airdataman Posted November 28, 2020 Share #1 Posted November 28, 2020 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 JpR62, Edwardkenway, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn-UK Posted November 30, 2020 Share #2 Posted November 30, 2020 Looking good, I have just started my 2nd planking. Quote Glenn (UK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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