HMS Winchelsea 1764 by RBohlman - 1:48

[RBohlman]

Working on cutting out bulkheads, fitting them to the bulkhead form, squaring them on the form and then gluing the bulkheads in place.

I have had some bathroom plumbing repairs that I had to work on and it is still very hot here, so work on Winnie has been a bit slow. 

 

[RBohlman]

I got to work on the bulkheads this morning before it got hot.

It is now 94 degrees, I am sure glad it is fall season now.  🙄

She is starting to fill in and now a little over half of the bulkheads are cut out and fitted on the bulkhead form.

[RBohlman]

Today was a good day for working on my Winnie!

The weather here was cool and the sky overcast.

Only a few more bulkheads to cut out and fit to the bulkhead form.

Started getting her setup for fairing her out.

Edited October 7, 2019 by RBohlman

[Chuck]

Very nice progress!!!!

[RBohlman]

3 hours ago, Chuck said:

Very nice progress!!!!

I think I am at the point where I need suggestions as to be best way to do my fairing.

Never having done anything like this type of modeling before, what is the best way to go about this?

[Chuck]

The best advice i can give you is to go slow.  Its going to take you a lot of time.  It will take several days to fair each side properly. 

 

Having said this, you can ask five people and you will get five different answers.  Everyone has their preferred methods. I just take some sand paper about five inches long and cup it in my hands and go to work.  I use a course grit of 150 ish.  

 

At the bow and stern i will use sharp chisels to remove the bulk of the material initially and then finish it off with hand sanding as stated.

 

use a batten to test your progress as you go.