Kevin

wow, thats stunning, very clean and tidy

the white ones are my idea and very temp and will be removed when both side are done, i used them because with the curvature of the frames and the jig it was difficult to mark the hull with the correct height, they are set just right to fix the deck supports in place, im sure there is a much simpler way of doing it

Good evening everyone, thank you for likes and comments Day 26 deck beam supports i have realised tonight, that there is so much to think about on this build, im not in a hurry to do things that are not in sequence, that might be for two reasons, 1 i dont have anything else to do that is out of sequence, and may be the 2 is the same as the first i have the next two part to the build, but CAF are resupplying some of it, hopefully will be here this week the point i was trying to make is that im in no hurry to go and make deck fitting or cannons, mast parts, as i am constantly thinking about the project that is on the go at present, and personally i think it is a good thing for me, lol its the most difficult kit i have ever done, and i aint got to the thinking about bits yet the deck beams on my build serve two purposes, first to support the deck and also to keep the frames in an upright positions, hopefully she can then be removed from the frame to enable some sanding to be done as previously mentioned the deck line on the plans is the very top of the deck not the deck supports, so the beams and deck planking has to be subtracted from the line shown which represent 7.5mm i had no idea how to put the beams supports in place so i came up with my own idea of using nuts bots and washers, it came in very useful, but very fiddly, i also put lower temp deck supports in (the white beams), to enable, ensuring both side were right, or at least both would be wrong the bow planks were soaked for a coupls of hours and clamped in place securing the planks, i never used just wood glue, i have drilled 2mm holes through the beam and frame and and used wooden cocktai sticks with glue on as a very oversized treenail, i will let you know if it works, but seams very secure at present, non of this will be seen

oooooooooooooops sorry lol

i also did the same with the shut gunports nice to see you build back

yes it would be as thats just what i am doing with my HMS Enterprise build

OOOOOOOOOOPS, i thought they were fairly recent kits

i just had a look at the model motorcars, some nice expensive goodies in there, but just asking myself if the kit could have made better components in the first place

wow it is so very clean, tidy and precise, very nice indeed

Day 24 keelson good evening everyone well i have made it this far, no where as nice and tidy as others that i have seen, but i do tend to show it as it is, and as stated many times before, i never like what i have produced, im allways wanting to do better and lol never achieving it, however the the admiral loves it and so does my doggie the upper keel. i thought would be a two minute job, as i have been test fitting as the frames went in, WRONG it has taken me hours to get a decent fit on 80% the stern one will wait until tomorrow

love the planking, she looks great

im here as well, late as usual, giving myself a break from sawdust

looking very good Andy

What a stunning build, i had never heard of them until this year then i read the build log by @kpnuts Ducati 1299 Panigale, a lot of work to achieve a wonderful result, i presume the Rolls will be the same

Thank you @Tankerman i have actually drawn the line at 7.2mm so i will go just a little deeper tomorrow, it was very handy having the laser etched cannon template handy, otherwise i could have been in a right mess tonight

thank you been getting dark over here much earlier, and the flash is kicking in, mading the wood appear quite washed out, not had many outside photos of this build, but this is one of them, i did go for the cheaper option, and maybe there is a more of a mismatch in wood colours, BUT, i also never expected it to come together like it has, so im more than happy

good evening everyone day 23 transom timbers fitted the last frame (57) caused me a bit of trouble, it is wider than the jig, so was lifting the keel away from the jig base, im glad i spotted it before fixing the stern timbers in, all i had to do was fair them off roughly and it dropped back into place the timbers themselves all fitted exactly as per the instructions, and i also pinned them into position what is the proper name for the stern timbers? sorted nearely made a big mistake tonight and put the deck mounts in the wrong position, I presumed the blue line on the plans was where the boards go, but looking ahead, i could see that the cannons would be far to high so i checked another build and found the blue line refers to the top of the deck, which means i would have been 7mm to high, the build i found was after he had actually finished and had to rip it all out so i have protected the plans with tracing paper, and drawn a new line under that, so i now have my deck beam heights

Good afternoon everyone day 22 hawse timbers fitted thank you for comments and likes i would like to think im getting better at the wooden kit building, or the quality of the kit is, lol must be the latter thats the hawse timbers in, although i needed to remove a bit of wood

at wood supplied by @cafmodel is very good, once the Char is removed it needs nothing else doing to it, other than the bevel, which is marked where required. however i have not bevelled mine, i will use the marks as reference when the time of sanding arrives

Thank you OC, hows family, i will look in on you log in the morning, im struggling to stay awake tonight,

very nice indeed, you much have quite a display of built up models now

lovely work Chris

good evening everyone Day 21 last of the cants been a quite week, lots of things happening, and not a lot of boat building, but today the last of the stern cants were put in, that leave the hawse timbers and stern timbers, Parts 2 and 3 arrived and i will show photos at a later date

lovely review James, that is quite an upgrade in quality over the Enterprise

yipeeeeeee parts 2&3 are in the UK, been stuck in Holland for over 24 hours, Presently at Castle Donington