ChadB Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share #31 Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Johann, Joe, John- thanks for the kind words! Not a huge update, but an update nonetheless. Waterways have been installed- they ended up being more of a pain in the butt than expected because of the need to drill out the cannonball divots and making them neat. I feel that similar to treenails, it would be easy to make them look incredibly sloppy if not lined up and even. I think I got it where I'm happy with it considering I don't have a mill. In the end I also am not a fan of cutting down the deck beam ends into a tab to fit between the clamp an waterway like I did. The idea is to make things easier but I don't know if it accomplished that and also made some of my beams a bit less sturdy. In the future I would notch the clamp and waterway as was done in the original ship. I also cut down my frame tops. When I made my frames I didn't leave enough wiggle room on top so a few were a bit under the correct height for the rail. My solution was to cut them all down 5mm below the rail height which is why they look a bit low. I will add a 5mm cap along the top that will just get covered up by planking and I figure make things a little more rigid anyway. Thanks for looking in! Chad Edited November 23, 2020 by ChadB GrandpaPhil, G.L., bdgiantman2 and 8 others 10 1 Quote Completed Models: Triton Cross Section In Progress: Brig Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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