Avos by tom kinglake - Master Korabel - Russian tender

[tom kinglake]

Here is a brief build log of this beautiful kit, which I began in late September - I'm now (4 December) approaching the rigging and sails, so on the home stretch. When finished, I'll put some pictures in the Gallery.

There's plenty of excellent material in the Forum about this kit, so I won't go into too much detail - just to say what a marvel of miniature accuracy the laser cutting and photo etching of the parts are.   

Here are a few images of the early stages...

[tom kinglake]

The interior structure of the hull is quite intricate, as these images show: lots of work to complete before first planking begins. The layout of the openings on the 'lower deck' make it almost impossible to go wrong, fortunately.