
 

 

 
Looks like most of it it is from this book:
 

 
 
I will start building frames and keel this evening so until then...

At last the second shipment arrived!! 6 weeks of waiting has come to end. (For this time.) One of those weeks the shipment spent circulating around the neighborhood as it was too large to fit in our letterbox, and some moron at the post office could not copy my name and address from the parcel to a piece of paper without misspelling the lot. 
 
Anyway, 2 issues with this shipment, next month there will be 4 issues so a little more to do then.
 
This is what I got today:
 

 
Parts for the deck:
 

 
One frame:
 

 
false keel part 2 and anchor stock:
 

 
One anchor:
 

 
Stern decoration:
 

 

 
A booklet:
 

 

 
Looks like most of it it is from this book:
 

 
 
I will start building frames and keel this evening so until then...

At last the second shipment arrived!! 6 weeks of waiting has come to end. (For this time.) One of those weeks the shipment spent circulating around the neighborhood as it was too large to fit in our letterbox, and some moron at the post office could not copy my name and address from the parcel to a piece of paper without misspelling the lot. 
 
Anyway, 2 issues with this shipment, next month there will be 4 issues so a little more to do then.
 
This is what I got today:
 

 
Parts for the deck:
 

 
One frame:
 

 
false keel part 2 and anchor stock:
 

 
One anchor:
 

 
Stern decoration:
 

 

 
A booklet:
 

 

 
Looks like most of it it is from this book:
 

 
 
I will start building frames and keel this evening so until then...

Looks great. I wish I did it like that...

Looks great. I wish I did it like that...

I have come to realize this afternoon, that the space between frames that make up the sides of the ports is about 33mm. If I screwed that up when I installed them, at least I was consistent.  Had been working under the assumption that they were 30mm apart and that 2 of the 3x15 planks (shortened of course) would make my square. Then the upper sill would close out the port.
 
I've taken a little different approach on the hull planking so far. As I have mentioned previously, the exterior has a 3x15, then part 5B, then a 3x15. On the interior, I laid 1 3x15 first. Then in a trial, I started building up what would be the next plank by adding pieces of strip until the top edge was level with the outer edge. It turned out that I needed a plank 11mm wide, so I ripped one and glued that on top of the first 3x15. So at this point the top edge of the inner and outer planking are the same height.
 
Not sure how I managed it, but I ended up with 2 pieces of scrap 3x15 that fit exactly in between the port frames. So those became the lower sills. Then to bring the upper planking edges up to the sills I laid pieces of a 3x3 strip. So at this point the inside and outside upper plank edge are level.
 
From there I had hoped to lay 2 strakes of 3x15 pieces, then do the upper sills just like the lower. The best laid plans........
 
So now I am left with 2 options. Between the 2 3x15 strakes I can lay another 3x3 strip. That would make port height & width the same. It would also probably look a little goofy as those strips are off color with the bigger planks.  Or I could just leave as is. My ports would not be perfectly square but with all the other stuff around them I don't know that 2.5-3 mm would be noticed. Of course that means my port doors will have to be sized to match, but I have to do that anyway.
 
I'll probably go with option 2 unless anyone can come up with a reason not to.
 
Here's what it looks like up to now (gun is just roughed out and used for positioning):
 
 
 

Thanks Patrick, albert, Keith and Pat,
 
Keith, I look forward to seeing the sternwheeler!
 
 
 
This week I was finally able to get around to the top of the paddle box.  It's starting to look like a sidewheeler.
 
I was able to cut all the pieces for the arches in about 2 hours with the mill.  I don't know how long it would have taken by hand.  I milled some of the segments double.  These will be used on the planked side.  It saves a little time and adds a little strength.

 

 
Trying to keep everything square.  The notches in the cross pieces are for a thin plank that will be used to support the ends of the lateral planking.

 
Port side.

 

 

 
Starboard side.

 

 

Picture 30 in the manual says to use 3x3mm on the interior. I regret doing that as it shows too much. My strips are darker than the planks... 
 
For me two planks + 5B made the gunport at right height on the outside of the hull.

Second question:
That would be the whale. I glued mine to the frames. It seemed too thick to glue on top of a plank.
 

 

Second question:
That would be the whale. I glued mine to the frames. It seemed too thick to glue on top of a plank.
 

 

Have finally gotten around to finishing the gun deck planking. It went smoothly overall. I am somewhat disappointed with the caulking strips. The pix don't show it (for once) but they look a little raggedy and rough. If I had it to do again I would not take that approach.
 

 

 

 
It appears the next steps are to plank the hull frame. I am debating whether to do that now or wait. It seems like this will further limit my access inside the gun area. I think there is quite a bit of stuff I could do before the planking.
 
I'm curious to hear what you other builders of this kit did.
 
 

What Bob said 

What Bob said 

This is The final picture of Bohuslän in her new home out in the shed.......

This is The final picture of Bohuslän in her new home out in the shed.......

This is The final picture of Bohuslän in her new home out in the shed.......

This is The final picture of Bohuslän in her new home out in the shed.......

Incredible. Thanks for letting us follow this build!!!

This is The final picture of Bohuslän in her new home out in the shed.......