18th Century Armed Longboat by CurtisF - Model Shipways - Scale 1:24 - Small

[CurtisF]

Well I was finally able to start my build. I muddled my way through the bulkheads and fairing with only one mishap. I broke frame 3 while sanding. A little too aggressive. CA to the rescue and all is well. Next up planking. 

[Arthur Wayne]

Welcome to the Armed Longboat group Curtis! Looks like you're off to a great start, your fairing looks great! If you don't mind constructive criticism, you might want to recheck frames F, C, 1,5, and 7. From the last picture they look like they are not level with the rest of the frames. You might consider repositioning them before you start planking, these frames will cause you a lot of grief later in the build. If you used CA, they should be easy to break free and straighten out. I'm subscribing to your build and looking forward to watching your progress!

[CurtisF]

You are right Arthur, they were off I'll reposition them before I start planking. Thanks for the extra set of eyes.

[Dr PS - Paul Schulze]

Welcome Curtis to the group building the 18th Century Armed Longboat.  I hope your build goes well and if you have any questions, there are several of us in the process of building this boat.  There have been a number of surprises found by the group members which you might want to read about in member logs.  Paul

[CurtisF]

Thanks for the warm welcome. I have been reading some of the build logs which should make this build a bit easier. I removed the strongback yesterday to fix the frames as Arthur Wayne suggested and lo and behold frames 5 and 7 straightened out. After I fix the others I think I'll go with supports like he used.

[CurtisF]

After killing a forest of trees I'm finally done with the planking. It got a bit easier as I went along. I still have a lot to learn as you can see by the wood filler. I planned on painting the hull anyway so I don't mind that it's not perfect. A lot of sanding still left to be done but that's the fun part. I get to take out my frustrations with a sanding block. Any tips and comments would be greatly appreciated.

[Bill Madison]

Hi everyone - I've just begun planking my armed longboat. Does anyone have pictures of the bow and stern detail? Thanks

[Arthur Wayne]

There's a number of build logs in the quick find index in the small boats sections: Quick Find Index to Build Logs

 

I have some pretty good photos in my build log of these areas (see link in my signature) , though I don't know that they will answer your questions they might help. 

[Bill Madison]

Thank you! This helps a lot!

[tlevine]

Although they are not the best pictures, there are some photos of the bow and stern in my build log that might be helpful.