Duchess of Kingston 1778 by airdataman - Vanguard Models - 1:64

[airdataman]

I received my Duchess of Kingston kit a couple of weeks ago and since then I have been building it with help from Glenn Shelton's excellent and very detailed build log in conjunction with the fantastic manual that came with the kit. 

 

I am currently at the stage of just completing the second planking.

 

I am afraid that I have spent most of the time actually building the model and didn't think to take many photographs during the build. However, here are a few taken after completion of the first planking.

 

The only issues that I had with this section of the build were due to my own clumsiness where I managed to break off the delicate figure head mount on the bow and break a couple of the temporary cross beams. Otherwise all looked good.

 

The technique that I used to smooth the planks was possibly unusual and may be of interest: I used a Stanley Knife blade as a scraper to remove the bulk of the material, which left the planks very smooth whilst not generating the large amount of fine dust normally associated with sanding.  I only needed to use a fine grade sandpaper to give the final finish. 

 

I will post some relating to the next stages later together with some comments on a issue that I encountered with the second planking (my fault) soon.  

 

 

 

Dave

 

Current Builds:

HMS Victory - Caldercraft

HMY Chatham - Caldercraft

Royal Yacht Duchess of Kingston 1778 - Vanguard Models

 

Build in Waiting:

Mary Rose - Caldercraft

 

[Glenn-UK]

Looking good, I have just started my 2nd planking.