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Hi Steve, I know I had a number of gotcha's but I am having trouble remembering many of them. As for the wood quality, I had no troubles with it. There is no mahogany as I recall. Since nearly everything is painted (thee is not much that is stained or left "bright" it is not necessary to buy other woods. If however, you are not going to paint your model, then getting better quality woods would be a wise idea. When you start your Niagara Build Log, I'll follow it. If i think of things as you progress I promise to comment on them (esp. the gotcha's)
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the hull was time consuming but fun. The difficulty of this model is that it is single planked. This means the the ends of each plank must be attached to a bulkhead, making the staggering of the planks bit more difficult. On the other hand, because the hull gets painted some errors in planking can be covered up with paint. After the hull was planked I filled in any gaps by laying a thin line of white glue in the gap and then sanding over the area. This let the sawdust from the sanding attach to the white glue and fill the gap.
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Larry, Patrick is exactly correct. The stern filler blocks must be level with the horn timbers. getting the shape of these filler blocks was one of the most difficult activities of the build. Take your time and shape slowly. I will add some photos of that pert of my build on my build log. Also feel free to ask me any questions and I will help as much as I can.
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