ancre Le Mercure by Planet_Jupiter - from ANCRE plans

[Planet_Jupiter]

Hi all.

 

It has been a while but I am now resuming my build. I plan to have my hull planked below the waterline in the next 4 months.

 

The hull planking will commence very shortly but before it does I am making the stern piece. This needs to be in place before the hull planking is attached because these hull planks must sit on top of the stern piece.

 

I assemble the stern off of the model which gives me a lot of flexibility. I only glue it at the very last moment when it is absolutely necessary.

 

The pear meets black hornbeam on the stern at a 45 degree angle (as per the plans) and I am focussing on a perfectly straight line as the join between them. Everything in the photos is detachable at this stage.

 

Also shown is my first piece of black hornbeam bent to almost 90 degrees in my jig after steaming. You will notice the bands of planking drawn on my hull in pencil in one of the photos.

[Planet_Jupiter]

And some more minor progress.

The pieces aren't finished yet. They need a bit more trimming and sanding.

[Jorge Diaz O]

Hello, great shell helmet technique, I am an admirer of this form of construction. I will follow him carefully, I hope I can upload more pictures.